Elizabeth Dunlop Richter, FOCUS Senior Advisor, is based in our Chicago Office and supports the Midwest Region. Ms. Richter creates and implements marketing and business development programs and is currently the Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Chicago Community Trust.

Previously, she was the Senior Vice President of Content and Production for InLight, Incorporated, a $30 million start-up that delivered interactive educational healthcare content via video, DVD, and the Internet to patients, hospitals and medical groups.

Prior to InLight, Ms. Richter held a series of management positions at Pleasant Company, a subsidiary of Mattel, Inc. and at WTTW, Chicago’s primary public television station, including Vice President of Production and Vice President of National Development.

Previously, Ms. Richter was a news producer and the Executive Producer for Programming at WLS-TV, ABC’s owned television station in Chicago, where she recruited Oprah Winfrey to host AM Chicago. The recipient of nine personal Emmy nominations, she won the Chicago Emmy as producer of Eyewitness Chicago, voted Best News Magazine.

In addition to assisting FOCUS she is principal of The Richter Group, an integrated communications strategy consulting practice focused on the creation, promotion and delivery of educational content to the public.

Ms. Richter’s professional affiliations include The Economic Club of Chicago and The Chicago Network on whose boards she has served. She is a member of the board of the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago. She also serves on the Woman’s Board of the Rush University Medical Center and the Community Advisory Board of the Junior League. She is a graduate of Wellesley College.

Contact Information:
Elizabeth Richter
Vice President of Marketing and Communications
The Chicago Community Trust
111 East Wacker Drive, Suite 1400
Chicago, IL  60601
Phone: 312-616-8000 ext. 113
Cell: 312-513-4900
Fax: 312-616.7954
www.cct.org
elizabeth.richter@focusbankers.com