Board of Trustees

Arboretum trustees are business and community leaders who oversee and help further the Arboretum's mission.

W. Robert Reum, Chairman
Chairman, President and CEO, Amsted Industries Inc.           

James F. Dickerson, Vice Chairman
Senior Vice President, National Market Executive Banc of America Leasing

William P. Ritchie, Secretary
Partner, Jones Day

Walter W. Becky II, Treasurer
Retired President, Morton Salt Group 

Stephen W. Baird
President and CEO, Baird & Warner, Inc.

Anna Caroline Ball
President and CEO, Ball Horticultural Company

James (Jamie) A. Crouthamel
Principal, Old Town Capital LLC

Stephen C. Gieser
Ophthalmologist, Wheaton Eye Clinic

Ann Grube
Civic Leader

Charles C. Haffner III
Retired Vice Chairman, R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company

Darrell B. Jackson
President, Personal Financial Services-Illinois, The Northern Trust Company

Kenneth Koranda
Former President, MidAmerica Bank

Randolph R. Kurtz
Head of Corporate Finance-Midwest, Deutsche Bank

Timothy M. Murray
Partner, Chicago Growth Partners

Frederick Paulman
President, RMB Capital Management LLC

Henry B. Pearsall
Retired Chairman and CEO, Sanford Corporation

Lee S. Selander
Executive Vice President, The Northern Trust Company

Catherine Slark 
Civic Leader
 

LIFE TRUSTEES:

Elisabeth G. Bacon
Cleve E. Carney
Natalie Culley