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Session 18: CEO Roundtable
How does a bank deal with issues in a consolidating environment and with overseas branches? How does an organization build a business launched by deregulation, but still influenced by regulation, and with hundreds of players? The CEOs will respond to these questions and explain how firms respond to competitive challenges.
Presentations
Christopher Lofgren, Productivity Challenges in a Demanding Environment (PDF, 311 K)
Links of Interest
Speakers
Norman R Bobins
Chairman, President, and CEO
LaSalle Bank Corporation
Norman R. Bobins is chairman, president and chief executive officer of LaSalle Bank. He is also president and chief executive officer of LaSalle Bank Corporation, the parent of LaSalle, head of Midwest Commercial Banking for LaSalle Bank Corporation, and senior executive vice president of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. He is also vice chairman of LaSalle Bank Midwest N.A., a subsidiary of LaSalle Bank Corporation. He is a member of the Board of Directors for LaSalle Bank Midwest N.A.
Mr. Bobins joined The Exchange National Bank of Chicago in April 1981, as senior executive vice president and chief lending officer. (The Exchange was acquired by LaSalle National Corporation in 1990.) He came to The Exchange from American National Bank and Trust Company where he was senior vice president, holding various commercial lending positions over 14 years.
Active in numerous civic organizations, Mr. Bobins holds directorships with the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, which honored him with its Distinguished Service Award in 1982. Other awards include the American Jewish Committee's 1992 Human Rights Medallion, the National REIA Fall Conference's 1995 Wexler Award, the 1997 Keshet Rainbow Award, the 1997 CANDO Person of the Year Award, the 1998 Midtown Educational Foundation Reach for Excellence Award, the DePaul University 1999 Business Leadership Award, the 2000 Harold Washington College Business Professional of the Year Award, the 2000 Jane Addams Hull House Medal, the Southwest Organizing Project Anti-Predatory Lending Award 2001, and the Boys & Girls Clubs 2002 Chairman's Award.
Mr. Bobins is the former Chairman of the Board at the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce. In January 1999, Governor Ryan appointed him to The Governor's Commission on the Status of Women in Illinois. He recently joined the executive board of the Auditorium Theatre Council, and the boards of directors of the Terra Foundation for the Arts and the newly formed Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Foundation. He continues to serve as a member of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago, where he was re-appointed in June 2002 to a third, four-year term. He is a member of the board of trustees of WTTW Communications, Inc., The Field Museum and the Illinois Business Roundtable. He is also a trustee of the University of Chicago Hospitals. In addition, he serves on The Council on the Graduate School of Business at The University of Chicago, is a member of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management Advisory Board, The Neighborhood Rejuvenation Partners Advisory Committee, and serves on the boards of Spertus College, and the Executive Council of Chicago Metropolis 2020.
His corporate involvement includes the chairmanship of the Chicago Clearing House Association, the board of trustees of CenterPoint Properties Trust, the board of directors of Braun Consulting, Inc., and directorships at RREEF America REIT II, Inc. and Transco, Inc. In addition, he is a member of the American Bankers Association Board of Directors; the Banker's Club of Chicago, serving most recently as president; The Financial Services Roundtable and the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago. He is a former member of the Federal Advisory Council.
Mr. Bobins earned his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin in 1964 and his M.B.A. from The University of Chicago in 1967. He and his wife, Virginia, reside in Chicago.
Christopher Lofgren, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Schneider National, Inc.
Chris Lofgren is president and chief executive officer at Schneider National Inc., a premier provider of transportation, logistics and related services.
Dr. Lofgren joined Schneider Logistics in 1994 as vice president of engineering and systems. He later served as chief information officer and chief operating officer of Schneider National and was named president and chief executive officer of Schneider National in 2002.
Before joining Schneider National Inc., Dr. Lofgren held positions at Symantec Corporation, Motorola and CAPS Logistics. He holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in industrial and management engineering from Montana State University and a doctorate in industrial and systems engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.
