¶¶Òõpro Board of Trustees 2023
The board is authorized to establish all general, academic and financial policies for the College. Each trustee pledges a responsibility to protect academic freedom and contribute to the best possible environment for the faculty to teach, pursue their scholarship and perform public service. The board is dedicated to acting in a manner that best serves the College’s financial health and the overall welfare of the institution for its students, staff, faculty and donors.
Trustees
Steven R. Mills ’77, Chair
Senior Executive Vice President
(retired), Archer Daniels Midland Company
Creve Coeur, Missouri
Susan L. Pratt ’80, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Professor of English (retired), Writer, and Consultant
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Joan M. Deboer H’14, Secretary
Partner, Lahood DeBoer Strategies
Chief of Staff to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 2009-2013
Alexandria, Virginia
Susan J. Allen H’09
Senior Vice President and Assistant
General Counsel (retired), Nielsen
Media Research Inc.
Hawthorn Woods, Illinois
Tonya Johnson Baise ’76
Teacher and Administrator (retired),
Lemont, IL School District
Estero, Florida
Ryan Barke ’97
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer,
Visionary Wealth Advisors
Caseyville, Illinois
Mike Bauersachs ’86
President and CEO (retired) Ramaco Resources, Inc.
Consultant and Investor MDB Energy Advisors LLC
Glen Allen, Virginia
Gerry L. Beard ’78
President (retired), Beard Implement Company
Arenzville, Illinois
Toni Blankmann ’74
Shell Oil Company (retired)
Houston, Texas
W. Scott Boston H’22, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician
Alexander, Illinois
Joseph Calmese ’07
CEO, ADDMAN Engineering
Chesterfield, Missouri
Del C. Dunham ’72
Senior Technology Management
Consultant, Carlisle and Gallagher
Senior Vice President (retired), Fidelity
Investments Systems Company
Coppell, Texas
Barbara A. Farley, Ph.D., ex-officio
President, ¶¶Òõpro
Jacksonville, Illinois
Michael A. Fletcher ’92
Vice President of Infrastructure and
Engineering, State Farm
McKinney, Texas
Luiz Guimarães ’91
Global Co-Lead, Corporate
Sustainability and Climate Change
Services, Environmental Resources Management, Inc.
Barrington, Illinois
Joel C. Harmon ’66
Director of Analytical Chemistry
(retired), The Shell Oil Company
Missouri City, Texas
Julie Bodam Macartney ’98
Director, Business Operations and
Strategy, International Programs and
Operations, CARE USA
Atlanta, Georgia
Joanna Marker ’02
Principal, Distribution Performance,
Northwestern Mutual
Charlotte, North Carolina
Patrick B. Mathis H’09
Attorney and Partner, Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd.
Belleville, Illinois
Greg C. May ’88
Partner, Williamson Funeral Home
Jacksonville, Illinois
Ellen Rammelkamp Miller ’72
Mathematics Professor (retired),
North Lake College
Jacksonville, Illinois
Stephen D. Oetgen H’12
Managing Director, Smoky Mountain
Advisory Company
Lanceleaf, Tennessee
Winston Rogers, III ’82
High School and Middle School
Principal (retired)
St. Peters, Missouri
Henry A. Schmitt ’73
Attorney and Partner (retired), Moos,
Schmitt & O’Brien, PC
Peoria, Illinois
James W. Spradlin ’82
CEO (retired), Growmark
Morton, Illinois
Jean Coultas Statler H’09
Co-founder and Managing Partner,
Statler Nagle, LLC
Arlington, Virginia
George A. Zelcs H’19
Partner, Korein Tillery
Barrington, Illinois
Emeriti Trustees
Joy French Becker ’67 H’15
Jacksonville, Illinois
James P. Bruner ’66 H’12
Jacksonville, Illinois
Robert E. Chipman ’74 H’23
Jacksonville, Illinois
John R. Fairfield ’61 H’07
Scottsdale, Arizona
James L. Green ’61 H’11, M.D.
Jacksonville, Illinois
Gary R. Haynes ’74, M.D., Ph.D.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Duane E. Hess ’71 H’20
Jacksonville, Illinois
John S. Kay H’09 H’22, D.Min
Wilmette, Illinois
Judge Richard Mills ’51 H’03*
Springfield, Illinois
Rev. Donald E. Minnick
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
John T. Porter ’68 H’13
Springfield, Illinois
Anita T. Rundquist H’97*
Butler, Illinois
Robert B. Thompson, III H’09 H’17
Arlington, Virginia
Katherine Thompson Tillery ’74 H’11
Evanston, Illinois
Jonathan G. Utley ’63 H’07, Ph.D.
Chicago, Illinois
James H. Voyles ’65 H’15
Zionsville, Indiana
Ronald W. Wallace ’58 H’06*
Columbia, Illinois
E. Eugene Wells ’63 H’13, D.D.S.
Pearland, Texas
* denotes those who have passed away