Board of Directors
Executive Committee
Chair
Cedric D. Thurman '87 BUS
- Senior Vice President/Chief Diversity Officer, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago
- Chicago, IL
Vice Chair
Kit Beyer '93 MEDIA, MA ’94 LAS
- Director of External Affairs and Communications, TDS Telecommunications
- Verona, WI
Secretary
James E. (Jim) Schlueter '80 MEDIA
- Director of Technology Communications, The Boeing Company (Retired)
- Spirit Lake, IA
Immediate Past Chair
Norma J. Lauder '71 BUS
- Director, ILLINOIS MS Tax Program (Retired)
- Oak Brook, IL
Voting Directors
Randy L. Buhr '90 BUS, JD '95 LAW
- Director, Championships and Alliances, National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)
- Fishers, IN
Angela Chalberg Pool '94 BUS, MS ’95 BUS
- Tax Partner, Ernst & Young
- Geneva, IL
Suzanne C. Dawson '84 BUS
- Vice President, Divisional Merchandise Manager Classic, Modern, and Contemporary Apparel, Belk
- Hartland, WI
Yonsook Enloe '78 ENG
- Chief Systems Engineer, NASA Programs, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (Retired)
- Edwardsville, IL
Eric A. Floyd ’86 LAS
- Chief Regulatory and Quality Officer, Silence Therapeutics
- Lincolnshire, IL
Karen (Oelke) Lobdell ’86 BUS
- Head of Engineering Operations and Finance, Rolls-Royce Corporation (Retired)
- Zionsville, IN
Joan Mahon '85 ACES
- Sr. Sales Enablement Consultant, Steelcase
- Syosset, NY
Amy Marcoot '05 AHS
- CEO/Owner, Marcoot Jersey Creamery LLC
- Greenville, IL
Ashley S. H. Moy ’16 ENG
- CEO and Board Chair, Cast21
- Evanston, IL
Paul O’Connor ’81 BUS
- Managing Partner, Angkor Strategic Advisors
- Chicago, IL
Ex Officio Directors
David Bambrey
- President, University of Illinois Alumni Association
Karen M. Golz ’76 BUS
- Chair, University of Illinois Foundation Board of Directors
Charles L. Isbell, Jr.
- Chancellor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Allison Vance ’11 MEDIA, MS ’19 MEDIA
- Interim Associate Chancellor for Strategic Communications and Marketing, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dale Wright
- Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Senior Vice President of the Foundation
