Board of Directors

Our YMCA is led by a policy-making volunteer board of directors who are elected by YMCA members and serve three-year terms.This group of community volunteers provides vision, strategic leadership and stewardship for the Association. The following are the current members of our Board of Directors:

Officers

Cliff Cross (Chair, Building & Grounds Committee)
City Planner – City of Kankakee 

Don Daake (Chair, Board Development Committee)
Professor of Business, Director - Don H. Weber Leadership Center - Olivet Nazarene University

Paula Jacobi (Past President)
Partner - Barmann, Bohlen, Jacobi, & Cieslik PC

Susan Lopez (Chair, HR Committee)
Human Resource Director - Provena St. Mary's Hospital

Don Pepin (Chief Volunteer Officer)
Operations Director - Heritage Development & Construction Co.

Craig Rosenow (Treasurer)
Director of Engineering & EHS - The Dow Chemical Company

Jim Vander Weide (Secretary)
Plant Manager - Armstrong World Industries

Members

Phil Angelo
Senior Editor – The Daily Journal

Imani Drew
Assistant State’s Attorney – Kankakee County State’s Attorney

John Gruhn
Vice President – First National Bank of Grant Park

Kathy Marquie
Child Development Specialist, First Taste Birth to Five Program - Kankakee School District

Scott Ramseyer
Director, Supplier Management – CSL Behring

Bob Rashkin
Owner - Editorial Services

Sylvia Rockett
Retired - Principal, Kankakee School District #111

Dr. Sean Schroer
Chiropractor – Grumish Chiropractic 

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees are elected by YMCA members and serve three-year terms. Ownership of the YMCA's assets and management of endowment investments are vested in the Board of Trustees. The following are the current members of our Board of Trustees: 

Officers

Bruce Payne (Chair)
Partner - Payne, Groskreutz, Schmidt, Abraham, & Eshleman

Chris Bohlen (Secretary)
Partner - Barmann, Bohlen, Jacobi, & Cieslik PC

Members

Rich Allers
Owner – Allers Aluminum Products, Inc.

Trudy Dickinson
Retired - Director of Operations, Miles, Inc.

Dr. Kay Green
Retired - Superintendent, Kankakee School District #111

Al Meyer
Retired - Owner, Redwood Inn

Dave Tyson
Owner – Tyson Engineering, Inc.

Wes Walker
Retired - Executive Director, Kankakee Area YMCA

Marty Whalen
President – Martin Whalen Office Solutions, Inc.