Susan Gallagher was named Chairman of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago Corporate Board in June 2008. Mrs. Gallagher has been a member of the corporate board since 1994 and has held several roles including her most recent roles as Corporate Board Secretary, and Co-Chair, of the External Affairs committiee.
Susan Gallagher is Managing Director at Huron Consulting Group where she is responsible for driving growth nationally in the legal businesses at Huron. She is one of the 25 founding Managing Directors of the company. Susan is also responsible for creating and leading the company’s national civic and community service program called Huron Helping Hands.
From the company’s inception to September 2006 Susan served as the Head of Strategic Development and served on the company’s executive management team. She was responsible for building the strategic development function at Huron where she designed and implemented a marketing and sales program to support the fast growth of the business. Susan played a key role in developing the strategies to initiate and sustain relationships with clients and legal counsel and to develop and communicate Huron’s messages to its markets.
Prior to Huron, Susan was a partner at Arthur Andersen. She holds
a BBA, from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame Indiana and is
a Certified Public Accountant.
Robert Howard was appointed President and CEO of the Chicago organization in March 2004. His passion for Boys & Girls Clubs began when he walked into a Boys & Girls Club as a young boy growing up on Chicago's south side. The guidance of caring adult professionals at the Club coupled with fun activities that instilled in him the values of teamwork and service made a lifelong impression on him.
These same values contributed to Bob's 30 years of leadership at national retail chains, including Payless Shoe Source and Sav-On Drugs, which is a division of Osco Drug. As the Division Senior Vice President at Payless Shoe Source, Bob was responsible for $600 million in sales and 1,200 stores.
Bob served in the United States Air Force and is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also holds a Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School and a Masters of Arts from Roosevelt University.
He is an active member of several civic institutions including the Capital Improvement Advisory Committee of the City of Chicago; the Board of Directors of the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago; and the Foundation Board of Directors of Chicago State University.
Still, Bob never forgot about his Boys & Girls Club experience as a young person and has remained an active part of the organization throughout his life. He served as president of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boys & Girls Club Board of Directors on Chicago's west side and was a member of the Corporate Board of Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago prior to being President and CEO.
