Penny Pritzker

Penny Pritzker, chairman of Vi, founded the company more than 20 years ago to bring a high level of service and hospitality to later-stage living. Today, the company develops and operates lifestyle communities nationwide that are dedicated to enriching the lives of older adults.

Penny Pritzker is also Chairman and CEO of Pritzker Realty Group, the developer of Chicago's Hyatt Center; chairman of TransUnion Corporation, a credit data and information management business;  chairman of The Parking Spot, an off-site airport parking management company; and chairman of Artemis Real Estate Partners, a private equity real estate investment manager. She sits on the board of Hyatt Hotels Corporation.

Dedicated to improving Chicago's public education system, Pritzker is chairman of the Chicago Public Education Fund and a founding board member of Young Women's Leadership Charter School. Through the Pritzker Traubert Family Foundation, Penny Pritzker and her husband, Dr. Bryan Traubert, fund various innovative programs to improve Chicago's schools.

Pritzker is a member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club, is on the board of the Council on Foreign Relations and is an advisory board member of the Brookings Institution's Hamilton Project.

Pritzker is a member of the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board which evaluates economic policy for the Obama Administration.  She served as National Finance Chair for the Barack Obama presidential campaign and was co-chair of the 2009 Presidential Inauguration Committee.

Pritzker earned her bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University and J.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Stanford University.