Board of Directors
| Executive Committee | |
|---|---|
| Chairman of the Board John Chadwick |
VP & General Manager, WREX-TV |
| Vice Chair Debra Cyborski |
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| Treasurer William C. Roop |
President and CEO, Alpine Bank |
| Immediate Past Chair David Schertz |
Administrator, OSF St. Anthony Medical Center |
| Director at Large Rena Cotsones |
Executive Director of Community Relations, Northern Illinois University |
| Director at Large Dr. Jack Becherer |
President, Rock Valley College |
| Mayor Lawrence J. Morrissey | City of Rockford |
| Chairman Scott Christiansen | Winnebago County Board |
| Janyce Fadden | President, Rockford Area Economic Development Council |
| Business Attraction Solutions Team Chair Frank Walter |
Regional President, JP Morgan Chase Bank |
| Business Retention Solutions Team Chair Gary Marzorati |
Vice President, William Charles Ltd. |
| Business & Community Relations Solutions Team Chair Linda Gerber |
Rock River Valley Blood Center |
| Directors | |
|---|---|
| R. Richard Bastian, III | President & CEO, Blackhawk Bank |
| Doug Bella | UPS |
| Steve Bois | Rockford Area Association of Realtors |
| Paul Callighan | External Affairs Director, ComEd |
| Mike Ellis | Cliffbreakers Riverside Resort |
| Pamela S. Fox | Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP |
| Martin Glass | Woodward |
| Darrin Golden | IBEW/NECA |
| Dr. William Gorski | President & CEO, SwedishAmerican Health System |
| Thomas A. Green | Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera |
| Michael Greer | Regional President & CEO, Associated Bank |
| Fritz Jacobi | President & Publisher, Rockford Register Star |
| Gary Kaatz | CEO, Rockford Health System |
| Tucker Kennedy | VP Marketing & Public Relations, Illinois Manufacturing Extension Center |
| Brad Long | Liason, Project First Rate |
| Tim Morris | Aerospace Power Systems, President, Hamilton Sundstrand |
| Ed Munguia | Senior Vice President & COO, Stillman Bank |
| Brian A. Nelson | Haldex Hydraulics Corporation |
| Mark Peterson | General Manager, CherryVale Mall |
| D. Kraig Pierceson | Larson & Darby Group |
| Sunil Puri | President, First Rockford Group |
| Joel Sjostrom | President & CEO, Sjostrom & Sons, Inc. |
| Senator Dave Syverson | State of Illinois |
| Glenn Turpoff | Executive Director, Northern Illinois Building Contractors Association |
| Steve Ward | AMCORE Bank |
| Dave Whitmore | IronWorkers Local Union 498 |
| Ex-Officio Directors (Voting) | |
|---|---|
| Mayor Dale Adams | Village of Rockton |
| Mary Cacioppi | Village of Roscoe |
| Dick Goff | Rockford Chamber of Commerce |
| Steve Graceffa | District Director, Rock River Water Reclamation District |
| Jeff Hultman | Facilitator, Next Rockford |
| Mayor Darryl Lindberg | City of Loves Park |
| Dr. Martin Lipsky | Dean, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford |
| Bob O’Brien | Executive Director, Greater Rockford Airport Authority |
| David Preece | Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau |
| President Linda Vaughn | Village of Machesney Park |
| Ex-Officio Directors (Non-Voting) | |
|---|---|
| Einar Forsman | President, Rockford Chamber of Commerce |
| Cheryl Kneubuehl | Northwest Illinois Development Alliance |
| Reid Montgomery | Director of Community & Economic Development, City of Rockford |
| Sue Mroz | Winnebago County Regional Planning |
| John Phelps | Rockford Local Development Corp. |
| C. Mark Williams | Executive Director of Growth Dimensions of Belvidere & Boone County |
| City of Rockford Liaisons | |
|---|---|
| Alderman Frank Beach | |
| Alderman Carl R. Wasco | |
| Winnebago County Liaisons | |
|---|---|
| County Board Member Karen Hoffman | |
| County Board Member John F. Sweeney | |