Ms. Hobson works with a variety of civic and professional institutions, including serving as a director of the Field Museum, the Chicago Public Education Fund and the Sundance Institute.

FORBES: Mellody Hobson

The city has always drawn visitors with its constellation of civic monuments and world-class museums, including the Smithsonian's nearly decade-old National Museum of the American Indian (which, incidentally, has one of the best museum cafes anywhere).

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