Board of Directors

Members of the Board of Directors are members or pastors in United Methodist Churches in northern Illinois. The Board includes the resident Bishop of Northern Illinois Conference and up to eight clergy and 20 lay persons.

Board members are elected for a three-year term during the Foundation’s Annual Meeting. All members of Northern Illinois Annual Conference are, by Discipline, members of the Foundation, and have voting rights to elect directors. The Annual Meeting for the Foundation is conducted during the Annual Conference session.

Board Members 2013

• Mr. Frank Appleby, Wilmette: Trinity
• Ms. Kathy Brock, Chicago: Maple Park
• Ms. Ergeline Calimlim, Secy/Treasurer, Chicago: Cosmopolitan
• Reverend Bob Campbell: Park Ridge: First
• Mr. Bob Clair, Belvidere
• Reverend Sally Dyck, Resident Bishop, Northern Illinois Conference (NIC)
• Mr. Willie Frazier, Maywood: Neighborhood
• Reverend Vickie Hadaway, Chicago: Irving Park
• Ms. Nancy Harbottle, Barrington UMC
• Reverend Claude King, Chicago: First
• Ms. Linnea Kooistra, Board Chair, Harvard: First
• Mr. Michael Lahti, Orland Park: Faith
• Reverend J. Martin Lee, Wilmette: Trinity
• Ms. Shelly Leonida, Buffalo Grove: Kingswood
• Reverend Jon McCoy, Chicago: St. Mark
• Ms. Vidette Bullock Mixon, Evanston: Sherman
• Reverend Orlando Moller, Chicago: Jesus, El Buen Pastor
• Mr. Arthur B. Muir, Glencoe: North Shore
• Mr. Ed Page, Chicago: St. Mark
• Reverend Deborah Percell, Morris: First
• Mr. John Peschier, Deerfield: Christ
• Mr. Don Pierson, Lake Bluff: Grace
• Ms. Lynette Rice, Lake Bluff: Grace
• Mr. William Sulton, Waukegan: First
• Mr. Larry Thomas, Sycamore
• Reverend Christopher Walters, Plainfield
• Mr. Jeffrey Wallem, Rockford: Christ
• Mr. Robert Whitley, Plainfield

Ex-Officio Members