Members of the Index Advisory Council provided invaluable counsel, analysis and support for the Regional Realities report.

Dave Bennett Executive Director, Northwest Municipal Conference

Michael Bennett Executive Director, John J. Egan Urban Center, DePaul University

Victoria Chou Dean, College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago

Louis Delgado Graduate Program Director, Loyola University of Chicago

Helen Dunlap President and CEO, Shorebank Advisory Services

John Holton Director, National Center on Child Abuse Prevention

Waldo Johnson Assistant Professor, School of Social Service Administration, University of Chicago

Richard Kateley Managing Director, Heitman Financial Limited

Larry McClellan Executive Director, South Metropolitan Regional Leadership Center, Governors State University

David Perry Director and Professor, Great Cities Institute, Interim Dean, College of Urban Planning & Public Affairs, University of Illinois at Chicago

David Schulz Director, Infrastructure Technology Institute, Northwestern University

Ada Skyles Associate Director, Chapin Hall Center for Children

Bill Testa Senior Economist and Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

Kevin Weiss Director, Center for Health Services Research, Rush Primary Care Institute