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Stephen L. Ferguson, President

President of the Board, 2007-2009
Chair, Long Range Planning Committee

  • Appointed to Board in 1998
  • Current Term: 2007-2010
  • County of Residence: Monroe
  • Vice President of the Board, 2003-2005
  • Chair, Presidential Search Committee, 2002-2003
  • Member, Board of Directors, IU Foundation, 2005-present
  • Chairman of the Board, Cook Group Incorporated (2003 to present) and, Executive Vice President (1991 to present); President of CFC, Inc. (1973-1991); Partner in law firm Ferguson, Ferguson & Lloyd (1966 to 1991); Admitted to practice in Indiana Court of Appeals and United States Supreme Court; Attorney for Monroe County (1979-1980)
  • Appointed: Indiana Criminal Law Study Commission (1978-1990); State of Indiana Commission for Higher Education (1992-98), Chairman (1996-98), Vice Chairman (1994-95); Governor's Education Roundtable, 1998-present; Board of Directors, Indiana 21st Century Research and Technology Fund
  • Member: Indiana General Assembly (1967-1974); Phi Delta Phi Legal Fraternity; Kappa Sigma Fraternity; American Bar Association; Indiana State Bar Association; Monroe County Bar Association (President, 1987; Vice-President, 1986); American Judicature Society; Indiana University Alumni Association; Well House Society; Hoosier Hundred; Monroe County Historical Museum
  • Officer/Board Member: Medical Technology Leadership Forum (1997-present); Indianapolis and Central Indiana Technology Partnership, 1998-present; Sycamore Land Trust, 2003-present; National Trust for the Humanities, 2002-present; Regenstrief Institute for Health Care (1996-present); Center for Human Growth (President); Indiana Health Industry Forum (1992-present; Chairman 1992-93); Indiana Chamber of Commerce (1994-present); Drum Corps Intl. Foundation; Bloomington Parks & Recreation Foundation;Friends of the Lilly Library, I.U. (1988-89); Monroe County YMCA, (President, 1979-81, Vice President, 1989)
  • Honors: inducted as Active Member into The Indiana Academy, 2004; State of Indiana Sagamore of the Wabash, 2003; State of Indiana; Sagamore of the Wabash , 1976; Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, “Lifetime Achievement Award, 2002”. Bloomington Chamber of Commerce, “Diane Breeden-Lee Catalyst Award”, 1999, for exceptional leadership in generating positive change in the community; Oxford 's Who's Who, 1993
  • A.B., Wabash College , 1963; J.D. with Distinction, Order of the Coif; Indiana University School of Law, 1966

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Patrick A. Shoulders, Vice President

Chair, External Relations Committee
Trustee Liaison to IU Southeast

  • Appointed to board in 2002
  • Elected to board in 2005
  • Current term: 2008-2011
  • County of Residence: Vanderburgh
  • Partner, Ziemer, Stayman, Weitzel & Shoulders, LLP, Evansville, Indiana
  • Member, Board of Directors, IU Foundation, 2002-present
  • Chair, Indiana University Alumni Association, 2000-2001
  • Member and past president, Indiana University College of Arts and Sciences Alumni Board; former member, Indiana University School of Law at Indianapolis Alumni Board; president, Woodburn Guild; Advisory Board, Well House Society; Member, Hoosier Hundred
  • Professional Affiliations: Fellow, American College of Trial
  • Lawyers; Member, Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel; Evansville Bar Association (President, 1985-86); Indiana State Bar Association; Member, Board of Governors (1998-2000); Member, House of Delegates; Chairman, Litigation Section (1991-92); BAR-PAC Board of Trustees 1991-95, Council Member, Appellate Practice Section 1997-98) and American Bar Association (Member, Trial Practice Committee, Litigation Section) and Kentucky Bar Association; Seventh Circuit Bar Association; Master Fellow, Indiana Bar Foundation; Fellow, American Bar Foundation; President's Award - Indiana Bar Foundation, 2000; Member, Local Rules Advisory Committee, United States District Court, Southern District of Indiana, Member, U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana Civil Justice Reform Act Advisory Committee, Chairman, ISBA Spring Meeting, May 1991; Chairman, Fellows of the Indiana Bar Foundation, 1996; Member, Planning Committee and Co-Chair, Indiana Trial Advocacy College, (1996 - )
  • Community and Public Service: Director, Acordia Business Benefits of Evansville, Inc. (1992-97); President and Director. Evansville Museum of Arts & Sciences 1991-92; President and Director, YMCA of Southwestern Indiana, Inc. 1990-94; President and Director, Evansville Parks Foundation (1982,1983); Director, Arts Fest River Run-1ZK (1987-2001); treasurer and director, Vanderburgh County Work Release Jobs Program, Inc, (1983-85); President, Vanderburgh Law Library Foundation (1983-84); WNIN Public Television; General Chairman, T.V. Auction (1985); Chairman, City of Evansville Bill of Rights Bicentennial Celebration (1991); Treasurer, Indiana Equal Justice Fund (1996-97)
  • Member: Board of Park Commissioners, City of Evansville (1984-87); Indiana State Recount Commission (1992); Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau (1993-96); Vanderburgh County Public Defender Commission (2000-04); Institutional Review Board, St. Mary's Medical Center (1980-present); Medical-Ethics Committee, St. Mary's Medical Center (1980-present)
  • J.D., Indiana University School of Law, 1978; B.A., Indiana University , 1975

