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ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé Board of Trustees 2024

Board of trustees group photo
Since 1835, ͬÐÔÁµÉ«Çé has been governed by the Board of Trustees.

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