Melissa L. Bean

Professional Background

Ms. Melissa Bean serves as Vice Chairman at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Ms. Bean served as Chair of Midwest Business at JPMorgan Chase & Co. since June 18, 2014. Ms. Bean is a Senior Executive across its businesses and functions in the region, focusing on building and strengthening the JPMorgan Chase's business and brand in the Midwest United States. Most recently, Ms. Bean was President and Chief Executive Officer of the Executives Club of Chicago. Previously, she served three terms as a Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from the 8(th) District of Illinois and was a leader on the House Financial Services and Small Business Committees. Among her other responsibilities, Ms. Bean help recruit top talent in the region, oversee the JPMorgan's charitable contribution budget, coordinate public affairs initiatives, maintain strategic partnerships and continue important relationships with regional elected officials. Before Congress, Ms. Bean managed and consulted high tech organizations for more than 20 years. In 1995, she founded SRI, which specialized in sales channel optimization to Fortune 1000 high tech clients. Prior to that, she managed sales organizations at Dataflex, SynOptics, Motorola/UDS and Arrow Electronics. Ms. Bean is a member of The Chicago Network, The Chicago Club and The University Club of Chicago and is Vice Chair of the Board for One Million Degrees (formerly the Illinois Education Foundation). She regularly keynotes at business and academic conferences and is on the World Business Chicago Steering Committee for Economic Growth and Jobs, started by Mayor Emanuel. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, from Roosevelt University.