Media Fact Sheet

The Building Owners and Managers Association of Chicago (BOMA/Chicago) 

Year Founded                                                       1902

Organization Profile                                            BOMA/Chicago represents 260 buildings housing private, institutional and government/public uses in the City of Chicago and 150 companies that provide services to commercial office buildings. BOMA/Chicago members make up 80 percent of Chicago’s downtown total rentable building area and 90 percent of rentable space in Class A buildings downtown.  

Key Economic Contributions                            BOMA/Chicago buildings house more than 250,000 jobs at nearly 8,000 companies including 5,731 local businesses, 1,414 national companies and 662 international corporations throughout the city. BOMA/Chicago members also provide more than $650 million in annual property taxes 

Advocacy Initiatives                                            BOMA/Chicago shapes policy and raises awareness on a broad range of issues impacting Chicago’s business community. They include:

o    Property taxes

o    Energy procurement

o    Emergency preparedness  

o    Building codes and standards

o    Environmental sustainability  

2009-2010 Officers                                               President: Maureen Ehrenberg, Expense Management Solutions
Vice President: Robert Six, Zeller Realty Group
Treasurer: Richard Saulig, Northern Trust Company 

Key Staff Leadership                                          Michael Cornicelli, Executive Vice President 
Paul Jost, Comptroller
Ron Tabaczynski, Director of Government Affairs
Lisa Bluhm, Director of Education 
Diana Zamora, Manager of Information & Data Services 

Affiliation                                                               BOMA International  
Washington, DC
Website: www.boma.org

Headquarters                                                       115 South LaSalle, Suite 2300
Chicago, Illinois
Website: www.bomachicago.org