Board of Trustees
**Chairperson of the board
Mary Andringa
President/CEO
Vermeer Manufacturing Co.
Pella, Iowa
Sue Brandl ’65
Homemaker/Volunteer
Pella, Iowa
Kenneth Braskamp ’65
Consultant
Digital Sonics, LLC
Los Angeles, Calif.
Dr. George Brown, Jr. ’65
Associate Dean
Professor of Christian Education
Western Theological Seminary
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Peter Cartwright '82
First Vice President - Wealth Management
Senior Investment Management Consultant
Financial Planning Specialist
Smith-Barney
Des Moines, Iowa
Mark De Cook ’64
President & Co-CEO, retired
Heritage Lace, Inc.
Pella, Iowa
Vernon Den Herder ’71
Farmer
Retired Defensive End
Miami Dolphins
Sioux Center, Iowa
Tej Dhawan ’91
President
Advanced Technologies Group
West Des Moines, Iowa
Betsy Farver
Major Gifts Officer
Betty Ford Center Foundation
Rancho Mirage, Calif.
Terry Garvin ’72
President
GFA Financial Group
Seminole, Fla.
Emmit George ’72
Executive Vice President & Counsel
Geneva Energy LLC
Downers Grove, Ill.
J. Barry Griswell ’04 Honarary Alumni
Chairman, President & CEO
The Principal Financial Group
Des Moines, Iowa
Judith Grooters ’60
Retired Group Controller
Carreker Corporation
Dallas, Texas
James Israel
President
John Deere Credit
Johnston, Iowa
Barbara Kniff-McCulla
CEO
KLK Construction
Pella, Iowa
Dr. Harold Kolenbrander ’60 & ’96 Honorary Degree
Consultant
Academic Search Consultation Service
Cincinnati, Ohio
Rev. Kevin Korver ’77
Pastor
Third Reformed Church
Pella, Iowa
J. Lanier Little ’74
Regional President
Wells Fargo Bank Wisconsin/Illinois
Mequon, Wisc.
Rev. Sophie Mathonnet-VanderWell
Pastor
Second Reformed Church
Pella, Iowa
Rev. Charles Morris ’70
Pastor
Ft. Washington Collegiate Church
New York, N.Y.
Ed Ollie ’93
National Urban Fellow, Class 2007
Goldsboro, N.C.
Michael Orr ’69
Retired President
Financial Services Division
Deere & Company
Galena, Ill.
Robert Pentico ’64
Sales Consultant
Selective HR Solutions
Bluffton, S.C.
Dr. Barbara Pettitt ’72
Chief of Pediatric Surgery
Emory University
Stone Mountain, Ga.
Stan Poortinga
Chairman & CEO
Precision Pulley & Idler
Pella, Iowa
Dr. Rick Ryan ’70
Vice President
Drug Discovery Business Unit
Millipore Corporation
Ballwin, Mo.
John Sikkink ’62
Mission Advancement Coordinator
Synod of the Heartland
Reformed Church in America
Apple Valley, Minn.
Donna Smith ’81
Homemaker/Volunteer
Pella, Iowa
Harry Smith ’73
CBS The Early Show &
Host of A&E’s Biography
New York, New York
Robert Vermeer ’66
CEO/Chairman of the Board
Vermeer Manufacturing Co.
Pella, Iowa
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
Convener, Medicare Access for Patients - Rx
Washington, D.C.
Ex Officio
Dr. David Roe
President
Central College
Pella, Iowa
Honorary
Rev. Wesley Granberg-Michaelson
General Secretary
Reformed Church in America
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Emeritus
Dr. Stephen Bell '59
Professor of Telecommunications
Ball State University
Muncie, Ind.
M. Joan Farver ’88 Honorary Degree
Chairman Emeritus
Pella Corporation
Pella, Iowa
Dr. Helen Hislop ’50 & ’78 Honorary Degree
Retired Professor & Chair of the Department of Biokinesiology and Physical Therapy
University of Southern California
Greensboro, N.C.
Marlyn Klimstra ’50
Retired Vice President of Sales
Pella Corporation
Pella, Iowa
Howard McKee ’38 & ’81 Honorary Degree
Retired Attorney at Law
Barrington, Ill.
Dr. Frank Moore ’49
Retired Senior Research Associate
Yale University
Perry, Iowa
Jean Rozenboom
Retired Managing Director—Investments
Piper Jaffray
New Sharon, Iowa
Robert Vanderlinden ’55
Retired President
Seiferts
Pella, Iowa
Faculty Representatives
Dr. Kevin Den Adel
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Dr. Robert Franks
Professor of Computer Science
Dr. Jann Freed
Mark and Kay DeCook Endowed Chair in Character and Leadership/
Professor of Business Management
Dawn Reece
Associate Professor of Sociology
Dr. Jim Zaffiro
Professor of Political Science
Student Representatives
Maria Hicke
Danielle Jocobson
Scott Paja
Lacey Ritscher
Dan Sherman
