Board of Directors
Chairman
Steve Van Arsdell '72 BUS, MAS '73 BUS, Urbana-Champaign
- Chairman and CEO, Deloitte & Touche LLP (Retired)
- Naperville, IL
- Board Committees: Executive, History and Traditions, Ex-officio on all committees
Vice Chairman
William D. Forsyth III '86 BUS, Urbana-Champaign
- President and Founder, Frontier Partners, Inc.
- Winnetka, IL
- Board Committees: Audit, Executive, Finance, History and Traditions, Nominating, Trustee Recommendation
Immediate Past Chairman
William Stratton '85 LAS, Urbana-Champaign
- Partner, White, Roberts & Stratton, Inc. Executive Search Consultants
- Chicago, IL
- Board Committees: Executive
Directors
Amy Linton Barklam '94 BUS, Urbana-Champaign
- Ockham, Surrey, England
- Board Committees: Awards, Operations, Urbana CAAB
Pat Basu '00 ENG, Urbana-Champaign
- Senior VP of Market Strategy & Business Development, Optum, United Health Group
- Chicago, IL
- Board Committees: History and Traditions, Nominating
Angela Boeker Eckert '94 ACES, Urbana-Champaign
- Vice President, Retail Operations, Eckert’s Country Store and Garden Center
- Belleville, IL
- Board Committees: Awards, History and Traditions
Alfred G. Harms Jr. '71 LAS, Urbana-Champaign
- Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Retired)
- Sanford, FL
- Board Committees: Operations, Trustee Recommendation
Michael Harring ’72 LAS, Urbana-Champaign
- Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, North America, John Deere (Retired)
- Moline, IL
- Board Committees: Advocacy
Robert G. Kennedy '78 ENG, Urbana-Champaign
- President and Co-CEO, C-SPAN
- Great Falls, VA
- Board Committees: Audit, History and Traditions, Nominating
John F. Ochoa '78 AA, Chicago
- President and CEO, FGM Architects, Inc.
- Hinsdale, IL
- Board Committees: Awards, Operations, UIC CAAB
Prabha Parameswaran '89 BUS, JD '93 LAW, Urbana-Champaign
- Senior Corporate Counsel, Complex Transactions – Legal, Accenture
- Evanston, IL
- Board Committees: Audit, History and Traditions, Operations
Debbie Roberts ’87 LAS, Urbana-Champaign
- President East Zone, McDonald’s Corporation
- Burr Ridge, IL
- Board Committees: Audit
Julie Scott '85 BUS, Urbana-Champaign
- President, CEO and Founder, CTS Holdings, Inc.
- Chicago, IL
- Board Committees: Operations
Peter Skosey MUPP '93 CUPPA, Chicago
- Executive Director of State Government Affairs, BNSF Railway
- Chicago, IL
- Board Committees: Advocacy
Janine Jones Smith '93 LAS, Urbana-Champaign
- Vice President, Government Relations, The Hershey Co.
- Silver Spring, MD
- Board Committees: Operations, Urbana CAAB
Randall F. Witter MPA '82 PAA, Springfield
- President, Cook-Witter, Inc.
- Springfield, IL
- Board Committees: Advocacy
Ex Officio Members
Michael D. Amiridis
- Chancellor, University of Illinois Chicago
Thomas R. Bearrows '79 LAS, JD '82 LAW, Urbana-Champaign
- University Counsel, University of Illinois
Alan Feldman ’74, MBA ’76, Urbana-Champaign
- Chair of the University of Illinois Foundation
Avijit Ghosh
- Interim CFO, University of Illinois
Robert J. Jones
- Chancellor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Timothy L. Killeen
- President, University of Illinois
Susan J. Koch
- Chancellor, University of Illinois Springfield
Jennifer Neubauer
- President, University of Illinois Alumni Association
Jill Smart '81 BUS, Urbana-Champaign
- Board of Trustees Representative, University of Illinois