Illinois College 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 Collegeβs financial health and the overall welfare of the institution for its Γε±±½ϋ΅Ψ, staff, faculty and donors.
Trustees
Steven R. Mills β77, Chair
Senior Executive Vice President
(retired), Archer Daniels Midland Company
Creve Coeur, Missouri
Susan L. Pratt β80, Ph.D., Vice Chair
Professor of English (retired), Writer, and Consultant
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Joan M. Deboer Hβ14, Secretary
Partner, Lahood DeBoer Strategies
Chief of Staff to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 2009-2013
Alexandria, Virginia
Susan J. Allen Hβ09
Senior Vice President and Assistant
General Counsel (retired), Nielsen
Media Research Inc.
Hawthorn Woods, Illinois
Tonya Johnson Baise β76
Teacher and Administrator (retired),
Lemont, IL School District
Estero, Florida
Ryan Barke β97
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer,
Visionary Wealth Advisors
Caseyville, Illinois
Mike Bauersachs β86
President and CEO (retired) Ramaco Resources, Inc.
Consultant and Investor MDB Energy Advisors LLC
Glen Allen, Virginia
Gerry L. Beard β78
President (retired), Beard Implement Company
Arenzville, Illinois
Toni Blankmann β74
Shell Oil Company (retired)
Houston, Texas
W. Scott Boston Hβ22, M.D.
Emergency Medicine Physician
Alexander, Illinois
Joseph Calmese β07
CEO, ADDMAN Engineering
Chesterfield, Missouri
Del C. Dunham β72
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, Illinois College
Jacksonville, Illinois
Michael A. Fletcher β92
Vice President of Infrastructure and
Engineering, State Farm
McKinney, Texas
Luiz GuimarΓ£es β91
Global Co-Lead, Corporate
Sustainability and Climate Change
Services, Environmental Resources Management, Inc.
Barrington, Illinois
Joel C. Harmon β66
Director of Analytical Chemistry
(retired), The Shell Oil Company
Missouri City, Texas
Julie Bodam Macartney β98
Director, Business Operations and
Strategy, International Programs and
Operations, CARE USA
Atlanta, Georgia
Joanna Marker β02
Principal, Distribution Performance,
Northwestern Mutual
Charlotte, North Carolina
Patrick B. Mathis Hβ09
Attorney and Partner, Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd.
Belleville, Illinois
Greg C. May β88
Partner, Williamson Funeral Home
Jacksonville, Illinois
Ellen Rammelkamp Miller β72
Mathematics Professor (retired),
North Lake College
Jacksonville, Illinois
Stephen D. Oetgen Hβ12
Managing Director, Smoky Mountain
Advisory Company
Lanceleaf, Tennessee
Winston Rogers, III β82
High School and Middle School
Principal (retired)
St. Peters, Missouri
Henry A. Schmitt β73
Attorney and Partner (retired), Moos,
Schmitt & OβBrien, PC
Peoria, Illinois
James W. Spradlin β82
CEO (retired), Growmark
Morton, Illinois
Jean Coultas Statler Hβ09
Co-founder and Managing Partner,
Statler Nagle, LLC
Arlington, Virginia
George A. Zelcs Hβ19
Partner, Korein Tillery
Barrington, Illinois
Emeriti Trustees
Joy French Becker β67 Hβ15
Jacksonville, Illinois
James P. Bruner β66 Hβ12
Jacksonville, Illinois
Robert E. Chipman β74 Hβ23
Jacksonville, Illinois
John R. Fairfield β61 Hβ07
Scottsdale, Arizona
James L. Green β61 Hβ11, M.D.
Jacksonville, Illinois
Gary R. Haynes β74, M.D., Ph.D.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Duane E. Hess β71 Hβ20
Jacksonville, Illinois
John S. Kay Hβ09 Hβ22, D.Min
Wilmette, Illinois
Judge Richard Mills β51 Hβ03*
Springfield, Illinois
Rev. Donald E. Minnick
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
John T. Porter β68 Hβ13
Springfield, Illinois
Anita T. Rundquist Hβ97*
Butler, Illinois
Robert B. Thompson, III Hβ09 Hβ17
Arlington, Virginia
Katherine Thompson Tillery β74 Hβ11
Evanston, Illinois
Jonathan G. Utley β63 Hβ07, Ph.D.
Chicago, Illinois
James H. Voyles β65 Hβ15
Zionsville, Indiana
Ronald W. Wallace β58 Hβ06*
Columbia, Illinois
E. Eugene Wells β63 Hβ13, D.D.S.
Pearland, Texas
* denotes those who have passed away