Lester N. Coney Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman
350 N. Clark, Chicago, IL 60654  |  312.595.6575  |

Areas of Focus: Corporate and Foundation Business Development

Profile:

• Responsible for originating and nurturing new business opportunities as well as expanding and maintaining client relationships across all lines of business
• Joined Mesirow Financial in 2006
• Prominent leader in Chicago's business and non-profit community
• Previously served as senior managing director for Aon Corporation

• Received Loretto Hospital's 2008 Spirit of Achievement Award
• Named one of the most influential African Americans in October 2007 by Who's Who in Black Chicago
• 2007 Executive Leader Award from the Association of Fundraising Professional's, Chicago
• 2007 King Legacy Award from the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boys & Girls Club of Chicago
• Awarded for Leadership in the Arts by The Arts & Business Council of Chicago in 2006
• Honored by the Friends of DuSable in 2006
• Recognized by the 100 Black Men in 2005
• Named among the Top 50 Minorities in Business by Crain's Chicago Business in 2004
• Named One of Chicago's Top Minority Executives by the Chicago United's Business Leaders of Color in 2003
• Named Delegate for the Governor of Illinois' Trade Mission to South Africa in 2000
• Recognized by N'Digo N'fluentials
• Recipient of the Keeper of the Dream Award
• Recipient of the Seeds of Africa Award from the Human Resources Development Institute
• Selected as Chicago United's first ever Member of the Month

• B.S., George Williams University

• The Goodman Theater, Chairman Emeritus
• Congo Square Theatre Company, founding chairman
• City Year Chicago, chairman emeritus
• The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, trustee
• Columbia College Trustee
• Lincoln University, trustee
• Kohl's Children's Museum, trustee
• The DuSable Museum of African American Art History, trustee
• Athletes Against Drugs, trustee