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The Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority's 13-member Board is appointed by the Governor of Illinois and the Mayor of Chicago. These individuals lead MPEA in its mission to attract trade shows, conventions and public events to Chicago, in an ongoing effort to strengthen the state and city economies. Current Board members include:

  John S. Gates, Jr.
Chairman, MPEA Board of Directors

PortaeCo LLC
Peter J. O'Brien
Secretary-Treasurer, MPEA Board

MADO Management, LP

  Devon C. Bruce
Power Rogers & Smith, P.C.
Louis Carr
BET Networks
  Isaac S. Goldman
Hartline Investment Corporation
Steven Hernandez
BP America, Inc.

  Robert Allen Novelle, Jr.
Novelle Law Associates, LLC

James V. Riley
Clear Channel Communications, Inc. (Retired)

  Alisa Starks
Inner City Entertainment, Inc.
Sam Toia
Leona's Restaurants

   Thomas P. Villanova
Chicago & Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council

John R. Walter
Ashlin Management Company


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