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.William R. Cast

Chair, Facilities Committee
Trustee Liaison to IU Northwest

  • Appointed to board in 2005
  • Current term: 2008-2011
  • County of Residence: Allen
  • B.S., Indiana University 1958; M.D. Indiana University 1962 (seven-year M.D. program)
  • Medical Practice and Professional Activities: Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Intern 1962-1963; Indiana University Hospitals, Otolaryngology 1964, 1966, 1967; Methodist Hospital of Indiana, General Surgery Resident 1965; Fort Jackson, S.C., U.S.A.R., Major MC, 1967-1969; Chief Otolaryngology, Board Certification, Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, 1968; American Board of Otolaryngology, Board Examiner, 1992 & l993; American Council of Otolaryngology, Director 1976-1978; American Academy of Otolaryngology, Board of Directors, 1978-81; Indiana State Medical Association, House of Delegates, 1972-1976; Speaker, House of Delegates, 1975; Fort Wayne Medical Society, 1970 – 2005, President 1993-1994.
  • Business Activities: Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists, Private Practice 1969 to Present; Premier Ambulatory Surgery Center, Founding Member, 1972; DuPont Hospital, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2000. Founder, First Chairman of the Board; DuPont Surgical Center, Board of Directors, 2003-2005; Tri-State IPA (Risk Sharing Practice Association), Founding President, 1995; Ft. Wayne Medical Assurance, LLP (Medical Liability) Founding President, 2005; Medical Business Review – (Medical Economic Newsletter) Publisher and Editor, 1980-1991; family farm, Clinton County, raise and sell grain: corn and soybeans; \
  • Community Activities: Community Canterbury School, founding president; Canterbury Foundation, Chairman and board member.

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Philip N. Eskew, Jr.

