Ron Huberman :::
Ron Huberman
Graduated in 1990
Inducted in 2008
Ron Huberman graduated from Lyons Township in 1990, and then earned undergraduate degrees in
English and psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1995, he was accepted for
training at the Chicago Police Department and worked night patrols while attending courses at
University of Chicago during the day, where he earned dual graduate degrees in social service
administration and business administration. During his time on campus, he was named a Schweitzer
and a Soros Fellow. He climbed the ranks within the City of Chicago to his current position as the
President of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), the second largest public transportation system
in the country, servicing 1.6 million riders per day. In this role, he has been given the
monumental task of operating a financially-strapped, billion-dollar system while trying to advance
technology and increase ridership. Previous to this assignment, Huberman served as the Chief of
Staff for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley for two years and as the Executive Director of Chicago’s
Office of Emergency Management and Communication prior to that. He has also worked in various
capacities for the Chicago Police Department. His most noted accomplishment to date was expanding
the Police Department’s existing Citizen and Law Enforcement and Reporting (CLEAR) system in
conjunction with the Illinois State Police system to create I-CLEAR. More than 240 local, state and
federal law enforcement and criminal justice agencies across the state can share crime information
in real time by using this database. Huberman received the national Gary B. Hayes Award for
Innovation in Policing in 2002 for his work with I-CLEAR.