King Harris (Chair) Chairman Harris Holdings, Inc.

Professional

Mr. Harris is a Senior Executive at Chicago Metropolis 2020 where he focuses on expanding the availability of affordable workforce housing in the six-county Chicago Metropolitan region.

After graduating from college in 1965, Mr. Harris spent two years in the Peace Corps as a community development worker in Lota, Chile. After receiving his M.B.A. in 1969, he became a neighborhood center director for the Office of Economic Opportunity in Revere and Malden, Massachusetts.

In 1971, Mr. Harris joined Pittway Corporation, first at its burglar alarm components division in Syosset, New York, then as an executive of its smoke detector business in Aurora, Illinois. In May of 1984, Mr. Harris became the President of Pittway, a diversified manufacturer of alarm equipment and plastic packaging components for consumer products as well as a publisher of business-to-business magazines. He became CEO as well in 1987 and later engineered the split up of Pittway into three separate NYSE listed companies—an alarm equipment and distribution company which retained the name of Pittway; an international packaging company, AptarGroup, Inc.; and a business-to-business media company, Penton Media. In February of 2000, Pittway was sold to Honeywell International.

Education

Mr. Harris graduated from Harvard College in 1965 and earned his M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School in 1969.

Memberships & Affiliations

• Chairman of the Board, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
• Vice Chairman, Metropolitan Planning Council
• Trustee, University of Chicago
• Member, Dean's International Council, Harris School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago
• Trustee, Museum of Contemporary Art
• Member, Executive Committee, Chicago Community Trust
• Board Chair, AptarGroup, Inc.
• Board Member, Alberto-Culver Company