Theodore L. Dysart is a vice chair at Heidrick & Struggles, where he is a leader in the global board of directors practice and an active member of the CEO search practice. Dysart is responsible for senior-level executive search assignments and has placed more than 600 executives on the boards of Fortune 500, mid-cap, and private companies. He serves on the board of directors of the Chicago Club, Economic Club of Chicago, the American Red Cross of Chicago and Northern Illinois, CECP, The CEO Force for Good, and Ox Building Products. Over the past several years, he has been named 11 times to the NACD Directorship 100 list. He was designated as one of the “Rising Stars of Corporate Governance” by the Millstein Center for Corporate Governance and Performance at Yale University in 2011.