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Edward W. YoungChair
C. Barber Mueller, Vice Chair
Cress MaddoxSecretary
Ann Allen, Assistant Secretary to the Board

 

Jerome Adams

Jerome E. Adams
First Appointed: 1983
Profession:
Retired Executive V.P. and CEO,
Paul Flum Ideas
Home City: St. Louis, MO

Steven Wilkinson

Steven V. Wilkinson
First Appointed: 1985
Profession: Retired Partner,
Arthur Anderson LLP
Home City: Land O'Lakes, WI

 

Lois Byerly

Lois Byerly
First Appointed: 1987
Profession: Member, the Byerly Team, Keller Williams Realty
Home City: Dallas, TX

C. Barber Mueller

C. Barber Mueller
First Appointed: 1987
Profession: Emeritus Founding Professor
Home City: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Richard Wier

Richard Wier
First Appointed: 1987
Profession: Attorney
Home City: Maryland Heights, MO

Mim Pride
First Appointed: 1991
Profession: President, Blackburn College
Home City: Carlinville, IL

Charles J. Beetz

Charles J. Beetz
First Appointed: 1999
Profession: Retired Prof. of Microbiology, Parkland College
Home City: Monticello, IL

Lonnie Lee

Lonnie Lee
First Appointed: 2000
Profession:
Ordained Presbyterian Minister, Westminster Presbyterian Church
Home City: Springfield, IL

Cress Maddox

Cress Maddox
First Appointed: 2000
Profession: President Emeritus,
Masco Packaging and Industrial Supply
Home City: Springfield, IL

William R. Jewell

William R. Jewell
First Appointed: 2000
Profession: M.D. Prof. of Surgery and Dir. of Kansas Cancer Institute
Home City: Kansas City, MO

John Lapp

John A. Lapp
First Appointed: 2002
Profession: Optometrist
Home City: Carlinville, IL

Edward Young

Edward W. Young
First Appointed: 2002
Profession: Retired President, Allstate International
Home City: Barrington, IL

Paul DeLano

Paul DeLano
First Appointed: 2003
Profession:
Signature Development, LLC
Home City: Union, MI

Kenneth Deihl

Kenneth R. Deihl
First Appointed: 2004
Profession: Circuit Judge, 7th Judicial Court
Home City: Girard, IL

Deanna Demuzio

Deanna Demuzio
First Appointed: 2005
Profession:Former IL State Senator
Home City: Carlinville, IL

Bryan Meyer

Bryan F. Meyers
First Appointed: 2007
Profession: Assoc. Prof. of Surgery, Washington Univ., School of Medicine
Home City: St. Louis, MO

Thomas Dew

Thomas A. Dew
First Appointed: 2007
Profession: Co-Director, Pulmonary Division, St. Luke's Hospital
Home City: St. Louis, MO

Robert Marovich

Robert M. Marovich
First Appointed: 2007
Profession: Dir. of Development, Alexian Center for Mental Health
Home City: Arlington Heights, IL

Diane Rutledge

Diane Rutledge
First Appointed: 2007
Profession: Exec. Dir. LUDA
Home City: Springfield, IL

David Olsen

David A. Olsen
First Appointed: 2008
Profession: Retired Attorney/ Educator
Home City: Meqoun, WI

Hazel Loucks

Hazel Loucks
First Appointed: 2009
Profession: Former Deputy Governor for Education & Work Force Development
Home City: Edwardsville, IL

Jennifer Hamilton

Jennifer Hamilton
First Appointed: 2005
Profession: Adjunct, Blackburn College Ed. Dept., Retired Teacher
Home City: Carlinville, IL

David N. Yellen
First Appointed: 2009
Profession: Dean and Prof. of Law, Loyola Univ. School of Law
Home City: Chicago, IL

Leslie Richards-Yellen


Leslie Richards-Yellen
First Appointed: 2009
Profession: Partner, Hinshaw 
and Culbertson
Home City: Chicago, IL

Jennifer Shelby

Jennifer Shelby
First Appointed: 2010
Profession: President and Owner, Shelby Motors
Home City: Champaign, IL

Stanley M. Pillman
First Appointed: 2010
Profession: Logan Ventures LLC

Home City: Chicago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peggy Curtin
First Appointed: 2010
Profession: Asst. Administrator/

VP, St. John's Children's Hospital
Home City: Springfield, IL

 

Michael W. Smiley (Col.)
First Appointed: 2012
Profession: Retired Air Force
Home City: Boerne, TX

Ann Allen
Executive Asst. to the President

Secretary to the Board of Trustees

Blackburn College
Home City: Litchfield, IL