Background
Mayer, Robert Nathan was born on May 21, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Bloom and Beatrice Violet (Cummings) Mayer.
not-for-profit organization executive
Mayer, Robert Nathan was born on May 21, 1949 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Bloom and Beatrice Violet (Cummings) Mayer.
AB, Kenyon College, 1971; Master of Business Administration, University of Chicago, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, Evanston, 1985.
Management consultant, Ernst & Young, Chicago, 1973-1976; compensation specialist, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Chicago, 1976-1977; corporation manager-employee relations, R.R. Donnelley & Sons, Chicago, 1977-1980; director organization planning and development, Superior Coffee Company, Bensenville, Illinois, 1980-1982; manager corporation human resource planning, Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, 1982-1984; senior manager organization and management development, Sara Lee Corporation, Chicago, 1984-1987; president, Rothschild Foundation, Chicago, since 1988; Chief Executive Officer,, HomeCorps, Inc., Chicago, 1990-1994.
Vice chairman Museum Contemporary Art, Chicago, since 1989. Board directors Nathan Cummings Foundation, New York City, since 1989, chairman, 1993-1995, vice chairman, since 1997.
Married Debra Ellyn Weese, June 17, 1976. Children: Jennifer, Jaimie, Jonathan.