Board of Trustees
** Chairperson of the Board
* Vice Chair of the Board
* Bernadette Allen ’78
Vice Chair of the Board
Retired U.S. Ambassador
Fort Washington, Maryland
Jason Andringa
President & CEO
Vermeer Corporation
Pella, Iowa
Kristi (Jaarsma) Balk ’88
Owner
Jaarsma Bakery
Pella, Iowa
Roger Brown
President & CEO
Precision Pulley & Idler (PPI)
Pella, Iowa
Peter Cartwright, CIMA© ’82
Senior Vice President
Senior Institutional Consultant
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Des Moines, Iowa
Daniel De Cook ’95
Co-CEO Heritage Lace
Pella, Iowa
** Tej Dhawan ’91
Chairperson of the Board
Chief Data Officer
Principal Financial Group
Grimes, Iowa
Mark Ellingson ’80
Senior Vice President/ Brokerage Division Manager
Leighton Investment Services
Pella, Iowa
Julie Fisher ’90
Corporate Secretary
Corporate Counsel
Musco Sports Lighting
Naples, Florida
Shayla From
Community volunteer & leader in non-profit sector
West Des Moines, Iowa
James Griffith III ’92
Chairman of Genlink, LLC.
Carbondale, Colorado
Tim Heerema ’88
Co-CEO Heritage Lace
Pella, Iowa
Christine Ieuter ’91
Chief Financial Officer
ORS Medco
Wilmette, Illinois
James Israel
Retired President
Worldwide Financial Services Division
Deere & Company
Naples, Florida
Thomas Koos ’86
President & CEO
PrimeSource Building Products, Inc.
Dallas, Texas
J. Lanier Little ’74
Chair Emeritus of the Board
Retired Regional President, Wells Fargo Bank;
Retired Executive Vice President, First Niagara Financial Group
Bonita Springs, Florida
Dr. Michael Main ’87
Chair, Cardiovascular Division, Saint Luke’s Physician Group; Co-Executive Medical Director, Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute
Leawood, Kansas
Rev. Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWell
Pastor
Second Reformed Church
Pella, Iowa
Rev. Charles Morris ’70
Retired Pastor
Ft. Washington Collegiate Church
President, The Collegiate Church Corp.
Oak Park, Illinois
Dr. Jeffrey Oliver ’79
Academic Chair, Dept. of Pathology, Creighton University School of Medicine – Phoenix;
COO, Pathology Associates, Ltd.
Phoenix, Arizona
Dr. Steve Perkins ’01
Family Physician
Mayo Clinic Health System
Waukon, Iowa
Dr. Barbara Pettitt ’72
Professor of Surgery & Director of Medical Student Education
Emory University School of Medicine Dept. of Surgery
Stone Mountain, Georgia
Dr. William Rankin ’69
President
Wm. L. Rankin Consulting, LLC
Seattle, Washington
Jana (Daberkow) Rieker ’94
Owner, Rieker Marketing Services;
Director of Strategic Initiatives
Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs
Clive, Iowa
Rick Ryan ’70
CEO
Apertus Pharmaceutical
Ballwin, Missouri
Dr. Kathleen Sikkema ’84
Stephen Smith Professor and Chair Department of Sociomedical Sciences,
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
New York, New York
Steven Sikkink ’83
Central Iowa Area Director
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Des Moines, Iowa
Donna Smith ’81
Community volunteer
Pella, Iowa
Harry Smith ’73
NBC News Correspondent
New York, New York
* Clay Thompson ’90
Vice Chair of the Board
Vice President, Latin America
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.
Nashville, Tennessee
Mark VanderLinden ’78
Retired Senior Manager, Labor Relations
Deere & Company
Dallas Center, Iowa
Mike Van Voorst ’93
Division Vice President, Finance
Pella Corporation
Pella, Iowa
* Deanna Ver Steeg ’94
Vice Chair of the Board
Senior Director
IT Business Relationship Management
Headquarters & Global Consumer Business
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois
Judith Vogel ’82
Retired Investment Analyst
Principal Global Investors
Johnston, Iowa
Dr. Markay Winston ’87
Assistant Superintendent, Monroe County Community School Corporation
Bloomington, Indiana
Mary Worstell ’73
Retired Advisor, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
Co-Lead, Healthy Aging
2015 White House Conference on Aging
Washington, D.C.
Ex Officio
Mark Putnam
President
Central College
Pella, Iowa
Emeriti Trustees
Mary Andringa
Chair of the Board
Vermeer Corporation
Pella, Iowa
Sue Brandl ’65
Community volunteer
Pella, Iowa
Kenneth Braskamp ’65
Retired personal investments manager
Los Angeles, California
Mark De Cook ’64
Retired President & Co-CEO
Heritage Lace, Inc.
Pella, Iowa
Vernon Den Herder ’71
Farmer
Retired Defensive End, Miami Dolphins
Sioux Center, Iowa
Betsy Farver
Retired Vice President of Philanthropy & Alumni Relations
Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation
Rancho Mirage, California
Terry Garvin ’72
President
GFA Financial Group
Largo, Florida
Judith (Judy) Grooters ’60
Retired Group Controller
Carreker Corporation
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Marlyn Klimstra ’50
Retired Vice President of Sales
Pella Corporation
Pella, Iowa
Barbara Kniff-McCulla
CEO
KLK Construction
Pella, Iowa
Harold Kolenbrander ’60 & ’96 Honorary Degree
President Emeritus
University of Mount Union
Cincinnati, Ohio
Rev. Kevin Korver ’77
Pastor
Third Reformed Church
Pella, Iowa
Michael (Mike) Orr ’69
Retired President
Financial Services Division
John Deere & Company
Monona, Wisconsin
Karin Peterson
Retired Vice President of Human Resources
Pella Corporation
Pella, Iowa
Stan Poortinga
Retired, CEO & Chairman of the Board
Precision Pulley & Idler
Pella, Iowa
Jean Rozenboom
Retired Managing Director—Investments
Piper Jaffray
New Sharon, Iowa
Rev. John Schmidt
Retired Affiliate Faculty Member
Chicago McCormick Theological Seminary
Holland, Michigan
John Sikkink ’62
Mission Advancement Coordinator
Synod of the Heartland
Reformed Church in America
Polk City, Iowa
Robert Vanderlinden ’55
Retired President
Seiferts
Pella, Iowa
Robert Vermeer ’66
Chair Emeritus
Vermeer Corporation
Pella, Iowa
Donald Vogel ’61
Retired Senior Vice President
Spear, Leeds and Kellogg
Denver, North Carolina
David Wesselink ’64
Retired Chairman & CEO
Metris Companies, Inc.
Northbrook, Illinois
Faculty Trustees
Russ Benedict
Professor of Biology
Cathy Haustein
Professor of Chemistry
Paulina Mena
Associate Professor of Biology
Wendy Weber
Professor of Mathematics
Lori Witt
Associate Professor of History
Student Trustees
Mary Gray
Business Management major
Spanish minor
Senior – West Des Moines, Iowa
Jack Jermano
Economics and Psychology majors
Senior – Evergreen, Colorado
Laurynn Mize
Business Management and Spanish majors
Accounting minor
Senior – Florence, South Carolina
Aiyana (Yana) Rouse
Student Body President
Biochemistry major
Senior – Glendale, Arizona
Thomas (TJ) Snyder
Business Management major
Senior – Marshalltown, Iowa