Mark A. Hoppe

Mark A. Hoppe
President and CEO
Taylor Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: TAYC)
Cole Taylor Bank

Mark A. Hoppe joined Cole Taylor Bank, succeeding Bruce Taylor as president and CEO, in 2008. His extensive track record in commercial banking includes more than 27 years with LaSalle Bank, N.A., where he was CEO of LaSalle Bank Midwest in Michigan. He also spearheaded the launch and served as vice chairman of LaSalle National Leasing Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of LaSalle Bank.

During his tenure at LaSalle, he headed up financial institutions, small business lending, private banking and public finance divisions, and managed business and association banking units, which included not-for-profits, unions and municipalities. He also managed mortgage warehouse lending and syndications.

Mr. Hoppe serves on the Board of Directors for Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, Community Investment Corporation (“CIC”), and is a member of the Board of Advisors for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. He is a member of the Board of Trustees of Window to the World Communications, Inc. (“WTTW/WFMT”), the President’s Council for Heartland Alliance, and the American Cancer Society’s CEOs Against Cancer.

Mr. Hoppe is a member of the American Bankers Association, American Bankers Council, past chairman of the Illinois Bankers Association and past president of the Bankers Club of Chicago. He also serves on the Advisory Boards for American Banker and Mid-American Group, Inc.

He holds an MBA and a BBA in Finance from the University of Wisconsin. He resides in Northbrook with his family.