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accession: "0001331451-24-000200"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001331451"
company_name: "Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago"
filed_at: "2024-10-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T13:38:17.976251+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# FHLB Chicago announces 2024 board election results; 5 directors elected/re-elected

## Summary
- Michelle L. Gross (IL) re-elected as member director; term Jan 1, 2025 - Dec 31, 2028.
- Dean A. Ahlers (IL) elected as member director; same term.
- Joseph Fazio III (WI) re-elected as member director; same term.
- John W. Pietrowicz elected as independent director; Andrea L. Zopp re-elected as public interest independent director.
- 425 IL members eligible, 204 voted; 229 WI eligible, 123 voted; independent election had 327 of 654 members voting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001331451-24-000200
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001331451
- company_name: Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
- filed_at: 2024-10-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331451/000133145124000200/0001331451-24-000200-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331451/000133145124000200/fhlbc-20241015.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  John W. Pietrowicz was elected as Independent Director at Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Independent Director
  source text: John W. Pietrowicz, Former Chief Financial Officer of CME Group, Chicago, Illinois was elected to serve a four-year term on the Board as an independent director beginning January 1, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331451/000133145124000200/0001331451-24-000200-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dean A. Ahlers was elected as Member Director at Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago.
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Member Director
  source text: Dean A. Ahlers, President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Sterling Federal Bank, F.S.B., Sterling, Illinois was elected to serve a four-year term on the Board beginning January 1, 2025
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1331451/000133145124000200/0001331451-24-000200-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.