Myetie Hamilton

Vice-Chair
Chief Executive Officer
Leadership Greater Chicago

Myetie Hamilton brings over 25 years of experience leading innovative change in Chicago’s non-profit, education and public sectors. Myetie is the Chief Executive Officer of Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC), the region’s premier civic leadership development organization, and is the first Black woman to serve in this role. As she leads the organization into its next era, Myetie has developed a new strategic vision that includes innovation across its programs, re-engagement of Fellows across classes and sectors, and collaborative activation of the LGC network to scale impact in addressing the region’s most pressing socioeconomic challenges.

Before joining LGC, Myetie served most recently as the Executive Director of City Year Chicago where she led the largest site of AmeriCorps Members across the national organization. Prior to joining City Year, she served as Executive Director of EPIC Academy, a public charter high school on the far southeast side of Chicago where she led organizational strategy and vision, external relations, fundraising, and board engagement.

Myetie had an extensive career with Chicago Public Schools (CPS). During her 18-year tenure, she served as Deputy Chief of Schools for Network 9, managing transformation efforts for twenty-eight schools in Chicago’s Woodlawn, Bronzeville, and Hyde Park communities. She also served as Deputy Chief of Staff in the CEO’s Office and Chief of School Support Services for the District.

As a sought-after thought leader, Myetie has been featured in Crain’s Chicago Business, the Chicago Defender, and on the cover of the Chicago Citizen and Chicago News Weekly. Myetie was recognized in a feature article in IIT’s Illinois TECH Magazine in June of 2022.    Myetie holds a bachelor’s degree in business management from Alabama A&M University, a master’s degree in public administration from Illinois Institute of Technology and is a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow Class of 2016.