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Background Information

Mission Statement
Wartburg College
is dedicated to
challenging and nurturing

students for lives of
leadership and service
as a spirited expression of their
faith and learning.

Be Orange

Chairman of the Board
Ray McCaskey ‘65
Chicago, IL 
Retired CEO
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois

Vice Chair of the Board Chair, Enrollment Management Committee
Ruth Bahe-Jachna ‘80
Hammond, Ind.
Attorney
Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Vice Chair of the Board
Chair, Student Life Committee
Joann Kilgus
Morrison, IL
Retired Teacher

Vice Chair of the Board
Chair, Academic Affairs Committee
Liz Mathis
Cedar Rapids, IA
Chief Information Officer
Four Oaks

Vice Chair of the Board Chair, Business andFinance Committee
Mike McCoy
Ellison Bay, WI
Retired CFO
Hormel Corporation

Vice Chair of the Board
Chair, Institutional Advancement Committee
Jon Volkert ‘67
St. Charles, IL
Retired CEO
John Deere Credit

Chair, Governance Committee
Rachel Riensche ‘80
Edina, MN
Attorney
Minnesota Public Radio

 

Bishop James Arends
La Crosse, WI
Bishop
La Crosse Area Synod

Mark Baldwin
Cedar Falls, IA
CEO
Iowa Laser Technology, Inc.

Dr. Grady Ballenger
DeLand, FL
Dean, College of Arts & Sciences
Stetson University

Dorothy Bowen ‘53    
Anaheim, CA 
Retired Nurse

Dr. Hans-Peter Brodhun    
Hon. D. ‘95
Eisenach, Germany
City Planning Consultant

Darrel Colson
Waverly, IA
President
Wartburg College

Shon Cook ‘91
Alumni Board President
Whitehall, MI
Attorney
Shon Cook Law, PC

Dr. Delford Doherty ‘06
Blaine, MN
Inpatient Pharmacist
University of Minnesota Medical Center

Dr. Marilyn Flachman ‘60
Westminster, CO
Retired Librarian

Fred Hagemann ‘67
Waverly, IA
President and CEO
Cedar Investment Company

Sherman Hicks
Chicago, IL
Executive Director-Multicultural Ministries
ELCA

Gary Hoover
Scottsdale, AZ
Retired Engineer

Jim Loveridge ‘69
Brookfield, WI
Private Investor

Jack Salzwedel ‘82
Madison, WI
President and COO
American Family Insurance
Chair, Investment Sub-Committee

Günter Schuchardt

Eisenach, Germany
Captain
Wartburg Castle

Robert J. Severson ‘66
Ferryville, WI
Retired CFO
Chair, Audit Sub-Committee

Bishop Steven Ullestad ‘75
Waverly, IA
Bishop
Northeastern Iowa Synod, ELCA

Dr. Gil Wessel ‘59
Tomahawk, WI 
Retired Physician

Andrea Westmeyer ‘89
Des Moines, IA
Owner
Relationship Marketing, Inc.

 



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