Board of Trustees

Elmhurst University is governed by the Board of Trustees.

Trustees

Hugh H. McLean, Chair
Partner at Rock Island Capital, LLC
Oak Brook, Illinois

Julius W. (Wes) Becton III, Vice Chair
Co-Founder and Principal at George Washington Street Partners
Elmhurst, Illinois

Sergio E. Acosta
Partner at Akerman LLP
Chicago, Illinois

Leslie Banks ’01
Senior Director of Global People, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, McDonald’s
Chicago, Illinois

Brian Blaha
Growth Partner at Wipfli, LLP
Wheaton, Illinois

Mary Schaller Blaufuss
Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Eden Theological Seminary
St. Louis, Missouri

Susan Bowers ’74
Retired Government Senior Executive Health Systems Administrator at Southwest VA Health Care Network (Gilbert, Arizona)
Phoenix, Arizona

Alpha M. Brady ’83
Executive Director of the American Bar Association
Chicago, Illinois

William Canady ’00
Business Leader
Pepper Pike, Ohio

Frank Cerrone ’95
Vice Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Pan American Bank & Trust
Melrose Park, Illinois

Sarah J. Clarin ’04
Chief HR Officer, PremiStar
Deerfield, Illinois

Julie W. Curran
Retired Regional President at BMO Harris Bank (Chicago West)
Hinsdale, Illinois

Kent T. Dahlgren
General Manager at Seismic Solutions
Lisle, Illinois

Rosie P. Davis 71
Professor, University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

Cathy C. Doucette
Vice President, Sweeteners New Product Development at Tate & Lyle
Hoffman Estates, Illinois

Elizabeth Dudek ’73
Director of Health Care Affairs at Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Tallahassee, Florida

Maricela Guzman
Sales Director, ClearWayMed
Elmhurst, Illinois

L. Bernard Jakes ’97
Senior Pastor at West Point Baptist Church
Chicago, Illinois

Steven W. Jemison ’72
Retired Chief Legal Officer and Secretary at Procter & Gamble
Cincinnati, Ohio

Rajeev (Raj) Khanna, M.D.
Medical Director at CompCorePro
Bellwood, Illinois

Grant A. Kief 86
Sarasota, Florida

Alfred N. Koplin
President of Alfred N. Koplin, Inc.
Hinsdale, Illinois

Michelle Lanter Smith
President of PrismHR
Chicago, Illinois

Barbara J. Lucks ’73
Attorney at Law, Barbara J. Lucks L.P.A.
Circleville, Ohio

JoAnn M. McGuinness ’15
Elmhurst, Illinois

Edward J. Momkus ’74
Member at Momkus, LLC
Lisle, Illinois

Judith B. Morley ’69
Retired Principal, William Blair & Company, Chicago
Lake Forest, Illinois

William A. Nelson ’68
Professor, Departments of Psychiatry, Community and Family Medicine, and Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Hanover, New Hampshire

Judith A. Paice ’79
Director, Cancer Pain Program at Northwestern University: Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Illinois

Paula Pforzheimer ’89
Business Leader
Los Altos, California

Virginia (Gina) Prochaska ’88
Household Executive and Personal Property Manager
Northfield, Illinois

Harold Rice
CEO at CEDA
Chicago, Illinois

Frank A. Ruffolo ’92
President, Coeo Solutions
Chicago, Illinois

Eva W. Tameling ’78
Partner/Attorney at Law at Tameling & Associates
Oak Brook, Illinois

Robert O. Ullman ’71
Retired Pastor
Sussex, Wisconsin

Troy VanAken, Member ex officio
President of Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, Illinois

Joan M. Vilim
Associate Professor Emerita, School of Business and Economics, Elmhurst University
Elmhurst, IL

Michael P. Wagner ’87
Partner and Director at LSV Asset Management
Chicago, Illinois

Kevin L. York
Self-Employed Entrepreneur
Elmhurst, Illinois

Trustees Emeriti

William J. Bauer ’49
Chicago, Illinois

David R. Bertran
Westport Island, Maine

Larry A. Braskamp
Chicago, Illinois

Kenne Bristol
Lake Wylie, South Carolina

William A. Castellano ’70
Hinsdale, Illinois

Sharon A. Reese Dalenberg
Northlake, Illinois

Paul H. DeBruine ’55
Decatur, Illinois

Virginia (Ginny) J. Harmon
Lombard, Illinois

Joel G. Herter ’59
Oak Brook, Illinois

Alice A. Jepson
Savannah, Georgia

Thomas A. Kloet
Bluffton, South Carolina

J. Clifford (Bud) Lenahan Jr.
Glencoe, Illinois

Ronald L. Luken
Yorkville, Illinois

Ralph E. Lundgren ’57
Carmel, Indiana

Loran F. Nordgren
Westby, Wisconsin

Jean E. Sander 74
Raleigh, North Carolina

John W. Terrill Jr. ’67
Denver, Colorado

Thomas N. Tyrrell ‘67
Brecksville, Ohio

Russell G. Weigand ’64
Oak Brook, Illinois

James S. Yerbic
Kildeer, Illinois

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