Campaign for Cornell College

Board of Trustees

  • Chair: John Smith '71
  • Vice Chair for Academic Affairs: Mildred Carstensen '66
  • Vice Chair for Business Affairs and Chair Elect: John McGrane '73
  • Vice Chair for Enrollment and Student Affairs: Sheryl Stoll ‘70
  • Vice Chair for Alumni and College Advancement: Robert McLennan '64
  • Secretary: Steven C. Anderson '75
  • President of the College: Jonathan M. Brand (ex-officio)
  • Treasurer: Karen Mercer (ex-officio)

 Term Expires 2013

  • Gilda V. Boyer '84, Attorney, Shuttleworth and Ingersoll (retired), Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Charles E. Bray ’58, Business Entrepreneur, Minneapolis
  • Rudy V. Byron '92, Physician, All Saints Medical Group, Racine, Wis.
  • Judy Jorgensen '60, Dean of Academic Support (retired), Waukesha County Technical College, Pewaukee, Wis.
  • Frances Kao ’85, Attorney, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher, & Flom, Chicago
  • Linda Koehn ’66, Community Volunteer, West Des Moines, Iowa
  • Robert McLennan '65, President/CEO, Beacon Management Company, Wheeling, Ill.
  • Eli Wade-Scott, Cornell Class of 2010 Young Trustee, Chicago

Term Expires 2012

  • John Bickel ’66, Attorney and Senior Vice President, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Peter S. Bryant, Senior Vice President and Principal, Noel Levitz, Coralville, Iowa
  • Mildred Carstensen '66, Ed.D.; Lecturer, Researcher and Higher Education Policy Consultant: Bloomfield, Conn.
  • Thomas Durham ’77, Attorney, Mayer Brown LLP, Chicago
  • Stuart K. Lehr ’71, Radiologist, Iowa Radiology, Des Moines, Iowa
  • Edward G. Meads ’67, Senior Vice President of National Sales, Welvie, Minneapolis
  • Jessica Morton ’09, Cornell Class of 2009 Young Trustee, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Ill.
  • Jerry N. Ringer '59, Ophthalmologist (retired), Bloomington, Ill.
  • 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

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, Va.
  • Thomas L. Cox '52, Vice President and CFO (retired), Illinois Bell Telephone, Lincolnshire, Ill.
  • Lawrence D. Dorr '63 , Medical Director, Arthritis Institute, Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles
  • Neil E. Eckles '62 , President, Comtech Resources, Blue Earth, Minn.
  • John McGrane '73, Partner, Morgan Lewis, Washington, D.C.
  • Dean A. Riesen '79, President, Rimrock Capital Partners, Phoenix
  • Craig Shives '67, Attorney, Nyemaster, Goode, Voigts, West, Hansell and O'Brien, Des Moines, Iowa
  • John M. Smith ’71, Chairman of the Board, CRST International, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Sheryl C. Stoll ’70, Attorney, (retired) Vorys, Sater, Seymour, and Pease, Columbus, Ohio