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Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

Chair       
Hon. Kurtis T. Wilder* (ret.)       
Shareholder, Butzel Long       
Novi, MI

Vice Chairs       
Saul Goldstein       
CEO/CIO, ActivumSG Capital Management       
London, UK

Sarah Harding (Chair Elect/ Vice Chair)     
Dean and Professor     
Schulich School of Law Dalhousie University (Canada)     
Halifax, NS, Canada

Nancy L. Hoagland       
President, Mariel Foundation       
Maple City, MI       
(IAC 74)

Trustees       
Dr. Bernetta L. Avery       
Pediatrician       
New York, NY       
(IAA 86-89)

Keith W. Baum◊       
Managing Director       
Asset Management, Abbot Downing       
Paradise Valley, AZ       
(IAA 74-76)

Evan Breibart       
Solicitor       
London, UK

Valerie Dillon       
Founder and President       
Dillon Galleries       
Bolton Landing, NY

Molly Ferrante       
Community Leader and Arts Advocate       
Naples, FL

Dan Hamann       
Chairman and CEO, Spectrum Financial Services       
Omaha, NE

Cynthia L. Hann       
Executive Vice President, Chormann Family Foundation       
Oakton, VA       
(AS 78-79)

Sydney Harcourt       
Artist/Producer       
Interlochen, MI     
(AS 94, 97, IAA 94-97)

Maria A. Herrera       
Founding Partner and CIO, CH Global Capital       
New York, NY

Lisa Herrick       
President, Herrick Foundation       
Dexter, MI

Jeffrey Jacobs       
Jacobs Endeavours, Ltd.       
Brand/Media Strategy       
Santa Barbara, CA

Lisa Kearns       
Marriage and Family Counselor       
Hillsborough, CA

Gregg Latterman       
Founder, Aware Records       
Co-Founder, Positive Pretzels       
Kenilworth, IL       
(IAC Staff 88)

David P. Min       
Vice President of Business Innovation, The Walt Disney Co.       
Menlo Park, CA       
(IAC 79-80)

Dr. Elaine H. Mischler       
Pediatric Pulmonologist and Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (ret.)       
Waunakee, WI

Thomas Morris◊       
Artistic Director, Ojai Music Festival (ret.)       
Former Executive Director, The Cleveland Orchestra       
Cleveland Heights, OH       
(IAC 59)

William C. Nelson       
Consultant, Peregrine Petroleum       
Dallas, TX

Sonja Perkins       
Venture Capitalist     
The Perkins Fund       
San Francisco, CA

Dr. Barrett J. Rollins       
Chief Science Officer, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute       
Professor of Medicine, Harvard University       
Boston, MA       
(IAC 64-65, 68)

Becky Vitas Schamis       
General Manager, Theodore's Books       
Sands Point, NY       
(IAC 84-87)

Sumit Sengupta*       
Managing Director, BMO Financial Group       
Evanston, IL       
(AS 77-80, IAC Staff 82-84)

Jonathan Slawson       
President of the Engagement Council       
Chief Development Officer, Kaufman Music Center       
New York, NY       
(IAC 03)

Claire E. (Corson) Skinner       
CEO and Chairman, Coachmen Industries (ret.)       
Naples, FL       
(IAC 71)

Edgar L. Smith       
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, World Paper Pac, LLC       
Cincinnati, OH

Sara Whiting       
Founder and (ret.) President, Florida Collegiate Summer League (FCSL)       
Vero Beach, FL

David Wu   
Pulmonologist   
Corewell Health Beaumont Royal Oak University Hospital   
Detroit, MI   
(IAC 76-79)  

◊ Life Trustee   
* Trustee Emeritus/a

Dean W. Anderson* 
Deputy Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (ret.) 
Washington, D.C. 
(IAC 63, 65, Faculty/Staff 66, 68-69)

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

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

Neil M. Bressler, MD◊ 
Editor in Chief, JAMA Ophthalmology 
Retina Division Chief and Professor of Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine 
Baltimore, MD 
(IAC 66-72, IAC Staff 75-76)

Gordon F. Brunner* 
Chief Technology Officer (ret.), Board of Directors, Procter & Gamble 
Cincinnati, OH

