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We pride ourselves on making bank decisions that truly benefit our local community. One way we do that is through guidance from local leaders. Our board of directors is made up of community members who feel just as strongly as we do about our bank being a reflection of the area we serve. These are people who are committed to this area because they live in, work in, and enjoy this community just like the rest of us. We’re pleased to introduce our board of directors.
Mr. Boersma is CEO of Wintrust Bank, Wintrust Financial Corporation’s largest bank subsidiary. In addition, he is EVP and Market Head overseeing Northbrook Bank & Trust Company, Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, Beverly Bank & Trust Company, and Wintrust...
moreMr. Caruso is president and CEO of L. J. Sheridan & Company, a Chicago-based real estate management, brokerage, and development firm. He has been a director and chairperson of the compensation and nominating committee since the bank opened in 2000. A graduate of...
moreMs. Garris is the past president of the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a business association providing educational, networking, and advocacy services. A career professional organization executive, she retired from the Northbrook Chamber in 2022. She has...
moreMr. Guerrero is the CEO of Guerrero Media, which publishes award-winning content focusing on business leadership. He is co-founder of The Alumni Society, a networking group comprised of over 4,500 distinguished Latinos who graduated from the country’s top universities....
moreMr. Caruso is president and CEO of L. J. Sheridan & Company, a Chicago-based real estate management, brokerage, and development firm. He has been a director and chairperson of the compensation and nominating committee since the bank opened in 2000. A graduate of...
moreMs. Garris is the past president of the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a business association providing educational, networking, and advocacy services. A career professional organization executive, she retired from the Northbrook Chamber in 2022. She has...
moreMr. Guerrero is the CEO of Guerrero Media, which publishes award-winning content focusing on business leadership. He is co-founder of The Alumni Society, a networking group comprised of over 4,500 distinguished Latinos who graduated from the country’s top universities....
moreMr. Juarez is a Group Vice President for Latin America and Specialty Business at W. W. Grainger. He previously held senior leadership positions at several Fortune 500 companies. He graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and...
moreMs. Garris is the past president of the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a business association providing educational, networking, and advocacy services. A career professional organization executive, she retired from the Northbrook Chamber in 2022. She has...
moreMr. Guerrero is the CEO of Guerrero Media, which publishes award-winning content focusing on business leadership. He is co-founder of The Alumni Society, a networking group comprised of over 4,500 distinguished Latinos who graduated from the country’s top universities....
moreMr. Juarez is a Group Vice President for Latin America and Specialty Business at W. W. Grainger. He previously held senior leadership positions at several Fortune 500 companies. He graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and...
moreMr. Margol is chairman of the board and CEO of Northbrook Bank, a position he has held since 2020, and serves on all the bank’s board committees. Prior to that, he was executive vice president and team lead of the bank’s commercial and industrial division. He is a...
moreMr. Guerrero is the CEO of Guerrero Media, which publishes award-winning content focusing on business leadership. He is co-founder of The Alumni Society, a networking group comprised of over 4,500 distinguished Latinos who graduated from the country’s top universities....
moreMr. Juarez is a Group Vice President for Latin America and Specialty Business at W. W. Grainger. He previously held senior leadership positions at several Fortune 500 companies. He graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and...
moreMr. Margol is chairman of the board and CEO of Northbrook Bank, a position he has held since 2020, and serves on all the bank’s board committees. Prior to that, he was executive vice president and team lead of the bank’s commercial and industrial division. He is a...
moreMr. Rademacher, a business consultant and private investor, has had an extensive financial career, having held senior management positions with what was one of the largest banks in the country. In addition to having been a Wintrust Financial Corporation director, he...
moreMr. Juarez is a Group Vice President for Latin America and Specialty Business at W. W. Grainger. He previously held senior leadership positions at several Fortune 500 companies. He graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business and...
moreMr. Margol is chairman of the board and CEO of Northbrook Bank, a position he has held since 2020, and serves on all the bank’s board committees. Prior to that, he was executive vice president and team lead of the bank’s commercial and industrial division. He is a...
moreMr. Rademacher, a business consultant and private investor, has had an extensive financial career, having held senior management positions with what was one of the largest banks in the country. In addition to having been a Wintrust Financial Corporation director, he...
moreMs. Reid is the owner and operator of the Huntington Learning Center in Skokie, one of the top ten revenue-producing centers within Huntington’s 300 franchise network. She spent 15 years in corporate finance roles, including her last position as vice president of...
