Ms. Savage started her career as a stockbroker and became a founding member of —and the first woman trader on—the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Ms. Savage is a nationally syndicated financial columnist, author and President of Terry Savage Productions, Ltd., which provides speeches, columns and videos on personal finance for corporate and association meetings, publications and national television programs and networks. Ms. Savage is a registered investment advisor and commodity trading advisor. She was a member of CME from 1975 to 1980.

Mr. Glickman has served as our Lead Director since August 2020, and previously served as our Lead Director from August 2014 to August 2017. Mr. Glickman has served as Chair and Senior Counselor of APCO Worldwide’s International Advisory Council, a public relations firm based in Washington, DC, since April 2021. In March 2021, Mr. Glickman became a Senior Adviser to the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. Mr. Glickman served as Executive Director of the Aspen Institute’s Congressional Program from 2011 to March 2021 and as Vice President of the Aspen Institute from 2012 to March 2021. Mr. Glickman also has served as Senior Fellow for the Bipartisan Policy Center since 2010. From 2004 to 2010, Mr. Glickman served as Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. Mr. Glickman previously served as Director of the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government from 2002 to 2004 and served as Senior Advisor in the law firm of Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, from 2001 to 2004. He also served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1995 through 2001 and as a member of the U.S. Congress, representing a district in Kansas, from 1977 through 1995. Mr. Glickman serves as a distinguished Fellow of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs, a member and Founding Chair of the Board of the Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research, established in the 2014 Farm Bill by Congress. Mr. Glickman also serves on a number of non-profit advisory boards with a focus on agriculture and food supply and is an adjunct professor of Food and Nutrition at Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition.

 

Mr. Siegel 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 our CME exchange. He continues to actively trade electronically in our agricultural product suite. Mr. Siegel is the Secretary and Treasurer of the CME Group Foundation. Mr. Siegel chairs our clearing house oversight committee.

Mr. Shepard has been a member of CME for more than 45 years. Previously, he served as our Second Vice Chairman from 2002 to 2007. Mr. Shepard is founder and President of Shepard International, Inc., a futures commission merchant. Mr. Shepard chairs our clearing house oversight committee.

Mr. Gepsman has served as a member of our board since 1994 and served as Secretary of the board from 1998 to 2007. He has been a member of CME for more than 35 years. Mr. Gepsman has also been an independent floor broker and trader since 1985. Mr. Gepsman currently serves as Chairman of our business conduct, membership, floor conduct committees and CME Gratuity Fund. During his board tenure at CME, he served as a member on the compensation, strategic steering, executive, clearing house oversight, ethics and arbitration committees. Mr. Gepsman has also held board positions, including a Chairman’s role, at the company’s foreign exchange subsidiaries. Mr. Gepsman currently serves as Vice Chairman of the CME political action committee. Mr. Gepsman also serves on the membership appeals committee with the National Futures Association. He was a member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange from 1982 to 1985.