Susan M. Crown

Susan Crown, 61, has served as Chairman and CEO of Owl Creek Partners, LLC, a private equity firm, since 2008. She is also the founder of Susan Crown Exchange Inc., a social investment organization. She served two terms as a Fellow of the Yale Corporation, and is currently Chairman of Rush University Medical Center, the Rush System for Health, and a director of The Brookings Institution as well as several other civic and not-for-profit organizations. From 1984 to 2015, Ms. Crown served as Vice President of Henry Crown and Company, a business with diversified investments. She has served as a director of ITW since 1994 and currently serves as a director of Northern Trust Corporation. She has not served as a director of any other publicly traded company in the last five years. Ms. Crown’s experience includes executive experience in diversified manufacturing, management, corporate governance and strategy.

Ms. Crown’s long-standing board service at a global banking and financial institution and her extensive board service and leadership roles with many civic and not-for-profit organizations bring valuable perspectives to our Board.