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
Caleb Busick
Athlete Leader
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
First Vice President – Commercial Banker – Bankers’ Bank USA
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