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

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

Party Affiliation

Democrat

Residence

Riverwoods