Thomas Richards

Mr. Thomas E. Richards is an Independent Director at Northern Trust Corp., an Executive Chairman at CDW LLC, a Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at CDW Technologies LLC and a Member at The Executives Club of Chicago. He is on the Board of Directors at Northern Trust Corp., Junior Achievement of Chicago, The Bell Telephone Company of Canada, The Northern Trust Co., University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Rush University Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Richards was previously employed as an Executive Chairman by CDW Corp., a Chief Operating Officer & Executive VP by Qwest Communications International, Inc., a Chief Operating Officer, Director & Executive VP by Qwest Communications Co. LLC, a Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer by Clear Communications, Inc., an Executive Vice President by Ameritech Corp., a Principal by Bell Atlantic Corp., and a Member by The Economic Club of Chicago (Illinois). He also served on the board at BCE, Inc., ITC Learning Corp. and Qwest Corp. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a graduate degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.