• Brian Cressey, Cressey & Company
• John L. Hines, President (Retired) Continental Illinois Venture Corporation, Continental Illinois Equity Corporation
• Keith R. Crandell, ARCH Venture Partners
• John R. Willis, Willis Stein & Partners
• Keith Bank, KB Partners
• Robert Finkel, Prism Capital
• Stephen S. Beitler, Dunrath Capital
• Bob Geras, LaSalle Investments
• Ellen Carnahan, William Blair Capital Partners
• Steven Lazarus, ARCH Venture Partners
• Jack S. Levin, Kirkland & Ellis
• T. Bondurant French, Adams Street Partners
• John A. Canning, Jr., Madison Dearborn Partners

In honor of Mayor Richard J. Daley’s vast economic accomplishments, The Richard J. Daley Medal recognizes a single individual who has given direct and extraordinary support to the Illinois economy resulting from private equity funding. Past honorees include:

• J.B. Pritzker, The Pritzker Group, New World Ventures
• Richard L. Thomas, First Chicago NBD Corporation
• Steven N. Kaplan, University of Chicago Booth School of Business
• Donald W. Phillips, WP Global Partners
• Norman R. Bobins, LaSalle Bank N.A.
• James C. Tyree, Mesirow Financial
• Bruce V. Rauner, GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC
• Martin J. Koldyke, Frontenac Company

• Danny Rosenberg, Sterling Partners
• Kevin R. Evanich, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
• Samuel B. Guren, Guren Capital Management, LLC
• Paul Finnegan, Madison Dearborn Partners
• Samuel M. Mencoff, Madison Dearborn Partners
• Gary P. Brinson, GP Brinson Investments
• Ned Heizer, Jr.
• Bret R. Maxwell, MK Capital
• Carl D. Thoma, Thoma Cressey Equity Partners