Forest Preserve Foundation Board of Directors
Tom Livingston, Chair Regional Vice President, CSX Transportation
Dr. Stuart Strahl, Vice Chair President & CEO, Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo
Howard Learner, Treasurer Executive Director, Environmental Law & Policy Center
Stuart Cohn, Secretary . Attorney, Law Offices of Stuart A. Cohn
Arnold Randall General Superintendent, Forest Preserve District of Cook County
John Atkinson Managing Partner, Willis Towers Watson
Leslie Fenton Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Dr. Thomas Fisher, M.D., M.P.H. President, NextLevel Health
Eleanor Grumman President, Grumman Development, LLC
Jim Law, AIA Architect, Urban Planner President, Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance
Mark Lester Relationship Executive, JP Morgan Chase
Albert Pritchett, Chair Emeritus Retired Chief Administrative Officer for the Cook County Board
Ewa Weir Senior Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle
Claire Williams President and COO, Environmental Design International
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FEBRUARY 2017 BUSINESS LEADERS JOIN THE FOUNDATION'S BOARD
Tom Livingston, board chair
Thomas E. Livingston is currently Regional Vice President for CSX Transportation in the Midwest United States, overseeing government and community affairs in several Midwestern states. He is also village president of the western suburb of LaGrange, Ill.
From 1999 to 2003, Livingston served as Executive Director of the Illinois Medical District Commission, a public body charged with governing coordinated growth and enhancement of a specially designated 560-acre “district” on the Near West Side of Chicago.
Previously, Livingston served Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar for eight years in several roles, including senior policy adviser for transportation, higher education and capital infrastructure.
He serves on the boards of the Civic Federation of Chicago (former Chairman), Calumet Area Industrial Commission (former Chairman), Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, City Year Chicago, Cook County Forest Preserve Foundation (current Chairman), Indiana Railroad Corporation and the Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad. He is a former chairman of the University of Illinois Alumni Association Board. He also serves on the executive committees of the Illinois Railroad Association and the Michigan Railroads Association. He served as a LaGrangeVillage Trustee from 2003-2011.
Livingston received his master’s in public administration from the University of Illinois at Springfield and his Bachelor of Science in communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He and his wife have three children.