John W. McCarter
President and CEO, The Field Museum of Natural History
John W. McCarter, Jr. currently serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Field Museum.
Mr. McCarter previously worked as a Senior Vice President of Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., president of DeKalb Corporation, an international agribusiness concern and as the Budget Director of the State of Illinois under Governor Richard B. Ogilvie.
Currently, Mr. McCarter is a Director of W.W. Grainger, Janus Funds and Divergence, Inc. where he serves as Chairman of the Board.
He is an Emeritus Trustee of the University of Chicago, a Regent at the Smithsonian Institution, a trustee of the National Recreation Foundation, an Emeritus Trustee and former Chairman of Chicago's Public Television Station Channel 11. He is a Director and former Chairman of the Chicago Consulting Alliance and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Chicago Central Area Committee.
Mr. McCarter is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School, and also attended the London School of Economics.
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