Heartland Foundation Board
Incorporated in 1992, the Heartland Community College Foundation is a non-profit 501 (c) (3) corporation dedicated to the enhancement and support of student learning and success at Heartland Community College.
We receive and administer gifts in many forms including monetary donations, bequests and real estate. We also organize a variety of fundraising events to support scholarship opportunities for Heartland students and to further solidify the College's strong relationship to the community.
Board Officers Name Position/Company Melissa Marx, Chair Administrator, Fort Jesse Imaging Center & Gale Keeran Center for Women Donny Bounds, First Vice-Chair President/Owner, Donny B's Gourmet Popcorn and Gifts Kirk McCullick Executive Director, Marketing & Business Development, Growmark, Inc. Chris Downing Associate Vice President, Development and Community Engagement, Heartland Community College Noah Lamb, Secretary-Treasurer Vice President, Finance and Administration, Heartland Community College Board of Directors Name Position/Company Don Adams Retired, Farnsworth Group, Inc. Jacob Baker Director, Invenergy LLC Vicki Berg Director of Operations, McDonald's Greg Birky Senior Vice President, Retail Services Director, Heartland Bank & Trust Shelleigh Birlingmair Vice President, Development, Carle BroMenn Medical Center John Bishop Senior Architectural Manager, Farnsworth Group Andy Copenhaver Financial Advisor, Edward Jones Jake Davis Chief Operating Officer, Mavidea Technology Group Melissa Donovan Owner, Mad Strategy Janelle Henkel Director, Country Financial Ben Jeffreys Partner, Mid America Insurance Kevin Kramer HR Manager, Caterpillar Inc. Jenny Larkin Business Manager, