Mr. Caruso is president and CEO of L. J. Sheridan & Company, a Chicago-based real estate management, brokerage, and development firm. He has been a director and chairperson of the compensation and nominating committee since the bank opened in 2000. A graduate of Marquette University, he serves on the board and is a past president of the Building Owners and Managers Association. He is on the advisory board and a past member of the executive board of Catholic Charities for the Archdiocese of Chicago. He and his wife, Patsy, reside in Northbrook and are the parents of five grown children.