Greater Chicago Area
Andrea Zopp, a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, is an accomplished corporate executive and a seasoned director of public and privately-held companies and public sector boards. She has significant experience in a broad range of areas including banking, consumer products, retail, regulated industries, human capital, crisis and risk management and government and community relations. Zopp is currently a member of the board of Directors of Relativity, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago and Intelligent Growth Solutions. She is also Chair of the Board of Trustees at Chicago State University . She has previously served on the boards of Andrew Corporation (ANDW, NASDAQ), Empowerment & Inclusion Capital I Corp. (EPWR, NYSE) and Urban Partnership Bank and the Henry Ford Health System. In her current role of Managing Partner at Cleveland Ave she leads the organization’s work investing in and developing minority and women led entrepreneurs and their companies. Ms. Zopp has worked in and with numerous global companies and has managed teams located overseas. In her role as the President and Chief Executive Officer of World Business Chicago, the city’s economic development organization, she worked closely with the Chicago Consular Corps, international chambers of commerce and multinational companies to attract foreign direct investment and facilitate company relocation and expansion. She was also responsible for organizing and implementing mayoral international trade delegations. She is also a successful businesswoman and has held executive leadership positions at several Fortune 500 companies, including Sara Lee, Sears Holdings, and Exelon. As the former president and CEO of the Chicago Urban League, she led the nationally recognized organization’s focus on expanding economic opportunity in underserved communities. Previously, she served as Deputy Mayor, Chief Neighborhood Development Officer for the City of Chicago. Zopp served in the United States Attorney’s Office and was the first woman and African American to serve as the first assistant in the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office. She has also served on the Chicago Board of Education the Cook County Health and Hospital System Board, and numerous nonprofits boards.
Relativity is the leading, global e-discovery and data management software provider. Headquartered in Chicago, IL
The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is a $75.0 billion wholesale bank and one of 11 district banks chartered in 1932 by the U.S. Congress to improve the availability of funds to support home ownership. The FHLB Chicago is a member-owned cooperative serving members in Illinois and Wisconsin. Its Board of Directors is responsible for overall oversight and management of the bank pursuant to the Federal Home Loan Bank Act. The FHLBank System, which is regulated by the Federal Housing Finance Agency, has more than 7,200 members.