Board of Trustees


Mr. J. D. Ross
Chairman of the Board of Trustees
Executive Director
Will-Grundy Medical Clinic
President (Retired)
Joliet Junior College
Joliet, Illinois

Ms. Kathleen J. McGowan
Vice Chairperson
Executive Director (Retired)
Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet
Joliet, Illinois

Mr. Robert J. Baron
Associate Judge
12th Judicial Circuit, Will County
Joliet, Illinois

Mr. Mark D. Bass
Insurance Agent
Farmers’ Insurance Group
Lisle, Illinois

Mr. DeWitt Buchanan
Alumnus
Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor
Buchanan & Associates
Shorewood, Illinois

Ms. Jacqueline Edmonson
Alumna
President, USF Alumni Association
Director of Nursing
Provena St. Joseph Medical Center
Joliet, Illinois

Dr. Robert Federici
New Mexico Heart Institute
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Mr. Robert F. Filotto
President
Filotto Financial Services, Ltd.
Joliet, Illinois

Ms. Chrystel Gavlin
Alumna
Attorney
Chrystel L. Gavlin, P.C.
Joliet, Illinois

Ms. Marisue Grabavoy
Alumna
Business Manager
Alexander Grabavoy DDS/TMJ
Facial Pain Treatment Center
Shorewood, Illinois

Sr. M.J. Griffin, OSF
General Treasurer
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Francis
Joliet, Illinois

Ms. Diane F. Habiger
Alumna
Property Manager, Co-Owner
Lincolnshire Properties
Joliet, Illinois

Sr. Dorothy Kinsella, OSF
Director of Adult Faith Formation (Retired)
Saint Andrew the Apostle Parish
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Francis
Joliet, Illinois

Rev. James B. Lewis, O.Carm.
Rector
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, Indiana

Mr. Arthur Scheuber
Alumna
Vice President for Administration
Marquette University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mr. Paramjit Singh Sidhu
Administrator
Joliet Oncology-Hematology Associates, Ltd.
Joliet, Illinois

Dr. M. Therese Southgate
Alumna
Senior Contributing Editor Cook County
Journal of the American Medical Association
Chicago, Illinois

Ms. Cheryl Stepney
Alumna
Sr. Consultant
Solution Design Group
Minnetonka, Minnesota

Sr. Faith Szambelanczyk, OSF
Alumna
President/CEO (Retired)
Joliet Catholic Academy
Joliet, Illinois

Mr. Frank Turk, Jr.
President
Turk Furniture
Joliet, Illinois

Dr. Michael J. Vinciguerra
President
University of St. Francis
Joliet, Illinois

Mr. J. Bradley Webb
Controller and General Counsel
Packey Webb Ford
Wheaton, Illinois

Ms. Patricia S. Wheeler
Alumna
Naperville, Illinois

Dr. Lawrence A. Wyllie
Superintendent
Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210
New Lenox, Illinois

Mr. Robert W. Wysocki
Chairman of the Board
Grants Appliances, Electronics & More
Joliet, Illinois

Sr. Mary Jo Young, OSF
Alumna
Assistant Professor
Elmhurst College
Elmhurst, Illinois

Sr. Dolores Zemont, OSF
President
Congregation of the Sisters of St. Francis
Joliet, Illinois


Trustees Emeritus

LaVerne S. Brown
President
Land Trends, Inc.
Joliet, Illinois

Thomas M. Flavin
President
Flavin and Associates
Woodridge, Illinois

Byron O. Lee, Jr.
President and Chief Executive Officer (Retired)
Nuclear Management and Resources Council
Washington, D.C.

Carolyn Tomecek Murphy
Alumna
President, Commercial Operations (Retired)
CNA Insurance Companies
Chicago, Illinois


Presidents Emeritus

James A. Doppke, Ph.D. – Libertyville, Illinois

John C. Orr, Ph.D. – Verona, Illinois