NIU Foundation Board of Directors
Officers and Leadership
CHAIR
John (Jack) Tierney
B.S. Marketing, ’75
M.S.Ed., ‘78
Retired Executive Director,
Unit Trust Division,
Invesco Ltd.
VICE-CHAIR
Cynthia Crocker
B.S. Marketing, ‘80
Retired Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, Corporate Communications,
Equity Group Investments
TREASURER
David Heide
B.S. Marketing, ‘85
Managing Director &
Financial Advisor, RBC
PRESIDENT & CEO
SECRETARY
Catherine Squires
B.M. Music, ‘80
President and CEO, NIU Foundation
V.P. University Advancement, Northern Illinois University
Directors
Sophia Arnold
Student Director
Major: Theatre Arts
Ray Banks
M.S. Geology, '86
Senior Partner,
Red Crown Energy Consulting
Stacey Barsema
President, Barsema Foundation
William Boston
B.S. Marketing, '70
M.B.A., '71
Chairman & CEO, Dynamic Signals, LLC
Brent Brodeski
B.S. Finance, '88
M.B.A., '91
CEO, Savant Wealth Management, Inc.
Wheeler Coleman
B.S. Computer Science, ‘83
CEO & Executive Partner, Executive Consultants United
Carol Crenshaw
B.S. Accountancy, ‘78
Retired Vice President & CFO The Chicago Community Trust
Rich Escalante
B.S. Political Science, ‘74
M.A.P.A., 78
Retired Vice Chancellor of Administrative Services, University of North Texas System
John Thomas Futrell
M.B.A., '79
Senior Vice President,
First Trust Advisors, LLC
Pete Garrity
B.A. Marketing, 71
M.B.A., 76
Retired Director of Field Service for North America, Snap-On, Inc.
Kenneth Greisman
B.S. Economics, ‘82
Retired Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary, Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
Anthony Kambich
B.S. Education, ‘59
President, Deerfield/North Shore Montessori Schools
Jeffrey Liesendahl
B.S. Accountancy, ‘87
Managing Partner
Island Peak Capital, LLC
Cherilyn Murer
J.D., ‘78
President & CEO, CGM Advisory Group, LLC
James Pick, Ph.D.
M.S. Education, ‘69
Professor, School of Business
University of Redlands
Manny Sanchez
B.S. Political Science, ‘70
Founder & Managing Partner,
Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP
Joe Sener
B.S. Technology, ‘93
M.S. Industrial and Systems Engineering '10
Retired VP of Quality, Device Engineering and Customer Advocacy for ICU Medical
Isabelle Vondra
Student Director
Major: Biomedical Engineering