Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees serves as the highest governing body of North Park University. A portion of the membership is elected by the Evangelical Covenant Church with the remaining members appointed by the Board itself. Board members serve a three-year term and may serve up to four terms consecutively.
Organization
The work of the Board is organized according to several committees:
- Academic Committee
- University Advancement Committee
- Finance Committee
- Seminary Committee
- Committee of Student Recruitment and Retention
- Committee on Trustees
- Marketing Committee
Meeting Schedule
The Board of Trustees traditionally meets three times during the academic year; in late October, February, and mid-May.
Current Members of the Board of Trustees
David Otfinoski
BA ‘84
Board Chair
President
Catamount Medical Education
Old Lyme, CT
Jay Carstenbrock
Board Vice Chair
Retired VP of Operations Support
BP
Wheaton, IL
Mary Miller
MDiv ’80
Board Secretary
Lead Chaplain
Covenant Living at the Holmstad
Geneva, IL
Dawn Helwig
BA ’76
Board Treasurer
Retired Partner
Milliman USA
Chicago, IL
Mary Surridge
Ex-Officio
President, North Park University
Chicago, IL
Sally Carlson
BA ’00, MA ’11, MBA ’11
Associate Pastor
Shoreline Covenant Church
Shoreline, WA
Gregory Crawford
BA ’70
Senior Vice President, Human Capital Management
Assured Partners
Lisle, IL
Marvin Curtis
BA ’72
Coordinator of Arts Equity and Public Art
The Morris Performing Arts Center
Granger, IN
David Dwight
BA ’73
Retired President
Covenant Ministries of Benevolence
Northbrook, IL
Beth Fredrickson
BA ’80
Executive Director
Harbor Point Ministries
Wauwatosa, WI
Arriel Gray Jr.
BA ’81
Retired Deputy Fire Commissioner
Chicago Fire Department
Chicago, IL
Michael Harper
BA ’80
Agent
State Farm Insurance
Portland, OR
Donna Harris
President
Minnehaha Academy
Minneapolis, MN
Curtis Ivanoff
MA ’08
Ex-Officio
Superintendent
Alaska Conference of the ECC
Anchorage, AK
Marcia Jimenez
Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Swedish Hospital (Endeavor Health)
Chicago, IL
Paul Johnson
BS ’97
Executive Director
Bravingbird
West Dundee, IL
Joanna Kanakis
BA ’06
Senior Vice President
LPL Financial
Chicago, IL
Gricel Medina
Senior Pastor
La Trinidad Covenant Church
McAllen, TX
Peter C. Nelson
BA ’84
Dean – College of Engineering
UIC
Wilmette, IL
Erin Oleniczak
BS ’99
Occupational Therapist
Shirley Ryan Ability Lab
Lincolnwood, IL
Aaron Olson
BA ’96
Executive Vice President
Aon Corporation
Evanston, IL
Christine Rosell
BA ’86
Community Volunteer
Lincolnwood, IL
Karen Stein
BA ’72
Ex-Officio
Retired Attorney at Law
Estate Planning and Elder Law
Greeley, CO
Tammy Swanson-Draheim
MDiv ’03, MM ’03
Ex-Officio
President
Evangelical Covenant Church
Park Ridge, IL
Krist Werling
BA ’99
Partner
McDermott, Will and Emery
Winnetka, IL
Ann Wiesbrock
BA ’81
Retired President
Covenant Trust Company
Hinsdale, IL
Dennis Wolff
BA ’90
Partner
Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP
Bellevue, WA