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Daniel D. Voorhis

Voorhis, a 1967 management graduate, has served as director of the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Western since 1992. Prior to his role as director of the ISBDC, he was the director of the Technology Commercialization Center at Western for six years. Voorhis established an International Harvester Company franchise in Macomb in 1972, forming the Lamoine Equipment Company, which opened its second store in Rushville in 1983. Voorhis had also worked as a sales territory manager for International Harvester Company for several years. Voorhis, an Army veteran, served as director of the Illinois Farm Equipment Retail Association and as the adviser to Western's Ag Mech Club. He has been a member of numerous community organizations including the Macomb Business Booster Breakfast Club, the Macomb Elks Club, the Macomb Rotary Club and the Â鶹´«Ã½ÄÚÄ»Leathernecks Club. While at Western, Voorhis was one of the co-founders of the original Vet's Club (The Peach Blossoms).

Tom Carper

Carper, a 1982 Board of Trustees graduate, was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as a director of the Amtrak Board of Directors in March 2008 and was elected chair of the board in January 2009. He was named to his current position as region manager for economic development for the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in December 2003. Carper served as the mayor of Macomb from April 1991 to April 2003. He has also owned several nightclub establishments in Macomb from 1971 to 1991. Carper served in Vietnam as a member of the U.S. Army from 1967 to 70, returning to Macomb in 1970. He has served as a member of the Illinois Municipal League Board of Directors from 1993 to 2003 and chaired the Non Home Rule Committee from 1994 to 2003. He also served on the Amtrak Mayors' Advisory Council, the Illinois Humanities Council and the Illinois Arts Alliance Board of Directors. In the community, Carper has served as Heritage Days chair, was named Special Olympics Volunteer of the Year and received the United Way Leighty Award. He has served as a Â鶹´«Ã½ÄÚÄ»track and field official since 1975 and is a recipient of the Performing Arts Society Distinguished Service Award.

Herb Strong

Strong, a 1972 finance graduate, has served as president/CEO of MidAmerica National Bank since November 2006, and as president of MidAmerica's Macomb office since 1999. A U.S. Army veteran who served in Vietnam, Strong began his banking career as a bank examiner for the Commissioner of Banks and Trusts Companies in 1973. He worked as a trust officer and vice president-trust at Union National Bank of Macomb for 21 years. Strong was named trust division manager of MidAmerica National Bank in 1997, a position he currently holds. He is a member of the Macomb Area Economic Development Corporation, the Salvation Army of Macomb board, the Macomb Rotary Club (and was named a Rotary Paul Harris Fellow), Network Knowledge (public television WMEC, WQEC and WSEC) Board of Directors, the Â鶹´«Ã½ÄÚÄ»Performing Arts Society (former board president) and the McDonough District Hospital Development Council. Strong has served as the chair of the McDonough County United Way, board member and chair of Bridgeway, Inc., and board member and officer of the Macomb Downtown Development Corporation, and was a former member of the Western Illinois Entrepreneurship Center Board.

Roseanne Bye

Bye, a 1969 home economics graduate, retired as the vice president of TG Marketing and Advertising, Inc. in Anaheim. After graduating from WIU, Bye moved to California and began working in the test kitchen at Hunt-Wesson Foods, where she developed new products and recipes. She also worked for Lawry's Foods, Inc. in product development; Carl Karcher Enterprises (Carl's Jr.) as manager of new product development; and as vice president of research and development for Denny's Restaurants. She has served as vice president of the Newport Chapter of ZONTA International, an organization that helps women and children in need; president of the California Home Economists Association; and marketing and public relations chair of the National Home Economists in Business. Bye has been an active member of the Friends of Santa Ana Zoo for 20 years, serving as past president and current board member. She served on the original Food Service and Nutrition advisory board that developed the department at Chapman University, served on the School of Theater and Dance Advisory Board and is also active in the Town and Gown Society and her local Christian Women’s Organization. Bye has helped organize Â鶹´«Ã½ÄÚÄ»alumni events in California and has established a planned gift to Western.

Hyuk-Jong Kim

Kim received his master's in education from Western in 1988. He has served as president of Gwangju University since May 2003. He joined the Gwangju faculty in 1987, teaching in the department of education. He was named director of the Office of Planning at Gwangju in March 1994, a position he held in addition to teaching education classes until April 2003. He serves as a board member of the Korean University Education Association; as chair of the Gwangju-Jeonnam University Presidents Association; as a board member of the Daedong Cultural Foundation; and a member of the promotion committee for the Gwangju World Women's Forum for Peace. He has served as an adviser to the Presidential Committee on Balanced National Development and to the Council for the Promotion of the 2012 World Expo to the Provincial Area. Kim is a member of the Inspection Council for the Ministry of Justice and is a Standing Representative of the Main Center for the Mutual Support of the Two Koreas. He received his bachelor's degree from Sungkyunkwan University.

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