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Board of Directors

Executive Leadership:

Chairperson:
David Larson
Regional President
Wintrust Financial

Vice Chairperson:
Laura Jensen
Retired

Secretary:
Bill Strons
Managing Shareholder
Huck Bouma PC 

Treasurer:
Mike Viola
Director
BMO Harris Equipment Finance

Members-at-Large

Tim MacKenzie
Managing Director 
Merit Capital Partners
Lainie Kennedy
Vice President of Human Resources
Surgery Partners
Zed Francis
Retired
Bank of America
Coleman Tuggle
Principal
Triform, LLC 
Joseph Hoff
Retired
HSBC, Financial Services 

Chad Fischer
Principal & Director of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
Engineering Systems Inc.

Ed Foreman
Lead Tax Partner
Pricewaterhouse Coopers

Kristen Gale
Partner
Nijman Franzetti, LLP
Matt Dmytryszyn
Principal
LaSalle Street Capital Management
Mike Quig
Independent Consultant

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  • 100% of graduates maintained stable housing
  • 94% of graduates maintained stable employment