Susan Crown
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Susan Crown is an executive, foundation chair, and community activist in Chicago.
Crown is Chairman of the Executive Committee of Illinois Tool Works
, a diversified manufacturer of engineered products and specialty systems. She is also Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Rush University Medical Center
, and chaired the Facilities Committee in instituting a $1 billion rebuild of its campus, including Chicago’s first LEED-certified hospital.
Crown is a partner of Henry Crown & Company, a Chicago-based firm that manages diversified investments in banking, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, real estate, and telecommunications, and a member of the Board of Directors of Northern Trust Corporation, and a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council, where she helped establish the first Midwestern office for a national environmental NGO.
She recently co-chaired CARE’s national conference on global poverty in Washington, D.C., where legislation on food programs, child marriage and global warming were introduced in the U.S. House and Senate. Crown served for 26 years as Chairman of the Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, a foundation focused in areas including urban education, human services, healthcare, cultural arts and the Middle East.
Previously, she built the business plan of the Covenant Foundation, the leading North American program supporting and recognizing leaders in Jewish education. Crown served for a dozen years on the Yale Corporation
and is now a Co-Chair of the Yale Tomorrow Campaign. For 8 years, she was Chairman of Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Visual History Foundation, the largest video archive in the world containing the testimony of survivors, rescuers, perpetrators and witnesses of the Holocaust. Her other civic involvements include the Chicago Public Education Fund, the Aspen Valley Community Foundation and serving as a hospice volunteer.
She has received several awards for her community work, including the Deborah Award from the American Jewish Congress, the McCormick Distinguished Service Award from the Yale Club of Chicago, and the Civic Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee.
Crown holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.A. from New York University. She is an avid skier, mountain climber, traveler, painter, and music lover. Crown and her husband William Kunkler live in Chicago.
Crown is Chairman of the Executive Committee of Illinois Tool Works
Illinois Tool Works
Illinois Tool Works Inc. or ITW is a Fortune 200 company that produces engineered fasteners and components, equipment and consumable systems, and specialty products. It was founded in 1912 by Byron L...
, a diversified manufacturer of engineered products and specialty systems. She is also Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees of Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center
Rush University Medical Center is a 676-bed academic medical center that includes hospital facilities for adults and children. It also includes the Johnston R. Bowman Health Center...
, and chaired the Facilities Committee in instituting a $1 billion rebuild of its campus, including Chicago’s first LEED-certified hospital.
Crown is a partner of Henry Crown & Company, a Chicago-based firm that manages diversified investments in banking, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, real estate, and telecommunications, and a member of the Board of Directors of Northern Trust Corporation, and a trustee of the Natural Resources Defense Council, where she helped establish the first Midwestern office for a national environmental NGO.
She recently co-chaired CARE’s national conference on global poverty in Washington, D.C., where legislation on food programs, child marriage and global warming were introduced in the U.S. House and Senate. Crown served for 26 years as Chairman of the Arie and Ida Crown Memorial, a foundation focused in areas including urban education, human services, healthcare, cultural arts and the Middle East.
Previously, she built the business plan of the Covenant Foundation, the leading North American program supporting and recognizing leaders in Jewish education. Crown served for a dozen years on the Yale Corporation
Yale Corporation
The Yale Corporation, sometimes, and more formally, known as The President and Fellows of Yale College, is the governing body of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.The Corporation comprises 19 members:...
and is now a Co-Chair of the Yale Tomorrow Campaign. For 8 years, she was Chairman of Steven Spielberg’s Shoah Visual History Foundation, the largest video archive in the world containing the testimony of survivors, rescuers, perpetrators and witnesses of the Holocaust. Her other civic involvements include the Chicago Public Education Fund, the Aspen Valley Community Foundation and serving as a hospice volunteer.
She has received several awards for her community work, including the Deborah Award from the American Jewish Congress, the McCormick Distinguished Service Award from the Yale Club of Chicago, and the Civic Leadership Award from the American Jewish Committee.
Crown holds a B.A. from Yale University and an M.A. from New York University. She is an avid skier, mountain climber, traveler, painter, and music lover. Crown and her husband William Kunkler live in Chicago.