Finance, Insurance and Law - Advisory Board
The Department of Finance, Insurance and Law Advisory Board provides an important link between management education within the finance and insurance curricula and practice within the business community. The professionals are a useful sounding board for present and proposed programs and activities of the department. The Advisory Board meets on Illinois State's campus twice a year to provide advice to the Chairperson on the mission, program, and direction of the Department of Finance, Insurance and Law.
Since 2007, the Advisory Board has met with and mentored finance and insurance majors, shared their ideas on the direction of hiring trends, offered career coaching advice to students, talked with students about their internship and job-hunting experiences, conducted mock interviews for assurance of learning purposes, listened to and provided feedback on faculty research presentations, observed classroom instruction, and attended workshops and demonstrations, among other things. The Advisory Board regularly receives college and department updates including assurance of learning results.
The Advisory Board consists of the Chairperson of the Department of Finance, Insurance and Law and organizational leaders who have a sincere interest in Illinois State University, are eager to be involved in helping the College of Business, and are devoted to improvement of higher education for business administration and management. Advisory Board members are committed to helping the department in fund-raising activities by providing corporate and personal contributions.
Members
- Sheri Bane, Director, Commercial Agribusiness Underwriting, COUNTRY Financial
- Stephen M. Berchem, Partner, Westbourne Capital Partners
- Daryl Dagit, Financial Advisor, Savant Capital Management
- Dawn Forden, Vice President, Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation
- Daniel Goebel, Associate Dean, College of Business (ex officio)
- Gary D. Koppenhaver, Chairperson, Department of Finance, Insurance and Law, College of Business
- Tim Longfellow, Associate Dean, College of Business (ex officio)
- Larry Lonis, Senior Vice President/Portfolio Manager, U.S. Trust - Bank of America
- Dean McNaught, Corporate Financial Services Manager, Caterpillar Inc.
- Greg Morris, Senior Vice President and President, Global Oilseeds, Archer Daniels Midland
- Terry M. Nichols, Consultant - Strategic Resources, State Farm Insurance Companies
- Robert Parent, Director of Financial Shared Services, State Farm Insurance Companies
- James A. Pribel, Consultant
- Michelle Rojo, Vice President Vendor Risk Management, MB Financial Bank, NA
- Robert W. Rush, Jr., Senior Vice President, Retired, COUNTRY Trust Bank
- Ajay Samant, Dean, College of Business (ex officio)
- Jeffrey R. Secord, Partnering with IPI Wealth Management, Inc.
- Robert Stephan, Senior Investment Officer, State Farm Insurance Companies
- Christiane M. Stoffer, Associate General Counsel, State Farm Insurance Companies
- Rachel Wilwerding, Digital and Social Media Marketing Manager, Elo Touch Solutions
