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Governor Thompson has served on the board of Navigant Consulting, Inc. since 1998. As Illinois’ longest-serving chief executive (14 years), Governor Thompson was noted for his skill in settling difficult labor-management problems, his ability to manage one of the nation’s largest public budgets while maintaining one of the nation’s highest state bond ratings, and his leadership among his peers.
Governor Thompson, a former U.S. Attorney, also serves on the board of directors of FMC, the Chicago Board of Trade, Hollinger International (publisher of the Chicago Sun- Times), Prime Group Realty Trust, the National Council on Compensation Insurance, Jefferson Smurfit Group, Prime Retail, Inc., Union Pacific Resources, The Japan Society and American National Can Company.
Governor Thompson was Co-Chairman of the Attorney General’s Task Force on Violent Crime in 1981; National Co-Chairman of the Campaign to Protect Our Children in 1986; a member of the National Commission to Prevent Infant Mortality in 1986; and Chairman of the NGA Task Force on Electric Utility Transmission Policy in 1986. He also chaired the President’s Intelligence Oversight Board from 1989-1993. | 