Our Board of Directors (2024)

Timothy S. Crane

President and Chief Executive Officer

Tim Crane is president and chief executive officer of Wintrust. Tim’s banking career spans 40 years and has touched all facets of retail, commercial, wealth management, and investment banking. In his current position, he draws upon all these experiences to lead...

Chief Executive Officer

Mr. Boersma is CEO of Wintrust Bank, Wintrust Financial Corporation’s largest bank subsidiary. In addition, he is EVP and Market Head overseeing Northbrook Bank & Trust Company, Hinsdale Bank & Trust Company, Beverly Bank & Trust Company, and Wintrust...

Scott Heitmann

Scott K. Heitmann is a director of Great Lakes Advisors, Wintrust Investments, The Chicago Trust Company, Wintrust, and Wintrust Bank. With more than 30 years of experience in the banking industry, he has served as vice chairman of LaSalle Bank Corporation and the...

Matthew Horwitch

Matthew Horwitch has more than 30 years of experience in the insurance industry, primarily in property and casualty insurance brokerage, with a focus in strategic risk management and program development for middle market, national, and global accounts. In addition to...

Bartlett Q. Johnson

Bart Johnson is president at Wintrust Bank and serves as the commercial real estate market head for Wintrust Financial. Bart joined Wintrust Bank in 2011, leading the launch of the Wintrust Commercial Real Estate line of business. Today, he works with the bankers...

Julieta LaMalfa

Julieta LaMalfa serves as the Chief Financial Officer of Canela Media, a digital media company targeting the U.S. Hispanic population.

Prior to joining Canela, she provided financial and litigation consulting services to clients across industries and led and assisted...

Meghan Otis

Meghan Otis has joined the board of directors of Wintrust Bank. She is a co-founder and partner at Lightspring Capital Partners, a majority women-led and women-owned private investment firm focused on control-equity and mezzanine investments. Previously, Meghan was...

Hollis Rademacher

Mr. Rademacher, a business consultant and private investor, has had an extensive financial career, having held senior management positions with what was one of the largest banks in the country. In addition to having been a Wintrust Financial Corporation director, he...

Alison Ranney

Alison P. Ranney has been involved with Wintrust for two decades and currently serves on the board of directors of Wintrust Bank. She is a Managing Director at Russell Reynolds Associates, the global executive search and leadership advisory firm.
Alison specializes...

David S. Richter

Mr. Richter is chair of the Absolute Return Strategies Investment Committee, co-head of Absolute Return Strategies Research, and serves on the Global Investment Council and the ESG Committee. He is also a member of the Strategic Investments Investment Committee. Mr....

Dee M. Robinson

Dee Robinson is the CEO and president of Robinson Hill, Inc., a concessions management firm she founded in 1995 that specializes in retail stores and restaurants located in airports and other non-traditional venues. She earned her MBA from Kellogg School of Management...

Lou Sandoval

Lou Sandoval is the President and CEO of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce. He brings decades of global business experience to lead the preeminent organization that serves as the voice of Illinois businesses. Previously, Sandoval served as President and Founder of Halo...

Ingrid Stafford

Ingrid Stafford is on the Wintrust Bank Board of Directors and served as audit chair from 2008 to 2020. She is also a trustee of the Evanston Alternative Opportunities Fund, an SEC-registered fund advised by Evanston Capital Management, and she serves on the...

Cherryl Thomas

Cherryl Thomas is the former president and CEO of Ardmore Associates, LLC, an engineering consulting firm specializing in infrastructure, transportation, and construction management. Previously, Cherryl chaired the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, an independent agency in the...

Alex Washington

Alex Washington serves as a managing director of Wind Point Partners, a middle market private equity firm based in Chicago. Wind Point has approximately $2.3 billion in assets under management and focuses on majority-control acquisitions of North American companies in the...

Ex Officio Director

Executive Chairman of the Board and Founder, Wintrust Financial Corp.

Ed Wehmer is the executive chairman of the board and founder of Wintrust, and an ex officio director of each Wintrust Community Bank. Offering a unique perspective, he’s a board member who is also a leader of the Company, providing valuable insight into management...