Desirée Glapion Rogers

As CEO of Johnson Publishing Company from 2010–2017, Desirée Rogers was the first "non-family" lead of the 70-year-old family business, hired to reposition the company as a key player in the African American digital space.

Rogers served as the first African American social secretary for the White House during the Obama administration, was appointed by Governor Jim Edgar to run the Illinois State Lottery, served as chief marketing officer for Peoples Energy, and was then elected president of that company's two utility subsidies: Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas.

Rogers has served on multiple corporate and civic boards, including Equity Residential, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, and Northwestern Hospital.