Board/Staff Directory

Board of Directors

Randy Boonstra
City of Fulton, City Administrator
(563) 340-6401

John Cooke
President, Prairie Ridge
(815) 777-3895

Michael Dittmar
Village President, Village of Elizabeth
(815) 858-9823

William Jahnke
Director, Upper Mississippi River Port District
(815) 493-2795
 

Cathi Litcher
President, Litcher Consulting
(919) 422-9698
 

Thomas Ruhs
General Manager, Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa
(815) 776-5060
 

Ron Smith
Chair, Jo Daviess County Planning and Development Committee
(815) 777-0512
 

Mark Szula
Business Agent - District 4 Office,
International Union of Operating Engineers
Local 150
(815) 874-4166
 

Executive Committee

Tracy Bauer – Chair
President and CEO, Midwest Medical Center
(815) 776-7266

Tim Hood – Vice Chair
President, Highland Community College
(815) 599-3513

Libby Miller – Treasurer
Market President, Illinois Bank & Trust
815-777-5102

Christopher Allendorf – Secretary
V.P. of External Relations & General Counsel, Jo-Carroll Energy
(815) 858-2207 Ext. 1240
 

Staff

Lisa McCarthy
Executive Director
(815) 858-4491
lmccarthy@nwiled.org

Debbie Boden
(815) 858-0791
dboden@nwiled.org

Christine Soat
(563) 543-2508
csoat@nwiled.org