Scott C. Smith President and publisher Chicago Tribune Company Center Advisory Board

Scott C. Smith has been president and publisher of Chicago Tribune Company since May 1997, serving as CEO of the Midwest's leading newspaper, plus its related developing businesses. During this period, the Chicago Tribune celebrated its 150th anniversary, won four Pulitzer prizes for journalistic excellence and achieved record financial results.

Mr. Smith has been an executive with Tribune Company, the Chicago Tribune's parent corporation, for 23 years. From 1993 to 1997, he was president and publisher of the SunSentinel, Tribune's South Florida newspaper.

He served from 1991 to 1993 as Tribune Company senior vice president/development, from 1985 to 1991 served as Tribune's chief financial officer and held a series of corporate finance positions from 1977 to 1985. Mr. Smith played a lead role in Tribune's initial public offering in 1983 and a number of key acquisitions and divestitures over the next decade. He managed Tribune's investment in America Online in 1991 and served on the AOL board of directors until 1997.

A native of the Chicago area, born September 13, 1950, Mr. Smith holds a bachelor's degree from Yale University and a master's degree from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He started his career with the Northern Trust Company in Chicago.

Mr. Smith chairs the Chicago Public Education Fund. He serves as a trustee of Northwestern Memorial Corporation, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and National-Louis University. He is a member of the Kellogg School of Management Advisory Board, the University of Illinois President's Advisory Council, Chicago United, and the Chicago Annenberg Challenge board. He is also the past chair of the YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago and the United Negro College Fund Advisory Board in Illinois.