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PRESIDENT

Dan Korte
Global Vice President, PPG
Trenton, Illinois

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Beth Mueller
Partner
Deloitte Tax LLP
Chicago

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Diane Compardo, CPA, CFP®, PFS, AWMA
Partner
Compardo, Wienstroer & Janes at Moneta
Clayton, Missouri

MEMBERS

George “Bill” Beck
Retired CEO
Beck Bus Transportation Corp.
Mount Vernon, Illinois

Kevin Beckemeyer
President and CEO
Legence Bank
Marion, Illinois

Sean Boston
Director of Sales Marketing and Retail Executive
Emery Jensen Distribution
Charlotte, North Carolina

William R. Casperson, MD
Vice President of Medical Affairs
Memorial Hospital
Belleville, Illinois

 

Lawrence Cotton
Manager, Design
Texas Instruments, Inc.
Allen, Texas

Robert Dennis
Retired
Motion Picture Post Production
Santa Fe, New Mexico

Jennifer (Yunker) Dore
Community Volunteer and Philanthropist
Frankfort, Illinois

John Forbes
President and Owner
Forbes Financial Group
Makanda, Illinois

Mark Ford
Financial Advisor
Pinnacle Financial Partners
Mount Juliet, Tennessee

David Hartley
Partner and Director of Advisory Services
Anders CPA + Advisors
St. Louis

Helen Heimann
Retired
Financial Services Executive
Nashville, Tennessee

Robert A. Jensen
SIU Professor Emeritus
Carbondale, Illinois

Dawn Korte, Ph.D.
Executive HR Advisor
SAP SuccessFactors
Trenton, Illinois

Ella M. Lacey
Professor Emerita
Carbondale, Illinois

Austin A. Lane
Chancellor
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Carbondale, Illinois

Dan Mahony
President
Southern Illinois University System

Nick Martin
Vice President, Consulting Services
Bartlett Tree Experts
Algonquin, Illinois

Scott Moller
Owner/Advisor
AKA Media
Chicago

Cynthia Painter
Director of Development
Walters State Community College
Brentwood, Tennessee

Darius Robinson
Operations Manager
Menzies Aviation
Hanover Park, Illinois

Andrew Ross
First Officer
United Airlines
Elgin, Illinois

Wayne Sirles
SIU Alumni Association Representative
Vice President
Rendleman Orchards
Alto Pass, Illinois

Ron L. Smith
Retired COO/CFE
Medical Group of North County, Inc.
Carlsbad, California

Neil Swartz
Retired Vice President
Toyota Motor North America
Frisco, Texas

Derrick Taylor
Owner/Operator
McDonald's
Chicago

Gloria C. Tison
Vice President and General Counsel
Legence Bank
Manager/Counsel
Kotner Title & Abstract
Harrisburg, Illinois

Eugene Walker Jr.
Majority Owner, President and CEO
EJ Smith Construction and Supply Companies
DeSoto, Texas

Tonnette “Toni” Williams
SIU Board of Trustee Representative
Owner-operator, McDonald’s
Owner, Children’s Center for Creative Learning
Chicago

Michael Williamson, MD 
Professor and Chair Emeritus of Radiology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque

EMERITUS

Marcia Bullard
Retired CEO, Editor and President
USA Weekend
Washington

Michael Carr
Attorney
Carbondale, Illinois

Paul Conti
Retired, Chief Assets Officer
Vericlaim Inc.
Glen Ellyn, Illinois

Greg N. Cook
President
Cook Portable Warehouse
Anna, Illinois

Oyd J. Craddock
President
DYO Management, Inc
Smyrna, Georgia

Larry DeJarnett
Retired Managing Director
The LAMAR Group
Palm Desert, California

G. David Delaney
Chief Executive Officer
Itafos
Lake Forest, Illinois

Jim Gildersleeve
President
Gildersleeve Fertilizer Co.
Hudson, Illinois

Roger Gray
Retired Bank President
Central Bank of Marion
Cobden, Illinois

Kenneth J. Hull
Retired Chairman and CEO
Follett Corp.
Downers Grove, Illinois

F. Lynn McPheeters
Retired VP and CFO
Caterpillar Inc.
Hilton Head, South Carolina

Mary Kay Moore
Retired CEO
Neuro Restorative
Carbondale, Illinois

Pamela Pfeffer
Community Leader
Nashville, Tennessee

Adaire Putnam
President
Putnam Communications
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

Susie Rashid
President SWR, LLC
Evanston, Illinois

Marsha Ryan
Retired Physician/Surgeon
Carbondale, Illinois

Matthew Solverson
Director of R & D Programs
General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical System
Carbondale, Illinois

Howard Spiegel
Retired Territory Account Manager
Arrow Electronics Inc.
Volo, Illinois

 

Roger B. Tedrick
Owner
The Tedrick Group
Mt. Vernon, Illinois