Board of Trustees

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Chair
Ralph J. Cerny
President (Retired) of Munson Medical Center
Traverse City, MI

Vice Chair
Lowell J. Gruman
Executive Director
IncellDx, Inc.
Menlo Park, CA

Jo Ann Arnold
Sr. Vice President (Retired), Sr. Consultant, Emerson
St. Louis, MO

Neil M. Bressler, MD
Chief-Retina Division; Professor of Ophthalmology
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
(IAC '66-72, staff '75-76)

Rebecca-Sen Chan
Musician
Los Altos Hills, CA
(IAC '71)

Richard F. Chormann
Chairman, President and CEO (Retired), First of America Bank Corporation
Empire, MI

Don V. Cogman
Chairman, CC Investments, LLC
Scottsdale, AZ

Andrew W. Cordonnier
Partner, Grant Thorton LLP
Washington, DC
(IAC '80, IAA '81)

Carl M. Defaria
Vice President (Retired), Federal Paper Board Company
Tucson, AZ and Maple City, MI

Douglas R. Eicher
VP, Sales and Business Development, MakeMusic, Inc.
Eden Prairie, MN
(AS '74-77, IAA '78)

Steve Hayden
Vice Chairman and Chief Creative Officer (Retired), Ogilvy & Mather, Inc.
New York, NY
(IAC '62, IAA '62-64)

Timothy M. Jackson
Washington, D.C.
(IAC staff '80, '81)

Sarah S. Lutman
Consultant
St. Paul, MN
(IAC '69)

John Manuel
Vice President, Global Logistics & Advance Teams, The Elton John Band/Rocket Entertainment
Las Vegas, NV
(IAC '81-82, IAA '82-83)

John E. McGarry
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
New York, NY
(IAA '81-84, staff '84)

Joel McNeely
Film/Television Composer and Conductor
Los Angeles, CA
(IAA '74-77, staff '76)

Thomas W. Morris
Artistic Director, Ojai Music Festival
Cleveland Heights, OH
(IAC ’59)

John H. Peterson
Vice President, Public Finance, William Blair & Company
Chicago, IL
(IAC '60061)

David Rhind
General Counsel, Hudson Global, Inc.
Chicago, IL
(IAC '78-79)

Anthony C. Ruda
Sr. VP Investments, Wunderlich Securities
Plymouth, MI

Judith Dow Towsley Rumelhart
Vice President, Harry A. and Margaret D. Towsley Foundation
Ann Arbor, MI
(IAC '50-52)

Becky Ruthven
CEO, Ruthven & Associates, LLC
Westport, CT

Judith B. Schlabach
Community Leader
Leland, MI
(AS '55, '56, IAC Staff '57)

Sumit Sengupta
Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets
Evanston, IL
(AS ’77-80, staff ’82-84)

James P. Spica
Attorney at Law, Dickinson Wright PLLC
Detroit, MI
(IAC '72-74, IAA '74-75)

Katherine E. White
Professor of Law, Wayne State University Law School
Ann Arbor, MI
(AS ’79-80)

The Honorable Kurtis T. Wilder
Judge, Michigan Court of Appeals
Canton, MI

Glynn T. Williams
President and CEO
Williams & Moore Capital Corporation
Reliance Aerotech, Inc. & Reliance Aerotech Services, Inc.
Navhouse Corporation
Authentic Seacoast Company
Toronto, Canada

Life Trustees

Keith W. Baum
Principal, Lowry Hill
Scottsdale, AZ
(IAA '74-76)

Harry C. Calcutt III
Chairman, Northwestern Bank
Traverse City, MI

Lawrence W. Clarkson
President (Retired), Boeing Enterprises
Seattle, WA
(IAC '55-56)

Van Cliburn
Concert Pianist
Fort Worth, TX

Thomas H. Corson
(Former) Chairman of the Board, Coachmen Industries, Inc.
Elkhart, IN

Gerald B. Fischer
President (former), University of Minnesota Foundation
Minneapolis, MN
(IAC '54, '55, '57)

Alan E. Schwartz
Attorney at law and Partner; Honigman, Miller, Schwartz and Cohn
Detroit, MI

Isabel F. Smith
President, Isabel Francis Smith, Ltd.
Farmington Hills, MI
(All-State '50, IAC '51-52, Faculty/staff '76)

