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Board of Trustees

2012-2013

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

Willie G. Brown
Vice Chair
Retired Executive Vice President 
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company 
Bloomington, 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

 

Members of the Board of Trustees

 

Richard S. Ames
Spouse: Anne

President
Command Plastic Corporation

 

Jean M. Baird '80
Spouse: Bill

Vice President of Operations
State Farm Insurance Companies

 

Phyllis Barker '73

Director of Volunteer Services
Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly, Chicago Chapter

 

Thomas L. Brown '79
Spouse: Cairy

Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
RLI Corporation

 

Willie G. Brown

Retired Executive Vice President
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

 

Cathy T. Carswell '65
Spouse: Bruce

Former President
Kappa Kappa Gamma

 

Michael A. Clark '76
Spouse: Jane ' 75

Partner
Sidley Austin LLP

 

Mary E. Crego '79
Spouse: Paul

Senior Vice President
State Farm Insurance Companies

 

Ceasar Douglas Jr. '75
Spouse: Gigi

Chair and Jim Moran Professor of Management
College of Business
Florida State University

 

John S. Esch '79
Spouse: Cynthia

Surgeon
Esch, Wieland and Nour

 

Judith E. Favell '66
Spouse: James

Chief Executive Officer
AdvoServ, Inc.

 

Robert E. Field '67
Spouse: Jenny

Attorney
Field Law Firm

 

Todd M. French '93

President
StringWorks

 

David W. Gaffron
Spouse: Barbara

Retired Pastor
Wesley United Methodist Church

 

Herbert A. Getz '77
Spouse: Susan '77

President
Aspen Creek Partners, Inc.

 

Marsha A. Guenzler-Stevens '78
Spouse: Randy

Director of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union - Center for Campus Life
University of Maryland

 

Thomas O. Hansen '82
Spouse: Kathleen

Founder and Chairman
Tom O. Hansen Sales Associates

 

John S. Horton '82
Spouse: Joann

Managing Director
BCC Industrial Services, Inc.

 

Daniel E. Jameson '80
Spouse: Kathleen

Vice President - Marketing, Government Affairs & Municipal Services
Republic Services, Inc.

 

Richard M. King, II '67
Spouse: Cheryl '68

President and CEO
Kittleman & Associates, LLC

 

Rebie R. Kingston H'96
Spouse: Michael

Former Director, Office of Guidance
Detroit Public Schools

 

W. Thomas Lawrence '80
Spouse: Lee

Tax Managing Partner
Ernst & Young LLP

 

Kathy Larey Lewton '70
Spouse: John Deats

Principal
Lewton, Seekins & Trester

 

Ann E. Marquis-Fisher '82
Spouse: Alan

 

Thomas C. McKinney, Jr. '76
Spouse: Darryl

Pediatrician
St. Louis Pediatric Association

 

Barbara J. Nathan '80
Spouse: Alvin '80

Executive Director
Community Cancer Center & Foundation

 

Thomas J. Neis '70
Spouse: Marilyn '71

Owner
Neis Insurance Company, Inc.

 

Gregory V. Palmer

Resident Bishop
Great Rivers Conference
United Methodist Church

 

Steven A. Ring '79
Spouse: Jennifer A. Gallagher

Vice President - Administration & Development
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

 

J. William Roberts '64
Spouse: Carole

Managing Partner
Hinshaw & Culbertson, LLP

 

Ronald L. Ruecker '66
Spouse: Bonnie ' 65

Retired Senior Physician
Internal Medicine Subspecialty Associates

 

Edward B. Rust, Jr. '72, H'94
Spouse: Sally

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
State Farm Insurance Companies

 

James A. Shirk
Spouse: Linda

President
Beer Nuts, Inc.

 

Dale H. Spiess '66
Spouse: Carol '66

Retired Senior Vice President
NOVA Chemicals

 

Timothy J. Szerlong '74
Spouse: Pam

President
Worldwide Field Operations, CNA Financial Corporation

 

Carlina Tapia-Ruano '77, H'04
Spouse: Jeffrey Gunn

Attorney
Tapia-Ruano & Gunn P.C.

 

Michael L. Tipsord '81
Spouse: Connie

Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer
State Farm Insurance Companies

 

Byron S. Tucci '66

Managing Director, Investments
Wells Fargo, LLC

 

George A. Vinyard '71
Spouse: Judy Shepelak

Vice President & General Counsel
ExteNet Systems, Inc.

 

Steven J. Wannemacher '73
Spouse: Deb '74

President
Heritage Enterprises, Inc.

 

David G. Wilkins '74
Spouse: Lois '75

Associate General Counsel
The Dow Chemical Company

 

Richard F. Wilson
Spouse: Pat

President
Illinois Wesleyan University

 

L. Tracy Wych '77

Retired Managing Director and Regional Head of Group Audit Americas
Deutsche Bank AG

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

Robert E. Evans ’62 
Worcester, Massachusetts

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

Michael Thompson - Associate Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness

Department - Institutional Effectiveness