Officers

Brook Klawitter
Director – Finance Shared Services – USG Corporation

Kathy Schniedwind
Retired – Head Athletic Trainer – Illinois State University

Karen Wilson
Retired – President/CEO, MAKE Corporation

Jim Pieper
Senior Vice President – TransUnion

Terry Wheat
Retired – Nurse Surveyor – The Joint Commission

Tom Cox
Partner – McCarthy Duffy LLP
Directors

Dave Breen
President & CEO – Special Olympics Illinois

Kristin Achterhof
Partner & National Co-Chair – Intellectual Property Litigation Practice – Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bill Asbury
Heavy Equipment Technician – Roland Machinery

Karen Atwood
Retired – Executive Vice President – Service and Technology – Health Care Services Corporation

Jim Bednar
Knights of Columbus

Wheeler Coleman
CEO and Executive Partner – Executive Consultants United LLC

Jim Corrigan
Investment Advisor – Ausdal Financial Partners

Colleen Costello
Athlete & Global Messenger – Belleville PTOEC Board Member

Tom Eisenbart
Retired – Senior Vice President – Sargent & Lundy

Jenny Fortner
Managing Director – Goldman Sachs & Co.

Daniel Freed
Major League Scout – Oakland Athletics

Adam Garrett
Assistant Superintendent of Personnel and Student Services – Edwardsville Community Unit School District 7

Steve Hamman

Terrence J. Hancock
President – Teamsters Local 731 President – Teamsters Joint Council 25

Jim Jacobs
Chief Executive Officer – Country Financial

Rob Johnson
Journalist – Rob Johnson Communications

Jill Mehrberg
Board Member

Scott Morgan
VP Business Development & Technology – Chief Information Officer – Dearborn Group

Tom Murray
Retired – Executive Vice President – Sargent & Lundy

Patrick O’Connor
Retired SVP – Chief Human Resources and Diversity Officer – Health Care Services Corporation

Scott Paddock
Senior Vice President of External Affairs, Silver Cross Hospital and Medical Center

John Penn
VP & Midwest Regional Manager – Laborers International Union of North America

Robert G. Reiter, Jr.
President – Chicago Federation of Labor

Zack Reynolds
Managing Director – DiversifiedSearch

Chad Rollins
Executive Director – William M. BeDell ARC

Angelo Russo
Partner – McGuire Woods LLP

Randy Schaab
Retired – Business Analyst – State Farm Insurance

Jenny Sepulveda
Director of Business Development – Guaranteed Rate

Eileen Sethna
Partner – Banking & Restructuring – Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC

Eric Smith
Retired – Police Chief – Sherman Police Department

Michael Smyth
Chief Financial Officer – Wintrust Wealth Management

Bernita Thigpen
Tax Managing Director – KPMG

Zinyra “Z” Ross
Owner/Designer & Athlete Leader – Just Z

Tom Thompson
Regional Director – Upper Midwest – BancAlliance / Alliance Partners LLC

Heidi Weber
President & CEO – Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund
Board Service
Board of Directors Roles and Responsibilities
For more information on Board Service, please contact Kia Christensen at kchristensen@soill.org