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Board of Trustees

North Central College is governed by a Board of Trustees.

  • Dr. Holly Humphrey '79, Chair of the Board
    • President, The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, New York, New York
  • Andrea M. Beck '97, Vice Chair, Business Affairs Committee
    • Independent Financial Consultant, New York, New York
  • Esther T. Benjamin '90, Vice Chair, Enrollment Management and Marketing Committee
    • CEO & Executive Director, World Education Services, New York, New York
  • Erin L. Bishop '93, Vice Chair, Student Affairs and Athletics Committee
    • Senior Corporate Counsel, Caterpillar Inc., Nashville, Tennessee
  • John Kaltenmark, Vice Chair, Institutional Advancement Committee
    • Independent Consultant and Board member(Retired), St. Charles, Illinois
  • Dr. Maureen Ryan '83Vice Chair, Academic Affairs Committee
    • Senior Director (Retired), Seagen, Inc, Seattle, WA;
    • Scientific Consultant, Genscio Bio
    • Kevin M. Gensler, Secretary of the Board and Chair, Liaison Committee
      • President, Dommermuth, Cobine, West, Gensler, Philipchuck, Corrigan & Bernhard, Ltd., Naperville, Illinois
    • Joseph Mallon '80, Chair, Audit Committee
      • Partner (Retired), Deloitte & Touche, LLP, Chicago, Illinois
      • Dr. Anita Thomas
        • President, North Central College, Naperville, Illinois
           
      • Dr. Kathryn Birkett
        • Superintendent of Schools (Retired), Indian Prairie School District 204, Aurora, Illinois
      • Matthew S. Brill '97
        • Derivatives Trader, Tourmaline Partners, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
      • Jon DeSouza '98
        • President & CEO, Harting Americas, Harting, Inc., Elgin, Illinois
      • Dr. Kathy L. Guthrie '98
        • Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
      • Nancy Naumann '79 Hanson
        • Teacher (Retired), Naperville Community Unit District 203, Naperville, Illinois
      • Kris Hartner
        • Owner, Naperville Running Company, Naperville, Illinois
      • Dr. InSun Ho '81
        • Division Lead, RSM & Product Stewardship, Abbott Labs, Abbott Park, Illinois
      • Steven H. Hoeft '73
        • Attorney (Retired), McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Illinois
      • Peter P. Jones '76
        • CEO, Mind Safety Management, LLC, St. Louis, Missouri
      • Bishop Hee-Soo Jung
        • Bishop, Wisconsin Conference, The United Methodist Church, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
        • David W. Kelsch
          • President & CEO, Advanced Data Technologies, Inc., Naperville, Illinois
          • Annette Kenney
            • EVP/Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer (Retired), Edward-Elmhurst Health, Naperville, Illinois
          • Dr. Sanjeeb Khatua
            • Chief Physician Executive, North Shore - Edward-Elmhurst Health, Naperville, Illinois
          • J. Raymond Kinney, III (H) '10
            • Principal, Blooming Color and Maclyn Group, Naperville, Illinois
          • Gerald McCadd ’92
            • Owner, G. McCadd Insurance & Financial Services, Inc (State Farm), Bolingbrook, Illinois
            • Connor McGury '18 M '20
              • Senior CS Strategy & Innovation Consultant, Publicis Sapient, Chicago, Illinois; 
              • North Central College Alumni Board President
            • Tom Miers
              • Market President, Naperville Bank and Trust, a Wintrust Community Bank, Naperville, Illinois
            • Tracie Morris '02
              • Chief People Officer, Corewell Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan
            • Michael R. Naset
              • Senior Partner (Retired), Accenture LLP, Naperville, Illinois
            • Jeffrey J. Oesterle '76
              • Owner, Plaza Properties, Schererville, Indiana
            • Steven Rubin
              • Partner, Rubin Partnership, Naperville, Illinois
            • Rowena Felix-Salas '84
              • General Manager/Co-Owner, Hotel Baker, St. Charles, Illinois
            • Bishop Dan Schwerin
              • Bishop, Northern Illinois Conference, The United Methodist Church, Chicago, Illinois
            • Donald C. Sharp,
              • President and CEO, Coolfire Solutions, St. Louis, Missouri
            • Stephen T. Sellers '76
              • CEO (Retired), Applied Noetics, Batavia, Illinois
            • Dr. Ali Setork
              • President, DynaCom Management, Inc., Naperville, Illinois
            • Dr. Jeffrey K. Swallow '94 
              • Chairman and CEO (Retired), Magnetrol International Incorporated, Aurora, Illinois
              • Scott Wehrli '91
                • Secretary/Treasurer and Partner, Dukane Precast, Inc., Naperville, Illinois;
                • Mayor, City of Naperville, Illinois
              • Lee J. Woolley '85
                • Senior Executive, Metallicus, San Francisco, California

              Current as of April 2024

              In addition to the active trustees listed here, the Board of Trustees includes Life and Honorary Trustees.