Ed Condon is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Paradigm Group, Ltd. in Chicago. Paradigm, a company Condon formed in July 1993, specializes in financial advisory, refinancings, and venture investments. Condon was Vice President and Corporate Treasurer of Sears, Roebuck and Company. He retired in 1993 after 27 years with the company. He was first elected Assistant Treasurer in 1976 and in 1984 assumed additional responsibilities as Corporate Director of Banking worldwide. In this capacity he oversaw banking for all Sears entities including their principal subsidiaries -- Allstate Insurance Company, Dean Witter Reynolds, and Coldwell Banker. As the company’s primary representative to the financial community, Condon worked with more than 3,500 banking relationships and arranged for committed credit facilities in excess of $16 billion. He developed Sears’ cash management operations which ultimately led to Sears’ industry leadership in electronic data interchange. Additionally, Condon was one of the four members of the task force that established the viability of Sears’ entry into the multi-purpose credit card, now the widely used “Discover Card.” As Sears’ Treasurer, Condon held various management and director responsibilities throughout the company. Principal among these were Director and Chairman of the Executive Committees of Sears Roebuck Acceptance Corp. and Discover Credit Corp.; President and Chief Executive Officer of Sears Receivables Financing Group, Inc. and Sears Credit Corp.; and Senior Managing Director of Sears Overseas Finance Company, N.V. He also served on the investment committee of Sears Profit Sharing and Pension Plan. Condon currently serves as a Member of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Audit Committees of Northern Trust Company’s family of mutual funds in Chicago; Member of the Board of Advisors of AAVIN Venture Capital, Cedar Rapids, IA; Member of the Board of Directors of the Alzheimer’s Research and Resource Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Member of the Board of Directors of LightBridge Healthcare Research Inc., San Antonio, TX; Founding Member and on the Board of the Illinois Venture Capital Association; Member of the Board of Trustees of Dominican University, River Forest; Member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Children’s Museum; Member of the Board of Governors of The Metropolitan Club; Member of the National Advisory Board of the National Domestic Violence Hotline; past Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Financial Pacific Company, Seattle; and past Member of the Board of Managers and Audit Committee Chair of The Liberty Hampshire Company LLC, Chicago. Professional memberships include the National Association of Corporate Treasurers, Financial Executives International, Japan America Society of Chicago, and Investor’s Circle. A native of Chicago, Condon is a 1963 graduate of the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. He served as a First Lieutenant in the United States Air Force. He and his wife, Cathy, reside in Hinsdale, Illinois. They have four grown children.
