Martin Nesbitt, a successful businessman and longtime friend and confidante, who was the finance chairman of Obama’s first, unsuccessful run for Congress.
The president of a Chicago parking management company and vice president of the Pritzker Realty Group, Nesbitt and his wife mix with the same Hyde Park crowd as the Obamas. Nesbitt was with Obama when he made his historic speech to the 2004 Democratic convention, and he was with him in Philadelphia last March when he delivered his remarks about race.
His wife, Anita Blanchard, an obstetrician, delivered both of Obama’s children.
Nesbitt chairs the Chicago Housing Authority and sits on the boards of Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art and Big Brothers/Big Sisters, among others.
Are Nesbitt’s Parking Spot contracts no-bid?