Current Trustees

Updated October 2011

Chair: John McGrane '73

Vice Chair for Academic Affairs: Mildred Carstensen '66
Vice Chair for Business Affairs: Gilda Boyer '84
Vice Chair for Enrollment and Student Affairs: Richard Williams '63
Vice Chair for Alumni and College Advancement: John Smith '71
Secretary: Thomas Durham '77 
President of the College: Jonathan Brand (ex-officio)
Treasurer: Karen Mercer (ex-officio)

Term Expires 2014

Steven C. Anderson '75, President/CEO, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Alexandria, Virginia

Kyle Davy '11, Cornell Class of 2011 Young Trustee, Des Moines, Iowa

Jeffrey J. Jensen '81, CEO, National Motor of Club of America, Inc., Irving, Texas

Maureen Johnson '87, Vice President, Tax, Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy, Inc., New York, New York

John McGrane '73, Partner, Morgan Lewis, Washington, D.C.

Dean A. Riesen '79 , President, Rimrock Capital Partners, Phoenix, Arizona

John Smith '71, Chairman of the Board, CRST International, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Robert E. Wilson '75, Partner, Fulbright & Jaworski LLP, Houston, Texas

Term Expires 2013

Gilda V. Boyer '84, Attorney, Shuttleworth and Ingersoll (retired), Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Charles Bray '58, Business Entrepreneur, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rudy V. Byron '92, Physician, All Saints Medical Group, Racine, Wisconsin

Judy Jorgensen '60, Dean of Academic Support (retired), Waukesha County Technical College, Pewaukee, Wisconsin

Frances Kao '85, Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom, Chicago, Illinois

Linda Koehn '66, Community Volunteer, Des Moines, Iowa 

Robert McLennan '65, President/CEO, Beacon Management Company, Wheeling, Illinois

Eli Wade-Scott '10, Cornell Class of 2010 Young Trustee, Chicago, Illinois

Term Expires 2012

John Bickel '66, Attorney and Senior Vice President, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Peter S. Bryant, Consultant, Noel Levitz Centers, Inc., Iowa City, Iowa

Mildred Carstensen '66, Ed.D.; Lecturer, Researcher and Higher Education Policy Consultant: Bloomfield, Connecticut

Thomas Durham '77, Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago, Illinois

Stuart Lehr '71, Radiologist, Iowa Radiology, Des Moines, Iowa

Edward Meads '67, Senior Vice President of National Sales, Welvie, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Jessica Morton '09, Cornell Class 2009 Young Trustee, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois

Jerry N. Ringer '59, Ophthalmologist (retired), Bloomington, Illinois

Virginia Smith '73, Senior Vice President/Deputy Legal Counsel, Zions First National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah

Richard J. Williams '63, Attorney, Hlustik, Huizenga, Williams and VanderWoude, Ltd., Chicago, Illinois

Life Trustees

Honorary Trustees

Merlin “Pat” Dreibelbis ’39
Ann MacGregor
Norma Small, Honorary Alumna