Board of Trustees

  • Chair: John Smith '71
  • Past-Chair: Richard L. Brubaker '55
  • Vice Chair for Academic Affairs: Judy Jorgensen '60
  • Vice Chair for Business Affairs: John McGrane '73
  • Vice Chair for Enrollment and Student Affairs: Richard J. Williams '63
  • Vice Chair for Alumni and College Advancement: Robert McLennan '64
  • Secretary: Steven C. Anderson '75
  • At Large: George Caldwell '52
  • President of the College: Leslie H. Garner, Jr. (ex-officio)
  • Treasurer: Karen Mercer (ex-officio)

Term Expires 2011

  • Jessica Allison '08, Cornell Class of 2008 Young Trustee, Ottumwa, Iowa
  • Steven C. Anderson '75, President/CEO, National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Alexandria, Virginia
  • Richard L. Brubaker '55 , President/CEO, RichWrap, Inc., Elburn, Illinois Thomas L. Cox '52 , Vice President and CFO, Illinois Bell Telephone, Lincolnshire, Illinois (retired)
  • Lawrence D. Dorr '63 , Medical Director, Arthritis Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, California
  • Neil E. Eckles '62 , President, Comtech Resources, Blue Earth, Minnesota
  • Dean A. Riesen '79 , President, Rimrock Capital Partners, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Craig Shives '67, Attorney, Nyemaster, Goode, Voigts, West, Hansell and O'Brien, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Sheryl C. Stoll, Attorney, Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease, Columbus, Ohio

Term Expires 2010

  • Gilda V. Boyer '84, Attorney, Shuttleworth and Ingersoll (retired), Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • James R. Brown '68, President/CEO, Hardin County Savings Bank, Eldora, Iowa
  • Rudy V. Byron '92, Physician, All Saints Medical Group, Racine, Wisconsin
  • Lee Clancey, President/CEO, Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce (retired), Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Judy Jorgensen '60, Dean of Academic Support (retired), Waukesha County Technical College, Pewaukee, Wisconsin
  • Cory King '07, Cornell Class of 2007 Young Trustee, East Grand Forks, Minnesota
  • Kevin LaGree, Lead Pastor First United Methodist Church, Des Moines, Iowa
  • John McGrane '73, Partner, Morgan Lewis, Washington, D.C.
  • Robert McLennan '65, President/CEO, Beacon Management Company, Wheeling, Illinois
  • John M. Smith '71, President/CEO, CRST International, Cedar Rapids, IA

Term Expires 2009

  • Peter S. Bryant, Consultant, Noel Levitz Centers, Inc., Iowa City, Iowa
  • George B. Caldwell '52, Hospital Administrator, Lake Forest, Illinois, and Naples, Florida (retired)
  • Mildred Carstensen '66, Ed.D.; Lecturer, Researcher and Higher Education Policy Consultant: Bloomfield, Connecticut
  • Richard Glasier '67, President/CEO, Argosy Gaming Company (retired), Carbondale, Colorado
  • Kent Lehr '06, Cornell Class of 2006 Young Trustee, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Mary Retzer '65, Hematologist/oncologist and California Health Services Administrator (retired), Gualala, California
  • 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
  • Naomi Sea Young Wittstruck '03, Leadership Development Minister, UMC Iowa Annual Conference, Des Moines, Iowa