Board of Trustees
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Sidney Mishkin, ChairSidney is a 1959 graduate of Wilmington College. He is a partner in the Mishkin & Fall law firm in Indianapolis and is one of the most highly regarded attorneys in Indiana. |
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Thomas C. Hill, Vice ChairPartner, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP. Member of the Eastern Hills Friends Meeting in Cincinnati. Graduate of Case Western Reserve University and the University of Chicago Law School. Active in the Wilmington Yearly Meeting, Ohio Valley Yearly Meeting and the Friends World Committee for Consultation, and a Quaker history buff. |
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Thomas Gravlin, SecretaryTom is a 1967 graduate of Wilmington College. He is a retired Shell Oil Company executive, having ended his 35-year career with Shell serving as their Ohio Retail District Manager. Tom was a great proponent of student internships with Shell and at least two Wilmington College graduates were given the opportunity to remain with Shell following the completion of their undergraduate work. |
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David Harcum, Life TrusteeWilmington College graduate. Retired President, Harcum-Schuett Agency. Former Superintendent of Greenhills-Forest Park Schools. Founder, Abuse Prevention Fund. Board President, Decorative Arts Center of Ohio. Board member, Fairfield Medical Center, Fairfield Medical Center Foundation, Lancaster Festival, and Center for Effective Discipline in Schools. WC's first designated "Life Trustee." |
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Earl L. EvensMember of the Fayetteville (North Carolina) Friends Meeting. 1958 graduate of Wilmington College. Retired from a management career in the Campbell Company. Antique business, community volunteer. |
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Roy Joe StuckeyWilmington College graduate (1948), Masterís Degree and Ph.D., Ohio State University. Quaker, member of Campus Friends Meeting and an active participant in wider Quaker communities, committees and concerns. Former Wilmington College administrator and faculty member, past president of Jamestown College (North Dakota), and fund raising consultant. Currently developing a retirement community in Arizona. |
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Douglass McDonald, TreasurerPresident and CEO of the Cincinnati Museum Center, which, with more than one million visitors annually, is one of the top cultural attractions in the Midwest. He holds degrees from William Penn College and Christian Theological Seminary (Indianapolis). |
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Robert E. BuergerLaw clerk, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, former group vice president for Dayton Power & Light Co. Previously served on WC’s Board a record 17 years, 1987-2004, including six years, 1996-2002, as chair. Awarded honorary doctor of laws degree from Wilmington College in 2005. |
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Anne Marble CaramanicoCEO, A.D. Marble & Company, an environmental consulting firm specializing in transportation infrastructure development in the Middle Atlantic states, based in Conshohocken, Pa. Daughter of former WC President Samuel D. Marble and Becky Marble Bonnell. |
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Guy David HawleyMinister, Indian Hill Episcopal Presbyterian Church, Cincinnati, former pastor at Wilmington Presbyterian Church from 1978-2003. Currently serves on the boards of the Metropolitan Area Religious Coalition of Cincinnati, National Bank and Trust and the Ohio Presbyterian Retirement Services Foundation. |
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John “J.R.” ReidRegional vice president for Campus Services for Sodexo, Dublin, Ohio. Sodexo, which facilitates WC’s dining services, is the leading provider of food and facilities management in North America. He has worked for the company for 29 years. |
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Robert E. TouchtonRecently retired as administrative law judge in the Office of Hearings and Appeals for the Social Security Administration in Cincinnati after serving from 1994-2004. He has previous professional experience in business and law. A 1965 Wilmington College graduate, he has been a member of the College’s Alumni Council since 2001, including serving as president in 2004-05. |
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Timothy P. TrayerDoctor of veterinary medicine and senior partner with Agricultural Veterinary Associates, 1995-present. A 1975 graduate of Wilmington College, he was engaged in other veterinary practices from 1979 to 1995. |
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Joe VolkExecutive secretary of the Washington D.C.-based Friends Committee on National Legislation. Prior to joining FCNL, he worked 18 years for the American Friends Service Committee and served as its national secretary for peace education from 1982-1990. |
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J. Stephen SmithCatholic. CEO, Smith-Fike-Minton, Inc., Wilmington. Graduate of Xavier University. Appointed to the Wilmington College Board of Trustees in 1994 and resigned in 1998 to provide interim leadership for the College Advancement Office on a volunteer basis. Active in community affairs. |
