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

Catherine Squires

B.M. Music, ’80

President and CEO, NIU Foundation

V.P. University Advancement, Northern Illinois University

SECRETARY

Kate Quinn

Assistant Director of Board Relations & Deputy Chief of Staff

University Advancement, Northern Illinois University

Ray Banks

M.S. Geology, ’86

Retired Senior Partner,
Red Crown Energy Consulting

Stacey Barsema

President, Barsema Foundation

William Boston  

B.S. Marketing, ’70
M.B.A., ’71

Retired 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

Retired 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.

Grant Goral

Student Director

Major: Political Science and History

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

Yousuf Khan

Student Director

Major: Biological Sciences

Jeffrey Liesendahl

B.S. Accountancy, ’87

Managing Partner

Island Peak Capital, LLC

Cherilyn Murer

J.D., ’78

President & CEO, CGM Advisory Group, LLC

Sankat Patel

B.S. Operations Management & Information Systems, ’00

Managing Director, US Head of Client Acquisitions RBC Cash Management

Mike Paull

M.B.A., ’15

Regional Director, Vice President 
Northern Trust

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

Harlan Teller

B.A. English, ’73

Chief Marketing Officer

Northern Arizona University

Isabelle Vondra

Student Director
Major: Biomedical Engineering