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 2011 – 2012

• Mr. Frank Appleby, Wilmette: Trinity
• Ms. Kathy Brock, Chicago: Maple Park
• Ms. Marcy Buick, Sycamore
• Reverend Julie Bunt, Freeport: Trinity and Cedarville
• Ms. Ergeline Calimlim, Secy/Treasurer, Chicago: Cosmopolitan
• Reverend Bob Campbell: Park Ridge: First
• Mr. Bob Clair, Belvidere
• Mr. Willie Frazier, Maywood: Neighborhood
• Reverend Vickie Hadaway, Chicago: Irving Park
• Reverend Hee-Soo Jung, Resident Bishop, Northern Illinois Conference (NIC)
• Reverend Claude King, Chicago: First
• Ms. Linnea Kooistra, Board Vice-Chair, Harvard: First
• Mr. Michael Lahti, Orland Park: Faith
• Reverend J. Martin Lee, Wilmette: Trinity
• Mr. James Lumberg, Wilmette: Trinity
• 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. Jeffrey Wallem, Rockford: Christ
• Mr. Robert Whitley, Board Chair, Plainfield

Ex-Officio Members