Experience
Ms. Collins has been President of Cambium LLC since 2007. Cambium is a Chicago-based business and financial advisory firm that serves small and medium-sized businesses. She has 30 years of experience in corporate governance, investment banking, and private equity. She also has significant corporate board experience, having served as a director for several publicly traded companies across a wide range of industries. Ms. Collins is a director of CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. and CIBC Bank USA and chair of their Audit Committees. She is a member of the Global Risk Institute, the Advisory Boards of Svoboda Capital Partners, LLC, and Cedar Street Asset Management. Ms. Collins serves on several philanthropic and non-profit boards, including the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry and Navy Pier, Inc, and is the former chair of the Board of Trustees of National Louis University.
Ms. Collins received the Daniel H. Burnham Award for Distinguished Leadership in 2024 from the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce in recognition for her remarkable accomplishments and contributions to the community. She received the Bertha Honoré Palmer Making History award for distinction in civic leadership in 2023 and is a past recipient of the Outstanding Leader Award for Business from the YWCA in recognition of her distinguished career in business, her community involvement and willingness to take on leadership positions on impacting women’s lives and racial justice.
Education
Ms. Collins holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Yale University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Harvard Graduate School of Business.
