About Central

Board of Trustees

**Chairperson of the board

Sue Brandl ’65
Community volunteer
Pella, Iowa

Kenneth Braskamp ’65
Retired personal investments manager
Los Angeles, Calif.

Peter Cartwright '82
First Vice President - Wealth Management
Senior Investment Management Consultant
Financial Planning Specialist
Smith Barney
Des Moines, Iowa

Vernon Den Herder ’71
Farmer
Retired Defensive End
Miami Dolphins
Sioux Center, Iowa

Tej Dhawan ’91
Principal
Startupcity Des Moines
Grimes, Iowa

Betsy Farver-Smith
National Development Officer
Betty Ford Center Foundation
Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Julie Fisher '90
Corporate Counsel
Musco Sports Lighting
Naples, Fla.

Shayla From
Corporate Secretary
Community volunteer & leader of non-profit sector
West Des Moines, Iowa

Terry Garvin ’72
President
GFA Financial Group
Largo, Fla.

James Israel
President
Worldwide Financial Services Division
Deere & Company
Johnston, Iowa

Barbara Kniff-McCulla
CEO
KLK Construction
Pella, Iowa

Thomas Koos '86
President and CEO
Jacuzzi Brands Corp.
Coto de Caza, Calif.

Rev. Kevin Korver ’77
Pastor
Third Reformed Church
Pella, Iowa

J. Lanier Little ’74
Chairperson of the Board
Retired Executive Vice President
First Niagara Financial Group
Bonita Springs, Florida

Rev. Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWell
Pastor
Second Reformed Church
Pella, Iowa

Rev. Charles Morris ’70
Pastor
Ft. Washington Collegiate Church
President, The Collegiate Church Corp.
New York, N.Y.

Michael Orr ’69
Retired President
Financial Services Division
Deere & Company
Monona, Wisc.

Karin Peterson
Vice President of Human Resources
Pella Corporation
Pella, Iowa

Dr. Barbara Pettitt ’72
Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Grady Health System
Director of Medical Student Education
Emory University Department of Surgery
Stone Mountain, Ga.

Stan Poortinga
Chairman of the Board
Precision Pulley & Idler
Pella, Iowa

Rick Ryan ’70
Retired Vice President
Drug Discovery Business Unit
Millipore Bioscience Division
Millipore Corporation
Ballwin, Mo.

Rev. John Schmidt
Pastor
Second Reformed Church
Zeeland, Mich.

Donna Smith ’81
Community volunteer
Pella, Iowa

Harry Smith ’73
News reporter for NBC
New York, New York

Robert Vermeer ’66
Chairman of the Board
Vermeer Corporation
Pella, Iowa

Deanna Ver Steeg, '94
Headquarters Controller
S.C. Johnson & Sons
Chicago, Ill.

Donald Vogel ’61
Retired Senior Vice President
Spear, Leeds and Kellogg
St. Augustine, Fla.

Judith Vogel ’82
Analyst
Principal Global Investors
Johnston, Iowa

David Wesselink ’64
Retired Chairman & CEO
Metris Companies, Inc.
Northbrook, Ill.

Mary Worstell ’73
Director, Partner Relations Group
Office of External Affairs
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Dept. of Health and Human Services
Washington, D.C.

Ex Officio
Mark Putnam
President
Central College
Pella, Iowa

Honorary
Rev. Thomas DeVries
General Secretary
Reformed Church in America
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Emeriti Trustees

Mary Andringa
President/CEO
Vermeer Corporation
Pella, Iowa

Stephen Bell’59
Retired Professor
Department of Telecommunications, Ball State
Muncie, Ind.

Rev. George Brown, Jr. ’65
Associate Dean
G.W. & Edie Haworth Professor of Christian Education
Western Theological Seminary
Grand Rapids, Mich.

Mark De Cook ’64
President & Co-CEO, retired
Heritage Lace, Inc.
Pella, Iowa

M. Joan Farver ’88 Honorary Degree
Chairman Emerita
Pella Corporation
Pella, Iowa

J. Barry Griswell ’04 Honorary Alumni
President, Des Moines Community Foundation of
Greater Des Moines Board of Directors;
Former Chairman & CEO of Principal
Financial Group
West Des Moines, Iowa

Judith Grooters ’60
Group Controller, retired
Carreker Corporation
Dallas, Texas

Helen Hislop ’50 & ’78 Honorary Degree
Retired Professor & Chair of the Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
University of Southern California
High Point, N.C.

Marlyn Klimstra ’50
Retired Vice President of Sales
Pella Corporation
Pella, Iowa

Harold Kolenbrander ’60 & ’96 Honorary Degree
Senior Consultant
Academic Search Consultation Service
Cincinnati, Ohio

Jean Rozenboom
Retired Managing Director—Investments
Piper Jaffray
New Sharon, Iowa

John Sikkink ’62
Mission Advancement Coordinator
Synod of the Heartland
Reformed Church in America
Apple Valley, Minn.

Robert Vanderlinden ’55
Retired President
Seiferts
Pella, Iowa