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Penny Pritzker is the founder and Chairman of PSP Partners and its affiliates, Pritzker Realty Group, PSP Capital, and PSP Growth. From June 2013 through January 2017, she served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce in the Obama Administration.

Ms. Pritzker is an entrepreneur, civic leader, and philanthropist, with more than 30 years of experience in numerous industries. In addition to her work at PSP Partners, Ms. Pritzker launched a number of other businesses over the course of her career, which included founding Vi Senior Living (formerly known as Classic Residence by Hyatt), and co-founding The Parking Spot, Artemis Real Estate Partners, and Inspired Capital Partners. Ms. Pritzker is a member of the boards of Microsoft Corporation, DEPT and Icertis. She is also the former executive chairman of the board of TransUnion and is a past board member of Hyatt
Hotels Corporation, Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company, Marmon Group, and LaSalle Bank Corporation.

In July of 2022, Ms. Pritzker was elected as the Senior Fellow (chair) of the Harvard Corporation and is the first woman to hold the position. In addition to those roles, Ms. Pritzker is a member of the Aspen Strategy Group and Aspen Economic Strategy Group, member of the Obama Foundation Board and cochair of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum Advisory Council.

Ms. Pritzker previously served as President Biden’s Special Representative for Ukraine’s Economic Recovery, chairman of the board of trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and cofounder and board chair of Chicago-based civic-tech organization P33. She also was formerly a member of the board of the Council on Foreign Relations, the board of trustees of Stanford University, the Harvard University Board of Overseers and founded Skills for America’s Future. Ms. Pritzker also served on President Biden’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, and President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, and his Economic Recovery Advisory Board.

Ms. Pritzker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Harvard University and a Juris Doctor and Masters of Business Administration from Stanford University. Ms. Pritzker and her husband, Dr. Bryan Traubert, co-founded the Pritzker Traubert Foundation, a private philanthropic foundation that works to foster increased economic opportunity for Chicago’s families. To learn more about the Pritzker Traubert Foundation, visit www.ptfound.org

Bryan Traubert is Chairman of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation (PTF), which is dedicated to equalizing opportunity in Chicago. He practiced ophthalmology in Chicago for over 30 years after receiving his BS from The Citadel and MD degree from the University of Illinois. 

Dr. Traubert is the former Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Chicago Community Trust. He also serves on the Boards of University of Illinois, Loyola University Chicago, Lyric Opera of Chicago, and Steppenwolf Theatre. He previously served on the National Park Foundation board where he was Chairman from 2017-2019. From 2010 – 2016 he served as President of the Chicago Park District Board. 

Dr. Traubert enjoys golfing, cycling, tennis, skiing, gardening, theater, contemporary art and architecture. A longtime resident of Chicago, he is married to Penny Pritzker. They live in Chicago and have two adult children and four grandchildren