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Board of Trustees

North Central College is governed by a Board of Trustees:

  • Dr. Holly Humphrey '79, Chair
    • 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
  • Dr. Maureen Ryan '83Vice Chair, Academic Affairs Committee
    • Senior Director; Seattle Genetics, Inc., Bothell, Washington
  • Donald C. Sharp, Vice Chair, Institutional Advancement Committee
    • President and CEO; Coolfire Solutions, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Kevin M. Gensler, Secretary of the Board and Chair of the 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. Kathryn Birkett, Chair, Presidential Search Committee
    • Superintendent of Schools (Retired) Indian Prairie School District 204, Aurora, Illinois
  • Matthew S. Brill '97
    • Derivatives Trader; Tourmaline Partners, Pottstown, Pennsylvania
  • Dr. Donna M. Carroll
    • Interim President; North Central College, Naperville, Illinois
  • Jon DeSouza '98
    • President & CEO Harting Americas, Harting, Inc., Elgin, Illinois
  • Nancy Naumann '79 Hanson
    • Former Teacher; 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; McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, Illinois
  • Bishop Dan Schwerin
    • Interim Bishop; Northern Illinois Conference; The United Methodist Church, 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
  • John Kaltenmark
    • Independent Consultant and Board member(Retired), St. Charles, Illinois
  • Annette Kenney
    • EVP/Chief Strategy & Marketing Officer; 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
  • James A. McDermet M '92
    • Senior Vice President, Global and Americas Operations (Retired); Starbucks Corporation, Mercer Island, Washington
  • Connor McGury '18 M '20
    • North Central College Alumni Board President, Senior CS Strategy & Innovation Consultant, Publicis Sapient, Chicago, Illinois
  • 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; Kitchens To Go by Mobile Modular, Naperville, Illinois
  • Rowena Felix-Salas '84
    • General Manager/Co-Owner; Hotel Baker, St. Charles, Illinois
  • Stephen T. Sellers '76
    • CEO; 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
  • Dr. Anita Thomas
    • President-elect; North Central College, St. Paul, Minnesota
  • Scott Wehrli '91
    • Secretary/Treasurer and Partner; Dukane Precast, Inc., Naperville, Illinois
  • Lee J. Woolley '85
    • Senior Executive; Metallicus, San Francisco, California
  • Maria E. Wynne '77
    • CEO; Leadership Greater Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Current as of March 2023

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