Bill Braden
elected 2002

• American Red Cross of Greater Chicago (Chief Executive Officer)
• Illinois Commission on Community Service (Commissioner)
• Chicago Alliance for Collaborative Effort (Chairman, 1999-2000)
• American Red Cross (Co-Chair, Lead Financial Development Network)
• American Red Cross (Field Executive Director, National Annual Campaign, 1997)
• United Way/Crusade of Mercy Campaign (member, 1999-present)
• Points of Light Foundation (member)
• Rotary Club, Glenview (former member); scouting, Glenview (former member)
• B. S. (Business Administration), Miami University (Ohio), 1966; Professional Designation in Management for Non-Profit Sector, UCLA; Kellogg Executive Development Institute, Northwestern University
• U.S. Army Commendation Medal (1969); Outstanding Young Men of America (1980); President's Fund for Cultural Diversity Ambassador Award of the American Red Cross (1996).

Jim Carter
elected 2002

• Americans United for Life (Chairman, 2002-present)
• A. C. Nielsen Company (Director, 1986-1995)
• Human Services Committee, Wheeling Township; St. Peter Lutheran Church (President and Chairman, 1994-1995; Board of Elders, 1997-present; Bible Study Fellowship, 1996-present; Chairman, Stewardship Committee, 1989-1994)
• United States Marine Corps (Captain, 1965-1969)
• NCAA National Championship Cross Country Team (1964)
• Law School Chess Champion (1970)
• Morton Junior College, Cicero, IL (1962); B.S., Western Michigan University, 1965; J.D., University of Illinois College of Law, 1972

Jean Decker
appointed 1998

• Eastland Disaster Historical Society (Vice President and Treasurer, 1998-present)
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield (Personnel, 1948-1956)
• NBC/Radio WJJD (Secretary, 1946-1948)
• NBC/TV including Hawkins Falls, Ransom Sherman Show, Chicago Show of Shows (actress, 1946-1947)
• Tracy Sisters (professional singer, 1946-1947)
• USO camp shows (1945-1946)
• Fifth Army Headquarters (1944-1945)
• Crowned Miss Business Machines of Chicago (1952)
• Crowned Miss White Collar Girl of Chicago (1953)
• Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, 1950-1951

Susan Decker
appointed 1998

• Eastland Disaster Historical Society (Co-Founder; Vice President, 1998-present)
• Hines Lumber Company (Executive Assistant, 1987-present)
• GTAX (Executive Assistant, 1977-1987)
• Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1974-1977

Robert T. Dorgan
elected 2001

• O&K Trojan, Inc, Batavia, New York (President and Chief Operating Officer)
• Twin Disc, Inc., Rockford, Illinois (Plant Manager)
• International Harvester Company (various positions leading up to Foreman to the Manager of Manufacturing, Farmall Plant, Rock Island, Illinois)
• Junior Achievement (Advisor); Big Brother Youth Program; Junior Holy Name Society (Director); Salvation Army (Advisory Board); Y.M.C.A. (Board of Directors); Franciscan Hospital (Board of Directors); Genesee County Chamber of Commerce (Board of Directors); Genesee Community College (Chairman, Development Center for Business); American Heart Association (Chairman and President); American Heart Association (Board of Directors); American Defense Preparedness Association, Iowa-Illinois Chapter (Board of Directors); Rotary International (Board of Directors); Genesee Community College Foundation (President).
• Veteran of World War II

Bob Jerich
elected 2002

• Lucent Technologies (Midwest Director of Media Relations and Philanthropy, retired 2001)
• AT&T National Public Relations Professional Award (1992)
• Support Center of Chicago (Chairman); Little Village Community Council (Vice President); Cicero Chamber of Commerce and Industry (President); Cicero Economic Development Commission; Morton College Foundation (Board of Directors); ASPIRA of Chicago (Board of Directors)
• Chicago Association of Business Communicators; Publicity Club of Chicago; Chicago Area Public Affairs Group; Chicago Press Club; Chicago Area Contributions and Discussions Group
• Pi Delta Epsilon, National Honorary Journalism Fraternity
• B.A. (Major-Economics, Minor-Business/Journalism), Western Illinois University, 1965

Russell Lewis
elected 2002

• Chicago Historical Society (Andrew W. Mellon Director for Collections and Research)
• Illinois State Historical Society (Board of Directors, 2001-present)
• Street-Level Youth Media (Board of Directors; past President)
• Organization of American History; Urban History Association; American Historical Association; National Council on Public History; American Association of Museums; Midwest Museum Association
• B.A. (Anthropology), University of Florida, 1973; M.A. (American Culture), University of Michigan, 1976; Ph. D. Candidate, Museum History

Joe Shacter
elected 2002

• Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum/Chicago Academy of Sciences (President)
• Economic Club; Executives Club of Chicago; American Association of Museums; Association of Science and Technology Centers; National Association of Railroad Passengers
• Tufts University; University of Michigan

Frank Sweeney
elected 2002

• Moses Enterprises (Treasurer)
• Naperville Riverwalk Foundation (Treasurer)
• James L. Moses Foundation (Treasurer)
• United Way of Naperville (Board of Directors; President, 1996-1998); Moser Enterprises, Inc. (Board of Directors); Rotary Club of Naperville, Sunrise; American Institute of CPAs; Illinois Society of CPAs;
• Certified Public Accountant (1970)
• B. S. C. (DePaul University, 1965)
• Rotarian of the Year (Rotary Club of Naperville, 1999-2000); Distinguished Member (Illinois CPA Society); Nominee for Volunteer of the Year (United Way of Suburban Chicago, 1999)

Barbara Decker Wachholz
appointed 1998

• Eastland Disaster Historical Society (Co-Founder; Vice President and Secretary, 1998-present)
• Mississippi Valley Airlines, Moline, Illinois (Executive Assistant, 1982-1985)
• Gould Corp, Schaumburg, Illinois (Executive Assistant, 1978-1982)
• St. James Parish Community Theater, Arlington Heights, Illinois (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, 2000; Sister Sophia in The Sound of Music, 2001; Lead role in Cinderella, 2002)
• St. Peter Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, Illinois (Contemporary Christian group)
• Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin, 1977-1978

Ted Wachholz
appointed 1998

• Eastland Disaster Historical Society (President and Executive Director, 1998-present)
• Primerica Financial Services, Arlington Heights, Illinois (District Manager, 1997-present)
• Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois (Manager, Customer Services, 1990-1994; Telecommunications Analyst, 1994-present)
• Elliotts' Off Broadway Deli, Elmhurst, Illinois (Owner and President, 1995-1997)
• John Deere, Moline, Illinois (various positions, 1979-1987; Division Manager, 1987-1990)
• Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois (Advisory Board, 2002-present)
• St. Peter Lutheran Church, Arlington Heights, Illinois (Investment Advisory Board, 1999-present)
• B.S. (Math & Computer Science), Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois, 1980, cum laude