Board of Trustees
2026-27
Officers of the Board of Trustees
Timothy J. Szerlong '74
Chair
John W. (Jack) Dickens '86
Vice Chair
Herbert A. Getz '77
Vice Chair
Edward B. Rust, Jr. '72, H'94
Vice Chair
W. Thomas Lawrence '80
Treasurer
Ann Marquis Fisher '82
Secretary
Members of the Board of Trustees
Rod Adams '95
Principal
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Chicago, Illinois
Justin Ahrens '94
Chief Creative Officer
Rule29
Batavia, Illinois
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
Togetherwork Holdings, LLC
Oakland Park, Florida
Eric Bieber '81
President/CEO (retired)
Rochester Regional Health
Scottsdale, Arizona
Chris Bisaillon '93
Co-owner, Bottleneck Management
Chief Marketing Officer and General Partner, Riverwalk Capital Partners
Wheaton, 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
Jason Dinges '98
Investment Professional and Intellectual Property Counsel
Morningside Technology Advisory LLC
Newton Centre, Massachusetts
Robin Favor '00
General Surgeon
Suburban Surgical Associates/Suburban Metabolic Institute
LaGrange, 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
Jim Joslin '93
Partner & General Counsel
R&R Capital
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Colleen Kannaday
President
Carle BroMenn Medical Center
Normal, Illinois
Danielle Kays ’01
Partner
Privacy and Employment Litigation
Fisher Phillips LLP
W. Thomas Lawrence '80
Tax Managing Partner (retired)
Ernst & Young LLP
Chicago, Illinois
Thomas C. McKinney, Jr. '76
Pediatrician (retired)
St. Louis Pediatric Associates
St. Charles, Missouri
Leah A. Merrifield '78
LAM Consulting
St. Louis, Missouri
Elizabeth Nohren '98
Attorney & Managing Partner
Dove & Dove
Shelbyville, Illinois
Sam Porritt '84
Founder & Chairman of the Board
Falling Forward Foundation
Lawrence, Kansas
Desiree Quizon-Colquitt '89
(Retired) Senior Manager, Global External Supply
Pfizer
Normal, Illinois
Laura Randolph '92
Plastic Surgeon
Laura C. Randolph, M.D., S.C.
Bloomington, Illinois
Jim Richter '93
Senior Director of Scientific Affairs
Eli Lilly and Company
Grafton, Wisconsin
Edward B. Rust, Jr. '72, H'94
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (retired)
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington, Illinois
Corey C. Schieler '97
Private Investor
Normal, Illinois
Andy Shirk
Leadership Team Coach and Facilitator
Bloom Growth
Normal, Illinois
Kimberly Sterling '92
Operations Vice President
State Farm
Bloomington, Illinois
John Strosahl '89
Chief Executive Officer
Jamf
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Timothy J. Szerlong '74
President (retired)
Worldwide Field Operations, CNA Financial Corporation
Lake Forest, Illinois
Marc F. Talluto '94
Entrepreneur l Investor
Elmhurst, Illinois
Mandy Watson '01
Assistant general counsel
Caterpillar Inc.
West Peoria, Illinois
Stephanie A. Whyte '91, M.D.
Senior Medical Director
Aetna Medicaid (CVS Health)
Frankfort, Illinois
Lucy Wisdom '95
Dermatologist and Co-owner
Associates in Dermatology, SC
Bloomington, Illinois
Joshua D. Yount '95
Partner - Mayer Brown Practices
Oak Park, Illinois
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
John E. Jordan '57
Urbana, Illinois
Rebie R. Kingston H'96
West Bloomfield, Michigan
Kathy Larey Lewton '70
Danvers, Illinois
Thomas J. Neis '70
Crystal Lake, 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
Byron Tucci '66
Bloomington, Illinois
George A. Vinyard '71
Glen Ellyn, Illinois
Richard F. Wilson
Bloomington, Illinois
Bob Zimmermann '71
St. Louis, Missouri