CLASS OF 2024
Tia Anderson, Assistant Vice President
Heartland Bank & Trust Company
Amanda Christensen, Regional Superintendent
DeKalb Regional Office of Education (ROE)
Matt Duffy, Executive Director
DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
Dr. Lisa Freeman, President
Northern Illinois University
Michael Hall, City Manager
City of Sycamore
Tom Hutchinson, Commercial Account Executive
Nicor Gas Company
Kevin Lamb, CFO
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC
Rob Larkins, Owner-Operator
Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists
John McCann, Economic Development Business Manager
ComEd, an Exelon Company
Ishmael McGhee, Managing Partner
Equitable Commercial Lending
Dr. Bill Nicklas, City Manager
City of DeKalb
Sarah Oranger, Commercial Banking Officer
First Midwest Bank
Pramit Patel, President
EO5 Hotels (Hampton Inn & Home2 Suites-DeKalb)
Steve Steinwart, President
Meadowvale, Inc.
CLASS OF 2023
Mike Carpenter, Real Estate Broker
RVG Commercial Real Estate
Kelly Gillespie, Owner
Express Employment Professionals
Brian Gregory, County Administrator
DeKalb County Government
Mike Kokott, Vice President Operations
Northwestern Medicine
Mike Leopardo
Curran Contracting Co.
Jametha Owens
My1 Hair Salon Studio
Foti Pappas, Vice President
Pappas Developments, LLC/Cornerstone LLC
Cortney Strohacker, Executive Director
DeKalb County Convention & Visitors Bureau
Dan Templin, Executive Director
DeKalb County Community Foundation/DCCF
Rose Treml, Executive Director
Greater Sycamore Area Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Wahlstrom, Realtor
Century 21 Affiliated
Sam Walt, Operations Manager
WALT, LTD
CLASS OF 2022
Dr. Laurie Borowicz, President
Kishwaukee College
Paul Callighan, Retired- ComEd Public Affairs
Sue Elsner, Broker
Century 21 Affiliated
Tom Matya, Executive Director
Opportunity House
Greg Millburg, Manager
DeKalb County Farm Bureau
Frank Roberts, Vice President
First National Bank
Jim Stoddard, Partner
Klein, Stoddard, Buck & Lewis, LLC
Lacey Tyler, D.C. Manager
Target Upstream Distribution Center
Tom Townsend, Owner
Townsend Management & Realty
NON-VOTING EX OFFICIO MUNICIPAL LEADERS
Cohen Barnes, Mayor
City of DeKalb
Ryan Block, Village President
Village of Kirkland
Steve Braser, Mayor
City of Sycamore
Jonathan Brust, Mayor
City of Genoa
Mike Constant, Pro-Tem Village President
Village of Hinckley
Suzanne Fahnestock, Village President
Village of Maple Park
John Frieders, Chairman DeKalb County Board
DeKalb County
Don Goncher, Village President
Village of Shabbona
Aaron Grandgeorge, Village President
Village of Somonauk
Mary Hess, Township Supervisor
DeKalb Township
Robert Iversen, Village President
Village of Malta
Todd Latham, Mayor
City of Sandwich
John Lynch, Village President
Village of Kingston
Mark Pietrowski, Jr., Mayor
Town of Cortland
Pete Robinson, Village President
Village of Waterman
