CHAIR

Jeffrey Yordon

B.S. Political Science '70

President & COO,
Athenex Pharmaceuticals

VICE CHAIR

Michael Cullen

B.S. Finance '84,
B.S. Accountancy '87

President & CEO,
First Midwest Bank

TREASURER

Chris Cole

B.S. Accountancy ‘75

Retired Senior Vice President, Finance Strategy,

McDonald’s USA, LLC

ASSISTANT TREASURER

William Taylor

B.S. Accountancy '67

Retired Partner,
Deloitte & Touche

PRESIDENT & CEO,

Catherine Squires

B.A. Music ‘80

V.P. University Advancement, Northern Illinois University

SECRETARY

Melissa Nigro

Director of Board Relations,
Chief of Staff,

NIU Foundation

William Boston  

B.S. Marketing '70,
M.B.A. '71

Chairman & CEO, DynamicSignals, LLC

Brent Brodeski

B.S. Finance '88,
MBA '91

CEO, Savant Capital Management, Inc.

John Burns

B.A., English, ‘88

Founder/Chairman,

Citizens Rx

Kenneth Chessick M.D., J.D.

J.D. Law '84

Medical Negligence Attorney

Chairman & CEO, Restaurant.com

Carol Crenshaw

B.S. Accountancy '78

Retired Vice President & CFO, The Chicago Community Trust

Cynthia Crocker

B.S. Marketing ‘80

Retired Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, Corporate Communications,

Equity Group Investments

John Thomas Futrell

M.B.A. '79

Senior Vice President,
First Trust Advisors, LLC

Montel Gayles

B.S. LA&S ‘83

Owner & Founder,
Gayles Consulting, PC

David Heide

B.S. Marketing ‘85

Managing Director &
Financial Advisor, RBC

Anthony Kambich

B.S. Education ‘59

President, Deerfield/North Shore Montessori Schools

John Landgraf

BS Biological Sciences,

CLAS, 1974

Retired Executive Vice President, Abbott

James Pick, Ph.D.

M.S. Education ‘69

Professor, School of Business

University of Redlands, CA

Manny Sanchez

B.S.  LA&S ‘70

Founder & Managing Partner,

Sanchez Daniels & Hoffman LLP

Jaymie Simmon

B.S. in Education '70

Writer

John (Jack) Tierney

B.S. COB ’75,
M.S.Ed. ‘78

Executive Director,

Unit Trust Division,

Invesco Ltd.

Not Pictured:

Zachary Kalk, student director

Ian Pearson, student director