Jud Ely

Judson Ely is a senior finance and operations leader with over 30 years of finance, operations, general management, and consulting experience in a variety of industries and size companies.  He is currently doing Fractional/Interim CFO and consulting work with a variety of companies. In the past, he has held senior leadership positions at firms as diverse and as large as AmeriSourceBergen, GE, Xerox, and ARCO (now BP) to start-ups/early-stage cos., such as A3 Performance Technologies, Bias Power, and Acuforce International. Jud holds an MBA from the University of New Mexico Robert O. Anderson School of Business and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Colorado College and a Six Sigma Green Belt.

He has been active in several Nonprofit organizations over the years, including serving as Treasurer/Board member for Rainbows for All Children since 2019 and on the boards of the American Suicide for Prevention-IL Chapter and a chapter of Toastmasters as Treasurer and on the YWCA-Chicago Ambassador Board of Directors.

Jud is married with one adult daughter and has resided in Wilmette, IL, for the past twenty years. A sports enthusiast, when Jud is not participating in a sport (golf, pickleball, tennis, hiking), he is passionately following and cheering on his favorite Chicago professional sports teams (Cubs, Bears, Bulls, Hawks).  

Visit Jud's LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judsonely/