Board of Trustees
Carthage College places sovereign, governing responsibility in a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees. The Trustees of the College have final governing and fiduciary responsibility.
Officers
Chair
Jeff Hamar ’80
Chief Executive Officer (retired)
Galleher, Inc.
Santa Fe Springs, California
First Vice Chair
Gina Madrigrano Friebus ’76
Vice President — Administration (retired)
W.O.W. Distributing Co., Inc.
Sussex, Wisconsin
Second Vice Chair
Hoyt H. Harper II ’77
Principal
HHHarper & Associates
Honolulu, Hawaii
Secretary
David C. Wiers ’98
President
Satori Energy
Chicago
Treasurer
Vince Ceja
Vice President for Finance,
Chief Financial Officer
Carthage College
Kenosha, Wisconsin
President and Chief Executive Officer
John R. Swallow
Carthage College
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Trustees
Patrick N. Anderson ’85, P’23, P’25
Law Offices of Patrick N. Anderson & Associates
Alexandria, Virginia
Mary Bishop
President and Chief Marketing Officer (retired)
Leo Burnett USA
Chicago
Lucy Brown
President
Lupe Development Partners
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Richard M. Christman P’14, P’18
Chairman
Caresoft Global, Inc.
Westmont, Illinois
Tom Duncan P’01
Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (retired)
Froedtert South
Kenosha, Wisconsin
The Rev. Dr. Paul D. Erickson
Bishop
Greater Milwaukee Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Milwaukee
Christine A. Hobbs ’71, P’15
Civic Leader
Naples, Florida
Steven J. Hopp
Senior Sales Executive
Oswald Companies
Akron, Ohio
Frederick John Krull ’83, P’16
Principal (retired)
Ernst & Young, LLP
Western Springs, Illinois
Rick LaBerge
Executive Vice President & COO
HARIBO of America
Rosemont, Illinois
Robert Lee, Jr.
President & CEO
Lee Mechanical
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Thomas A. Martinez
Senior Vice President, Revenue Operations
Samsara
San Francisco, California
The Rev. Wayne N. Miller
Bishop (retired)
Metro Chicago Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Chicago
Alan Mills ’79
Partner (retired)
Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Indianapolis, Indiana
Maria Nalywayko P’19
Chief People Officer
Sabra Dipping Company
Newport Beach, California
Jeff Neubauer
Executive Director
Higher Expectations
Racine, Wisconsin
Andrew S. Palmen P’16
President
Palmen Automotive Group
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Brian Peccarelli ’81
COO (retired)
Thomson Reuters
Plano, Texas
Nicholas T. Pinchuk
Chairman, President, and CEO
Snap-on Incorporated
Kenosha, Wisconsin
LeAnn Pedersen Pope ’79
Partner and Attorney (retired)
Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella
Chicago
Cherie Lynn Matthaidess Robinson ’01
Vice President of Human Resources, International Stores
Amazon
Seattle, Washington
Loren Semler ’96, P’25
President and COO
Semler Industries
Libertyville, Illinois
Charles C. Sutton, P’28
President
MC Squared Energy Services, LLC
Chicago
Cynthia Thomas Walker ’78
Chief Judge
Michigan’s 50th District Court
Pontiac, Michigan
Trustees Emeriti
Edward W. Smeds ’57
Chair Emeritus
President, Operations (retired)
Kraft Foods
Glenview, Illinois
Robert A. Cornog
Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer (retired)
Snap-on Incorporated
Kenosha, Wisconsin
John W. Fritsch
President
Fritsch Charitable Foundation
Libertyville, Illinois
William D. George
President and Chief Executive Officer (retired)
SC Johnson
Racine, Wisconsin
John L. Gorton ’66
President
Gorton Farms, Inc.
Racine, Wisconsin
Marilyn Hedberg
Civic Leader
Manalapan, Florida
The Rev. Robert H. Herder
Bishop Emeritus
East Central Synod of Wisconsin
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Appleton, Wisconsin
Thomas E. Kieso ’73
Co-Owner
William F. Meyer Company
Aurora, Illinois
James R. Klauser
Senior Vice President (retired)
Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Milwaukee
Thomas W. Lentz ’63
Chairman
Global Display Solutions, Inc.
Rockford, Illinois
Dean A. Matthews ’84
General Manager
Matthews Distributing Co. of Iowa
Dubuque, Iowa
Dennis L. Monroe ’74
Chairman and Senior Partner
Monroe Moxness Berg PA
Minneapolis, MN
Gordon Postlewaite ’59
Assistant Superintendent for Administration (retired)
Oswego Community Unit District #308
Oswego, Illinois
Loren H. Semler ’65, P’88, P’96
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Semler Industries, Inc.
Franklin Park, Illinois
John R. Sladek, Jr. ’65
President and Chief Executive Officer (retired)
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, California
John P. Timmerwilke
Director, Information Services (retired)
Nutrilite Products
Buena Park, California
June Boatman Waller ’63
Trustee
Franklin I. and Irene List Saemann Foundation
Champaign, Illinois
Gary D. Wilson
President (retired)
Wilson Printing, Inc.
Mundelein, Illinois
(“P” designates “parent” with the child’s class year following. For example, P’15 means the person is the parent of a member of the Carthage Class of 2015.)