Trustee Relations

The Board, numbering approximately 50, is dynamic and actively engaged in the life of the Seminary. It meets three times each year on McCormick's campus to conduct Seminary business, while individual members are often present for community worship and public events.

Trustees are pastors and lay church leaders, financial advisors and business owners, educators and authors from across the United States. Collectively, they shape the identity and trajectory of the Seminary as it seeks to prepare women and men for Christian ministry that is cross-cultural, urban, Reformed and ecumenical. All share a passion for the educational mission to which Jesus Christ has called the McCormick community. 

Executive Committee

John L. Anderson, Chairperson
Deborah Block, Vice-Chairperson
     Chair, Seminary Relations & Development
George Bermingham, Treasurer
     Chair, Finance
Ronald G. Cruikshank, Secretary
     Chair, Nominations & Trusteeship
Mark Anderson
     Chair, Property & Facilities
Peter J. Cochrane
     Chair, Personnel Committee
Melinda Scott krei
     Chair, Educational Policy & Program
Jon Ender, Member At-Large
Stewart S. Hudnut, Member At-Large
James A. McClung, Member At-Large
Frank M. Yamada, President, Ex-officio
Luis Rivera-Rodriguez, Vice President of Academic Affairs,
      Ex-officio

* Class of 2012

Andrew F. Davis, St. Peter, MN
Nancy Enderle, Madison, WI
Elizabeth R. Foster, Chicago, IL
Kim Leech, Indianapolis, IN
Tracy Nolan, Chicago, IL
Alan V. Ragland, Chicago, IL
Saundra J. Tracy, Bloomington, IN
Robert K. Unglaub, Chicago, IL
Alexander J. Wirth, Chicago, IL

Class of 2013

Byron Brazier, Chicago, IL
Christine A. Chakoian, Lake Forest, IL
Peter J. Cochrane, Hopkins, MN
Jon T. Ender, Winnetka, IL
Nancy Farrell, Palmyra, NY
Sherri Hausser, Bryn Mawr, PA
Deborah J. Kapp, Chicago, IL
P. Douglas Kindschi, Grand Rapids, MI
Melva N. Lowry, Chicago, IL
Joan B. Malick, Indianapolis, IN
James A. McClung, Winnetka, IL
Sunok Chun Pai, Overland Park, KS
Heahwan Rim, Jacksonville, FL
EunJoo Angela Ryo, Chicago, IL
Christopher Valentine, Louisville, KY
Nancy L. N. Weyerhaeuser, St. Paul, MN

Class of 2014

Mark Anderson, Milwaukee, WI
George Bermiingham, Chicago, IL
Ronald G. Cruikshank, New York, NY
Ellen Gignilliat, Chicago, IL
Stewart S. Hudnut, Winnetka, IL
Jason A. Janning, Wood Dale, IL
Malene Minor Johnson, Chicago, IL
Hardy Hyoung Nyun Kim, Chicago, IL
Melody Knowles, Poughkeepsie, NY
Erica Yin-Ling Liu, Madison, WI
Brian R. Paulson, Libertyville, IL
Paul Thomas Rock, Kansas City, MO
Ozzie E. Smith, South Holland, IL
David G. Strom, Chicago, IL
David A. Van Dyke, St. Paul, MN

Class of 2015

John L. Anderson, Lake Forest, IL
Nannette Banks, Chicago, IL
Deborah A Block, Milwaukee, WI
Douglas J. Brouwer, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Patrick L. Daymond, Roosevelt, NY
Edward W. Harris, III, Indianapolis, IN
Nicholas Hood, III, Detroit, MI
Robert Karlblom, Lake Forest, IL
Melinda Scott Krei, Milwaukee, WI
Jacquelina Marquez, Chicago, IL
James Sparks, Oak Park, IL
John Wilkinson, Rochester, NY

Life Trustees

Charles H. Barrow, Wilmette, IL
John M. Buchanan, Chicago, IL
Margaret S. Hart, Lake Forest, IL
James J. McClure, Jr., Evanston, IL

* Trustees have fulfilled their terms of service on the board.