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

Harry C. Calcutt III◊ 
Chairman, CS Bancorp 
Traverse City, MI

Ralph J. Cerny◊ 
President, Munson Medical Center (ret.) 
Traverse City, MI

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

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

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

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

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

Casey G. Cowell 
Founder, Chairman 
Boomerang-Catapult, LLC 
Traverse City, MI

Carl M. DeFaria◊ 
Vice President, Federal Paper Board Company (ret.) 
Chicago, IL and Maple City, MI

Michael C. Dermody* 
President and CEO, Dermody Properties 
Reno, NV

Sandra A. Drew* 
Community Leader and Music Teacher (ret.) 
Longboat Key, FL 
(IAC 55)

Douglas R. Eicher 
Chief Revenue Officer, Music Prodigy 
Austin, TX 
(AS 74-77, IAA 78)

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

Dr. Mohamed A. El-Erian* 
President, Queen's College, Cambridge University 
Chief Economic Advisor, Allianz 
London, UK

Peter C. Erskine 
Founder and Owner, Fuzzy Music LLC 
Director of Drumset Studies, USC 
Santa Monica, CA 
(IAA 68-71, Inst Jazz Studies 10)

Kenneth C. Fischer* 
President, University Musical Society, University of Michigan (ret.) 
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

Lowell J. Gruman* 
Principal, Boomerang Catapult, LLC 
Traverse City, MI

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

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

Timothy M. Jackson* 
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Globecast Americas 
Crystal Lake, IL 
(IAC Staff 80, 81)

T. Michael Jackson◊ 
Director of Global, Corporate Relations (ret.), Dow Corning Corporation 
Traverse City, MI

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

Charles L. Kelly* 
Dentist (ret.) 
Traverse City, MI 
(AS 43-46)

Susan Kettering 
Vice President, Kettering Family Foundation 
Philanthropist 
Professional Photographer 
Maple City, MI

J. Christopher Kojima 
Partner, Goldman, Sachs & Co. 
New York, NY

Barbara Kratchman* 
Founder, President, and CEO, ArtServe Michigan (ret.) 
Former Executive Director, Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs 
Bloomfield Hills, MI

Sarah S. Lutman* 
Principal, 8 Bridges Workshop 
St. Paul, MN 
(IAC 69)

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

John E. McGarry◊ 
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs (ret.) 
Seattle, WA 
(IAA 81-84, IAC Staff 84)

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

Nancy J. Meek* 
Community Leader 
Frankfort, MI

Bonnie K. Mills 
President, Mills Family Foundation 
Austin, TX

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

John H. Peterson* 
Managing Director, William Blair & Company (ret.) 
Chicago, IL 
(IAC 60-61)

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

Julie Quinn, MD* 
Community Leader 
Traverse City, MI

Tom Quinn* 
Attorney/Tax/Insurance Consultant 
St. Pete Beach, FL

David S. Rhind* 
Chairman of the Board, Kewaunee Scientific Corporation 
Chicago, IL 
(IAC 78-79)

Anthony C. Ruda* 
Director of Investments, Oppenheimer & Co. Inc. 
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)

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

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

Isabel F. Smith◊ 
President, Isabel Francis Smith, Ltd. 
Farmington Hills, MI 
(AS 50, IAC 51-52, Faculty/Staff 76)

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

Van P. Smith◊ 
CEO, Ontario Corporation (ret.) 
Muncie, IN

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

Ronald F. Stowe* 
Vice President, Government Relations, Eli Lilly and Company (ret.) 
Washington, D.C. 
(IAC 55-62, IAA 62-63, IAA Staff 64, 66)

Stanford L. Thompson 
Founder and Executive Director, Play On, Philly! 
Philadelphia, PA 
(IAC 00-03)

James L. Tolley◊ 
Vice President, Chrysler Corp. (ret.) 
Sarasota, FL

 

Charles (Chuck) Tyler 
Managing Member 
AZCAT Associates, LLC 
Greenwich, CT

 

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

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

William P. Vititoe* 
President (former), Michigan Bell Telephone 
Grosse Pointe Farms, MI

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

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

Karen Wolff* 
Dean, School of Music, University of Michigan (ret.) 
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Zhibai (Bill) Zheng 
Stellantis - China & IAP Head of Design 
Shanghai, China 
(IAC 91, IAA 92-96)

◊Life Trustee 
*Trustee Emeritus/a

Trey Devey
President, Interlochen Center for the Arts
Interlochen, MI

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

Looking for the Board of Trustees website? Need help accessing the site? Contact Brittany Verner in the President's Office, brittany.verner@interlochen.org.