School of Business and Nonprofit Management Advisory Board

Advisory Board

Charles Adair 
Vice Chair, U.S. Investments & Corporate Banking 
BMO Capital Markets
North Park University, 1974 BA Biology
Michigan State University, MS Resource Economics

Jimmie R. Alford, LL.D.; LH.D.
Executive in Residence NPU
Founder and Chair of The Alford Group, Inc.
The Alford Group, Inc.
North Park University, 1966, B.A.
George Williams College, 1972 M.S.

Dan Anderson

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
North Park University, 1983
Kellogg Graduate School-Northwestern U. 1989, MBA

David Anderson
CEO
TouchPointCare
North Park University, 1978
North Park Theological Seminary 1982
Illinois Institute of Technology, Ph.D.

Kurt Anderson
Voyage Financial Group
North Park University, 2000 B.S. Finance

Lawrence Anderson
Covenant Ministries of Benevolence
EVP of Finance
North Park University, 1971 B.A. Economics
MBA, University of Chicago

Kutu Baker
Director of Human Resources
Lawndale Christian Health Center
Trinity Christian College, B.S.
North Park University, MHRM, MBA in progress

Yan Bashkin
Director of Marketing
MemorySupliers.com and iPromo.com

Mary Ellen Bjorkman
Human Resources Business Partner
LifeSource 
North Park University, 1976 B.A Urban Studies
Michigan State University, Master’s, Labor and Industrial Relations

Renee Borkowski
Vice President, Marketing Strategy
Razorfish
North Park University, 1990 B.S. Marketing
Northwestern University, 1998 MBA

Jon Brorson
President
Agra Shares LLC
North Park University, 1979, B.A.
DePaul University, 1983 MBA

Gerald Carducci
President
G. Carducci & Associates
Eastern Illinois University, B.S.
North Park University, 1998, MBA

Don Cassiday
Grinnell College, 1956
University of Colorado, 1967 MS-MGT

John Christian
National Manager IHN and Business Development
LMA North America 
Hope College, B.S. Business Administration

Jeff Dillard
Dillard and Noel
Attorneys at Law

Roger Edgren, CEBS
Account Director
McGraw Wentworth
North Park University, 1976 B.A. Business Administration

Catherine Ellyin
Senior Human Resources Consultant
Management Association of Illinois/Independent Consultant
North Park University, 1997 M.B.A.
University of Illinois, 1986 M.S.
Alverno College, B.S.N.

David W. Enquist
President
Enquist & Associates, Inc.
North Park University 1980, Business Administration
DePaul University, 1983 M.B.A. Finance

Bernard Kerman
Sales
Garvey’s Office Products
North Park University, 2001 Master of Management

Saliba Kokaly
Associate VP of Facilities & Construction
Swedish Covenant Hospital
Birzeit University, Palestine, BSEE, 1986
Southern Illinois University, MSEE, 1992
North Park University, MBA, 2003

Jim LaPalermo
North Park University, 1982 B.A. Economics

Theodore Larsen
Director
Solar Concepts L.L.S.
Montana State University

Linda Larson
Branch Office Administrator
Edward Jones Investments
North Park University, 1998 M.M.

Richard Lies
CEO
Investment and Tax Specialists. SP
Northwestern University, B.A.
University of Chicago, MBA
Stanford Organization Change Certificate

Krista Lindwall
Computer Sciences Corporation
Associate Consultant
North Park University, 2007 BA

Ralph Mollenhauer
Senior Manager, Application Development
Aetna Information Systems-SRC
North Park University, 2004, MS Computer Science
Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern, MBA

Joyce Nelson
President and CEO
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
North Park University, B.A. 1972

Paul Nelson
Senior Attorney
Northern Trust
North Park University, 1976 BA, 1980 M.Div.
University of Chicago, 1989 J.D.

Morgan Nichols
Managing Partner
Torrey & Gray
North Park University, 1993, B.A.

Cami Nyquist
Founder/Owner
Swedemom.com LLL
North Park University
University of Oregon, 1983

Michi Pena
Principal
Pena & Jiminez
North Park University, 1975, B.A., Business
Roosevelt University, MBA
Northwestern University, Certificate of Accounting
DePaul University Law School, Juris Doctor

David A. Peterson, RPA
COO NAI Hiffman
CEO Asset Management
NAI Hiffman

Paul Skiem
Senior Vice President
Human Resources
Resurrection Health Care
Northern Illinois University, B.S. 1983
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management, MBA 1995

Scott Stenmark
Senior Manager
Financial Performance Management
Harris N.A.
North Park University, 1991 B.A. Accounting
DePaul University, M.B.A.

Martha Trott
Associate Director, Human Resources
Kraft Foods
University of Illinois 1988, B.S. Psychology
University of Illinois 1991, M.S. Labor Relations

Yuriy A. Tsyganov, CFA
Vice President
Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank
North Park University, 1999 B.S. Finance
International University, Moscow, Russia,
B.S. Candidate in Finance/Economics 
Columbia Business School, MBA, 2008 

R. David Turner
Ohio State University, B.S., B.A., MBA

Kristian Werling
McQuireWoods, LLP
North Park University, B.A. Politics and Government, 1999
University of Illinois, 2002, J.D.

Brian Whitaker
Client Advisor
Laird Norton Tyee
North Park University, B.A. Economics, 1989

Dennis Wolff
Partner
PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP
North Park University, B.A.
Northern Illinois University, M.S. Accounting

Ex-Officio Wesley Lindahl
Dean, School of Business and Nonprofit Management
Nils Axelson Professor of Nonprofit Management
North Park University
North Park University, 1976, B.A. Mathematics
University of Minnesota, 1980, M.S. Mathematics
Northwestern University, 1990 Ph.D. Administration and Policy Studies