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David Vitale

Former Chairman, Urban Partnership Bank

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David is the Former Chairman of Urban Partnership Bank and served as Chief Administrative Officer and Senior Advisor to the CEO of the Chicago Public Schools. Subsequently, he was president of the Chicago Board of Education. He was also president and chief executive officer of the Chicago Board of Trade and a vice chairman and director of Bank One Corporation. David is currently on the board of several Duff & Phelps investment company funds. He has also served on the boards of United Airlines, Wheels Inc., DNP Select Income Fund (chairman) and Ariel Alternatives, LLC. David is active in the community as chairman of the board of the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry, vice chairman of the board of The Art Institute of Chicago and trustee of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago (former chair). He also serves on The Dean’s Leadership Council of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, is a member of the Graduate School of Business Advisory Council at the University of Chicago and is the former president of Leadership Greater Chicago, among other civic and charitable endeavors. David received a BA in history from Harvard University and earned an MBA from the University of Chicago.