Ellis M. Goodman

Ellis M. Goodman is a successful Chicago-based businessman with a diverse background in public accounting, commercial real estate and the beverage alcohol industry. In the late 1970s, Mr. Goodman was an investor/manager in the music industry (GTO Records), film production (“The Greek Tycoon”) and film distribution (“Picnic at Hanging Rock”).  

He was recently a producer on two award-winning documentary feature films, “Louder Than a Bomb” and “Mulberry Child,” as well as the Broadway productions of “End of the Rainbow” and “An American in Paris.”

The author of three published books (the nonfiction title “Corona: The Inside Story of America’s #1 Imported Beer,” and the novels “Bear Any Burden” and “The Keller Papers”), Mr. Goodman has also penned numerous magazine articles and a blog.

Mr. Goodman has served on the Board of American National Bank, The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, The Chicago Sister Cities International Program, Steppenwolf Theatre, The Chicago International Film Festival and Chicago Botanic Garden. Mr. Goodman was invested as Commander of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth in 1996.