Advisory Council Members

The College of Business Advisory Council is a group of corporate and professional leaders who gather as a whole twice a year, and more frequently, in subcommittees for current affairs, development, membership, and partnerships to provide advice to the Dean of the College on the mission, program, and other aspects of the College of Business.

Members

• Catherine Bartles '77, general manager, Bloomingdale
• Duane W. Bell '74, chief operating officer , Stephens Richardson
• Julie Dobski, owner, Little Jewels Leaning Center
• Janette Egbers, owner/ceo & chairwoman, Commercial Packaging
• Mike Emmert '75, managing director | disputes & investigations practice, Navigant Consulting, Inc.
• Jon Farney, senior vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
• Melanie Ferengul '93, vice president, The Northern Trust Company
• Jackie Ferree '83, retired, Chevron Corporation
• Kasey Gandham '13, co-founder, Packback
• Ben Hart MBA '95, president and chief executive officer, Heritage Enterprises
• Jeff Hobbs '99, executive director | business development, Afni
• Kate King Wu, '76 cpa and adjunct faculty, University of Nebraska - Omaha
• Jesse Kohlbecker, vice president of client services, COUNTRY Financial
• Al Lewis '90, metro district sales manager, The Sherwin Williams Company
• J. William Lin  MBA '70, president and cpa, Lin & Lincoln CPAs Ltd.
• Kris Lutt '06, president | sweeters and starches, Archer Daniels Midland Company
• Catherine L. Lynch '80, chief financial officer | Inland Real Estate Investment Corporation
• Joe McNeely '86, chief executive officer, FreightCar America
• Miron Marcotte '85, managing director | minneapolis market leader, Protiviti, Inc.
• Erick Miner '78, president/dealer principal, Centrall Illinois Trucks Inc.
• William J. Motchar '85, president and chief executive office, Navis Global
• William J. Phillips IV president - bloomington/normal branch, Commerce Bank
• Thomas Reedy '81, senior managing partner Dillon Kane Group LLC
• Sharon Rossmark '78, chief operating officer, AAeroVista Innovations
• Stuart Schuette, '86, chief executive officer, American Tire Distributors
• James L. Svab,  '92 partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
• Matt Taphorn, '88 senior business resource manager, Caterpillar Inc.
• Mark Thorndyke, '85, managing director - wealth management, senior portfolio manger, merril lynch personal investment advisory program, wealth management advisor, Thorndyke Wealth Management Group
• Katrin Watkins '97, finance director, JDF Corporate Consolidation & Reporting,  Deere & Company
• Andrew Watts '91, executive vice president & chief financial officer Brown & Brown Inc.
• Mary Ann Webb '78, principal partner, Sulaski & Webb, CPAs
• Ron Whitton '80, co-founder/owner, Dentsmart

• Robert A. Zmudka, '89, senior vice president and chief commercial officer, GATX Corporation

Ex-Officio Members

• Dr. Terri Goss Kinzy, president, Illinois State University
• Aondover Tarhule, vice president and provost, Illinois State University
• Ajay Samant, dean, College of Business
• Tamra Connor, associate dean, Academic Programs & Maintenance of Accreditation - College of Business
• Terry Noel,
  Associate Dean of MBA and Undergraduate Programs.
   associate dean, MBA and Undergraduate Programs - College of Business
• Tina Williams, department chair, Management and Quantitative Methods Department - College of Business
• Horace Melton, department chair, Marketing Department - College of Business
• Kevin Ahlgrim, interim department chair, Finance, Insurance & Law Department - College of Business
• Deborah Seifert, department chair, Accounting Department - College of Business
• Liz Adams, senior director of development, Illinois State University - College of Business
• Steve Vandiver, director of marketing, College of Business