James C. Tyree Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
353 N. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60654  |  312.595.6090  |

Areas of Focus: Diversified Financial Services, Mesirow Financial Goals and Vision

Profile:

• Chairman and chief executive officer of Mesirow Financial since 1994
• Joined the firm in 1980
• Has led Mesirow Financial to unprecedented levels of growth in all areas of the business
• Grown the firm both internally as well as through over 50 acquisitions of firms such as the U.S. Corporate Recovery practice from KPMG, LLP, Dann Insurance and Boockford & Company, two respected suburban Chicago insurance agencies and Stein & Company, a premier real estate organization
• Founded the firm's Private Equity Division

• Named 2004 Person of the Year by Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• Has served on more than 50 corporate, civic and not-for-profit boards of directors
• Appointed chairman of the board of the City Colleges of Chicago by Mayor Daley in 2000, an organization that consists of seven colleges and 110,000 students

• B.A., Illinois State University
• M.B.A., Illinois State University

• Sun-Times Media Holdings, chairman
• PrivateBancorp, Inc., board member
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, board ex officio member, Executive Committee member, former chairman of Major Donor and Global Campaign Committees
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Illinois Chapter, board life member, Executive Committee member-at-large, past president of the board, former chairman of the Annual Gala
• Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, chairman
• The Executives' Club of Chicago, board member and past-chairman
• University of Chicago Hospitals, board member
• Illinois State University Foundation, board member
• Illinois Institute of Technology, board member
• Big Shoulders Fund, board member