Advisory Council

Chief information Officer of the City of Chicago

In February 2006, Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Hardik Bhatt as Chief information Officer of the City of Chicago. He also serves as Commissioner of the Department of Business and Information Services (BIS), the municipal agency responsible for meeting the technology needs of 37,000 employees in 46 City departments.

Executive Vice President - Chief Information Officer & Business Operations, CNA

John has dual responsibility for CNA’s Information Technology and Worldwide Operations organizations. In this role, John leads CNA’s efforts to integrate technology and business processing into an efficient, flexible and scalable processing platform. In conjunction with his leadership of IT and business processing strategy, John has responsibility for outsourcing, delivering application and infrastructure solutions, and ensuring that technology investments drive CNA’s profitability.

Vice President – Supply Chain Strategy & Planning and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company.

In this position, Mr. Herlihy is responsible for the strategic direction for the global Supply Chain function and for optimizing the existing Supply Chain network. As CIO he is responsible for all aspects of Information Technology (IT). Mr. Herlihy is an elected officer of the Company.

Vice President and Chief Information Officer at AMCOL International Corp.

Lloyd F. Love, 59, joined AMCOL International Corp. in 1999 as Chief Information Officer and was promoted to Vice President in 2000. He was formerly Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer for Baxter Credit Union in Deerfield, Ill.

Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Johnson Outdoors, Inc.

John C. Moon is the Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Johnson Outdoors Inc., a leading global outdoor recreational products company. Mr. Moon is responsible for the Company’s information technology function, and defining and implementing the company’s strategic use of information technology worldwide.

Vice President Information Technologies and Chief Information Officer, Pactiv Corporation

Richard Proszowski is Vice President Information Technologies and Chief Information Officer for Pactiv Corporation. Pactiv is a leader in the consumer and foodservice/food packaging markets it serves, with 2007 sales of over $3 billion. Pactiv's Hefty® brand is one of the nation’s most widely-recognized brands. Hefty® brand products include waste bags, slider storage bags, disposable tableware, and disposable cookware. At Pactiv, Mr. Proszowski is responsible for all aspects of the Company’s information technology function, including defining, directing and implementing the company’s strategic use of information technology worldwide.

Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at True Value Company

Ms. Weber was appointed Senior Vice President and CIO of TruServ Corporation in August 2003. In January 2005, TruServ became True Value Company. True Value is one of the world’s largest member-owned wholesale hardware cooperatives, with sales of $2 billion in 2004. The cooperative includes approximately 6,000 independent retailer locations worldwide operating under the store identities of True Value, Grand Rental Station, Taylor Rental, Party Central, Home & Garden Showplace and Induserve Supply.

Chief information Officer, University of Chicago Medical Center

Eric has over twenty years of experience in information systems management. He has served as Vice President and Chief Information Office of the University of Chicago Medical Center since 2001. His responsibilities at UCMC include all information technology functions, biomedical engineering and the call center. He has leadership responsibility for the T-2 program whose focus is to transform how UCMC functions in, supply chain and administrative management, patient care delivery and patient and physician access.