Commission Members

Abner Mikva

Newly Appointed Chair of the Admissions Review Commission

Experience:

• Senior Director, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, University of Chicago (2000-2008)
• Professor, University of Chicago Law School (1996-1999)
• White House Counsel, William J. Clinton Administration (1994-1995)
• Judge , United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Appointed by President Jimmy Carter (1979-1994)
  • Chief Judge, 1991-1994
• U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois 10 th District (1974-1979)
• U.S. House of Representatives, Illinois 2 nd District (1968-1973)
• Illinois General Assembly (1956-1966)
  • Chair, House Judiciary Committee (1963-1966)
• Partner, Goldberg, Devoe, Schadur & Mikva (1952-1969)
• Clerk, Supreme Court Justice Sherman Minton (1951-1952)
• Navigator, Army Air Corps, World War II (1944-1945)

Organization Membership and Recognition:

• Founder and President, Mikva Challenge Organization (1997-present)
• Board Member, American Constitution Society
• Paul H. Douglas Ethics in Government Award, University of Illinois
• Thurgood Marshall Award, American Bar Association
• Alumni Medal, University of Chicago
• Member, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Education:

• University of Chicago Law School , J.D. (1951)
  • Editor in Chief, University of Chicago Law Review

Personal Information:

• DOB: 1/21/26
• Hometown: Milwaukee , WI
• Lives in Chicago with his wife Zoe. He has three daughters and seven grandchildren.

Bernard Judge

Newly Appointed Member of the Admissions Review Commission

Experience:

• Editor and Publisher, Chicago Daily Law Bulletin (1988 – 2007)
• Editor and General Manager, City News Bureau of Chicago (1983 - 84)
• Senior City Editor, Chicago Tribune (1974 – 1983)
• Associate Editor, Chicago Sun Times (1984 – 1984)

Organization Membership and Recognition:

• Chairman of the Board, Illinois First Amendment Center
• Board Member, Catholic Charities of Chicago
• Board Member, Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago
• Former Board Member, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Foundation
• Member, Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame
• Chicago Press Club Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
• City Club of Chicago Journalism Award
• Illinois Bar Foundation Distinguished Service Award

Education:

• John Carroll University
• Instructor, Medill School of Journalism, Northwestern University In

Personal Information:

• DOB: 1/6/40
• Hometown: Chicago
• Lives in Chicago with wife Kimbeth. He has three grown children.

Charles W. Scholz

Newly Appointed Member of the Admissions Review Commission

Experience:

• Private practice attorney; Board of Directors, Bank of Quincy (2005 – present)
• Mayor, Quincy, Illinois (1993 – 2005)
• Private practice attorney, Scholz, Loos, Palmer, Siebers and Duesterhaus
• Downstate Political Director, United States Senator Paul Simon
• Assistant Attorney General, Director of Western Illinois Regional Office, Illinois Attorney General's Office
• Assistant State's Attorney, Quincy, Adams County

Organization Membership:

• Member, Board of Directors, Quincy Area Salvation Army
• Trustee, Culver Stockton College
• Board Member, Illinois Issues Magazine
• Member, Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Foundation
• Member, Advisory Board Foundation for Springfield Catholic Diocese
• Board Member, Chaddock School
• Trustee, Quincy Public Library
• Board Member, Good Samaritan Home
• Member, Taxpayer Action Board
• Board Member, Looking for Lincoln
• Board Member, Tri-State Economic Development Summit
• Chairman, City of Quincy Lincoln Bicentennial Commission

Education:

• Mercer University, Walter F. George School of Law, J.D. (1978)
• Georgetown University, Bachelor's Degree (1975)

Personal Information:

• DOB: November 8, 1953
• Hometown: Quincy, IL
• Married, father of two children

Doris C. Lowry

Newly Appointed Member of the Admissions Review Board

Experience:

• President, Aspen Pine Group, Inc.
• Partner, The Foster Group
• Executive Deputy Director, African American Leadership Partnership
• Director, International Trade Bureau, Rainbow Push Coalition
• District Manager, Minority Enterprise Growth Assistance (MEGA) Center, United States Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency

Organization Membership:

• Durban, South Africa/Chicago Sister Cities Committee
• Children's Place Association Board
• Kohl's Children's Museum Board

Education:

• McCormick Theological Seminary, Master's Degree in Theological Studies

Personal Information:

• Currently lives in Chicago, IL

Maribeth Vander Weele

Newly Appointed Member of the Admissions Review Commission

Experience:

• President, Vander Weele Group, LLC, Corporate Investigations Firm (2003 – present)
• President, Chadwick Associates (2002-2003)
• Inspector General, Chicago Public Schools (1998 – 2002)
• Chief of Investigations, Chicago Public Schools (1995-1998)
• Investigative Reporter Chicago Sun Times (1990 – 1995)

Organization Membership and Recognition:

• Founding President, Illinois Association of Inspectors General
• Member, American Society for Industrial Security
• Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• Member, Women's President's Organization
• Member, Women Impacting Public Policy
• Member, Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Education:

• Wheaton College, B.A.

