James Steinback
Advisory Board Member
Position: Retired. Formerly President & owner of Magnecraft Electric, a manufacturer of switchgear. The company was sold to Square D, division of Groupe Schneider at the beginning of 2005. I continued to manage the business until the end of 2007.
BSME, University of Wisconsin 1967
MBA, University of Chicago 1970
Married 38 years to Joanne, 2 sons, aged 33 and 36
Outside positions, current:
Director Rice Dairy, Price Risk Management for dairy products, Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Director, Watt Publishing, publisher of trade magazines
Director: RDI Group, manufacturer of capital equipment
Director: Nightengale-Conant, marketer of self-improvement products
Director: Siegel Steel, steel service center
Director: Nudell Corp., manufacturer of office products
President& Director: Foundation for Emotionally Disturbed Children supporting the Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School and the Hyde Park Day School. Assets = 18MM.
Outside positions, past:
Director: Mark Shale, retail stores
Director: ECM motors, manufacturer of electric motors
Director: Converter Concepts, manufacturer of power supplies
Director: Corcom, NASDAQ manufacturer of electronic filters
Director: API Industries, metal finishing, heat treating and plating
Director: Rockford Products, manufacturer of screw machine parts
Director: Ampere, manufacturer of automotive alternators
Director: Turtle Wax, manufacturer of automotive appearance products
Director: Gorman Publishing, publisher of trade magazines
Director: Vertiflex, manufacturer of office products
Director: Sage Enterprises, distributor and logistics support to all major airlines
Director: Amalgamated Bank
Director: Albany Park Bank, served on the loan and audit committees
Director: Metropolitan Bank
Director: WPO Chicago and Mentoring Chairman
Chairman: National Association of Relay Manufacturers