Lorna C. Bush

Career Summary

Highly accomplished senior level operations professional with first-rate communication skills, strong business acumen, and extensive experience advancing

the efficiency and excellence of complex business processes. Notably adept at inspiring staff cooperation, managing projects comprehensively, and working

cross-functionally to develop analyses that bridge evolving business needs with effective data solutions. A former Corporate Securities Paralegal with an

extensive legal, regulatory and compliance background.

Summary of Qualifications

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As a Senior Business Analyst at Chicago Board Option Exchange (“CBOE”), responsible for facilitating key divisional processes and special

projects central to the concerns of senior management.

Responsible for the design and ongoing implementation of a project status tracking process known as Divisional Commitment. In a major

inspection report, the Exchange received commendations from a federal agency for the implementation of the Divisional Commitment process.

Responsible for facilitating all aspects of the Division’s disciplinary process, a vibrant, on-going divisional operation connecting the central work

product of more than 75 staff persons to an internal process established and governed by federal regulations and Exchange rules. Advanced

operations, wrote procedures, trained all tiers of staff, conducted routine quality assurance reviews, and developed a variety of reports,

projections and analyses that supported management decision making and operational excellence`.

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Served as Staff Liaison to the CBOE Business Conduct Committee (“Committee”), a Board level committee composed of 14 high level industry

professionals tasked with adjudicating disciplinary matters associated with the financial service industry. Developed a variety of reports and

analysis for Committee use, formally documented Committee actions in minutes & post reports, and annually revised Committee manuals,

delegated authorities, and various other documentation in support of the Committee function.

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Personally responsibility for structuring and advancing a highly robust calendar of meetings/events with a baseline of 39 material deadlines and

over 60 regular meetings & events. Lead production and supervised administrative staff involved in supporting the disciplinary process and

meetings program. Coordinated the annual Committee dinner, new member orientation and service recognition events.

Served as Events Coordinator for the 2012 ISG Spring Conference: an international conference hosting more than 100 industry professionals

from various countries around the world. Addressed a range of logistical concerns, including designing & maintaining an online registration

website, working with conference participants & volunteers, arranging and facilitating special tours & entertainment events, and working directly

with conference vendors (facilitated contract review, revision & approvals and handling certain final payment arrangements, etc.).

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Highly adept at leading small & large scale projects, working cross functionally and with industry-wide initiatives. On a quarterly basis,

coordinated a cross-industry information gathering process and published content on an international web portal.

Corporate Securities Paralegal with both in-house and law firm experience: Organized a variety of business entities (corporations, LLCs, nonprofits,

partnerships), handling corporate governance responsibilities including annual meeting minutes, notices, proxies, consents, resolutions,

and annual reports and certifications for US and international business entities, developed and filed a variety of securities documents including

SEC Forms 3, 4 and 5, SEC Schedule 13D, SEC 10K, SEC 14A, etc. (5+ years)

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B.A. Applied Organizational Psychology - University of Illinois

Graduate Certificate - Corporate Paralegal Studies - Roosevelt University

Core Competencies

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Excellent communications skills

PMI - Project Management Fundamentals

Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Power Point, (2003/2007/2010)

4.0 GPA in Accounting coursework (Financial & Managerial Accounting)

Web Content Development/Graphic Artist

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4056 West 115th Street, Chicago, IL 60655 . (773) 957-3911 . lcbush2003@yahoo.com

Lorna C. Bush

Summary of Recent Work History

Noble Charter Schools (December 2012 to present)

Chicago Board Option Exchange (“CBOE”) - Chicago, IL

Consultant (July 2012 to August 2012)

Responsible for training newly hired Senior Business Analyst and supporting special judicial processes (pre-hearing conference, hearing, etc.) related to

complex disciplinary cases with aggregate proposed sanctions over five million dollars.

Senior Business Analyst - Office of the Chief Regulatory Officer (March 2007 to April 2012)

Responsible for facilitating a range of projects and processes significant to the function of the CBOE Chief Regulatory Officer including coordinating all

aspects of the CBOE disciplinary process, an ongoing operation involving the high-level case review of market regulation investigations and financial

compliance examinations alleging violations of CBOE, SEC, FRB and CFTC rules. Also served as Staff Liaison to the CBOE Business Conduct Committee.

Business Analyst - Office of the Chief Regulatory Officer (May 2005 to March 2007)

Responsible for the design and implementation of the senior management project status tracking process known as Divisional Commitment (“DC”). The

CBOE Regulatory Division received commendations from the SEC for the implementation of the DC process. Also responsible for facilitating a range of

special projects including coordinating large scale SEC document requests (10,000 + FOIA protected pages).

Chicago Public Schools (1996 to 2005)

Education

University of Illinois - B.A. Applied Industrial Psychology

Roosevelt University Lawyer’s Assistant Program – Graduate Certificate Corporate Law

Roosevelt University Lawyer’s Assistant Program – Blue Sky Law Seminar

Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education – Documenting Commercial Loans

Harold Washington Paralegal Certificate Program – Real Estate Transactions

Harold Washington College - Financial and Managerial Accounting (4.0 GPA)

FINRA eLearning Courses: AML Compliance, Customer Identification Procedures,

Suspicious Activity Surveillance: Monitoring & Writing a SAR

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Introduction to Environmental Law and Policy (Coursera - Currently Enrolled)

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4056 West 115th Street, Chicago, IL 60655 . (773) 957-3911 . lcbush2003@yahoo.com