Lee Mark Mitchell

Background

Mitchell, Lee Mark was born on April 16, 1943 in Albany, New York, United States. Son of Maurice B. and Mildred (Roth) Mitchell.

Education

AB, Wesleyan University, 1965; Juris Doctor, University of Chicago, 1968.

Career

Associate, Leibman, Williams, Bennett, Baird & Minow, Chicago and Washington, 1968-1972; associate, Sidley & Austin, Washington, 1972-1974; partner, Sidley & Austin, Washington, 1974-1984, 92-94; executive vice president and general counsel, Field Enterprises, Inc., Chicago, 1981-1983; president, Chief Executive Officer, Field Enterprises, Inc., Chicago, 1983-1984; president, Chief Executive Officer, Field Corporation, 1984-1992; principal, Golder, Thoma, Cressey, Rauner, Inc., Chicago, since 1994; principal, Thoma Cressey Equity Partners, Inc., Chicago, since 1998. Board directors Paging Network, Inc., Chicago Stock Exch., Inc., Cognitive Arts Corporation.

Achievements

• Lee Mark Mitchell has been listed as a noteworthy private equity investor, executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Openly arrived at : report of the Twentieth Century Fund Task Force on Broadcasting and the Legislature. Background paper
  • With the Nation Watching

Membership

Board visitors University Chicago Law School, 1984—1986, Medill School Journalism, Northwestern University, 1984—1991. President board governors Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council, 1988—1991. Member midwest regional advisory board Institute International Education, 1987—1999.

Trustee Ravinia Festival Association, 1989—1997, Northwestern University, Northwestern Memorial Hospital. United States delegate British Legislation Conference on Government and Media, Ditchley Park, England, 1974. Advisory committee League of Women Voters Presidential Debates, Washington, 1979—1980, 1982.

Vice chair Chicago Metropolitan Planning Council, 1999—2005, chair, since 2005. Member of Economic Mid-American Club, American Bar Association, Commercial Club Chicago.

Connections

Married Barbara Lee Anderson, August 27, 1966. Children: Mark, Matthew.

Father:

Maurice B. Mitchell

Mother:

Mildred (Roth) Mitchell

Spouse:

Barbara Lee Anderson

child:

Matthew Mitchell

child:

Mark Mitchell