Board Member

Kevin Freeman

Kevin L. Freeman, Chairman


Kevin L. Freeman was appointed to the State of Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board in December of 2003. Since March of 2018, Mr. Freeman has served as Chief Counsel, Securities & Transactions, at Tenneco Inc., a Fortune 500, publicly-traded, $17 billion dollar revenue company headquartered in Illinois with over 100 facilities in more than 25 countries, where he is in charge of the legal aspects of all transactional matters as well as all securities filings and related compliance. Prior to joining Tenneco, Mr. Freeman served for over five years as Senior M&A Counsel at Accenture LLP, a Fortune 500, publicly-traded, $40B dollar revenue company, with over 120 offices in 80 countries, where he lead global acquisitions, equity investments and joint venture formation on behalf of Accenture. And prior to joining Tenneco, Mr. Freeman was in private practice for over 18 years, focusing on mergers & acquisitions and general corporate and commercial matters. In addition to his service to PTAB, Mr. Freeman also served on the Cook County Zoning Board of Appeals from 1998 until 2018, and was appointed Chairman in 2014.

Mr. Freeman has also served on a variety of non-profit boards including:

  • The American Cancer Society;
  • Landmarks Illinois;
  • Street Level Youth Media;
  • The Albany Park Theater Project;
  • The Fellows Program of Leadership Greater Chicago;
  • The Chicago Community Trust Young Leaders Fund;
  • Chicago Council on Global Affairs Young Leaders Exchange; and
  • Project H.O.O.D. (Helping Others Obtain Destiny)

A graduate of Northwestern University (BA, 1991) and The University of Chicago Law School (JD, 1994), Mr. Freeman resides in Chicago with his wife, daughter and son.