Van P. Smith
Executive Manager, Sherry Laboratories
Muncie, IN

James L. Tolley
President, James L. Tolley Company
Sarasota, FL

Steve E. Upton
President, Frederick S. Upton Foundation
Benton Harbor, MI

Gary C. Valade
Executive Vice President (Retired)
Chrysler Corporation
Auburn Hills, Michigan

Trustees Emeriti

Dean Anderson
Deputy Director (retired), Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Washington, D.C.
(IAC '63, '65, Faculty/staff '66, '68-69)

John C. Canepa
Consulting Principal, Crowe Chizek
Grand Rapids, MI

Nancy Bankoff Chalifour
Arts Consultant
Los Angeles, CA
(IAC '63-64,'68-69, IAA '70-72, Faculty/staff '73) 

Bruce Coppock
President and Manager Director (former), Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra
Mendota Heights, MN
(IAC '66-68)

Sandra A. Drew
Community Leader and Music Teacher (retired)
Suttons Bay, MI
(IAC '55)

Michael C. Dermody
President and CEO, DP Partners
Reno, NV

Christina B. Diver
Community Leader
San Francisco, CA
(IAC '56-57)

Janet S. Eilber
Artistic Director, Martha Graham Center
New York City, NY
(IAC '62-64, '66-68, IAA '64-69, Faculty/staff '70, '72)

Kenneth C. Fischer
President, University Musical Society, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
(IAC '55, '57-58, '60-62, Faculty/Staff '66)

Beverly Patterson Frier
Community Leader
Naperville, IL

Sheldon Goodman
Investment Executive, North Star Investment Services
Chicago, IL

T. Michael Jackson
Dow Corning Corporation (retired)
Traverse City, MI

John Kane
President, Applied Technology Consulting
Las Vegas, NV
(IAA '74-76)

Damon J. Keith
Judge, US Court of Appeals For the Sixth Circuit
Detroit, MI

Charles L. Kelly
Dentist (retired)
Traverse City, MI
(All-State '43-46)

George R. Kempton
Chairman and CEO (retired), Kysor Industrial Corporation
Traverse City, MI

Robert F. Larson
President, The Larson Communications Group
Troy, MI

James Gary May
President, Hopewell Land Partners, Ltd.
Winter Haven, FL

Nancy J. Meek
Community Leader
Frankfort, MI

Julie Quinn, MD
Community Leader
Traverse City, MI

Robert H. Radock
Senior Event Manager, Disney Youth Programs (retired), Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Lake Buena Vista, FL
(IAC '65-67, IAA '68-69, Faculty/staff '75-78)

Louis A. Smith
Attorney at Law, Smith & Johnson
Traverse City, MI

Ronald F. Stowe
Vice President, Government Relations (retired), Eli Lilly and Company
Washington, D.C.
(IAC '55-62, IAA '62-63, Faculty/staff '64, '66)

Karen Wolff
Dean, School of Music (Retired), University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Shirley Young
Shirley Young Associates
New York, NY

Former Trustees

Robert M. Bass
First City Bank Tower
Fort Worth, TX

Paul C. Boylan
(Former) Dean, School of Music, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Elizabeth R. Bramwell
President and Chief Investment Officer, Bramwell Capital Management Inc.
New York, NY

Lawrence D. Bryan
(Former) President, MacMurray College
Martinsville, IN

Leonard Garment
Attorney at Law
Washington, D.C.

Sheldon Goodman
Investment Executive, North Star Investment Services
Chicago, IL

Karla J. Herbold
President, Catalyst Communications
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
(IAC '58, IAC staff '87-89)

William G. Milliken
(Former) Governor, State of Michigan
Traverse City, MI

Myrl Nofziger
President, Hoogenboom-Nofziger Corp.
Goshen, IN

William F. Pickard
Chairman/CEO, Regal Plastics
Roseville, MI

Harold T. Shapiro
President Emeritus, Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

William P. Vititoe
(Former) President, Michigan Bell Telephone
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
Honorary Trustee

Elliot Weissbluth
CEO, HighTower
Chicago, IL
(IAC '79-81)

Ex-Officio Trustees

Jeffrey S. Kimpton
President, Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen, MI

Janine B. Mayville
Former EVP & Chief Customer & Marketing Officer
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Jupiter, FL
(AS '76-77)

Fred M. Shepherd
Professor/Chair, Political Science, Samford University
Birmingham, AL
(IAC '79-80, UM '82, IAC Staff '83)

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