Schrayer-Max

Skip Schrayer

CEO

Skip Schrayer is the CEO of both Associated & Associated Private Client. He oversees all aspects of commercial and personal insurance for individuals and businesses — small and large, for-profit and nonprofit — nationwide. He currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago and as Chair of Bright Star Community Outreach, an organization working with African Americans and Jews to rebuild the community. He is also a board member of First Bank of Highland Park and of The Standard Club. In addition, he serves as an Executive Committee member and Treasurer of NCSJ, which advocates on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States, and Eurasia.

Skip is the 51st recipient of the Rosenwald Award, named for the iconic Chicago business leader and philanthropist of the early 1900s and presented annually to a person who has demonstrated a lifetime of exemplary service to the Jewish community. He is the first third-generation recipient of the award, following his father and grandfather before him.

Skip has long been active in his community. He is the past Chairman of the 2006 Jewish United Fund Annual Campaign, past Chairman of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, and past Chairman of the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago (JCRC). He is also a past member of the Executive Committee of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee and past National Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal Young Leadership Cabinet. Additionally, he has served as a member of Roosevelt University's Albert A. Robin Campus Advisory Board and as a participant in Leadership Greater Chicago, Project Interchange, and Jewish Vocational Service.

In addition to his professional and community work, Skip frequently travels to Israel. In 2002, he cofounded and co-chaired Nachshon, an annual men's trip to Israel. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. Skip and his wife, Lynn, have three children.

Leadership

Karen Z. Vacko

Executive Vice President

Denise Bolt

Vice President - HR & Operations

Heidi C. Petersen

Senior Vice President Private Client

John Turner

Chief Financial Officer

Jon Zabikow

Director of Business Development