James P. Stirling
James Stirling joined Kidder Peabody's (now UBS) Investment Banking Department after earning his MBA in 1965 and is currently Chairman of the UBS Midwest Advisory Board and Chairman of the Board of a private Lake Forest corporation. During a sabbatical from Kidder Peabody, he served as assistant to U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Elliot L. Richardson, and also worked in London in international investments.
Mr. Stirling graduated from Princeton in 1963 and received an MBA from Stanford University two years later. He studied in a post MBA program at the University of Chicago and became a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1971.
* Executive Council, Chicago Metropolis 2020
* Director, Metropolitan Planning Council
* Chairman of the Board, Northwestern Memorial Management Corporation
* Director, Northwestern Memorial Hospital
* Vice Chairman, Northwestern Memorial Foundation
* Director, CFA Society of Chicago
* Chairman, CFA Society of Chicago Leadership Council
* Founding Chairman, Professional Council for Philanthropy
* Past Director, Teachers Academy for Mathematics and Science
* Past Chairman, Major Corporate Division, United Way/Crusade for Mercy
* Trustee, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
* Past President, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Junior Governing Board
* Life Member, Visiting Committee, Music Department, the University of Chicago
* Member, Visiting Committee, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, the University of Chicago
Mr. Stirling is married to Ellen Adair Stirling. They have three children.
