Christopher P. Valenti is the founder and president of Valenti Interests, LLC, a commercial real estate development, investment and advisory firm. He is a licensed real estate broker in the State of Illinois and an accredited professional (LEED-AP) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design with the U.S. Green Building Council. Valenti serves on the Board of Directors of The Big Shoulders Fund, and he served on the Board of Directors of The Frances Xavier Warde School for 15 years and the Founding Board of Directors of The YMCA-Camp Duncan in Volo, Ill., which, in collaboration with Lurie Children’s Hospital, developed and built a lodge and camp experience for children with spina bifida. He was appointed to the Chicago Public Library Board of Directors in September 2007.