Board of Directors
Vocational/Career-Oriented Directors
Each vocational director shall have majored in a course of study or shall have pursued a vocation or profession that involves the course of study within one of the seven different departments of the college. The vocational directors serve as ex-officio members of the department’s advisory committees and provide updates on his/her respective department during ACES Alumni Association Board of Directors meetings.
Brian WillsAgricultural and Biological Engineering
Carlinville
Class of 1992 ag mechanization
Current profession: general manager/part owner of family business Wills Milling and Hardwoods, Inc.
Susan SutherlandAgricultural and Consumer Economics
West Chicago
Class of 1979 ag economics, 1981 MS, 1982 MBA
Current profession: associate director, products and services, CME Group
Curt Rincker BS '77 MS '83Animal Sciences
Shelbyville
Class of 1977 agriculture education, 1983 MS
Current profession: agriculture division chairman, LakeLand College, Mattoon
Sue GrayCrop Sciences
Geneseo
Class of 1980 ag economics, 1990 MS crop sciences
Current profession: self-employed agronomic consultant contracting to ag chemical, equipment, and seed firms
Dawn BohnFood Science and Human Nutrition
Plainfield
Class of 1998 food science, 2004 PhD food chemistry
Current profession: visiting assistant professor of food science, College of ACES
John HustonHuman and Community Development
Chicago
Class of 1966 agricultural education
Current profession: retired executive vice president National Cattlemen’s Beef Association
Carl QuanstromNatural Resources and Environmental Sciences
Monee
Class of 1971 ornamental horticulture
Current profession: nurseryman/landscape contractor, Monee Nursery & Landscape Co./K&P Nurseries Inc.