Experience
Ms. Collins has been President of Cambium LLC since 2007. Cambium is a Chicago-based business and financial advisory firm that serves small and medium-sized businesses. She has 30 years of experience in corporate governance, investment banking and private equity. She also has significant corporate board experience, having served as a director for several publicly traded companies across a wide range of industries.
Ms. Collins is a director and chair of the Audit Committees of CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. and CIBC Bank USA, and she is a member of the Global Risk Institute. She is Chair of the Board of Trustees of National Louis University, a member of the Advisory Boards of Svoboda Capital Partners, LLC, Cedar Street Asset Management, and 5th Century Partners, LLC. Ms. Collins has also served on several philanthropic and non-profit boards, including the Chicago Public Library Foundation, the Museum of Science and Industry and the Navy Pier, Inc.
Ms. Collins received the Bertha Honoré Palmer Making History Award for Distinction in Civic Leadership in 2023. Ms. Collins is a past recipient of the Outstanding Leader Award for Business from the YWCA in recognition of her distinguished career in business, her community involvement and willingness to take on leadership positions on impacting women’s lives and racial justice.
Education
Ms. Collins holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Graduate School of Business.
