Illinois Wesleyan University Board of Trustees
2009-2010

Officers of the Board of Trustees

George A. Vinyard ’71
President
Vice President and General Counsel
ExteNet Systems, Inc
Lisle, Illinois

Herbert A. Getz ’77
Second Vice President
President
Aspen Creek Partners Inc.
Naperville, Illinois

Susan D. Waring
Secretary
Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
State Farm Life Insurance
Bloomington, Illinois

Robert E. Field ’67
Treasurer
Attorney
Field Law Firm
New Lenox, Illinois

President of the University

Richard F. Wilson, Ph.D.
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, Illinois

Members of the Board of Trustees

Richard S. Ames
President
Command Plastic Corporation
Tallmadge, Ohio

Patricia M. Armstrong, Ph.D. ‘70
Senior Vice President
Wealth Management Group
Wells Fargo & Company
San Francisco, California

Jean M. Baird ‘80
Vice President of Operations
State Farm Insurance Companies
Columbia, Missouri

Phyllis Barker ‘73
Director of Volunteer Services
Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter
Chicago, Illinois

Thomas L. Brown ‘79
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Chicago, Illinois

Willie G. Brown
Executive Committee
Executive Vice President
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Bloomington, Illinois

Cathy T. Carswell ’65 
Executive Committee 
Former President
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Scarsdale, New York

Michael A. Clark ’76
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Chicago, Illinois

John S. Esch, M.D. ‘79
Surgeon
Esch, Wieland and Nour
Bloomington, Illinois

Robert E. Evans ’62
Chief Executive Officer
FMG Financial Services
Worcester, Massachusetts

Judith E. Favell, Ph.D. ‘66
Chief Executive Officer
AdvoServ, Inc.
Mount Dora, Florida

Todd M. French ‘93
President
StringWorks
Dana Point, California

David W. Gaffron
Retired Pastor
Wesley United Methodist Church
Bloomington, Illinois

Thomas O. Hansen ’82
Founder and Chairman
Tom O. Hansen Sales Associates
Orlando, Florida

John S. Horton ‘82
Managing Director
BCC Industrial Services, Inc.
Paradise Valley, Arizona

Rebie R. Kingston, Ph.D. H’96
Former Director, Office of Guidance
Detroit Public Schools
West Bloomfield, Michigan

W. Thomas Lawrence ‘80
Tax Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLP
Chicago, Illinois

Kathy Larey Lewton ’70
Principal
Lewton, Seekins & Trester
Stamford, Connecticut

Thomas C. McKinney, Jr., M.D. ’76
Executive Committee
Pediatrician
St. Louis Pediatric Association
Chesterfield, Missouri

Thomas J. Neis ‘70
Owner
Neis Insurance Company, Inc.
Crystal Lake, Illinois

Bishop Gregory V. Palmer
Executive Committee
Resident Bishop
Illinois Great Rivers Conference, United Methodist Church
Springfield, Illinois

David C. Petrick ‘67
Owner and Chief Executive Officer
Bretford Manufacturing
Franklin Park, Illinois

J. William Roberts ‘64
Managing Partner
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP
Springfield, Illinois

Ronald L. Ruecker, M.D. ‘66
Senior Physician
Internal Medicine Subspecialty Associates
Decatur, Illinois

Edward B. Rust, Jr. ’72, H’94
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Illinois

James A. Shirk
President
Beer Nuts, Inc.
Bloomington, Illinois

Dale H. Spiess ‘66
Retired Senior Vice President
NOVA Chemicals
Salem, South Carolina

Myrtis L. Sullivan, M.D. ‘74
Associate Director of Family Health Services
State of Illinois – Department of Human Services
Chicago, Illinois

Carlina Tapia-Ruano ‘77, H'04
Attorney
Tapia-Ruano & Gunn P.C.
Chicago, Illinois

Michael L. Tipsord ‘81
Vice Chairman, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Illinois

Steven J. Wannemacher ’73
President
Heritage Enterprises, Inc.
Bloomington, Illinois

David G. Wilkins ‘74
Assistant General Counsel
The Dow Chemical Company
Midland, Michigan

L. Tracy Wych '77
Managing Director
Calyon Corporate and Investment Bank
New York, New York

Honorary Trustees

The Earl of Buckinghamshire
London, England

Robert T. Fleming ’45
Normal, Illinois

Kenji Tanaka H’91
Tokyo, Japan

Dawn K. Upshaw ’82, H’95
Bronxville, New York

Emeritus Trustees

Flora Harris Armstrong ’43
Bloomington, Illinois

Rex James Bates H’97
Sequim, Washington

Marvin D. Bower ’45
Bloomington, Illinois

Helen Goldsworthy Campbell
Dunlap, Illinois

Melba M. Campbell ’37
Boca Raton, Florida

Ronald B. Cate ‘54
Wildrose, Wisconsin

Rev. David P. Dees ’49
Bloomington, Illinois

President Emeritus Robert S. Eckley H ’88
Bloomington, Illinois

John Goldrick
Bloomington, Illinois

Craig C. Hart H'08
Hudson, Illinois

E. Hugh Henning H’94
Bloomington, Illinois

J. Richard Hull ’55
Sarasota, Florida

John E. Jordan ’57
Urbana, Illinois

Roger S. Joslin
Bloomington, Illinois

Parker Kemp
Lexington, Illinois

Garry D. Kinder ’55
Dallas, Texas

The Hon. John W. Maitland, Jr.
Bloomington, Illinois

Davis U. Merwin H’91
Bloomington, Illinois

Dominick Monge ’40
Fairfield, Illinois

Robert E. Page ’58, H’86
Rancho Santa Fe, California

Robert M. Reardon H’02
Bloomington, Illinois

John W. Remo ’58
West Lafayette, Indiana

Sidney G. Smith ‘60
Carbondale, Illinois

John C. Stutzman ‘54
Normal, Illinois

Anne Colwell Tryon
Frankfort, Michigan

Martha Coolidge Wetzel ‘52
South Pasadena, California