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
Retired Owner
Jaarsma Bakery
Pella, Iowa
Roger Brown
Retired President & CEO
Precision Pulley & Idler (PPI)
Southport, North Carolina
Peter Cartwright, CIMA© ’82
Retired Senior Vice President
Senior Institutional Consultant
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management
Palmetto, Georgia
Daniel De Cook ’95
Co-CEO Heritage Lace
Pella, Iowa
** Tej Dhawan ’91
Chairperson of the Board
Strategic Initiatives Officer
Principal Financial Group
Grimes, Iowa
Amy Eilers ’88
Retired Executive Clinical Account Manager
Organon
West Des Moines, Iowa
Mark Ellingson ’80
Retired 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
Chad Huyser ’97
President, Lely North America
Regional Director, Lely International
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.
Westlake, 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
Director of Client Services
Amplimark
West Des Moines, Iowa
Rick Ryan ’70
General Partner
Cultivation Capital Life Sciences
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 & Avanti Windows and Doors
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 Emeritus of the Board
Vermeer Corporation
Pella, Iowa
Sue Brandl ’65
Community volunteer
Pella, Iowa
Kenneth Braskamp ’65
Retired personal investments manager
Los Angeles, California
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
Green Valley, Arizona
Terry Garvin ’72
President
GFA Financial Group
Largo, Florida
Judith (Judy) Grooters ’60
Retired Group Controller
Carreker Corporation
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Barbara Kniff-McCulla
CEO
KLK Construction
Pella, Iowa
Harold Kolenbrander ’60 & ’96H
President Emeritus
University of Mount Union
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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
Naples, Florida
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, Chicago McCormick Theological Seminary
Holland, Michigan
John Sikkink ’62
Retired, Wells Fargo and 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
Melissa McAninch
Associate Professor of Education
mcaninchm@central.edu
641-628-5116
Paulina Mena
Associate Professor of Biology
menap@central.edu
641-628-7628
Ian Moschenross
Professor of Music
moschenrossi@central.edu
641-628-5368
Wendy Weber
Professor of Mathematics
weberw@central.edu
641-628-5100
Jim Zaffiro
Professor of Political Science
zaffiroj@central.edu
641-628-5123
Student Trustees
Allison Cheatheam ’22
Chemistry major
Davenport, Iowa
Madolyn (Maddie) Clark ’22
Student Body President
Biochemistry major
Spanish minor
Clarinda, Iowa
Gabriella (Gabby) Petruzzello ’24
French and Psychology majors
Sociology minor
Janesville, Wisconsin
Eric Santana ’22
Biochemistry major
Spanish minor
Indio, California
Joseph (Joe) Weber ’22
Exercise Science major
Dunlap, Iowa