When the Interlochen Board of Trustees met on campus in July for their annual meeting they elected a new chairman to succeed Gerald Fischer, who retired from the board after 19 years, the last three as chair.

Camp and Academy alumnus Steve Hayden was named the new chairman of the Board of Trustees and is the first Arts Academy alumnus to serve in this position. Hayden is the Vice Chairman of Worldwide Brand Services for Ogilvy-Mather Advertising, where he is responsible for worldwide branding and advertising for numerous companies including Coca Cola, Ford, IBM and many others.

Interlochen also welcomed five new trustees:

Neil M. Bressler, M.D.
(Camp 66-72, Camp Staff 75-76)
Professor of Ophthalmology
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland

Don V. Cogman
(Camp Parent 1994)
Chairman
CC Investments, LLC
Scottsdale, Arizona

John E. McGarry
(Academy 81-84, Camp staff 84)
Senior Director, Investment Banking Goldman Sachs
New York, New York

Robert Smart
(ex-officio, chairman, Corporate Council)
Vice President, Business Development
Benteler Automotive Corp.
Auburn Hills, Michigan

Elliot Weissbluth
(Camp 79-81, IAC staff 84, 87-88)
Former President
U.S. Fiduciary Advisors
Chicago, Illinois

Five members of the board stepped down and received thanks for their work on behalf of Interlochen Center for the Arts:

• Dean Anderson - Alexandria, Virginia (13 years)
• Gerald Fischer - Minneapolis, Minnesota (19 years)
• Izzy Smith - Bloomfield Hills, Michigan (20 years)
• Lou Smith - Traverse City, Michigan (21 years)
• James Tolley - Sarasota, Florida (20 years)