ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Board of Trustees 2024
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, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
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, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Michael 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, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Toni Blankmann ’74
Shell Oil Company (retired)
Houston, Texas
W. Scott Boston H’22, M.D.
Physician
Alexander, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Joseph T. Calmese ’07
CEO, ADDMAN Engineering
Estero, Florida
Barbara A. Farley, Ph.D., ex-officio
President, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Jacksonville, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Michael A. Fletcher ’92
Vice President - Information
Technology, State Farm
McKinney, Texas
Luiz Guimarães ’91
Senior Partner - Energy Transitition
Programs, Environmental Resources
Management, Inc.
Houston, Texas
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 M. Marker ’02
Principal - Distribution Performance,
Northwestern Mutual
Charlotte, North Carolina
Patrick B. Mathis H’09
Attorney and Partner, Mathis,
Marifian & Richter, Ltd.
Belleville, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Greg C. May ’88
Partner, Williamson Funeral Home
Jacksonville, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Ellen Rammelkamp Miller ’72
Mathematics Professor (retired),
North Lake College
Jacksonville, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Stephen D. Oetgen H’12
Managing Director, Smoky Mountain
Advisory Co.
College Grove, 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, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
James W. Spradlin ’82
CEO (retired), GROWMARK, Inc.
Morton, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Jean Coultas Statler H’09
Co-founder and Managing Partner,
Statler Nagle, LLC
Arlington, Virginia
George A. Zelcs H’19
Partner, Korein Tillery
Barrington, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Emeriti Trustees
Joy French Becker ’67 H’15
Jacksonville, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
James P. Bruner ’66 H’12
Jacksonville, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Robert E. Chipman ’74 H’23*
Jacksonville, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Del C. Dunham ’72 H’24
Flower Mound, Texas
John R. Fairfield ’61 H’07
Scottsdale, Arizona
James L. Green ’61 H’11, M.D.
Jacksonville, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Gary R. Haynes ’74, M.D., Ph.D.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Duane E. Hess ’71 H’20
Jacksonville, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
John S. Kay H’09 H’22, D.Min
Wilmette, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Judge Richard Mills ’51 H’03*
Springfield, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Rev. Donald E. Minnick
Stevens Point, Wisconsin
John T. Porter ’68 H’13
Springfield, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Robert B. Thompson, III H’09 H’17
Arlington, Virginia
Katherine Thompson Tillery ’74 H’11
Evanston, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
Jonathan G. Utley ’63 H’07, Ph.D.
Chicago, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé
James H. Voyles ’65 H’15
Zionsville, Indiana
E. Eugene Wells ’63 H’13, D.D.S.
Pearland, Texas
* denotes those who have passed away