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 '83, Vice 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.