Mike Skarr

Mike Skarr is a recipient of an engineering degree from Marquette University and an MBA from Lewis University. He also graduated from the Middle Management Development Program at Aurora University where he received their Outstanding Performance Award and Distinguished Alumni Award. He has served as an Adjunct Faculty Member at Aurora University’s Management Development Center and at Lewis University.

Mike received a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in community service from Lewis University and was recognized with their Distinguished Alumni Award in addition to currently serving as a member of the President’s Council. Mike was a recipient of the Naperville Jaycee’s Distinguished Service Award in business, the Illinois State Crime Commission’s Business Leader of the Year Award, the DuPage Workforce Board’s Business Leader Recognition Award and Extraordinary Citizen Award from the Three Fires Council Boy Scouts of America.

Mike served Naperville Community Unit School District 203 as a member of the board of education and as founding president of its Business & Education & Community Partnership and was a founding member of the Illinois Advisory Council on Business/Education Partnerships. Mike was appointed to the Illinois State Board of Education by Governor Edgar and served four years as chairperson. He has served as a member of the Governor’s Economic Development Coordinating Council, the Joint Education Commission and the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council, where he served as co-chair of the Illinois Education-To-Careers steering committee. Mike is also a DuPage Workforce Development board member. Mike served as both president and a founding member of the board of directors of the Naperville Development Partnership, a public/private economic development not-for-profit corporation. Mike is also a founding Board member of DuPageBiz, DuPage County’s economic development partnership. Mike also serves on the Board of the World Trade Center Illinois. Mike is also chairman of the board of directors of the Harris Bank Naperville and a member of the Center for Applications-Based Learning board of directors. Mike is a past President of Naperville United Way and is a member of the board of directors of the Millennium Carillon Foundation. He serves as treasurer for the Transportation for Illinois Coalition. He also serves as a member of the Naperville Downtown Plan Implementation Committee. Mike has also served on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Area Council Boy Scouts of America. Mike’s business experience includes an extensive executive career for NICOR Inc., a Fortune 500 energy holding company. He is also President of Human Dynamics Associates, a business development and leadership-consulting firm. Mike is employed full-time as president and CEO of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce, a business development association of over 2000 members. Mike has been appointed to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100 (CCC100) and also served on the American Chamber of Commerce Executives Board of Directors.
Bio1 5/3/07