Allan Carroll was President of the Board of the Portes Foundation.  He was a graduate of North Shore Country Day School in Wilmette, and earned a BA in Political Science and History from Tufts University in Medford, MA.  In his professional career, he was active in the financial markets since the 1960’s having worked first as Account Executive and later in management positions with appropriate licensure for Wall Street firms including Merrill Lynch, Bache & Co., and L. F. Rothschild. In 1980, he founded Carroll Financial Group, Inc. He was most recently President of GITTEL, Inc., a private consulting firm.

Mr. Carroll was a Director of Edens Bank, Wilmette, IL and of North Community Bank, Chicago, IL, where he also served as a member of the Executive Loan Review Committee. He served on the Executive Loan Committee of Metropolitan Bank Group, and also on the Independent Directors’ Committee.

He was the longest serving President of Ezra Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation, Skokie, IL where he also served as Managing Trustee of the multi-million dollar Endowment Fund. He was awarded The Gates of Jerusalem Medal by State of Israel Bonds.

Mr. Carroll is survived by his loving wife, Paula (Adler), two children, Laura (Jed) Ward and Jonathan (Katrina), and three grandchildren, Joe, Asher, and Brooke.