Joan Elizabeth Steel

Background

Steel, Joan Elizabeth was born on August 15, 1953 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Kenneth Allen and Rosemary Catherine (Fath) Steel.

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration, Georgetown University, 1975; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1977.

Career

Institutional fixed income broker, Salomon Brothers, Chicago, 1977-1979; assistant vice president, E.F. Hutton & Company, Chicago, 1979-1982; president, chief Executive officer Edgewater Lining & Equipment Inc., subsidiary K.A. Steel Chemicals, Inc., Melrose Park, Illinois, 1982-1985; executive vice president, K.A. Steel Chemicals, Inc., Schiller Park, Illinois, 1982-1988; vice president, finance relations, Aon Corporation, Chicago, since 1988.

Achievements

• Joan Elizabeth Steel has been listed as a noteworthy insurance company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Chicago Children's Home and Aid Society, since 1988, Five Hospital Homebound Elderly Program, Chicago, since 1989, Roosevelt University. Member Chicago Council Foreign Relg., 1993. Member University Chicago Women's Business Group (Distinguished Service award 1990), Committee of 200 (co-chairman Midwest region 1986-1988), Executives Club Chicago (board directors since 1982), Chicago Network, Economics Club Chicago.

Interests

• Avocations: collecting antique French posters, golf, alpine skiing.

Connections

Father:

Kenneth Allen Steel

Mother:

Rosemary Catherine (Fath) Steel