Chair, Long-Range Planning Committee
Trustee Liaison to IU South Bend

  • Elected to board in 2006
  • Current term: 2006-2009
  • County of Residence: Kosciusko
  • President, Board of Advisors, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
  • B.A., DePauw University, 1963;  M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine, 1970
  • Director, Physician and Patient Relations, St. Vincent Hospital (retired)
  • Clinical Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Indiana University School Of Medicine
  • Medical Practice and Professional Activities: St. Vincent Hospital staff appointments, 1974 to Present;  Carmel OB/GYN, Inc. Managing Senior Partner, 1974 to 1994;  St. Vincent Faculty Practice 1994 to Present;  OB/GYN Residency Director, 1994-1998;  Medical Director of Women & Infant’s Services 1996-2003;  Director of Physician and Patient Relations, 2004 to Present;  St. Vincent Physician Satisfaction Committee Chair 1999 to Present;  Ascension Health Maternal/Child Clinical Excellence Initiative Chair 1999 – 2003;  Ascension National Claims Committee 2004 to Present;  Ascension Health National Perinatal Safety Committee  2005 to Present;  Indiana State Board of Health, Task Force on Prevention of Handicapping Conditions, Prenatal-Perinatal Subcommittee, 1980-1985;  March of Dimes, 1982 to Present;  March of Dimes Indiana Prematurity Campaign State Medical Chair, 2003 to Present;  Health and Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indianapolis Healthy Babies, 1989-1994;  Marion County Health Department, Fetal and Infant Mortality Review Program, 1995 to Present;  Indiana Medicaid Drug Utilization Review Board (Governor’s appointee) 2002 to Present, Chair 2006. 
  • Memberships:  IU Alumni Association;  Well House Society;  Hoosier Hundred;  Rotary International; Millersville Masonic Lodge;  Indianapolis Valley of Scottish Rite;  Murat Shrine; St. Luke’s United Methodist Church;  Indianapolis Medical Society, 1970 to Present;  Indiana State Medical Association, 1970 to Present;  American Medical Association, 1970 to Present;  American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 1971 to Present;  Central Association of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, 1981 to Present;  Association of Professors of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 1991 to Present.
  • Officer/board member: ACOG National Junior Fellow College Advisory Council Chair, 1976-1977;  ACOG Indiana Section Chair, 1985-1987;  ACOG District V Chair, 1990-1993;  ACOG National Vice President, 1996-1997;  CPT Advisory Committee Representative for ACOG, 1995-2004;  CPT Editorial Panel, 1986-1997;  Editorial Boards for “OB/GYN Practice Management”, “OB/GYN Coding Alert”, and “Codelinks”.  
  • Community and public service: Carmel-Clay School Board, 1982-1994;  Carmel Clay Parks & Recreation Board, 1992-1994;  Carmel Clay Public Library Foundation, Board of Directors, 2004 to Present;  Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame, 1993 to Present, Executive Vice President 2005-2007;  St. Elizabeth’s Home Board of Director’s, 1995-2000;  McDowell House (Danville, KY) Board of Director’s, 1997 to Present;  DePauw University, Alumni Board, 1985-1991;  DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame, Chair, Board of Directors, 1986 to Present;  DePauw Alumni “D” Association, President, 1986 to Present.
  • Honors:  Army Commendation Medal, 1974, “For organizing and successfully moving 102 patients from the old St. Vincent Hospital to a new hospital ten miles away in three hours and twenty minutes.”;  DePauw Alumni Citation, 1994;  DePauw Athletic Hall of Fame, 1994;  ACOG Outstanding District Service Award, 1995;  Sagamore of the Wabash, 1996;  Sullivan High School Athletic Hall of Fame, 1997;  St. Vincent Hospital “Distinguished Physician Award”, 2000;  March of Dimes “Mark of Distinction Award”, 2001;  Burgess L. Gordon Memorial Award (CPT Lifetime Achievement), 2003;  Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee, 2005;  33rd Degree Scottish Rite Mason, 2006. 

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Jack M. Gill

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Member, Board of Trustees
Trustee Liaison to Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne

  • Appointed to board in 2007
  • Current term: 2007-2010
  • County of Residence: Harris Co., Texas, and Marion Co., Indiana
  • B.S., chemistry and engineering, Lamar University, 1958;  Ph.D., organic chemistry, Indiana University, 1962.
  • Academic activities:  Member of the faculty, Harvard Medical School; senior advisor to the Harvard-MIT CIMIT program; adjunct faculty member, Indiana University and Rice University; consulting professor, Stanford University School of Medicine; member, Indiana University Deans’ Advisory Boards of the School of Business and the School of Arts and Sciences;  Director of the IU Foundation.    Formerly, president of the Lamar University Foundation Board of Trustees, 1988-1991. 
  • Professional activities:  Founder and managing member of Vanguard Ventures, a venture capital firm specializing in high technology start-ups; formerly, executive vice president and group manager, Scientific Divisions of Spectra Physics, Inc.; founder of Autolab, which pioneered the application of microprocessor-based instruments and computers for chromatography applications; Director of Research and Engineering, Varian Associates, 1965-1970.
  • Honors and Awards:  Honorary Doctorate of Science, Indiana University, May 2001; Distinguished Alumnus Awards from Lufkin High School, Lamar University and Indiana University;  winner of the Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans, 1999

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Thomas E. Reilly, Jr.

