2010 Board of Directors

Karen Bersche
Director of Towanda District Library
Towanda, IL 61776
Telephone: (309) 662-3695
Fax: (309) 728-2139
kbersche@comcast.net

 


 

Douglas A. Dougherty
President
IL. Telecommunications Assoc
|312 S. Fourth St., Ste 100
Springfield, IL 62701
Telephone: (217) 572-1260
Fax: (217) 753-8661
doug@il-ita.com


Carol Jo Fritts
President
First Neighbor Bank, N.A.
P.O. Box 127
Toledo, IL 62468

Telephone: (217) 849-2701
Fax: (217) 849-3793
cfritts@firstneighbor.com


 

 


 

Matt Johnson
Manager Public Policy & External Affairs
Verizon
1312 E. Empire Street
P.O. Box 2955
Bloomington, IL 61702
Telephone: (309) 663-3501
Fax: (309) 663-3186
matt.Johnson@verizon.com


Steve Kline
Vice President
The Economic Development Group, Ltd.
1701 Clearwater Ave.
Bloomington, IL  61704

Telephone: (309) 664-7777
Fax: (309) 664-7878
stevekline@tomjacobgroup.com


Tod Lancaster
President
The Lancaster Company, Inc.
112255 E. Maywood Ct.
Effingham, IL 62401

Telephone: (217) 246-4364
tmlancaster@mchsi.com


Patrick Lydic
Community Programs Director-Illinois
USDA Rural Development
2118 W. Park Court, Suite A
Champaign, IL 61821
Telephone: (217) 403-6209
Fax: (217) 403-6215
patrick.lydic@il.usda.gov 

Brenda Matherly
Asst. Director of Local Government
Illinois Farm Bureau
1701 Towanda
Bloomington
, IL
. 61702
Telephone: (309) 557-3151
Fax: (309) 557-3729
matherly@ilfb.org


Chris Merrett
Director and Professor of Geography
Institute of Rural Affairs
Western Illinois University
Macomb, IL  61455
Telephone: (309) 298-2281
Fax: (309) 298-2142
cd-merrett@wiu.edu

 

Kelly Murray
State Coordinator
IL Assoc of Regional Councils
413 W. Monroe
Springfield, IL  62704
Telephone: (217) 528-5331
Fax: (217) 528-5562
iacbm@msn.com


 

Robert (Bob) Paoni
Commercial Loan Specialist
U.S. Small Business Admin.
3330 Ginger Creek
Springfield, IL  62711
Telephone: (217) 793-5020
Fax: (217) 793-5025
Robert.Paoni@sba.gov




Richard Ralston
Supervisor
Oblong Township

505 N. Range Street
Oblong, IL  62499

Telephone: (618) 562-3622
Fax: (618) 544-5027
ralstonedi@frsb.net

 


Mary Catherine Ring
IL Critical Access Hospital Network
103 Seven Oaks Drive
Jacksonville, IL
. 62650
Telephone: (217) 243-5055
Fax:
mring@icahn.org


Blanche Shoup
Director
Workforce Investment
Office of Western IL
P.O. Box 231
Galesburg, IL 61402

Telephone: (309) 344-1575
Fax: (309) 344-2446
lwa14@grics.net

 

Anne Heinze Silvis
Extension Specialist
University of Illinois
222 Bevier Hall
905 S. Goodwin Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
Telephone: (217) 333-5126
Fax: (217) 244-7877
asilvis@uiuc.edu


 

Bryan Smith
Executive Director
Township Officials of Illinois
3217 Northfield Drive
Springfield, IL 62702

Telephone: (217) 744-2212
Fax: (217) 744-7419
bryan@toi.org


Bill C. Steichmann
Cumberland Co. Development Corp.
9 Lakeview Drive
Neoga, IL  62447
Telephone (217) 895-2899
bsteichmann@rr1.net


Jerry Townsend
Manager, RP Homeownership Program
6707 N. West Arrowhead Dr.
Urbana, IL 61802

Telephone (217) 643-7971
Fax: (217) 643-7971
Cell: (217) 369-1010

jerrytownsend@yahoo.com

 

Norman Walzer
Senior Research Scholar
Center for Governmental Studies
Northern IL University
DeKalb, IL 60155
Telephone: (815) 753-0933
Fax: (815) 753-2305
nwalzer@niu.edu



Harry Wolin
Admin. & CEO Mason District Hospital
Mason District Hospital
P.O. 530
Havana, IL  62644
Telephone: (309) 543-8575
Fax: (309) 543-8523
h-wolin@masondistricthospital.org

 


 




 


 




 


 




 


 




 


 



 

 

 

 

 






















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