Lori Healey

Lori Thomas Healey (1959 – May 3, 2025) was an American urban planner who served as Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley's chief of staff, chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority and who also managed the construction and operations of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. Hired by the Obama Foundation, she began in this role December 1, 2020. She also oversaw the development of Wintrust Arena and the Marriott Marquis Chicago. Healey would run the 2016 Chicago Olympic bid committee and would organize the 2012 NATO summit, which was held in Chicago, and 2012 G-8 summit. She died of pancreatic cancer on May 3, 2025, at the age of 65.