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The NEIU Foundation Board of Directors is the governing body of the NEIU Foundation. Membership is typically between 10 and 15 elected volunteers who are responsible for supporting the NEIU Foundation’s mission.

Board Members are elected to three-year terms, and each member may serve three consecutive terms for a total of nine years. The President of Northeastern Illinois University and the Vice President for Institutional Advancement serve as ex-officio, non-voting Board members. 

The Board meets quarterly and has five committees (Executive, Development, Membership, Investment, and Standards) that convene quarterly alongside University representatives in order to carry forward the Foundation’s goals and objectives.

Officers of the NEIU Foundation Board

Olga Camargo
Olga Camargo, President

Founder and CEO, FARO Associates, LLC, Co-Head of FARO Advisory, a Division of Toroso Investments

Jagannath Bobji
Jagannath "JB" Bobji
Treasurer

Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Head of Financial Planning and Analysis, ACCO Brands

Patrick Shine
Patrick Shine, B.A. '82
Corporate Secretary

Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Society Insurance

Governing Directors

Raul Diaz
Raul Diaz

Community Banking Portfolio Manager, Wintrust

Gregg Friedman
Gregg Friedman

Security Regional Sales Manager, Splunk

Cassaundra Garcia
Cassaundra Garcia

Marketing major, NEIU Foundation Student Liaison 2023-2024 

Rodrigo Garcia

Rodrigo Garcia, CTP®, AIF®, B.A. ‘07

Global Chief Financial Officer, talipot*holding

Sharon K. Hahs, Ph.D.
Sharon K. Hahs, Ph.D.

President Emerita, Northeastern Illinois University

Carmen Heredia-Lopez, CFA
Carmen Heredia-Lopez, CFA

Executive Director, Investments, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association

Angel Herrera

Angel Herrera Jr., B.A. '11 Finance

Director of Alternative Investments, Illinois State Treasurer's Office

Marcellus Moore, Jr., Esq.

Marcellus H. Moore Jr. Esq.

Managing Partner, The Alliance Law Group, P.C.

Patricia Mota

President and CEO, Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement (HACE)

 

Advisory Member

Rosita Lopez, Ph.D.
Rosita Lopez, Ph.D.

Leadership Development Specialist, R. Lopez & Associates          


Ex-Officio Directors

Katrina Bell-Jordan
Interim President, Northeastern Illinois University

Liesl V. Downey
Executive Director, NEIU Foundation
Vice President for Institutional Advancement, NEIU

Rosita Lopez, Ph.D. Advisory Board
Leadership Development Specialist
R. Lopez & Associates

Emeritus Board Members

Directors who serve three consecutive three-year terms are eligible for Emeritus Board Member status. This designation honors and recognizes the commitment of Directors who served with loyalty and distinction, who provided leadership and direction, and who fulfilled a commitment to service that advanced the Foundation's mission to support Northeastern Illinois University.

Kenn Ashley
Treasurer Emeritus, NEIU Foundation Board
(Retired) President, Windcrest Advisory

Theodore Biedron Jr.
(Retired) President, Chicagoland Publishing Company

Jack Butler
(Retired) Director, Education Delivery, Peoplesoft USA, Inc.

Andrea Davey
Group VP, HR, IDEX Health & Science

Neal Fenwick 
Treasurer Emeritus, NEIU Foundation Board 
(Retired) CFO, ACCO Brands 

Lawrence P. Frank, Ph.D. 
Vice President Emeritus, NEIU Foundation Board 
Provost Emeritus, Northeastern Illinois University 

Randy W. Franklin
(Retired) Partner, Randy W. Franklin & Associates

Robert D. Gecht
President, Albany Bank & Trust Co. 

John E. Gingell
President Emeritus, NEIU Foundation Board 
President & CEO, Bennabis Property & Casualty Insurance Co.

Thomas R. Gramins, CPA
President Emeritus, NEIU Foundation Board 
(Retired) Financial Consultant, GEM Financial Advisors 

The Honorable William O. Maki, B.A. ‘70
(Retired) Presiding Judge, Circuit Court of Cook County 

J. Todd Phillips 
Founder and CEO, Parson Partners

John F. Roskopf
President Emeritus, NEIU Foundation Board 
(Retired) Vice President of Risk Management, EIIA

Salme Harju Steinberg, Ph.D.
President Emerita, Northeastern Illinois University

Mark Van Ausdal
Secretary Emeritus, NEIU Foundation Board 
(Retired) Business Attorney 

Ralph Collins Walter, C.F.A. 
(Retired) Senior Managing Director, Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, LLP 

 

Posthumous Board Members

Charles Berg
Robert L. Donahue
William Hetzel 
Jacqueline Krump, Ph.D. 
Hilton Liebow 
Joseph Monastero
Amalia Monterroso
Thomas F. Power Jr. 
Richard K. Rogers
Jerome M. Sachs, Ph.D., President Emeritus, Northeastern Illinois University

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