Meet the Board

Linda Bowman

Past President

Linda (Althoff) Bowman came to this community as an undergraduate student at Illinois State University in 1979. She earned her…

Nancy Steele Brokaw

Board Member

Nancy Steele Brokaw is a local playwright and journalist who currently writes for IWU, Holiday Spectacular, Prairie Fire Theatre (PFT),…

Anna Calvert

Secretary

Anna Calvert is an attorney with Robert T. Varney & Associates, helping and advocating for members of the community and surrounding…

Matt Coates

Vice-President

Matt currently serves on the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. Prior to his appointment by Governor Pritzker in 2022, he was…

Erin Duncan

President

Erin Duncan is a Supervising Attorney with Prairie State Legal Services, a nonprofit law firm that seeks to ensure equal…

Sarah Edwards

Board Member

Sarah Edwards brings over three decades of dedication to education and student success. As the Principal of Grove Elementary in…

Karen Hanson

Treasurer

Work opportunities brought my husband, Chuck, and me from Princeton, IL to B-N in 2008. I joined the Wealth Management…

Shane Parker

Board Member

Shane Parker is a dedicated advocate for underserved communities, bringing a wealth of experience in social services and leadership to…

Ron Paul

Board Member

Ron Paul is a proud graduate of Bloomington High School, one of the Promise Council’s partner schools, and has…

John Penn

Board Member

Penn joined Laborers’ Local 362 in 1965 and was elected Secretary-Treasurer in 1974. He then became Business Manager in 1976…

Mike Thomas

Board Member

I live in Bloomington with my wife, Amber, and our three-year-old twin girls, Millie and Presley. Both Amber and I…

Willie Brown

Past President

Promise Council is proud to remember Willie Brown, a longtime Bloomington-Normal community servant and retired executive vice president of State…

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