Illinois Wesleyan University Board of Trustees
2011-12

Officers of the Board of Trustees

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

Thomas L. Brown ‘79
Vice Chair
Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
RLI Corporation
Peoria, Illinois

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

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

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

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

Mary E. Crego '79
Senior Vice President
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Illinois

Ceasar Douglas Jr. '75
Chair and Jim Moran Professor of Management
College of Business - Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

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

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

Judith E. Favell ‘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

Marsha A. Guenzler-Stevens '78
Director of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union - Center for Campus Life
University of Maryland
Stevens, Maryland

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

Daniel E. Jameson '80
Vice President - Marketing, Government Affairs & Municipal Services
Republic Services, Inc.
Munster, Indiana

Richard M. King, II '67
President and CEO
Kittleman & Associates, LLC
Chicago, Illinois

Rebie R. Kingston 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. ’76
Executive Committee
Pediatrician
St. Louis Pediatric Association
Chesterfield, Missouri

Barbara J. Nathan '80
Executive Director
Community Cancer Center & Foundation
Bloomington, Illinois

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

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

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

Ronald L. Ruecker ‘66
Retired 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

Timothy J. Szerlong '74
President
Worldwide Field Operations, CNA Financial Corporation
Lake Forest, Illinois

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

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

Byron S. Tucci '66
Managing Director, Investments
Wells Fargo, LLC
Bloomington, Illinois

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

David G. Wilkins ‘74
Director, Ethics & Compliance
The Dow Chemical Company
Midland, Michigan

L. Tracy Wych '77
Managing Director and Regional Head of Group Audit Americas
Deutsche Bank AG
New York, New York

Honorary Trustees

The Earl of Buckinghamshire
London, England

Robert T. Fleming ’45
Normal, Illinois

Howard F. Fricke '60, H'09 and Sharon Fricke '60
Du Parc Reno, Nevada

Kenji Tanaka H’91
Tokyo, Japan

Kent W. '62 and Sue Wallace
Dallas, Texas

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

Gilbert L. Dorsey '62
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
Muskego, Wisconsin

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
Bloomington, Illinois

Anne Colwell Tryon
Frankfort, Michigan

Martha Coolidge Wetzel ‘52
South Pasadena, California