General Trustees of the Lincoln Academy of Illinois
The General Trustees, whose duties are to nominate and elect the Laureates, are also responsible for electing from their own ranks the working board of directors of the Academy known as the Board of Regents.
Arthur 'Hy' Bunn
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
Ronald Chez
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
Brief BiographyPresident and owner, Ronald L. Chez, Inc., a consulting, financial company. Chairman of various boards and foundations including, Epiworks, Chez Family Foundation, and the Center for Wounded Veterans and Higher Education, at the University of Illinois.
Frank Clark
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleChairman and CEO ComEd, Retired
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyRetired chairman and CEO of ComEd. Serves on many non-for-profit and corporate boards, co-founder of the Rowe-Clark Math and Science Academy in Chicago’s West Side.
Robert A. Easter, PhD
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitlePresident Emeritus, Dean Emeritus College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Professor Emeritus, Department of Animal Sciences University of Illinois
James G. Gidwitz
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleChairman and CEO, Continental Materials Corp.
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyChairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer of Continental Materials Corporation and serves as a trustee of the Hotchkiss School
Zale Glauberman
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitlePresident, The Glauberman Circle
Home City and StateSpringfield, IL
Brief BiographyPresident, The Glauberman Circle, legislative office specializing in legislative and public affairs representation.
The Reverend Dr. Marshall Hatch, Sr.
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleSenior Pastor, New Mount Pilgrim Church
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyPastor New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church, Chicago; member of the National Baptist Conventions (USA and America), Illinois National Baptist State Convention, American Baptist Churches of Metro Chicago, United Power for Action and Justice, and co-convener of L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Network.
Sondra A. Healy
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleCo-Chairman, Turtle Wax Inc.
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyChairman of Turtle Wax, Inc. since 1972. Serves as a Director of After School Matters, Inc.
Dr. Roger D. Herrin
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleSIU Board of Trustees Member
Home City and StateHarrisburg, IL
Brief BiographyCommunity leader, business person, and doctor. Attended University of Illinois college of Medicine and Illinois College of Podiatric Medicine with a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine Degree and receive the highest and last Dr. L. R. McCain Award for outstanding proficiency in surgical anatomy and surgery; past president of the American College of Foot Surgeons.
Mannie Jackson
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
Home City and StateLas Vegas, NV
Brief BiographyBecause of Mannie Jackson’s commitment to the betterment of others, the Mannie Jackson – Basketball’s Human Spirit Award carries his name. Jackson has served as a positive example and sports role model to his peers, in addition to having tremendous business success. In 2012, the former Chairman of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame penned his bestselling autobiography, “Boxcar to Boardrooms.” He continues to donate generously to numerous causes including cancer research; the University of Illinois, South African youth funds; the Basketball Hall of Fame, the Lincoln School Alumni Foundation, and the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities Foundation in his hometown of Edwardsville, Illinois. Mannie Jackson was inducted as a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in September, 2017. He received the Order of Lincoln and became a Lincoln Laureate in 2010.
Melvin L. Katten
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleCo-Founder / Senior Counsel at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Home City and StateWinnetka, IL
Brief BiographyRetired founding partner of Katten Muchin Roseman, LLP and serves as senior counsel; former chairman of the Anti-Defamation League’s Chicago Regional Board; past president of the Better Government Association.
Sheila Berner Kennedy
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
Home City and StateKenilworth, IL
Brief BiographyExecutive Director of Top Box Foods; volunteer attorney for Legal Assistance Foundation; appointed in 2011 by the Illinois Supreme Court to serve on the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar.
Dr. Osvaldo Lopez
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyFaculty of the University of Illinois Medical School; Diplomat of the American Board of Ophthalmology; served as member of President Clinton’s Health Care Advisory Committee and served as an advisor of health policy to the Hispanic Caucus of the Congress of the United States; senior founding partner of the Chicago Eye Institute.
Alan C. Lowe
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleExecutive Director, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum
Home City and StateSpringfield, IL
Shirley R. Madigan
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleChairman, Illinois Arts Council
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyTrustee at Loyola University of Chicago; Director at After School Matters, Inc; Chairman of Illinois Arts Council.
Lucyna Migala
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleArtistic Director & General Manager, The Lira Ensemble
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyArtistic director, general manager, and narrator of Lira Ensemble; national board member of the Polish Women’s Alliance of America; officer of the Polish Arts Club of Chicago; Co-founder and vice president of the Chicago Chapter of the Kosciusko Foundation; founding member of the Ethnic and Folk Arts Panel of the Illinois Arts Council.
Delmer R. Mitchell
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitlePartner
Home City and StateQuincy, IL
Brief BiographyA highly respected attorney and community leader in the Quincy area.
Daniel J. Montgomery
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitlePresident
Home City and StateEvanston, IL
Brief BiographyElected as an American Federation of Teachers, AFT Vice President at the union’s executive council meeting; president of the Illinois Federation of Teachers; serves on the executive board of the Illinois AFL-CIO
Douglas Oberhelman
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
Joseph A. Power, Jr.
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitlePartner, Power Rogers & Smith, PC
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyFounding partner of law firm, Power, Rogers & Smith, P.C., past president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and Public Justice; fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers; member of the Inner Circle of Advocates
Sylvia Puente
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleExecutive Director, The Latino Policy Forum
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyExecutive director of the Latino Policy Forum, the only public policy and advocacy organization in the Chicago metropolitan area working to improve educational outcomes for children, make housing accessible and affordable, promoting just immigration reform, and building the influence and leadership of the Latino community. She has been recognized as one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics in the US” by Hispanic Business magazine. Puente holds an economics degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Jon Pyatt
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleRep. Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Chief of Staff
Home City and StateWashington, DC
Brief BiographyChief of Staff to Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) in U.S. Congress; former Director of Federal Relations for the University of Illinois system
Shirley W. Ryan
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitleCivic Leader
Home City and StateWinnetka, IL
Brief BiographyPresident and Treasurer of Shirley Ryan, Patrick G and Shirley W. Ryan Foundation, concentrating in Education, Arts, Roman Catholic concerns and youth services; served on boards, founded programs, including the Lyric Opera, the Art Institute, Northwestern University, WTTW Public Media, among others.
Marc S. Schulman
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitlePresident
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyPresident of Eli’s Cheesecake; partners with schools and organizations such as Wilbur Wright College, the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences, Vaughn Occupational High School, among others.
Dr. Howard Sulkin
Office HolderGeneral Trustee
TitlePresident
Home City and StateChicago, IL
Brief BiographyA Laureate of the Academy. Legacy of developing interfaith relations the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies in Chicago.