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James C. Tyree Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| 350 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
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, chairman, Executive Committee member, former chairman of Major Donor and Global Campaign Committees
- Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Illinois Chapter, Executive Committee member, 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
- Illinois State University Foundation, board member
- Roosevelt University, board member
- University of Chicago Hospitals, board member
- Big Shoulders Fund, board member
