Norman R. Bobins is chairman of Norman Bobins Consulting, LLC (NBC), which provides financial consulting services to various clients. He also serves as the non-executive chairman of The PrivateBank and Trust Company. Prior to that, Mr. Bobins was the chairman and chief executive officer of LaSalle Bank Corporation. Mr. Bobins served as a Trustee of the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago and was a member of the Public Building Commission of Chicago. Mr. Bobins received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago. Mr. Bobins is active in several civic organizations, chairman of the board of trustees of WTTW Communications, Inc., and member of the Field Museum, the Newberry Library and the Brain Research Foundation. Mayor Richard M. Daley appointed Mr. Bobins to the Chicago Board of Education in 1995.