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Irma Escatel Bantista
Board Member
Irma Escatel Bantista, Claim Section Manager at State Farm Insurance Irma holds a master’s degree in Transatlantic Cultural Studies (Spanish), …
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Linda Bowman
President
Linda (Althoff) Bowman came to this community as an undergraduate student at Illinois State University in 1979. She earned her bachelor’s …
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Nancy Steele Brokaw
Board Member
Nancy Steele Brokaw is a local writer who is currently writing for The Pantagraph, ISU, IWU, Holiday Spectacular, Prairie Fire …
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Desiree Campbell
Board Member
Desiree Campbell and her family relocated from Denver, CO to Illinois in the spring of 2007. Shortly after arriving in …
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Matt Coates
Board Member
Matt serves on the Illinois Prisoner Review Board.  Prior to his appointment by Governor Pritzker in 2022, he was the …
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Erin Duncan
Board Member
Erin Duncan is a staff attorney with Prairie State Legal Services' Justice, Equity & Opportunity Program, which employs a community …
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Rich Garcia
Board Member
Rich Garcia joined State Farm® in 1990 as a claim representative trainee in Wichita, Kansas. He held several positions within …
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Karen Hanson
Treasurer
Work opportunities brought my husband, Chuck, and me from Princeton, IL to B-N in 2008. I joined the Wealth Management …
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Cheryl D. Jackson
Board Member
M s. Jackson has served as Corporate Counsel for State Farm Insurance Companies since 1992. Ms. Jackson provides counseling and …
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Jen Luna
Secretary
I grew up on the northwest side of Chicago. I came to ISU and earned a degree in Education with …
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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 …
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Millicent Roth
Board Member
Millicent has been a fixture in our communities for many, many years.  She is a proud 1993 graduate of Bloomington …
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Akil Smith
Board Member
Akil Smith is the Deputy Director of the Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Internal Investigation. He is a proud alumnus …
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Mike Thomas
Vice President
I currently live in Bloomington with my wife, Amber, and we have three year- old twin girls (Millie and Presley). …
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Nikki Nelson
Assistant to the Board
Nikki grew up in Decatur, Illinois, about an hour south of Bloomington. She came to ISU and earned her Bachelor’s …
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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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