trustees

HARRISON I. STEANS
Harrison I. Steans is the Chairman of the Executive Committee of Financial Investments Corporation and Chairman of the Steans Family Foundation.  From 1967 through 1988, Mr. Steans was Chairman of NBD Illinois, Inc. and its predecessor institutions.  During his tenure, the organization grew from a single $40 million bank to a six-bank holding company with assets exceeding $1.8 billion.  In 1987, the bank holding company was sold to NBD Corporation, now part of the J.P. Morgan Chase organization.  From 1973 through 1978, he was also Chairman of LaSalle National Bank.  Mr. Steans business affiliations include service as Director of MCS Holdings, LLC, Provest Holdings, LLC, Elektra Holding Company, LLC, Boulevard Healthcare, LLC, and USAmeribancorp, Inc., a privately held Tampa Bay area middle market bank.  He serves on the Advisory Board of Siena Capital and Willis, Stein & Partners.

Mr. Steans’ affiliations with nonprofit organizations include serving as Life Trustee of DePaul University, Highland Park Hospital, and Ravinia Festival.  In addition, he serves as Trustee of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club, the Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, the Chicago Humanities Festival, The Ounce of Prevention Fund and the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Mr. Steans graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 1957 with a B.A. degree in economics.  

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