Board of Directors
OFFICERS
ChairmanGery Chico
'79 LASPartner, Chico & Nunes P.C.
Vice
ChairmanThomas Livingston
’90 MEDIA, MPA ’97Resident Vice President, CSX Transportation Corporation
SecretaryJill Smart
’81 BUSChief Human Resources Officer, Accenture
Immediate
Past ChairmanThomas D. Vogelsinger
’73 BUS, MBA ’74
DIRECTORS
Urbana
CAAB RepresentativeColleen Callahan Burns
'73 ACESState Director, Rural Development for the U.S. Department of Agriculture
Urbana
CAAB RepresentativeDavid J. Cocagne
’00 LASPresident and CEO, Vermillion Development
Urbana
CAAB RepresentativeBrett B. Coffee
’93 LASGeneral Counsel, Computer Systems Center Inc.
Chicago
CAAB RepresentativeEdward S. Cohen
'75 PHARMManager, Immunization Clinical Services, Walgreens Co.
At
Large DirectorDan DeCanniere
'75 BUSChief Financial Officer, A.T. Kearney Inc.
At
Large DirectorSharon Erikson
'77 BUSConsultant, Erikson Consulting
At
Large DirectorDebra Evans
’87 ENGSenior Program Manager, Baxter Healthcare Corp., Global Infusion Systems
At
Large DirectorMark Filip
’88 LASPartner, Kirkland and Ellis LLP
At
Large DirectorRita Garman
’65 BUSJustice of the Illinois Supreme Court
At
Large DirectorNathan Gunn
’94 FAAProfessor of Voice, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
At
Large DirectorJerry W. Hester II
'97 LASRepresentative, The Downey Group Inc.
UIF
Chairman of the BoardRichard S. Hill
'74 ENG, HON '08Chairman and CEO, Novellus Systems Inc.
At
Large DirectorRoger L. Johnson
’65 ENG, MS ’66 ENG, PHD ’70 ENGChairman and CEO, Information Technology Ltd.
At
Large DirectorMona Khanna
MD ’91 COMMedical Director, U.S. Health Record
At
Large DirectorKerl LaJeune
’92 AA (structures), ’92 AA (design)Founder and Principal of Atelier Azara
Urbana
CAAB RepresentativeEd Lennox
'90 ENG, MS '92 ENG, MS '97 ENGIndependent Contractor, Lennox Professional Services LLC
At
Large DirectorEva Losacco
'75 CBAPresident, Tecsolv
Urbana
CAAB RepresentativeLouis A. Margaglione
’92 FAAVice President, Global Commercial Banking
Bank of America, Merrill Lynch
At
Large DirectorWilliam Muckian
’81 BUSSenior Vice President and Controller, GATX Corporation
Chicago
CAAB RepresentativeJoe Mulvey
'85 ENG
At
Large DirectorDonovan Pepper
'94 paa, ma '96 paaManager, State and Local Relations, Walgreen Company
Chicago
CAAB RepresentativeKathryn J. Quinn
’77 AAPrincipal, Kathryn Quinn Architects Ltd.
At
Large DirectorKay Rickelman
’81 LAS, JD ’84 LAWForeign Counsel, Spoor and Fisher
Springfield
CAAB RepresentativeDonna Sollenberger
'71 LAS, MA '74 LASExecutive Vice President and CEO, University of Texas Medical Branch
At
Large Director William Stratton
‘85 LASPartner, White, Roberts and Stratton Inc.
At
Large Director Bo Zhang
MS ’92 ENG, PHD ’99 ENGChairman and CEO, American Electronic Products
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
Michael J. Hogan
President, University of Illinois
Thomas R. Bearrows
'79 LAS, JD '82 LAWCounsel, University of Illinois
Tom Hardy
Executive Director, University Relations
Walter
Knorr
Vice President, CFO and Controller, University of Illinois
James D. Montgomery Sr.
Board of Trustees Representative, University of Illinois’53 LAS, LLB ’56 LAW
Cochran, Cherry, Givens, Smith & Montgomery
Philip A. Patston
Department of Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Loren R. Taylor
President and CEO, University of Illinois Alumni AssociationSTUDENT REPRESENTATIVES
Illinois Campus Pat Bakke
UIC
CampusJoanne Skourletos
UIS Campus
To be determined
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