Personal Information:

• Hometown: Chicago
• Lives in Chicago

Ricardo Estrada

Newly Appointed Member of the Admissions Review Commission

Experience:

• Executive Director, Erie Neighborhood House (2003 – Present)
  • Associate Director (1997 – 2003)
• President and Chief Executive Officer, Erie Elementary Charter School (2005 – Present)
• Program Consultant, Orphanlink International (1997-1999)
• Quality Assurance Consultant, Chicago Commons (1997)
• Associate Executive Director, Latino Youth, Inc. (1996 – 1997)
  • Director of Child Welfare Services (1993 – 1996)
  • Interim Director of Education (1994 – 1995)

Organization Membership and Recognition:

• Vice President, Board of Directors, Leadership Greater Chicago
• Board Member, Donors Forum of Chicago
• Board Member, Latino Policy Forum
• Member, Chicago Council on Global Affairs Selection Committee, Emerging Leaders Program
• Illinois Childcare Advisory Council, Executive Committee
• American Marshall Memorial Fellow
• Loyola University Chicago Latino Alumnus of the Year
• City Club of Chicago John A. McDermott Award for Distinguished Social Leadership
• Citibank Hispanic Heritage Award

Education:

• University of Illinois at Chicago School of Business Administration: MBA, Finance & Marketing (1997)
• University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration: A.M., Policy & Administration (1993)
• Loyola University, Chicago: B.S., Psychology (1989); Certificate in Project Management, (2005)
• Northwestern University: The Corporate Leadership Center and the Kellogg School of Management, CEO Perspective program (2009)

Personal Information:

• DOB: 10/17/66
• Hometown: Chicago
• Lives in Chicago with wife Beatriz and two daughters, Sofia and Daniela.

Zaldwaynaka “Z” Scott

Newly Appointed Member of the Admissions Review Commission

Experience:

• Partner, Mayer Brown, LLC (present)
• Executive Inspector General, Office of the Illinois Governor
• Prosecutor, United States Attorney's Office in Chicago

Organization Membership:

• Delta Sigma Theta, Inc., Chicago Alumnae Chapter
• Jack and Jill of America, Chicago Chapter
• Board Member, Chicago Area Project
• Board Member, LifeSource Blood Center

Education:

• Indiana University School of Law, J.D.
• University of Champaign-Urbana, B.S. in Journalism

Personal Information:

• Currently lives in Chicago with her husband and two children

Ted Chung

General Counsel to Governor Pat Quinn

Experience:

• General Counsel, Governor Pat Quinn (2009 to present)
• Partner, Perkins Coie (2007 to 2009)
• General Counsel, The Illinois Reform Commission (2009)
• First Assistant Corporation Counsel, City of Chicago Department of Law (2005 to 2007)
• Deputy Chief of Staff for Public Safety, Office of Mayor Richard M. Daley (2004 to 2005)
• Deputy Chief of General Crimes Section, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, Criminal Division (2002-2004)
• Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, Criminal Division (1998-2004)
• Sidley & Austin , Associate (1994 to 1998)
• Adjunct Professor in Trial Advocacy, Northwestern University School of Law (2003 to present)

Education:

• Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., Order of the Coif, cum laude, 1993
  • Editor in Chief, Northwestern University Law Review
• Dartmouth College , A.B., English, cum laude, 1989
• Admitted to the Illinois Bar

Recognition:

• Outstanding Service Award, Federal Bureau of Investigation
• Commendation for Outstanding Prosecutive Support , U.S. Department of Transportation
• Performance Award , U.S. Department of Justice
• Group Honor Award for Excellence, U.S. Department of Agriculture
• Award for Outstanding Efforts and Contribution, U.S. Customs Service
• Excellence in Law Enforcement Award, Cook County Crime Stoppers

Personal Information:

• Married with 2 children
• Currently lives in Highland Park
• Grew up outside Toledo , Ohio
• Age: 42