School of Education & Social Policy
 
Board of Advisors

Ms. Jana Cohen Barbe (WCAS '84)
Partner, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, LLP

Ms. Julie Danis
(SESP 1977)
Independent Consultant, Marketing and Communications

Ms. Jan S. Half
(SESP 1975)
Program Director, TECH CORPS California

Ms. Thayer Herte (SESP 1978)
Managing Director and Regional Fiduciary Executive of Private Client Services, J. P. Morgan

Mr. Peter Lehmann
(SESP 1998)
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Granite Creek Partners, L.L.C.

Mr. Lee Mitchell (Northwestern Trustee)
Partner, Thoma Cressey Equity Partners

Mr. Brian B. Musso (SESP 1998)
Co-Founder, Musso Capital Management, LLC

Mr. Donald S. Perkins (Northwestern Trustee)
Civic Leader and Retired Chairman of Jewel Companies, Inc.

Dr. James P. Richter (SESP 1963, PhD 1971)
Managing Director, Wayne Hummer Asset Management

Mr. Alexander I. Rorke (Northwestern Trustee, Communication 1974, G 1975)
Civic and Volunteer Leader

Mr. Patrick G. Ryan, Jr. (NU Trustee, Kellogg/Law 1997)
CEO and CoFounder, INCISENT Technologies

Ms. Nancy S. Searle (Kellogg 1978)
Consultant, the Searle Funds at the Chicago Community Trusts

Dr. Penny Bender Sebring (PhD 1985)
Senior Research Associate, University of Chicago, and Founding Co-Director, Consortium on Chicago School Research

Ms. Patricia Walton Silver (SESP 1968)
Civic and Volunteer Leader

Dr. Barbara Olin Taylor (Kellogg 1978, PhD 1984)
Author and Education Consultant

Dr. Wayne D. Watson (NU Trustee, SESP 1969, GSESP 1970, PhD 1972) – Board Chair
President, Chicago State University

Mr. Richard Woldenberg (NU Parent, '10, '12)
Chairman, Learning Resources, Inc.