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January 8, 2015

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Center for Economic Progress Elects New Board Officers, Members

CHICAGO -- The Center for Economic Progress (CEP) has ushered in the New Year with
changes to its board leadership. Greg Goldner, a Chicago public affairs veteran and current
CEP board member, has been elected Board Chair, following his service as the organizations
Vice Chair and Strategic Planning Chair. Goldner succeeds Harlan Teller as Board Chair, and
will serve a two-year term.
Goldner is the founder and CEO of Resolute Consulting, a national public affairs and strategic
communications firm with a successful track record of working on high-profile issues
throughout the United States. Prior to founding Resolute, Goldner was a senior aide in the
Mayors Office of the City of Chicago and served as chief operating officer for the City of
Chicago's Department of General Services. Chicago Magazine named Goldner one of the
100 Most Powerful Chicagoans in its annual list. He is also a member of the Economic Club of
Chicago and the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
In his leadership role, Goldner will be joined by newly elected officers -- George Wright as
Vice Chair and Mary Alberts as Secretary/Treasurer. CEP has also elected Jacob Ringer as a
new member of its Board of Directors. Each member brings a unique skill set to the Board of
Directors to help guide CEP as it moves forward with its three-year strategic plan aimed at
increasing its impact on working families and the local economy.

Biosketches
Mary C. Alberts, Senior Vice President of MB Financial Bank N.A., heads the Managed Assets
Department. She brings extensive business leadership and advisory experience. Alberts
received a Bachelors Degree from DePaul University.
Jacob Ringer is a Senior Director at Reyes Kurson, Ltd., a minority certified business
enterprise that counts litigation, business transactions, and land use among its areas of
expertise. Prior to joining Reyes Kurson Ltd, Jacob worked as the Chief of Staff to the Chief
Financial Officer in the Office of the Mayor at City of Chicago. In that capacity, he drove high

impact projects in finance, pension reform legislation, public-private partnerships, municipal

marketing, municipal bonds, and public policy. He serves on the Auxiliary Board of the
Lincoln Park Zoo Executive Committee and the Associate Board of The Night Ministry.
George Wright is a 30- year veteran within the financial services industry. His experience
spans customer service, mortgages, regulatory CRA and Fair Lending and Community
Development with stops along the way in training and marketing. In his current role at Citi,
he is responsible for Community Development across the Midwest Region, which spans 17
States in the US and Canada.

2015 CEP Board Members

Greg Goldner, Resolute Consulting (Committee Chair, External Affairs)

George Wright, Citi (Vice Chair)
Mary Alberts, MB Financial (Secretary & Treasurer)
Brendan Lynch, Bank of America (Committee Chair, Nomination & Governance)
David May, Audrey Ventures (Committee Chair, Internal Affairs)
Jodie Winnett, Winnett Civic Ingenuity (Committee Chair, External Affairs)
Lisa Canafax, Towers Watson
Michael Fayhee, McDermott Will & Emery
Eddie Gershman, Deloitte
Eric Grant, Polaris
Alberto Ortega, Sodexo
Ray Padilla, Northern Trust
Jacob Ringer, Reyes Kurson, Ltd.
Mukul Sharma, Board Fellow, Ex Officio, Kellogg School of Management Northwestern University
Harlan Teller, FTI Consulting
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About the Center for Economic Progress (CEP)

Founded in 1990, the Center for Economic Progress (CEP) helps low-income, working
families as a trusted provider of tax and financial services. Everything we do, from direct
service to informing public policy, improves the financial stability of those we serve.
Operating one of the largest and oldest tax preparation programs in the country, CEP has
been on the forefront of turning tax time into an opportunity for 300,000+ families to get
ahead--returning more than $500 million in refunds to Illinois communities. For more
information, visit www.economicprogress.org.