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 Margot
Pritzker launched the WomenOnCall.org foundation to
provide women and non-profits a meeting place to forge
productive connections that make a difference in people's
lives.
Chair of the Zohar Education Project Inc., Ms. Pritzker
is involved in a number of initiatives that effect women
and children in the developed and developing world.
She has overseen the initiation and progress of schools
in remote areas of the Himalayas and Afghanistan. Furthering
cultivation of leadership amongst young people has led
her to support and become involved with Ashesi University
in Ghana. Through the Aspen Institute, where she is
a trustee, she participates in leadership development
initiatives throughout the world. These convictions
are given further expression in her membership on the
boards of the Chicago Council of Global Affairs, the
Asian Art council of the Art Institute of Chicago, and
her role as a trustee of the International Board of
the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
Ms. Pritzker currently serves as a trustee of the Bernard
Zell Anshe Emet Day School, where she was Chair of the
Board from 1993-2001. She serves as a Director of the
Pritzker Early Childhood Foundation and is involved
with ongoing research and planning in pursuit of new
models of high school education, based on the notion
that the adolescent is and can become a better global
citizen. Margot is also a Trustee of the Corporate and
the Governing Board of the Urban Education Initiative
at the University of Chicago.
Born in England, Margot became a United States citizen
in 1994. She currently resides in Chicago with her husband,
Thomas J. Pritzker. They have three sons. Their extensive
travel and knowledge of South Asia has resulted in one
of the foremost collections of South Asian art. Margot
holds a BA from Northwestern University and a MA from
the University of Chicago.
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