Board of Trustees

Steven R. Mills Chair
Susan L. Pratt Vice Chair
Joan M. DeBoer Secretary

Trustees

ALLEN, SUSAN J., B.A., J. D. Hawthorn Woods, IL

  • General Counsel
  • Nielson Media Research, Inc. (Retired)

BAISE, TONYA JOHNSON, B.A., M.A.

  • Estero, IL
  • Teacher, Administrator (Retired)

BARKE, RYAN T. B.S., M.S., J.D. Fairview Heights, IL

  • General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Visionary Wealth Advisors

BAUERSACHS, MICHAEL D.

  • Glen Allen, VA President and CEO (retired) Ramaco Resources, Inc. Consultant & Investor MDB Energy

BEARD, GERRY L., B.S.

  • Arenzville, IL
  • President, Beard Implement Company

BLANKMANN, TONI L., B.S.

  • Houston, TX
  • Finance and Business Manager Shell Oil Company (Retired)

BOSTON, W. SCOTT, M.D. Ashland, IL

  • President and CEO Jacksonville Memorial Hospital

CHIPMAN, ROBERT E., B.A.

  • Jacksonville
  • Realtor-Appraiser-Owner,
  • Chipman Realtors and Appraisers

DeBOER, JOAN M., B.A. Alexandria, VA

  • Policy Advisor,
  • DLA Piper, Washington, DC.

DUNHAM, DEL C., B.A., M.S., M.B.A.

  • Coppell, TX
  • Senior Technology Management
  • Consultant, Carlisle and Gallagher

FARLEY, BARBARA A., B.A., M.B.A., Ph.D.

  • Jacksonville – Ex officio
  • President, Illinois College

FLETCHER, MICHAEL A., B.S.

  • Dallas, TX
  • IT Executive, State Farm

GUIMARÃES, LUIZ E.

  • Barrington, IL
  • North American Directory of Services and
  • Innovation Environmental Resources Management (Retired)

HARMON, JOEL C., B.S., M.S., M.B.A. Missouri City, TX

  • Chemist/Director, Shell Oil Company
  • (Retired)

HAYNES, GARY R., B.S., M.S., Ph.D., M.D.

  • New Orleans, LA
  • Professor and Chair, Department of
  • Anesthesiology
  • Tulane University School of Medicine Tulane Medical Center

MACARTNEY, JULIE BODAM, B.A., M.A.

  • Marietta, GA
  • Special Assistant to the Vice President of International Programs and Operations CARE USA

MATHIS, PATRICK B., B.A., M.B.A., LL.M., J.D.

  • Belleville
  • Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd.

MAY, GREGORY C., B.A.

  • Jacksonville, IL
  • Managing Director, Williamson Funeral Home

MILLER, ELLEN RAMMELKAMP, B.A., M.S.

  • Keller, TX
  • Mathematics Professor, North Lake College
  • (Retired)

MILLS, STEVEN R., B.S.

  • Creve Coeur, MO
  • Executive Vice President & CFO
  • Archer Daniels Midland Company (Retired)

OETGEN, STEPHEN D., B.S., J.D.

  • Alamo, CA
  • General Counsel, Golden Gate Capital                

SPRADLIN, JAMES W., B.S.

  • Morton, IL
  • CEO, Growmark

PRATT, SUSAN L., Ph.D.    

  • Arlington, VA
  • Campaign Management/Marketing

STATLER, JEAN COULTAS, B.F.A.

  • Canonsburg, PA                                           
  • Professor of English (Retired)
  • Consultancy, Statler Nagle LLC,

ROGERS, WINSTON III, B.A., M.Ed.

  • Washington, D.C. St. Peters, MO
  • Educator, HS Principal (Retired)     

ZELCS, GEORGE A.

  • Chicago, IL

SCHMITT, HENRY A., A.B., J.D.

  • Partner, Korein Tillery
  • Peoria, IL
  • Attorney, Moos, Schmitt, & O’Brien 

Emeriti Trustees

BECKER, JOY FRENCH, B.A.

  • Jacksonville
  • President and Chair of the Board,
  • The Farmers State Bank and Trust Company

PORTER, JOHN T., B.A., M.A.

  • Springfield, IL
  • Vice President/General Manager

  • Power Process Engineering, Inc. (Retired)

BRUNER, JAMES P., B.S.

  • Jacksonville
  • President, United Contractors
  • Midwest, Inc., Springfield, Illinois

FAIRFIELD, JOHN R., B.S.,

  • Pinehurst, NC
  • ICI Binding, Chesterland, OH

GREEN, JAMES L., B.A., M.D., L.H.D.

  • Jacksonville
  • General Surgery, Sports Medicine (Retired)

HESS, DUANE E., B.A.

  • Palmetto, FL
  • President, Beard Implement Company (Retired)

KAY, JOHN S., D.MIN.

  • Wilmette, IL
  • Interim Pastor, Highlands Presbyterian Church in LaGrange, IL

THOMSON, Robert B., III, B.A., M.B.A

  • Arlington, VA
  • Vice President, US & Government Affairs VISA

TILLERY, KATHERINE J., B.A., J.D., L.H.D.

  • Evanston, IL
  • Attorney

UTLEY, JONATHAN G., A.B. M.A., Ph.D., Chicago, IL

  • Professor Emeritus of History
  • University of Tennessee (Retired)

VOYLES, JAMES H., B.S., J.D.

  • Zionsville, IN
  • Attorney, Voyles, Zahn, Paul, Hogan, & Merriman

WELLS, ELGIN EUGENE, B.S., D.D.S. Pearland, TX

  • Orthodontist, Houston, TX

MILLS, RICHARD H., B.A., J.D., LL.M., LL.D. Springfield, IL

  • United States District Judge

​​MINNICK, DONALD E., B.A., M.Div., D.D. Stevens Point, WI

  • Minister, Northfield Community Church, Northfield, IL (Retired)