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Sandra NevillePediatric Nurse Practitioner, Wilmington Medical Associates, Wilmington, Ohio. Former nursing faculty at Miami University, Ohio. Member of Wilmington Friends Meeting. Has served previously on local nonprofit boards that provide services to at-risk children and adults with mental retardation and developmental disabilities. BSN from Capital University, MS in Nursing from Wright State University, and completed a graduate Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program from University of Cincinnati. |
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Stanley CainePresident of Adrian College in Adrian, Michigan from 1989-2005 and Vice President for Academic Affairs and professor of History at Hanover College from 1977-1989. Trustee, Centenary College (New Jersey). B.A. from Macalester College and an M.A. and Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin (Madison). Served as Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs at Wilmington College during the 2006-07 academic year. |
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Robert E. ChasonRetired (2006) chief executive officer for UC Davis Medical Center. Served for 15 years prior to joining the medical center in 1994 in the UC Davis Office of Student Affairs as assistant, associate vice chancellor and acting vice chancellor. Twelve years at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, serving in various positions, including assistant vice president for business administration and business manager. In 2006, joined the California Hospital Association as Executive Director, Disaster Planning and Response to coordinate preparations of California‚s disaster response plan. Currently serving as an independent health care consultant working with several major companies. Serves on a project board with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and leads a development team raising funds for Los Rios Community College School of Nursing. Bachelor‚s degree from Wilmington College (1965) and a master of education degree from Miami University (1967). |
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William E PeelleClinton County, Ohio Prosecuting Attorney, 1993-2009. Peelle Law Offices Co., L.P.A., 1977-present. Member, Clinton County, Ohio, and American Bar Associations, Ohio Association of Trial Lawyers, American Association for Justice, Ohio Prosecuting Attorneys Association (Ohio Prosecuting Attorney of the Year - 1997), and Ohio Land Title Association. Community organizations/memberships include Wilmington Noon Rotary, Wilmington Presbyterian Church (Elder), Hot Hoops Youth Volunteer (10-Year Service Award) and Domestic Violence Coalition. B.S. in Business Administration, The Ohio State University (1972); Jurist Doctorate Degree, Ohio Northern University (1975). |
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Mary Ann RaizkBirthright Quaker. Currently presiding clerk of Wilmington Friends Meeting and has served on several committees of the Meeting. Clerk of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting Christian Education Concerns Board and member of the Wilmington Yearly Meeting Executive Committee. Taught in Blanchester Local Schools 1972-2007. Retired in 2007, and now serves as a substitute teacher in local schools. B.A. in Education from Capital University; M.A. from Wright State University. |
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Hisham (Hish) ShtayyehWilmington College graduate (1968). President and CFO, Ox Inc. (owns, operates and manages 15 gas stations, including car washes and convenience stores), CFX Inc. (operates as a Shell, Marathon and Sunoco wholesale gasoline distributorship in several Ohio counties), and CFX Management Inc. (manages the operations of all the above companies and several locations owned by third parties). Managing partner, Sun Property Ventures LLC. Developer, Residential Real Estate. Organizing founder of the Dayton Arab American Club (DAAF). |
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Ronald L. TathamMember, Cincinnati Friends Meeting. Retired from active management with continuing engagement as seminar leader for The Burke Institute and consultant to Board of Directors and key accounts. Career with Burke Marketing Research began in 1974 and at time of retirement from active management was Chairman and CEO, Burke Inc. Past academic experiences include teaching at University of Cincinnati, Kent State University, and Arizona State University. BBA, University of Texas; MBA, Texas Technological University; and Ph.D., University of Alabama. |
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Clinton PettusCurrently Deputy General Secretary for Programs of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). Has also served AFSC as Regional Director, Middle Atlantic Region and Special Assistant to the General Secretary for Restructuring. Former faculty member and college administrator, having served as a department chairperson, academic dean, and vice president for administration at Virginia State University. Vice president for academic affairs and provost and president at Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. Certified trainer of managing conflict in the workplace. Doctor of Philosophy degree in personality psychology from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois. Also completed a management development program at Harvard University. Member, Board of Trustees of Pendle Hill (a Quaker center for spiritual growth, study and service) and has served as member of Wilmington Friends School (Delaware) Board of Trustees. Member, Wilmington Monthly Meeting (of the Religious Society of Friends) in Delaware. |

























