In the Margins

Ariel founder joins Obama Foundation board

April 22, 2016

By Barack Obama Foundation

Ariel Investments founder John Rogers has joined the Barack Obama Foundation's board of directors, which also has added Michael Sacks, chairman and CEO of GCM Grosvenor, and Robert Wolf, founder and CEO of 32 Advisors. “It was an honor to be a part of the Presidential Inaugural Committee in 2009, and I feel I am coming full circle by joining the Foundation," said Rogers, who also is chairman and CEO of Chicago-based Ariel. "I grew up on the South Side of Chicago, and I’m looking forward to working with the Foundation to help promote opportunity and bring positive change to Chicago and to the world.” Read the full release from the Barack Obama Foundation.

 

 

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