CLASS OF 2020
Jay Anderson, SVP & President
Northwestern Memorial Healthcare/Kishwaukee & Valley West Hospitals
Mike Carpenter, Real Estate Broker
RVG Commercial Real Estate
Dan Curran
Curran Contracting Co.
Gary Hanson, Administrator
DeKalb County
Eric Olson, Editor-Manager
The Daily Chronicle
Dean Panettieri, VP & COO
Auto Meter Products, Inc.
John F. Pappas, Owner-Operator
Pappas Developments, LLC/Cornerstone LLC
Cortney Strohacker, Executive Director
Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce
Dan Templin, Executive Director
DeKalb County Community Foundation/DCCF
Rose Treml, Executive Director
Greater Sycamore Area Chamber of Commerce
Jerry Wahlstrom, Realtor
McCabe Realtors
Jennifer Walker, Brand Manager
Tate & Lyle
Sam Walt, Operations Manager
WALT, LTD
CLASS OF 2019
Cohen Barnes, President/CEO
SundogIT, Inc.
Dr. Laurie Borowicz, President
Kishwaukee College
Paul Callighan, Community Consultant
Sue Elsner, Broker
Century 21 Affiliated
Gary Evans, Vice President-Business Development
First National Bank
Jarid Funderburg, Strategic Philanthropy Officer
OSF Healthcare Foundation
Tana Knetsch
Broadcast Consultant
Tom Matya, Business Development Manager
ZeaMays Holdings, Inc.
Mike Milano, General Manager
Target Upstream Distribution Center
Greg Millburg, Manager
DeKalb County Farm Bureau
Scott Pretzsch, Manager
3M Campus-DeKalb Distribution Center
Jim Stoddard, Partner
Klein, Stoddard, Buck & Lewis, LLC
Marc Strauss, Attorney
First Midwest Group
CLASS OF 2018
Matt Duffy, Executive Director
DeKalb Chamber of Commerce
Troy Dukes, Manager of Production Plant
Monsanto
Dr. Lisa Freeman, President
Northern Illinois University
Brian Gregory, City Manager
City of Sycamore
Appointed Proxy- City Manager
City of DeKalb
Jim James, Chairman & CEO
IDEAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Don Jones, President
DeKalb Forge Company/Forge Resources Group
Chuck Kaiser, Senior Vice-President
First Midwest Bank
John McCann, Economic Development Business Manager
ComEd, an Exelon Company
David Pietryla, Manager of Community Relations & Economic Development
Nicor Gas
Julie Sommese, Vice President -Market Leader
Heartland Bank & Trust Company
Mike Wiersema, Senior District Manager
Waste Management of Illinois
NON-VOTING EX OFFICIO MUNICIPAL LEADERS
James Baenziger
Village of Kingston
Darryl Beach, President
Village of Waterman
Ryan J. Block, President
Village of Kirkland
Kathleen Curtis, President
Village of Maple Park
Don Goncher, President
Village of Shabbona
Aaron Grandgeorge, President
Village of Somonauk
Robert Iversen
Village of Malta
Jennifer Jeep Johnson, Supervisor
DeKalb Township
Curtis E. Lang, Mayor
City of Sycamore
Nancy Nelson, President
Village of Hinckley
Richard Olson, Mayor
City of Sandwich
Mark Pietrowski, Jr., Chairman of DeKalb County Board
DeKalb County Board
Jerry Smith, Mayor
City of DeKalb
Russell Stokes, Mayor
Town of Cortland
Mark Vicary, Mayor
City of Genoa
