Board of Trustees
2023-24
Officers of the Board of Trustees
Timothy J. Szerlong '74
Chair
John W. (Jack) Dickens '86
Vice Chair
W. Thomas Lawrence '80
Vice Chair
Edward B. Rust, Jr. '72, H'94
Vice Chair
Robert K. Zimmermann '71
Treasurer
Herbert A. Getz '77
Secretary
Members of the Board of Trustees
Rod Adams '95
Principal
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Chicago, Illinois
Richard S. Ames
Former President
Command Plastic Corporation
Chagrin Falls, Ohio
Phyllis Barker '73
Director of Volunteer Services (retired)
Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter
Chicago, Illinois
Frank Beard
Resident Bishop
Illinois Great Rivers Conference, United Methodist Church
Springfield, Illinois
Dirk Behrends '87
Vice President, Association Solutions
Normal, Illinois
Michael A. Clark '76
Retired Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Grayslake, Illinois
Mark Denzler '93
President and CEO
Illinois Manufacturers’ Association
Springfield, Illinois
Jack Dickens '86
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, retired
LivCor
Chicago, Illinois
Steven J. Dudash '99
President, Senior Financial Planner
IHT Wealth Management
Chicago, Illinois
Ann E. Marquis Fisher '82
Personal Banking Officer (retired)
Wells Fargo Bank
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Herbert A. Getz '77
President
Buntrock Foundations
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois
Ron Greene
President and Chief Executive Officer
Afni
Bloomington, Illinois
Deon Hornsby ’97
Underwriting Director, Southeast Region
AIG
Dundee, Illinois
John S. Horton '82
Chairman
Pacific Consolidated Industries Inc.
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Nancy J. Hutson '71
Former Senior Vice President,
Pfizer, Global R&D Director,
Groton/New London Laboratories
DeLand, Florida
Mark A. Israel '91
Senior Managing Director
Compass Lexecon
Washington, DC
Daniel E. Jameson '80
Vice President - Marketing, Government Affairs & Municipal Services
Republic Services, Inc.
Monticello, Indiana
Jim Joslin '93
Partner & General Counsel
R&R Capital
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Colleen Kannaday
President
Carle BroMenn Medical Center
Normal, Illinois
Danielle Kays ’01
Commercial Litigation Attorney
Labor & Employment Department
Seyfarth Shaw LLP
W. Thomas Lawrence '80
Tax Managing Partner (retired)
Ernst & Young LLP
Chicago, Illinois
Kathy Larey Lewton '70
Principal
Lewton, Seekins & Trester
Danvers, Illinois
Thomas C. McKinney, Jr. '76
Pediatrician (retired)
St. Louis Pediatric Associates
St. Charles, Missouri
Leah A. Merrifield '78
LAM Consulting
St. Louis, Missouri
Sundeep V. Mullangi '97
Managing Director in Investment Research
PPM America
Chicago, Illinois
Thomas J. Neis '70
Owner
Neis Insurance Company, Inc.
Crystal Lake, Illinois
Stephen L. Ondra '80
Chief Medical Advisor
MITRE
Williston, Florida
Laura Randolph '92
Plastic Surgeon
Laura C. Randolph, M.D., S.C.
Bloomington, Illinois
Edward B. Rust, Jr. '72, H'94
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired)
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Illinois
Martina L. Scanlan '87
Publisher (retired)
Interiors & Sources Magazine
Principal - The Wig Exchange San Francisco Bay Area
Moraga, California
Corey C. Schieler '97
Director - Ventura Capital
State Farm Insurance Companies
Normal, Illinois
Andy Shirk
Leadership Team Coach and Facilitator
Bloom Growth
Normal, Illinois
Kimberly Sterling '92
Operations Vice President
State Farm
Bloomington, Illinois
Timothy J. Szerlong '74
President (retired)
Worldwide Field Operations, CNA Financial Corporation
Lake Forest, Illinois
Marc F. Talluto '94
Entrepreneur l Investor
Elmhurst, Illinois
Derrick Tillman-Kelly ’09
President, Illinois Wesleyan University Alumni Association;
Chief of Staff
The Ohio State University College of Engineering
Columbus, Ohio
George A. Vinyard '71
Attorney-at-Law
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Steven J. Wannemacher '73
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors
Heritage Enterprises, Inc.
Bloomington, Illinois
Stephanie A. Whyte '91, M.D.
Senior Medical Director
Aetna Medicaid (CVS Health)
Frankfort, Illinois
Jill E. York '85
President, Head of Equipment Finance and Leasing Solutions (retired)
Fifth Third Commercial Bank
Bonita Springs, Florida
Joshua D. Yount '95
Partner - Mayer Brown Practices
Oak Park, Illinois
Robert K. Zimmermann '71
Vice President of Energizer Holdings (retired)
St. Louis, Missouri
Honorary Trustees
The Earl of Buckinghamshire
London, England
Howard F. Fricke '60, H'09 and Sharon Fricke '60
Reno, Nevada
Kent W. Wallace '62
Dallas, Texas
Emeritus Trustees
Marvin D. Bower '45
Scottsdale, Arizona
Cathy T. Carswell '65
Greenwich, Connecticut
Ronald B. Cate '54
Wildrose, Wisconsin
Gilbert L. Dorsey '62
Bloomington, Illinois
Robert E. Field '67
New Lenox, Illinois
David W. Gaffron
Bloomington, Illinois
J. Richard Hull '55
Sarasota, Florida
John E. Jordan '57
Urbana, Illinois
Parker Kemp
Lexington, Illinois
Garry D. Kinder '55
Dallas, Texas
Rebie R. Kingston H'96
West Bloomfield, Michigan
The Hon. John W. Maitland, Jr.
Bloomington, Illinois
Robert E. Page '58, H'86
Rancho Santa Fe, California
J. William Roberts '64
Springfield, Illinois
Ronald L. Ruecker '66
Webster Groves, Missouri
James A. Shirk
Bloomington, Illinois
Sidney G. Smith '60
Carbondale, Illinois
Byron Tucci '66
Bloomington, Illinois
Anne Colwell Tryon
Frankfort, Michigan
Martha Coolidge Wetzel '52
South Pasadena, California
Richard F. Wilson
Bloomington, Illinois