Commercial Club Chicago 2013-2014 Club Year Speaker (U.S. permanent representative for NATO, Ivo H. Daalder)

Commercial Club Chicago 2013-2014 Club Year http://commercialclubchicago.org/meetings-speakers/2013-2014 Listed below is the most recent schedule of meeting dates and tentative speakers for the 2013-2014 Commercial Club year. This page will be updated as future speakers are confirmed. Wednesday, September 18, 2013, Luncheon Ambassador Ivo H. Daalder President, Chicago Council on Global Affairs 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. The Chicago Club Ivo H. Daalder The Chicago Council on Global Affairs http://www.thechicagocouncil.org/files/About_Us/Staff_Bios/Ivo_Daalder.aspx Ivo H. Daalder is the President of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Note: Ivo H. Daalder is the president of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, the U.S. permanent representative for NATO, and was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank). Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is an honorary life director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Michelle Obama is a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP. Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP. Josephine Baskin Minow is an honorary life director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and married to Newton N. Minow. Newton N. Minow is married to Josephine Baskin Minow, a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago. David D. Hiller was a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, a member of the member of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and is a Imad I. Qasim is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, and a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Thomas A. Cole is a partner at Sidley Austin LLP, and was a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr. Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank). Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing Company. Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), the Aspen Institute (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development. George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society. Margot L. Pritzker is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and married to Thomas J. Pritzker. Thomas J. Pritzker is married to Margot L. Pritzker, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Clare M. Munana is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. James S. Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Lester Crown was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank), is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. William M. Daley was a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a member of the Obama-Biden economic advisory team, the chief of staff for the Barack Obama administration, a director at the Boeing Company, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago. W. James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company. Richard D. Stephens was the SVP for the Boeing Company, and is a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Philip M. Condit was the chairman & CEO for the Boeing Company, and a director at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Barbara G. Fast was a VP at the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI Group Inc. CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site. Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative. Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.