Valerie Jarrett
Valerie B. Jarrett serves as Managing Director and Executive Vice President of The Habitat Company. Ms. Jarrett served eight years in the City of Chicago government, first as Deputy Corporation Counsel for Finance and Development, then as Deputy Chief of Staff for Mayor Richard Daley and finally, as Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Development. Prior to joining City government, Ms. Jarrett practiced law with two private law firms specializing in the area of commercial real estate. Ms. Jarrett serves as the President of the Board of the Southeast Chicago Commission. Ms. Jarrett serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Transit Authority and Vice Chairman of the University Of Chicago Hospitals Board Of Trustees. She serves as Chairman of University of Chicago and Chicago Stock Exchange, Inc. She serves as Vice Chairman of the Executive Council of Chicago Metropolis 2020. Ms. Jarrett has been a Director of Navigant Consulting Inc., since April 2002. Ms. Jarrett has been a Director of USG Corp., since August 1998. She serves as a Director of Heller Financial Inc. She also serves as a Director of The Chicago Stock Exchange, Harris Insight Funds, The Joyce Foundation, The Commercial Club of Chicago, the Local Initiative Support Corporation Advisory Board and the Regional Transportation Authority. Ms. Jarrett serves as a Director of the University of Chicago, the Museum of Science and Industry and Window To The World Communications Inc. She served as a Director of 360 Communications Company since June 11, 1996.