Jul 06, 2025  
(UNDER REVIEW) 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog 
    
(UNDER REVIEW) 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Board of Trustees


Michael R. Naset. Chair of the Board; Executive Committee; Compensation Committee. Senior Partner (Retired), Accenture LLP, Naperville, Illinois.

Tracie Morris ‘02. Vice Chair of the Board; Executive Committee; Compensation Committee; Governance and Trusteeship Committee. Chief of People Officer, Corewell Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Dr. Maureen Ryan ‘83. Vice Chair of the Board; Academic Affairs Committee; Executive Committee; Liasion Committee. Senior Director (Retired), Seagen, Inc., Seattle, Washington; Scientific Consultant, GenscioBio.

Kevin M. Gensler. Secretary of the Board; Chair of theGo ernance and Trusteeship Committee; Executive Committee; Buildings and Grounds Committee; Liaison Committee. President, Dommermuth, Cobine, West, Gensler, Philipchuck, Corrigan & Bernhard, Ltd., Naperville, Illinois.

Dr. Abiodun Goke-Pariola. Executive Committee; Honorary Degree Committee. President; Professor of English, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.

Michael Allara M’11. Enrollment Management and Marketing Committee; Audit Committee. Chief Financial Officer (Retired), Chicago Trading Company, Chicago, Illinois.

Andrea M. Beck ‘97. Chair of the Business Affairs Committee; Executivev Committee; Investment Committee. Independent Financial Consultant, New York, New York.

Dr. Kathryn Birkett. Academic Affairs Committee; Compensations Committee. Superintendent of Schools (Retired), Indian Prairie School District 204, Aurora, Illinois.

Erin L. Bishop ‘93. Vice Chair of the Governance and Trusteeship Committee; Audit Committee. Senior Corporate Counsel; Caterpillar Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.

Matthew S. Brill ‘97. Chair of the Investment Committee; Business Affairs Committee. Derivatives Trader, Tourmaline Partners, Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

Jon DeSouza ‘98. Vice Chair of the Business Affairs Committee; Compensation Committee. President and CEO Harting Americas, Harting, Inc., Elgin, Illinois.

Dr. Kathy L. Guthrie ‘98. Vice Chair of the Student Affairs and Athletics Committee. Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.

Kris Hartner. Executive Committee; Governance and Trusteeship Committee; Student Affairs and Athletics Committee. Owner, Naperville Running Company, Naperville, Illinois.

Nancy Naumann ‘79 Hanson. Co-Chair of the Liaison Committee; Academic Affairs Committee. Teacher (Retired), Naperville Community Unit District 203, Naperville, Illinois.

Dr. InSun Ho ‘81. Vice Chair of the Enrollment Management and Marketing Committee. Division Lead, RSM and Product Stewardship, Abbott Labs, Abbott Park, Illinois.

John Kaltenmark. Chair of the Institutional Advancement Committee; Executive Committee. Independent Consultant and Board member (Retired), St. Charles, Illinois.

David W. Kelsch. Student Affairs and Athletics Committee; Buildings and Grounds Committee. President and CEO, Advanced Data Technologies, Inc., Naperville, Illinois.

Dr. Sanjeeb Khatua. Vice Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee; Executive Committee. Chief Physician Executive, North Shore - Edward-Elmhurst Health, Naperville, Illinois.

J. Raymond Kinney, III (H) ‘10. Chair of the Enrollment Management and Marketing Committee; Executive Committee; Honorary Degree Committee. Principal, Blooming Color and Maclyn Group, Naperville, Illinois.

Kam Kniss ‘07. Executive Vice Presidentc, Digital Channels and Transaction Banking, Wintrust.

Joseph Mallon ‘80. Chair of the Audit Committee; Academic Affairs Committee. Partner (Retired), Deloitte & Touche, LLP, Chicago, Illinois.

Gerald McCadd ‘98. Student Affairs and Athletics Committee. Owner, G. McCadd Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. (State Farm), Bolingbrook, Illinois; Chair, Board of Trustee Associates.

Connor McGury ‘18 M ‘20. Enrollment Management and Marketing Committee. Senior Manager, CX Strategy and Innovation, Crate and Barrel, Chicago, Illinois; North Central COllege Alumni Board President

Tom Miers. Co-Chair of the Liaison Committee; Enrollment Management and Marketin Committee. Market President (Retired), Naperville Bank and Trust, a Wintrust Community Bank, Naperville, Illinois.

