Office of the President

The Board of Trustees

The College places sovereign, governing responsibility in a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees. The Trustees of the College have final governing and fiduciary responsibility. Inasmuch as the College is affiliated both by desire and history with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, a majority of the Trustees are members of ELCA congregations.

The Board meets in full session three times per year — at Homecoming in the Autumn, in early February, and at Commencement in May. Board Officers are elected at the Annual Meeting in May, and serve one year in that capacity. Officers may be re-elected indefinitely. Trustees serve four-year terms, and also may be re-elected indefinitely.

After long and meritorious service, a member of the Board may be elected a Trustee Emeritus by the Board. Trustees Emeriti are seated at Board meetings with voice only.

The Board is limited to thirty-three members. They are listed below in alphabetical order, with Officers first.

The Officers of the Board

Chairman
Edward W. Smeds
Class of '57
President, Operations (retired)
Kraft Foods
Glenview, Ill.

First Vice Chairman
Robert A. Cornog
Chairman, President and CEO (retired)
Snap-On Incorporated
Kenosha, Wis.

Secretary
Mark E. Barmak
Vice President, Government Affairs (retired)
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Park, Ill.

Ex Officio
William R. Abt
Vice President for Administration and Business
Carthage College

Ex Officio
Phillip R. Godin
Godin, Geraghty & Puntillo, S.C.
Kenosha, Wis.

Ex Officio
President
F. Gregory Campbell

Trustees of the College

Ross A. Anderson, '75
Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.C.
Milwaukee, Wis.

Mary Bishop
President and Chief Marketing Officer (retired)
Leo Burnett USA
Chicago, Ill.

Steven M. Chapman
Group Vice President
Emerging Markets and Businesses
Cummins Inc.
Columbus, Ind.

Richard M. Christman
Executive Partner
Giant Partners, LLC
Decatur, Ill.
Chairman
Caresoft Global, LLC
Decatur, Ill.

W. Craig Deaton, '72
President
Gateway Mortgage Corp.
Kenosha, Wis.

John L. Gorton, '66
President
Gorton Farms, Inc.
Racine, Wis.

Jeff Hamar, '80
President
Galleher Corporation
Santa Fe Springs, Calif.

Hoyt H. Harper II, '77
Senior Vice President
Brand Management
Starwood Hotels and Resorts
White Plains, N.Y.

William H. Kelley
Vice Chairman
Jelly Belly Candy Company
North Chicago, Ill.

Thomas E. Kieso, '73
Co-Owner
William F. Meyer Company
Aurora, Ill.

James R. Klauser
Senior Vice President (retired)
Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Milwaukee, Wis.

Thomas W. Lentz, '63
Chairman
Global Display Solutions Inc.
Roundhead, Ohio

Dean A. Matthews, '84
General Manager
Matthews Distributing Company of Iowa
Dubuque, Iowa

Marilyn R. Olson
Assistant Director for Colleges and Universities
Vocation and Education
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Chicago, Ill.

Gordon D. Postlewaite, '59
Assistant Superintendent for Administration (retired)
Oswego Community Unit District #308
Oswego, Ill.

Loren H. Semler, '65
Chairman
Chief Executive Officer
Semler Industries, Inc.
Franklin Park, Ill.

John R. Sladek, Jr., '65
Professor of Pediatrics and Neuroscience
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, Colo.

Catherine Lowry Straz
David A. Straz, Jr., Foundation
Tampa, Fla.

Debra S. Waller, '78
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Jockey International, Inc.
Kenosha, Wis.

June Boatman Waller, '63
Trustee
Franklin I. and Irene List Saemann Foundation
Champaign, Ill.

Gary Wilson
President
Wilson Printing, Inc.
Mundelein, Ill.

Trustees Emeriti

Waldo E. Berger, '47
President (retired)
Cedar Rapids, Iowa


Howard J. Brown
President
United Communications Corporation
Publisher (retired)
Kenosha News
Kenosha, Wis.


A. W. Clausen, '44
Chairman and CEO (retired)
Bank of America Corporation
San Francisco, Calif.


John W. Fritsch
President
Fritsch Charitable Foundation
Libertyville, Ill.


William D. George
President and CEO (retired)
SC Johnson
Racine, Wis.


The Rev. Hoover T. Grimsby
Senior Pastor (retired)
Central Lutheran Church
Minneapolis, Minn.


Jack S. Harris, '49
President Emeritus
Siebert Lutheran Foundation
Brookfield, Wis.


Donald D. Hedberg, '50
Civic Leader
Gulfstream, Fla.


The Rev. Raymond A. Heine
Bishop (retired), Michigan Synod
Lutheran Church in America
Detroit, Mich.


The Rev. Robert H. Herder
Bishop Emeritus
East Central Synod of Wisconsin
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Appleton, Wis.


William L. Niemann, '41
Vice President-Law, General Counsel
and Secretary (retired)
Brunswick Corporation
Lake Forest, Ill.


John H. Pender
Senior Vice President and
Chief Investment Officer (retired)
Aid Association for Lutherans
Appleton, Wis.


Ralph J. Tenuta
Chairman of the Board
Johnson Bank - Kenosha
Chairman
Tenuta's Inc.
Kenosha, Wis.


John P. Timmerwilke
Director, Information Services (retired)
Nutrilite Products
Buena Park, Calif.