moreMr. Margol is chairman of the board and CEO of Northbrook Bank, a position he has held since 2020, and serves on all the bank’s board committees. Prior to that, he was executive vice president and team lead of the bank’s commercial and industrial division. He is a...
moreMr. Rademacher, a business consultant and private investor, has had an extensive financial career, having held senior management positions with what was one of the largest banks in the country. In addition to having been a Wintrust Financial Corporation director, he...
moreMs. Reid is the owner and operator of the Huntington Learning Center in Skokie, one of the top ten revenue-producing centers within Huntington’s 300 franchise network. She spent 15 years in corporate finance roles, including her last position as vice president of...
moreMr. Rushkewicz is currently Vice Chairman, director, chairperson of Northbrook Bank’s risk management committee, and on its audit/compliance committee. He co-founded the bank in 2000, serving as its chairman and CEO through 2014. A career-long banker for over 50...
moreMr. Rademacher, a business consultant and private investor, has had an extensive financial career, having held senior management positions with what was one of the largest banks in the country. In addition to having been a Wintrust Financial Corporation director, he...
moreMs. Reid is the owner and operator of the Huntington Learning Center in Skokie, one of the top ten revenue-producing centers within Huntington’s 300 franchise network. She spent 15 years in corporate finance roles, including her last position as vice president of...
moreMr. Rushkewicz is currently Vice Chairman, director, chairperson of Northbrook Bank’s risk management committee, and on its audit/compliance committee. He co-founded the bank in 2000, serving as its chairman and CEO through 2014. A career-long banker for over 50...
moreMr. Schwartz is currently president of Trim-Tex, a north suburban manufacturer of drywall trim products. Previously, he was chairman, managing partner, and co-founder of the Chicago law firm, Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, where he continues to maintain a relationship. He...
moreMs. Reid is the owner and operator of the Huntington Learning Center in Skokie, one of the top ten revenue-producing centers within Huntington’s 300 franchise network. She spent 15 years in corporate finance roles, including her last position as vice president of...
moreMr. Rushkewicz is currently Vice Chairman, director, chairperson of Northbrook Bank’s risk management committee, and on its audit/compliance committee. He co-founded the bank in 2000, serving as its chairman and CEO through 2014. A career-long banker for over 50...
moreMr. Schwartz is currently president of Trim-Tex, a north suburban manufacturer of drywall trim products. Previously, he was chairman, managing partner, and co-founder of the Chicago law firm, Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, where he continues to maintain a relationship. He...
moreMs. Shah has held positions with several major biotech firms, including her role as Managing Director for Portal Innovations, which focuses on portfolio company development. Her company provides expertise to companies needing help with operational issues and interim...
moreMr. Rushkewicz is currently Vice Chairman, director, chairperson of Northbrook Bank’s risk management committee, and on its audit/compliance committee. He co-founded the bank in 2000, serving as its chairman and CEO through 2014. A career-long banker for over 50...
moreMr. Schwartz is currently president of Trim-Tex, a north suburban manufacturer of drywall trim products. Previously, he was chairman, managing partner, and co-founder of the Chicago law firm, Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, where he continues to maintain a relationship. He...
moreMs. Shah has held positions with several major biotech firms, including her role as Managing Director for Portal Innovations, which focuses on portfolio company development. Her company provides expertise to companies needing help with operational issues and interim...
moreMr. Swanson is the President of Black Swan Real Estate and has been a real estate executive with 40 years in office, residential, retail, and hotel sectors, including 30 years as a CFO. At Riverside Investment & Development, he managed $2.7 billion in projects and...
moreMr. Schwartz is currently president of Trim-Tex, a north suburban manufacturer of drywall trim products. Previously, he was chairman, managing partner, and co-founder of the Chicago law firm, Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC, where he continues to maintain a relationship. He...
moreMs. Shah has held positions with several major biotech firms, including her role as Managing Director for Portal Innovations, which focuses on portfolio company development. Her company provides expertise to companies needing help with operational issues and interim...
moreMr. Swanson is the President of Black Swan Real Estate and has been a real estate executive with 40 years in office, residential, retail, and hotel sectors, including 30 years as a CFO. At Riverside Investment & Development, he managed $2.7 billion in projects and...
moreMr. Valenti is president of Valenti Builders, a construction management and general building company. He joined the board in 2020 and is a member of the compensation and nominating committee. A graduate of Fordham University, he has a Master of Science degree in real...