Chair, Finance & Audit Committee
Trustee Liaison to IU East

  • Appointed to board in 2005
  • Current term: 2008-2011
  • County of Residence: Marion
  • Appointed to the board by Gov. Mitch Daniels; terms runs 2008-2011.
  • B.S., Stanford University (1961); M.B.A., Harvard Business School (1963)
  • Professional activities: President and CEO of American Chemistry Council (Retired), Washington, D.C.; President and Chairman of the Board, Reilly Industries, Inc. (Retired)
  • Board Service: Director: BDP, International Corporation (Philadelphia, PA); Member/Governing Board: Midwest Proton Radiation Institute; Director: One America Corporation (formerly American United Life Insurance Company) (Indianapolis); Director: Herff Jones, Inc. (Indianapolis); Director: Methodist Medical Group (formerly Methodist Hospital); Director: Crooked Stick Golf Club; Past Director: American Chemistry Council, Washington, D.C.; Past Chairman: Indiana Efficiency Commission, Sub-Committee on Higher Education; Past Chairman of Society of Chemical Industry (American Section), New York; Retired Director: Lilly Industries, Inc. (Indianapolis); Retired Director: Bank One Corporation (Chicago); Trustee Emeritus, Butler University; Past Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees; Chairman, Commission on the Future of the University; Chairman Capital Campaign
  • Past President, Board of Directors, Park Tudor School; Past President, Board of Trustees, Indiana State Teachers Retirement Fund; Past Director: Indianapolis Children's Museum; Past Director: Indianapolis Zoological Society; Past Vice-President of Board of Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Association, New York
  • Honors: Sagamore of the Wabash – 1987; Chemical Industry Medal, Society of Chemical Industry - 2004
  • Memberships: Advent Evangelical Lutheran Church, Crooked Stick Golf Club (Indianapolis), Pine Valley Golf Club (New Jersey), Ballybunion Golf Club (Ireland), Union League Club (New York), and various civic clubs and organizations.
  • Interests: Golf, Spectator Sports, History and Politics, Travel, Montana

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Derica W. Rice

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Member, Board of Trustees
Trustee Liaison to Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

  • Appointed to board in 2007
  • Current term: 2007-2010
  • County of Residence: Hamilton
  • B.S., electrical engineering, Kettering University (formerly the GMI Engineering & Management Institute), 1988; MBA, Indiana University, 1990.
  • Senior vice president and chief financial officer of Eli Lilly and Company since May 2006; member of Lilly’s operations and policy and strategy committees; vice president and controller, 2003-2006;  general manager of Lilly United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland, 2000-2003;  joined Lilly in 1990 as an international treasury associate; held various assignments as a sales representative, manager of global financial planning and analysis for the medical devices division, and global planning manager for pharmaceuticals; became finance director and chief financial officer for Lilly Canada in 1995; promoted to executive director and chief financial officer for European operations based in London, 1997.
  • Board Service:  Board of Directors of Clarian Health North; The Center for Leadership Development; Board of Governors, Indianapolis Museum of Art.

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Abbey R. Stemler

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Student Trustee

  • Appointed to board in 2009
  • Current term: 2009-2011
  • County of Residence: Clark
  • B.A., anthropology and psychology, Indiana University, 2008
  • Second-year student, Indiana University Mauer School of Law;  expected graduation 2011.
  • Co‐Founder, the Virtù Project, an original social entrepreneurship initiative that uses a mock investment portfolio to raise money for the Timmy Foundation, a non‐profit organization
  • Student member, IU Law’s Faculty Appointments Entry‐Level Committee, which assists in the selection of future faculty members by coordinating and leading interviews with candidates and students
  • Undergraduate activities and memberships: President, LAMP Student Advisory Board; coordinator, Hutton Honors College Mentor Program; intern and volunteer, the Timmy Foundation; chair, IMP Student Activities Committee; community leader, Residential Programs and Services

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.Sue H. Talbot

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Chair, Academic Affairs & University Policies Committee
Trustee Liaison to IU Kokomo

  • Elected to board in 2001
  • Current term: 2007-2010
  • County of Residence: Monroe
  • B.S., Elementary Education, Indiana University, 1966; M.S., Elementary Education, Indiana University, 1971;  Ed.D., School Administration, Indiana University, 1992
  • Indiana University Hoosiers for Higher Education, Founding Director, 1991-2000
  • Special Education Assistant for the Governor, IN 1986-89
  • Indiana State Board of Education, Teacher Training and Licensing, 1982-86
  • Affiliations: Indiana University, Trustee 2001-present; Foundation Board, 2004-present; Indiana University Indiana University Credit Union Board of Directors; Indiana University Alumni Association Life Member, National Chairperson, 1991-92; Indiana University School of Education, Alumni Board and Past President; Big Red, Varsity Club; University Club, past president; Alpha Chi Omega; Insight-Women’s Colloquium;  First Presbyterian Church, session member; Salvation Army Board of Directors, past president
  • Awards and Honors: IUAA Gertrude Rich Award, President’s Award, Woodburn Guild;  Indiana University School of Education, Education Alumnus Award; Sagamore of the Wabash, 1986; 2000;  IU Thomas Hart Benton Mural Medallion, 1994; Indiana State Teacher of the Year, 1978; Talbot Football Manager Scholarship; Bloomington Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award, 2000

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