Tom Paleka ‘83. Vice President, global Total Rewards, Arthur J. Gallagher and Company.

Steven Rubin. Chair of the Building and Grounds Committee; Business Affairs Committee. Partner, Rubin Partnership, Naperville, Illinois.

Rowena Felix-Salas ‘84. Vice Chair of the Institutional Advancement Committee. General Manager/Co-Owner, Hotel Baker, St. Charles, Illinois.

Bishop Dan Schwerin. Student Affairs and Athletics Committee. Bishop, Northern Illinois Conference and Wisconsin Conference, The United Methodist Church, Chicago, Illinois.

Stephen T. Sellers ‘76.  Enrollment Management and Marketing Committee. CEO (Retired), Applied Noetics, Batavia, Illinois.

Dr. Ali Setork. Institutional Advancement Committee; Buildings and Grounds Committee. President, DynaCom Management, Inc., Naperville, Illinois.

Donald C. Sharp. Chair of the Compensation Committee; Intsitutional Advancement Committee. President and CEO, Coolfire Solutions, St. Louis, Missouri.

Dr. Jeffrey K. Swallow ‘94. Institutional Advancement Committee. Chairman and CEO (Retired), Magnetrol International Incorporated, Aurora, Illinois.​

Scott Wehrli ‘91. Executive Committee; Business Affairs Committee; Buildings and Grounds Committee. Mayor, City of Naperville, Naperville, Illinois; Secretary/Treasurer and Partner, Dukane Precast, Inc., Naperville, Illinois.

Mark Wright. Business Affairs Committee; Governance and Trusteeship Committee; Buildings and Grounds Committee. President and CEO, Diverse Facility Solutions, Chicago, Illinois.

 

 

Esther T. Benjamin ‘90. Chair, Enrollment Management and Marketing Committee. CEO & Executive Director, World Education Services, New York, New York.

Steven H. Hoeft ‘73. Attorney (Retired), McDermott, Will and Emery, Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Holly Humphrey ‘79. President, The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, New York, New York.

Bishop Hee-Soo Jung. Bishop, Wisconsin Conference, The United Methodist Church, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin.

Annette Kenney. EVP/Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer (Retired), Edward-Elmhurst Health, Naperville, Illinois.

Lee J. Woolley ‘85. Senior Executive, Metallicus, San Francisco, California.

Board of Trustees (Life Trustees)

Dr. John D. Bramsen ‘60. Mathematical Sociologist (Retired), Chicago, Illinois.

Donald J. Hackl. President, Loebl, Schlossman and Hackl, Inc., Architects, Chicago, Illinois.

James A. McDermet M ‘92. Senior Vice President, Global and Americas Operations (Retired); Starbucks Corporation, Mercer Island, Washington.

Holly I. Myers ‘69. President (Retired), Pediatrics Insurance Consultants, Inc., Naperville, Illinois.

Dr. Richard G. Norenberg ‘55. Thoracic Surgeon, Bay Pines Veterans Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Florida.

Richard F. Wehrli ‘56. Chairman of the Board, Naperville Excavating, Naperville, Illinois.

Dr. Herman B. White Jr. Senior Scientist Emeritus, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois.

Dr. Harold R. Wilde (H) ‘15. President Emeritus, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.

Robert A. Wislow ‘67. Chairman, Parkside Realty, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Beth Thomas Zimmermann ‘63. Instructor of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Board of Trustees (Honorary Trustees)

James E. Bramsen ‘59. President, Spraying Systems Co., Wheaton, Illinois.

Leota Buss Ester ‘51. President and Owner (Retired), Landmark: The Staffing Source, Evanston, Illinois.

Dr. John Giannini ‘84. Founding Director of the Center for Sports Communication and Social Impact, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey.

John L. Novak ‘64. Treasurer (Retired), DuPage County, Lombard, Illinois.

William N. Plamondon. President and CEO, R. I. Helleand Co., Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Rick Spencer Vice President for Institutional Advancement (Retired); North Central College, Naperville, Illinois

Dr. Myron W. Wentz ‘63. Founder and Chairman Emeritus USANA Health Sciences and Founder Sanoviv Medical Institute, Cayman Islands.