Kareem Dale

Current Term

2017-2023

Appointed By Governor

2019

Professional Experience

  • Director and senior counsel, Discover Financial Services
  • Special assistant to the president for disability policy and associate director of the Office of Public Engagement, Obama White House
  • National disability director, Obama-Biden Transition and Obama for America
  • Managing partner and founder, Dale Law Group
  • Litigation attorney, Winston & Strawn LLP

Professional/Civic Affiliations, Activities and Community Service

  • Member, executive committee of board of directors, Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership
  • Past member, Chicago Mayor's Steering Committee, Americans with Disabilities Act 25th anniversary
  • Past member, board of directors, Access Living in Chicago
  • Past president, board of directors, Black Ensemble Theater, Chicago
  • Past member, executive committee, Association of Corporate Counsel Financial Services Network

Awards and Honors

  • Leadership Greater Chicago fellow (2017)
  • Probono Commitment to Legal Service Award
  • Who's Who, Black in Chicago (2006)
  • 30 Leaders of the Future Under 30, Ebony (2001)

Education

  • BS, Advertising, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1995)
  • JD/MBA (cum laude), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1999)

Party Affiliation

Democrat