Meredith Mendes

Meredith Wise Mendes is currently Vice Chairman at Chicago Academy of Sciences, Inc. Ms. Mendes is an Independent Director at Kronos Worldwide, Inc. since 2018 and at NL Industries, Inc. since 2018.
Ms. Mendes is a Member of The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, The University of Chicago Women's Board, The Executives Club of Chicago, The Phi Beta Kappa Society, and Women Corporate Directors.
Former roles include Chief Executive Officer at Pritzker Matthew Co. LLC from 2022 to 2023, Independent Director at Quanex Building Products Corp.
from 2019 to 2023, Chief Operating Officer & Partner at Gresham Partners LLC from 2020 to 2022, Chief Operating Officer & Executive Director at Jenner & Block LLP from 2005 to 2020, Independent Director at Inland Residential Properties Trust, Inc. from 2016 to 2019, Independent Director at IRC Retail Centers, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Director at C-Line Products, Inc. from 1999 to 2016, Chief Financial Officer at Daniel J.
Edelman, Inc. from 1999 to 2005, and roles as Chief Financial Officer & Vice President at Hartford Computer Group, Inc. and Medline Industries LP, Associate at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo PC and Hopkins & Sutter, Vice President-Public Banking at First Chicago Capital Markets, Inc., and Member of The Economic Club of Chicago (Illinois).
Education includes undergraduate degree from Brown University, MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and graduate degree from Harvard Law School.