Charles P. Carey
Chairman
Mr. Carey serves as Chairman of the CME Group Foundation. He served as CME Group Vice Chairman in connection with the company's merger with CBOT Holdings from 2007 until 2010. Prior to the merger, Mr. Carey served as Chairman of CBOT since 2003, as Vice Chairman from 2000 to 2002, as First Vice Chairman during 1993 and 1994 and as a board member of CBOT from 1997 to 1999 and from 1990 to 1992. Mr. Carey is a principal in the firms of Henning & Carey Trading Co. and Henning-Carey Proprietary Trading LLC. He has been a member of CBOT since 1978 and was a member of the MidAmerica Commodity Exchange from 1976 to 1978. Mr. Carey previously served on the board of CBOT Holdings, Inc. until the merger in 2007.
Lauren Whalen
Foundation Administrator
Lauren Whalen joined the Foundation in 2016 to provide administrative and grants management support. She has previously worked in development and communications for the University of Chicago, Pediatric AIDS Chicago Prevention Initiative (PACPI) and Facets Multi-Media. Lauren holds degrees from Loyola University Chicago and Northern Illinois University College of Law.
Kathryn Benesh
Vice Chairman
Ms. Benesh retired from Deloitte in 2021 with 40 years of providing audit, assurance and advisory services to public and private companies within the energy, public utility, renewables, construction, manufacturing, and financial services industries. She also served as secretary and a Board member of Deloitte & Touche LLP from 2004 to 2017, the Board which had purview over the professional aspects of the audit & assurance practice. Through her career at Deloitte, she has gained experience with ESG matters and responses required for cyber incidents. Ms. Benesh is a CPA and current member of the AICPA. Ms. Benesh is active in the community in both Detroit and New York supporting multiple non-profit organizations, including serving on the Board of the Marygrove Conservancy. Since May 2025, Ms. Benesh has served as a Senior Advisor to Morrison & Co.
Terrence A. Duffy
Vice Chairman
Vice Chairman Terrence A. Duffy serves as Vice Chairman of the CME Group Foundation He also serves as CME Group Chairman and CEO. Previously, he served as Executive Chairman and President since 2012 and as Executive Chairman since 2006, when he became an officer of the Company. He served as Chairman of the board since 2002 and Vice Chairman from 1998 until 2002. Mr. Duffy has been a member of CME's Board since 1995. He was President of TDA Trading, Inc. from 1981 to 2002 and has been a member of CME since 1981. Duffy was appointed by President Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in 2003 as a member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board (FRTIB), a position he held until 2013. The FRTIB administers the Thrift Savings Plan, a tax-deferred defined contribution (retirement savings) plan for federal employees. Mr. Duffy currently serves as Co-Chair of the Mayo Clinic Greater Chicago Leadership Council. He also is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago, the Executives' Club of Chicago and the President's Circle of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Since 2003, Mr. Duffy has been recognized as one of the top 100 Irish Business Leaders by Irish America Magazine. Mr. Duffy attended the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. In 2007, he received a Doctor of Humane Letters from DePaul University.
Howard J. Siegel
Secretary-Treasurer
Mr. Siegel serves as Secretary-Treasurer of the Foundation and has been a member of CME since 1977. In 1978, Mr. Siegel began his trading career at Moccatta Metals in their Class B arbitrage operations and served as an order filler until 1980. From there, he went on to fill orders and trade cattle from 1980 until 1982. At that time, Mr. Siegel became a partner and an officer in a futures commission merchant that cleared at CME until selling his ownership interest in 1990. For more than 30 years, Mr. Siegel has been an independent trader on the CME exchange. He continues to actively trade today in the agricultural product suite electronically.
Eva Giglio
Executive Director
Eva Giglio has served as Executive Director of CME Group Foundation since 2021. In this role, Eva oversees a grantmaking budget of more than $6 million annually, supporting over 130 nonprofit organizations. She also manages the CME Group Foundation Scholars program, providing scholarships to First Generation college students who are majoring in finance and computer science related fields. Prior to this role, Eva worked for over thirteen years in Chicago Public Schools (CPS), beginning as a high school teacher and then later as Deputy Chief of Staff to the CEO of CPS, where she led the district’s strategic vision and improvement planning.
With a lifelong passion for supporting children and families, Eva serves as an elected school board member in her community, is the Board President for Share Our Spare and serves on the Children First Fund Board, the Youth Guidance Working on Womanhood Advisory Council and the After School Matters Advisory Board. Eva is the Co-Principal of North Center Consultants, a boutique consulting firm focused on organizational strategy and team development. She has a Master’s in Educational Leadership from North Park University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Eva is a fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago, Class of 2021 and was recognized in Crain’s 40 Under 40.
Dennis A. Suskind
Vice Chairman
Mr. Suskind is a retired General Partner of Goldman Sachs & Co. He was an Executive Vice President at J. Aron and Company prior to its acquisition by Goldman Sachs in 1980. He joined J. Aron in 1961. During his tenure in trading, Mr. Suskind served as Vice Chairman of NYMEX, Vice Chairman of COMEX, a member of the board of the Futures Industry Association, a member of the board of International Precious Metals Institute, and a member of the boards of the Gold and Silver Institutes in Washington, DC. Mr. Suskind previously served on the board of NYMEX Holdings, Inc. until our merger in 2008.