Bobbi is a Certified Financial Analyst (CFA) and has had a 30-year career in the investment industry managing institutional investment portfolios. She holds a Master’s of Management degree from the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a Bachelor’s in Finance and Economics from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She spent most of her career at Allstate Insurance, managing equity portfolios. Since retiring, she has become active in nature and bird conservation in the Chicago and northern Illinois area and now, with the International Crane Foundation worldwide.
She is a director of the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (a land trust in NW Illinois), the Chicago Bird Alliance (Audubon Society), the Bird Conservation Network (a coalition of 21 organizations), and a member of the Chicago Mayor’s Nature and Wildlife Committee. In addition, she has served as a director of the Cradle in Evanston, Illinois, and the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation.
Bobbi has enjoyed her travels to see wildlife, birds, and cranes in particular, around the world. When not watching birds in the Chicago area, she and her husband spend time in Galena, Illinois.