Gloria Lehr

Gloria Lehr offers a unique blend of media, health care, legal, and corporate experience.  Her media background encompasses national network television reporting and producing.  She has developed a proven competency in gerontologic related media consulting.  Ms. Lehr is a licensed attorney in the State of Illinois and, combined with her training in psychology, has developed a substantial background in health-related and social issues.

Lehr's involvement with older Americans has led to a television series on aging for the NBC Today Show and various consulting positions.  These include a Proctor and Gamble ad campaign for their older markets, the WLS-TV program Age Is Only Skin Deep, and the American Foundation for the Blind's seminar on Age and Blindness.  Her accomplishments in the field of gerontology have led to appointments to the "Committee of 90 for the 90s," State of Illinois; the Advisory Board of the Geriatric Research Fund for the University of Illinois; the Chicago Fund Board for the Chicago Department of Aging and Disability; and the Midwest Advisory Board of the American Foundation for the Blind.

Her media activities have included being a lifestyle correspondent on Hour Magazine for Group W and WLS-TV.  She was executive producer and host for On-Screen Personals featured on Chicago's WGBO-TV.

She studied television at Columbia College Chicago, holds a B.S. degree in psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and earned her J.D. from DePaul University Law School.  Upon graduating, she served in a legal capacity in the Trust and Estates division of The First National Bank of Chicago.  She was appointed affirmative action counselor for the Clerk of the Circuit Court.

Lehr formally served as a trustee for the Goodwill Industries Board of Directors and is currently a member of the Goodman Theatre Women's Board.  She also served as president of Columbia College Chicago's Alumni Association.