Jeremiah Boyle is assistant vice president and managing director of community and economic development for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s community development and policy studies division. Boyle has served as project manager of the Industrial Cities Initiative, an advisor to the Milwaukee Urban Entrepreneur Partnership, a member of the Governor’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy in Wisconsin, and is a contributing editor of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s ProfitWise News and Views publication. Before joining the Fed, Boyle served in Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s administration as an assistant commissioner of planning and development.

Prior to his work in the Daley administration, Boyle served as economic development coordinator for the Village of Arlington Heights, IL; and held several positions with the North River Commission, a nonprofit housing and economic development group in Chicago. Boyle holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science and a master’s degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as a master of business administration degree from North Park University in Chicago.

George P. Hinton is the CEO of the Social Development Commission (SDC). As Wisconsin’s largest Community Action Agency, SDC operates numerous programs to improve the quality of life for Milwaukee County’s low-income residents. SDC serves tens of thousands of people each year. It offers five core service areas that include employment, family strengthening, education, training, and support services.

Hinton has diverse work experience. He has served as executive director for INROADS, Inc.–Wisconsin. He has held several executive leadership positions with the Children’s Health System of Wisconsin. For more than a decade, Hinton held various roles within the Aurora Health Care system, including president of Aurora Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee. He is also the founder of the Hinton Group, a health care and business consulting firm that works with private and nonprofit organizations.

Hinton is an alumnus of the Milwaukee Area Technical College and the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee School of Business. Hinton earned his master’s degree in health administration from the University of Alabama–Birmingham. He is a veteran.

Hinton serves on several boards, including those of the All of Us Research Program, Curative Care Network, and Washington High School Alumni Association. He was a fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives.

Julia Taylor was appointed the first woman president of the Greater Milwaukee Committee (GMC) in December 2002. The GMC convenes and collaborates with other organizations and groups in the community on an issue-by-issue basis, and leads by initiating projects and implementing strategies. The GMC membership is composed of 200 CEOs and leaders in various fields, including business, labor, academic, philanthropy, and nonprofit.

The GMC promotes collaboration on regional issues and opportunities through its initiatives in innovation and talent, economic prosperity and vibrancy of place. It acts as a creator on initiatives such as Teachtown MKE, Scale Up Milwaukee, Innovation in Milwaukee, creative placemaking, and MKE United. It is a collaborator on projects such as Well City Milwaukee, BizStarts, and regional transit. It is a catalyst for things like The Water Council and the Milwaukee 7. Many of the initiatives and projects of the GMC fall across two or three of these categories.

Before coming to the GMC, Taylor was president of the YWCA of Greater Milwaukee for 16 years. She currently serves on the boards of the United Performing Arts Fund, The Water Council, the University Club of Milwaukee, and Milwaukee Film.