moreMs. Shah has held positions with several major biotech firms, including her role as Managing Director for Portal Innovations, which focuses on portfolio company development. Her company provides expertise to companies needing help with operational issues and interim...
moreMr. Swanson is the President of Black Swan Real Estate and has been a real estate executive with 40 years in office, residential, retail, and hotel sectors, including 30 years as a CFO. At Riverside Investment & Development, he managed $2.7 billion in projects and...
moreMr. Valenti is president of Valenti Builders, a construction management and general building company. He joined the board in 2020 and is a member of the compensation and nominating committee. A graduate of Fordham University, he has a Master of Science degree in real...
moreEd Wehmer, along with a few friends, started Wintrust over a card table with some beers and cigars. The idea was to open a bank that would be the alternative to the big banks, and it became a reality in 1991 with the first Wintrust Community Bank location, Lake Forest...
moreMr. Swanson is the President of Black Swan Real Estate and has been a real estate executive with 40 years in office, residential, retail, and hotel sectors, including 30 years as a CFO. At Riverside Investment & Development, he managed $2.7 billion in projects and...
moreMr. Valenti is president of Valenti Builders, a construction management and general building company. He joined the board in 2020 and is a member of the compensation and nominating committee. A graduate of Fordham University, he has a Master of Science degree in real...
moreEd Wehmer, along with a few friends, started Wintrust over a card table with some beers and cigars. The idea was to open a bank that would be the alternative to the big banks, and it became a reality in 1991 with the first Wintrust Community Bank location, Lake Forest...
moreMs. Washlow serves as a director and leads the Midwest practice for Lee Hecht Harrison, a boutique provider of executive transition consulting services. She is President of the Private Directors Association, a member of the Women Corporate Directors, and on the board...
moreMr. Valenti is president of Valenti Builders, a construction management and general building company. He joined the board in 2020 and is a member of the compensation and nominating committee. A graduate of Fordham University, he has a Master of Science degree in real...
moreEd Wehmer, along with a few friends, started Wintrust over a card table with some beers and cigars. The idea was to open a bank that would be the alternative to the big banks, and it became a reality in 1991 with the first Wintrust Community Bank location, Lake Forest...
moreMs. Washlow serves as a director and leads the Midwest practice for Lee Hecht Harrison, a boutique provider of executive transition consulting services. She is President of the Private Directors Association, a member of the Women Corporate Directors, and on the board...
moreMr. Boersma is CEO of Wintrust Bank, Wintrust Financial Corporation’s largest bank subsidiary. In addition, he is EVP and Market Head overseeing Northbrook Bank & Trust Company, Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, Beverly Bank & Trust Company, and Wintrust...
moreEd Wehmer, along with a few friends, started Wintrust over a card table with some beers and cigars. The idea was to open a bank that would be the alternative to the big banks, and it became a reality in 1991 with the first Wintrust Community Bank location, Lake Forest...
moreMs. Washlow serves as a director and leads the Midwest practice for Lee Hecht Harrison, a boutique provider of executive transition consulting services. She is President of the Private Directors Association, a member of the Women Corporate Directors, and on the board...
moreMr. Boersma is CEO of Wintrust Bank, Wintrust Financial Corporation’s largest bank subsidiary. In addition, he is EVP and Market Head overseeing Northbrook Bank & Trust Company, Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, Beverly Bank & Trust Company, and Wintrust...
moreMr. Caruso is president and CEO of L. J. Sheridan & Company, a Chicago-based real estate management, brokerage, and development firm. He has been a director and chairperson of the compensation and nominating committee since the bank opened in 2000. A graduate of...
moreMs. Washlow serves as a director and leads the Midwest practice for Lee Hecht Harrison, a boutique provider of executive transition consulting services. She is President of the Private Directors Association, a member of the Women Corporate Directors, and on the board...
moreMr. Boersma is CEO of Wintrust Bank, Wintrust Financial Corporation’s largest bank subsidiary. In addition, he is EVP and Market Head overseeing Northbrook Bank & Trust Company, Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, Beverly Bank & Trust Company, and Wintrust...
moreMr. Caruso is president and CEO of L. J. Sheridan & Company, a Chicago-based real estate management, brokerage, and development firm. He has been a director and chairperson of the compensation and nominating committee since the bank opened in 2000. A graduate of...
moreMs. Garris is the past president of the Northbrook Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a business association providing educational, networking, and advocacy services. A career professional organization executive, she retired from the Northbrook Chamber in 2022. She has...
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