Ottawa University Board of Trustees 2017
Honorary Trustee
Chief Ethel Cook
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
Miami, OK
Eff: 2011
Life Trustees
Mr. Eldon Addy
Retired Manager
Cargill Corporation
Colorado Springs, CO
Eff: 1981
Mrs. Carol Allen ‘56
Homemaker
Ottawa, KS
Eff: 1989
Dr. Stanley L. Bettin ‘61
Dentist
Lyons, KS
Eff: 1992
Dr. Roy W. Browning, Jr. ‘50
Retired Education Administrator
U.S. Air Force Chaplain
Topeka, KS
Eff: 1981
Mrs. Karla Dye ‘79
Homemaker
Summerfield, NC
Eff: 1995
Dr. Robert Froning ‘43
Retired
AMOCO
Bixby, OK
Eff: 1978
Dr. Mercile J. Lee
Retired Asst. Vice Chancellor
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI
Eff: 1992
Mrs. Dorothy Matthew ‘52
Retired RN & Nursing Professor
Tampa, FL
Eff: 1982
Mrs. Anne J. Mills
President
Loring Consulting Company
Highlands Ranch, CO
Eff: 1974
Mr. James O’Dell ‘57
Banker
Brighton, CO
Eff: 1980
Dr. Wayne M. Paulsen
Retired Minister
American Baptist Churches
Franklin, OH
Eff: 1990
Dr. Ramon Schmidt ‘61
Retired Physician and Surgeon
Ottawa, KS
Eff: 1977
Mr. Ross L. Talbott ‘58
Landowner and Developer
Talbott Enterprises, Inc.
New Castle, CO
Eff: 1984
Mr. Gary Wall
Funeral Director
Carson-Wall Funeral Home
Parsons, KS
Eff: 1983
Dr. Marvin H. Wilson ‘60
Retired Physician and Surgeon
Topeka, KS
Eff: 1978
Term Trustees
Mr. Greg Burger '73
Owner/Operator
Minnesota Bank Consulting, LLC
Luverne, MN
Eff. 2017
Mr. John Coen
President
Ottawa Chamber of Commerce
Ottawa, KS
Eff: 2013
Mr. Lucky DeFries ’75, Chair
Lawyer
Coffman, DeFries & Nothern
Topeka, KS
Eff: 1998
Mr. Wayne Duderstadt ‘79
Chief Administrative Officer
Peoples Bank
Ottawa, KS
Eff: 2012
Mr. Robert Evans '73
President & CEO
Evans Consulting
Fort Collins, CO
Eff. 2017
Dr. Kathleen Greene ‘68
Director, Education & Personal Dev.
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
Eff. 2016
Dr. David Greenhaw
President
Eden Theological Seminary
St. Louis, MO
Eff: 2008
Mr. Joe Greenhaw ’73, Treasurer
Executive Vice President
Cohen Financial
Colleyville, TX
Eff: 2012
Mr. Steve Hasty
President
Hasty Awards
Ottawa, KS
Eff. 2012
Mr. Michael Hetrick ‘68, Vice Chair
Retired
ARAMARK
Ocean Isle Beach, NC
Eff: 2010
Mr. Ed Hoskins, Jr. ’00 AZ
Retired
GateWay Community College
Phoenix, AZ
Eff: 2013
Mr. Robert Innes '71
Retired
American Fiber Network, Inc
Overland Park, KS
Eff. 2017
Mrs. Janet Kincaid '87
Assistant Regional Director
FDIC
Olathe, KS
Eff. 2017
Mrs. Jeanne Krug ’80
Director, Human Resources
Seaboard Corporation
Shawnee Mission, KS
Eff. 2014
Mrs. Wynndee Lee ’89
Director of Community Development
City of Ottawa
Ottawa, KS
Eff: 1999
Ms. Kathleen Madden ’06, ’10 WI
Clerk, Circuit Court
Waukesha County
Dousman, WI
Eff. 2012
Ms. Susan Neff ‘73
CEO, Retired
Vanderbilt Stallworth Rehabilitation Hospital Nashville, TN
Eff. 2016
Mr. Barry Pelton ‘73
President & CEO
Pelton Painting
Ottawa, KS
Eff: 2012
Ms. Donna Petrocco ‘82
President
Valley View Bank & Trust
Brighton, CO
Eff. 2016
Mr. Michael Ruchensky '80
CIO
Knight-Swift Transportation
Phoenix, AZ
Eff. 2017
Dr. Henry H. (Hank) Scherich ’60
President and CEO
Measurement, Inc.
Durham, NC
Eff: 2004
Ms. Diane Sexton ’05, ’08 (WI)
Group Senior Financial Analyst
West Bend, WI
Eff: 2014
Ms. Kristy Cannon Stallings ‘82
Deputy City Manager
City of Overland Park, KS
Overland Park, KS
Eff. 2014
Mr. Danny Trent, Secretary
Lawyer
Perry and Trent, LLC
Bonner Springs, KS
Eff: 2013
Mrs. Pamela Woodward ‘70
Retired Financial Advisor
Palos Park, IL
Eff. 2012
Ex Officio
Dr. Kevin Eichner ‘73
President
Ottawa University
Ottawa, KS
Eff: 1992
Dr. John Williams
Executive Minister
American Baptist Churches/Central Region
Topeka, KS
Eff: 2008