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The Council – Advisory Board

J. Michael Barker
President and COO
Springfield Electric Supply Company

Erich J. Bloxdorf
Executive Vice President
The Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce

Michael Boer

President & CEO
Warren-Boynton Financial Center

Chris Butler
President
Butler Funeral Home

Julie Cellini
Illinois Historic Preservation Agency

Jane Denes
Attorney
Posegate & Denes

Letitia Dewith-Anderson
Lobbyist
Anderson Legislative Consulting

Daniel J. Dondanville
Financial Planner
Merrill Lynch

John P. Eck
Certified Public Accountant
Eck, Schafer & Punke LLP

J. Garth ”Butch” Elzea III
President of Quincy Automotive Supply Co.

Susan S. Fairfield
Community Volunteer

Farrell Gay
Co-founder
Tom Lange Company, Inc.

Phillip M. Gonet
President
Illinois Coal Association

Karen Hasara
Former Mayor
City of Springfield, Illinois
 
Larry J. Johnson
Executive Director
Illinois National Guard & Militia Historical Society

Julie Kellner
MJ Kellner Co., Inc.

Douglas E. King
Community Volunteer

Tom Layzell
Community Volunteer

Mary F. Loken, Ph.D.
Educational Consultant
Regional Office of Education

Tom Marantz
President
Bank of Springfield

Mike O'Shea
President
Harold O'Shea Builders

Pam Reyhan
Community Volunteer

Linda J. Shanklin
Executive Director
Andre Iguodala Youth Foundation

Judith G. Stephens
Community Volunteer

Carolyn Stone
Community Volunteer

Lisa W. Stone
Community Volunteer

Evelyn Brandt Thomas
Brandt Consolidated

Don Tracy
Attorney
Brown, Hay & Stephens


Executive Committee
Saul J. Morse, Chair
Katherine S. Germeraad, Vice Chair
G. Virginia Conlee, Secretary
Arthur H. "Hy" Bunn, Treasurer


Governance Committee
Karen H. Pletsch, Chair
Bruce Sommer
Katherine S. Germeraad
John C. Slayton


Finance Committee
Arthur H. "Hy" Bunn, Chair 
G. Virginia Conlee
Dr. Harry Berman

Audit Committee
Martha S. Sumner, Chair
Joe Brummel*
Mike Goriszewski*
Robert W. Kay*
Emily Wright*


Investment Committee

Kevin W. Crumly, Chair
Martha S. Sumner
Marc Carter*
Bruce Sommer

Scholarship Committee

Carolyn A. Blackwell, Chair
Karen H. Pletsch
Susan S. Fairfield*
Dennis Miner*
Dana Kinion*

Access to Recreation Committee

Saul J. Morse, Chair
J. Garth ”Butch” Elzea III*
Ann Ford*
Chrissa Potthast*

*Non-Board Member

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Chris Butler is building a legacy
for his business, their employees
and the families they serve
through the Butler Community
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