At the January 12, 2012 BABCC Board of Directors meeting, K. Thomas Stevens, Principal of the law firm Stevens & Associates, was unanimously elected as the Council’s new President. Tom is enthusiastic about meeting the challenges facing the Council and ensuring the Council stays effective and relevant to the business community.
The Board of Directors thanked Saul Caisman, Director, Midwest Area Risk Management- KPMG, Founding Member of the BABCC, and President of the Council since January 2008, for his outstanding service, leadership, and invaluable contributions over the years. Saul will remain as the Council’s Treasurer.
Tom is principal of the law firm Stevens & Associates, a successor to the firm he founded in 1989. He is an English solicitor and an American attorney, admitted in Illinois, Washington, D.C., and New York. His focus is upon finance, mergers and acquisitions, entity structuring and governance, tax planning, international transactions, and best practices analyses. He is an avid supporter of young entrepreneurs, providing mentoring at waived costs and fees. He serves on the Board of The Chicago Lean Startup Circle, a non-profit group approaching 1,000 members. He regularly speaks on issues pertaining to startup companies, law, and entrepreneurial skills, and maintains a blog at www.startup-trebuchet.com.
Previously, Tom served as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois, whereby he was involved in corporate tax litigation concerning domestic and international/off-shore entities and transactions. Shortly before leaving government service, Tom was appointed an administrative law judge, overseeing a segment of interstate taxation issues pertaining to railroads. Such followed positions with the Tax and Bond Division of the Corporation Counsel for the City of Chicago and with the Illinois Retail Merchants Association.
In addition to electing a new President, during the January 12th meeting, the following individuals were appointed to serve on the 2012 BABCC Board of Directors:
Officers
David Kay, Chairman – Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
K. Thomas Stevens, President – Stevens Associates
Jon Butcher, Vice President – Mintel
Saul Caisman, Treasurer – KPMG LLP
Cindy Shearn – Secretary – Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP
Ex-officio Director
Robert Chatterton Dickson – British Consul General, British Consulate-General, Chicago
Directors
Charles Bickers – The Boeing Company
Chris Duchene – Illinois Tool Works
Lynn Durning – Wells Fargo
Philip Gawthorpe – Marsh
Robert Gibbs – 101 Worldwide
Chris Kelleher – LinkedIn
Loretta Kuss – American Airlines
Scott Markman – The Monogram Group
John W. O’Hara – Lloyds America
Greg Onorato – British Airways
Daniel Ryan – Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.
Rupert Ward – KPMG LLP
Raymond Vermolen – InterContinental Chicago
Edward West – Baker McKenzie
See the Leadership Menu for bio information on our leadership. If you have an interest in serving on the BABCC Board of Directors, kindly submit a letter indicating your interest and a copy of your resume.
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