Bryan Traubert
Pritzker Traubert Foundation Chairman
Bryan Traubert is Chairman of the Pritzker Traubert Foundation (PTF), which is dedicated to equalizing opportunity in Chicago. He practiced ophthalmology in Chicago for over 30 years. He received his BS from The Citadel and his MD degree from the University of Illinois. He completed a fellowship in clinical medical ethics at the University of Chicago. He spent 2016 as a Fellow at The Distinguished Careers Institute at Stanford.
Dr. Traubert is the Chairman of the Board for WBEZ Chicago Public Media and a board member at Steppenwolf Theatre. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Chicago Community Trust. From 2010 – 2015 he served as President of the Chicago Park District Board. He founded Take the Field, a public private partnership which built 12 state of the art artificial turf fields in underserved communities in Chicago, and he founded and serves on the board of the Chicago Parks Foundation.
Dr. Traubert is currently serving on the board for the National Park Foundation (Chairman) and as a Trustee of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. From 2009 – 2013, he served on the White House Fellows Commission.
A longtime resident of Chicago, he is married to Penny Pritzker. They live in Chicago and have two adult children.