contact social strategy wrapports invests in the future of media and believes that interesting content delivered in innovative ways can create tremendous value . we look at underperforming businesses underserved markets and opportunities to disrupt legacy media business models . we seek to work with management to transform existing businesses and help build new ones . we believe in the power of technology to change industries and create new solutions that meet customer demands . we look across the media value chain and across the corporate lifecycle for the right opportunities . wrapports transforming media through technology . board john a. canning jr. chairman mr. canning co founded madison dearborn partners llc mdp in 1993 and served as its chief executive officer until becoming its chairman in 2007 . mdp has raised investment funds with more than 18 billion in limited partner commitments from over 400 endowments pension funds and other sophisticated investors . mdp is one of the most experienced and successful private equity investment firms in the united states with 45 investment professionals . prior to co founding mdp mr. canning spent 24 years with first chicago corporation most recently as executive vice president of the first national bank of chicago and president of first chicago venture capital . mr. canning has more than 31 years of experience in private equity investing and currently serves on the boards of directors of corning incorporated exelon corporation milwaukee brewers baseball club northwestern memorial hospital transunion corp. and children s inner city educational fund ; on the boards of trustees of the big shoulders fund museum of science and industry and northwestern university . mr. canning is also a commissioner of the irish pension reserve fund a trustee and former chairman of the chicago community trust a trustee and chairman of the field museum chairman of the chicago news cooperative chairman of the economic club of chicago and former director and chairman of the federal reserve bank of chicago . bradley phillip bell president bell phillip television productions six time daytime emmy award winner bradley phillip bell is president of bell phillip television productions and executive producer and head writer of the most watched daily dramatic serial in the world the bold and the beautiful . born in chicago illinois bell co founded bell phillip television productions in 1987 with his parents television pioneers lee phillip bell an emmy award winning broadcast journalist and talk show personality at wbbm tv for over 30 years and the late emmy award winning william j. bell who also created the daytime drama the young and the restless . recognized for it s socially conscious stories the bold and the beautiful is currently seen daily by more than 35 million people in over 100 countries . rodney o neal chief executive officer and president delphi rodney o neal 58 is chief executive officer and president of delphi.o neal began his automotive career at general motors gm in 1971 as a student at general motors institute currently kettering university . in 1975 he joined the inland division where he held a number of engineering and manufacturing positions in ohio portugal and canada . he was named director of industrial engineering for the former chevrolet pontiac gm of canada group in 1991 and the following year became a director of manufacturing for delphi . o neal was named general director of warehousing & distribution for gm service parts operations in 1994 . in 1997 he was elected a gm vice president and named general manager of delphi interior systems . when delphi became an independent company following its spinoff from gm o neal was elected a delphi vice president and president of delphi interior systems in november 1998 . in 2000 o neal was named executive vice president of the former safety thermal & electrical architecture sector . o neal was named president of the dynamics propulsion and thermal sector in 2003 and was named president and chief operating officer in 2005 . he was named to his current position of chief executive officer in january 2007 . o neal earned a bachelor s degree from general motors institute and a master s degree from stanford university . he serves on the board of directors for delphi and the board of directors of sprint nextel . he is a member of the executive leadership council and former member of the board of directors for the goodyear tire & rubber company the board of directors for inroads inc. the michigan manufacturers association the woodward governor company and the advisory board for focus hope . michael j. sacks chief executive officer grosvenor capital management l.p. michael j. sacks is the chief executive officer of chicago based grosvenor capital management l.p. grosvenor is a leader in the alternative investment industry specializing in the management of multi manager investment portfolios . grosvenor currently manages over 23 billion for a globally diverse institutional and high net worth client base . mr. sacks joined grosvenor in 1990 and was named the firm s managing partner in 1994 . he led the growth development and institutionalization of the firm from its position as an early participant in a cottage industry to its current position as a leader in the global alternative investment arena . prior to joining grosvenor mr. sacks spent two years at harris associates l.p. a native of chicago mr. sacks received a bachelor s degree in economics from tulane university in 1984 a general course certificate from the london school of economics for work completed in the 1982 1983 academic year a masters in business administration from the j.l. kellogg graduate school of management at northwestern university in 1988 and a j.d. from northwestern university school of law in 1988 . he is a member of the illinois bar . in addition to his work at grosvenor mr. sacks and his wife cari are active in various philanthropic and community activities . mr. sacks is a trustee of northwestern university a member of the chicago council on global affairs and the commercial club of chicago and is a board member of the economic club of chicago the museum of science and industry the field museum the art institute of chicago after school matters birthright israel foundation and is a member of the advance & major gifts committee for the jewish united fund . he also serves as the vice chairman of world business chicago board alongside the mayor of city of chicago where he will focus on promoting and attracting business and the city s broader economic development agenda . mr. and mrs. sacks have been married for over 20 years and have two sons and a daughter . bruce sagan owner and publisher hyde park herald bruce sagan has been publisher of the hyde park herald for 58 years . he has spent more than half a century reporting writing and publishing for and about the neighborhoods and communities of the chicago area . during his journalism career he has published newspapers in four states been a partner of the english company that publishes the financial times worked with the new york times on developing their national edition and started a regional daily newspaper in the chicago suburbs . a past president of the illinois press association mr. sagan was a founding director of the suburban newspapers of america . he has been a consultant to the washington post and media general . most recently mr. sagan worked at northwestern university s medill school of journalism on revising the curriculum for the 21st century . mr. sagan has served as vice chairman of the chicago public library board chairman of the illinois arts council chairman of the illinois housing development authority and secretary of the chicago housing authority . he is on the board of directors of the steppenwolf theater company the joffrey ballet the chicago public library foundation and the graham foundation for advanced studies in the fine arts . linda wolf retired chairman and ceo leo burnett worldwide linda wolf retired as chairman and ceo of leo burnett worldwide in april 2005 after a 27 year career with the global advertising agency . as worldwide ceo linda was responsible for the agency s operations spanning 80 countries and more than 200 units . prior to assuming the worldwide ceo role in january 2001 linda was ceo of leo burnett usa from july 1996 through december 2000 . from march 1992 through june 1996 linda was an executive vice president responsible for business development at leo burnett usa.linda is a director of wal mart stores inc. and innerworkings inc. . she serves on the board of trustees of janus funds . she is also a member of the board of trustees of the field museum children s memorial hospital the rehabilitation institute of chicago and the chicago council on global affairs . richard s. price chairman and ceo mesirow financial richard s. price serves as chairman and chief executive officer 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