Board Of Trustees
MEMBERS
**Amb. Bernadette Allen ’78, Fort Washington, Maryland, U.S Ambassador, retired
Mrs. Kristi (Jaarsma) Balk ’88, Pella, Iowa, Owner, Jaarsma Bakery, retired
Mr. Peter Cartwright ’82, Palmetto, Georgia, Senior Vice President; Senior Institutional Consultant, Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, retired
Mr. Daniel De Cook ’95, Pella, Iowa, CEO, Heritage Lace
*Mr. Tej Dhawan ’91, Grimes, Iowa Managing Partner, Plains Angels; Plains Angels Investment Fund
Ms. Amy Eilers ’88, West Des Moines, Iowa, Executive Clinical Account Manager, Merck & Co, Inc., retired
Mr. Mark Ellingson ’80, Pella, Iowa, Senior Vice President, Brokerage Division Manager, Leighton Investment Services, retired
Ms. Lori Fegley ’80, Cedar Falls, Iowa, Elementary Teacher Cedar Falls Community School District, retired
***Mrs. Julie Fisher ’90, Naples, Florida, Corporate Counsel, Musco Sports Lighting
Mr. James Griffith, III ’92, Carbondale, Colorado, Chairman, GenLink, LLC.
Ms. Kara (Kohler) Hoogensen ’96, Ankeny, Iowa, Senior Vice President Benefits and Protection- Head of Workplace Benefits, Principal Financial Group
Mr. Chad Huyser ’97, Pella, Iowa, President, Lely North America, and Regional Director, Lely International
Mrs. Chris (Epperly) Ieuter ’91, Wilmette, Illinois, CFO of Go2 Logistics
Mr. James Israel, Naples, Florida, President, Worldwide Financial Services Div. Deere & Company, retired
Mr. Thomas Koos ’86, Westlake, Texas, President and CEO, PrimeSource Building Products, Inc.
Mr. J. Lanier Little ’74, Bonita Springs, Florida, Regional President, Wells Fargo Bank, retired; Executive Vice President, First Niagara Financial Group, retired
Dr. Michael Main ’87, Leawood, Kansas, Senior Vice-President, Saint Luke’s Health System; Chief Executive Officer, Saint Luke’s Physician Group
Dr. Shannan Mattiace ’90, Meadville, Pennsylvania, Professor of Political Science and International Studies, Allegheny College
Dr. Jeffrey Oliver ’79, Phoenix, Arizona, Academic Chair, Dept. of Pathology, Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix; COO, Pathology Associates, Ltd.
Dr. Steve Perkins ’01, Waukon, Iowa, Family Physician, Mayo Clinic Health System-LaCrosse, Wisconsin
Dr. Barbara Pettitt ’72, Stone Mountain, Georgia, Professor of Surgery and Director of Medical Student Education, Emory University School of Medicine Department of Surgery
Mr. Marc Poortinga ’98, Scottsdale, Arizona, Co-Founder and Owner, Distinctive Customer Cabinetry
Mrs. Jana (Daberkow) Rieker ’94, Clive, Iowa, Director of Client Services, Amplimark
Dr. Rick Ryan ’70, Ballwin, Missouri, General Partner, Cultivation Capital Life Sciences
Dr. Kathleen Sikkema ’84, New York, New York, Stephen Smith Professor and Chair, Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Mr. Steven Sikkink ’83, Des Moines, Iowa, State Director, Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Mr. Dave Smith, Lansing, Illinois, President and Owner, Ridgeway Petroleum
Mr. Harry Smith ’73, New York, New York, Multi-Emmy Award Winning Reporter
**Mr. Clay Thompson ’90, Nashville, TN, President, Caterpillar Financial Aftermarket Services, Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., retired
Mr. Mark VanderLinden ’78, Dallas Center, Iowa, Senior Manager Labor Relations, Deere and Company, retired
Mr. Mike Van Voorst ’93, Pella, Iowa, Vice President Enterprise Transformation, Pella Corporation
**Mrs. Deanna Ver Steeg ’94, Chicago, Illinois, Senior Director, IT Business Relationship Management- Headquarters & Global Consumer Business- S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Mr. Kelly Vielmo ’99, Washington, D.C., Risk/ and Legal Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mrs. Judith Vogel ’82, Johnston, Iowa, Investment Analyst, Principal Global Investors, retired
Ms. Mary Worstell ’73, Washington, D.C., Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); Co-Lead, Healthy Aging, 2015 White House Conference on Aging, retired
Ex Officio
Dr. Mark Putnam, Pella, Iowa, President, Central College
* Chairperson of the Board
** Vice Chair of the Board
***Secretary of the Board