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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 Γε±±½ϋ΅Ψ, staff, faculty and donors.

Trustees 

James W. Spradlin ’82, Chair 
CEO (retired), GROWMARK 
Morton, Illinois 

Susan L. Pratt ’80, Ph.D., Vice Chair 
Professor of English (retired), Writer, and Consultant 
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 

Winston Rogers, III ’82, Secretary 
High School and Middle School Principal (retired) 
St. Peters, Missouri 

Susan J. Allen H’09 
Senior Vice President and Assistant General Counsel (retired), Nielson Media Research Inc. 
Hawthorn Woods, Illinois 

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 
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina 

Gerry L. Beard ’78 
President (retired), Beard Implement Company 
Arenzville, Illinois 

Toni Blankmann ’74 
Shell Oil Company (retired) 
Houston, Texas 

Scott Boston H’22, M.D. 
Physician, Hillsboro Health 
Alexander, Illinois

Joseph Calmese ’07 
CEO, ADDMAN Engineering 
Estero, Florida 

Joan M. Deboer H’14 
Partner, LaHood DeBoer Strategies 
Alexandria, Virginia 

Barbara A. Farley, Ph.D., ex officio 
President, Illinois College 
Jacksonville, Illinois 

Michael A. Fletcher ’92 
Vice President of Information Technology, Strategy, and Business Alignment, State Farm 
McKinney, Texas 

Luiz GuimarΓ£es ’91 
Senior Partner | Petrochemical Pod Leader, ERM 
Fulshear, Texas 

Joel C. Harmon ’66 
Director of Analytical Chemistry (retired), The Shell Oil Company 
Missouri City, Texas 

Julie Bodam Macartney ’98 
Senior Director of Business Services and Operations, CARE 
Marietta, Georgia 

Joanna Marker ’02 
Lead 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 

Rick Meidel ’85 
ExxonMobil (Retired) 
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania 

Ellen Rammelkamp Miller ’72 
Mathematics Professor (retired), North Lake College 
Jacksonville, Illinois 

Steven R. Mills ’77, Chair Emeritus 
Senior Executive Vice President (retired), Archer Daniels Midland Company 
Creve Coeur, Missouri 

Robert O. Thomas, III H’25 
Founder and CEO (retired), Team Cymru 
Jacksonville, Illinois 

Amy Wilson ’93, Ph.D. 
Managing Director, Office of Inclusion, NCAA 
Zionsville, Indiana 

George A. Zelcs H’19 
Partner, Korein Tillery 
Chicago, Illinois 

Emeriti Trustees 

Joy French Becker ’67 H’15 
Jacksonville, Illinois 

James P. Bruner ’66 H’12 
Springfield, Illinois 

Del C. Dunham ’72 H’24 
Flower Mound, Texas 

John R. Fairfield ’61 H’07 
Pinehurst, North Carolina 

James L. Green ’61 H’11, M.D. 
Jacksonville, Illinois 

Gary R. Haynes ’74 H’24, M.D., Ph.D. 
Charleston, South Carolina 

Duane E. Hess ’71 H’20 
Palmetto, Florida 

John S. Kay H’09 H’22, D.Min 
Wilmette, Illinois 

Donald E. Minnick 
Stevens Point, Wisconsin 

Stephen Oetgen H’12 H’25 
College Grove, TN 

John T. Porter ’68 H’13 
Springfield, Illinois 

Henry Schmitt ’73 H’25 
Peoria, Illinois 

Jean Coultas Statler H’09 H’25 
Arlington, Virginia 

Robert B. Thomson, III H’09 H’17 
Arlington, Virginia 

Katherine Thompson Tillery ’74 H’11 
Indian Wells, California 

Jonathan G. Utley ’63 H’07, Ph.D. 
Chicago, Illinois 

James H. Voyles ’65 H’15 
Zionsville, Indiana 

E. Eugene Wells ’63 H’13, D.D.S. 
Pearland, Texas