Kay McCurdy is a seasoned board director and general corporate and corporate finance legal expert with deep expertise in compensation, finance, M&A (both in the United States and internationally), and governance issues. She has more than 50 years collective experience serving on governing boards of public, private, family owned, and major nonprofit boards and is a Governance Fellow of the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Ms. McCurdy was a partner at Locke Lord LLP (and its predecessor Lord Bissell & Brook) from 1983 to 2012. She now serves as Of Counsel to the firm. She specialized in corporate and corporate finance and served on its Executive Committee.

Since 2005, McCurdy has served as a director of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (AJG), an NYSE global insurance broker and risk manager (fourth largest in the world and included in the S&P) located in Itasca, Illinois, with revenues in excess of $5 billion and market cap exceeding $7 billion. She currently chairs the Nominating/Governance Committee and serves on the Compensation Committee. Ethisphere named AJG as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for five consecutive years.

Ms. McCurdy also served on the board of Trek Bicycle Corporation, a large, global, family-owned, world-class bicycle manufacturer located in Waterloo, Wisconsin, for eight years from 1998 to 2006. She simultaneously served on the board of the Trinity Foundation, which is the foundation started by Trek's founder. McCurdy served as a director of Roberts & Porter Inc., a Midwestern company engaged in the printing supply business, from 1984 to 1986 as a representative of the secured creditors committee after it emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

Ms. McCurdy has chaired the board of Chicago Public Media Inc. and WBEZ 91.5 FM and recently chaired the Nominating and Governance Committee. She currently sits on its Finance and Executive Committees. McCurdy also served on the Board of Trustees of Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, for 12 years, and chaired its Governance and Nominating Committee where she led a total review of its governance and executive compensation practices. She also served on its Executive and Finance Committees, and on the board of The Chicago Network, University of Chicago Law School Advisory Committee, and Governors State University Advisory Committee.

Ms. McCurdy is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors, Women Corporate Directors, the Economic Club of Chicago, and The Chicago Network. She earned a JD from the University of Chicago and a BA from Bradley University.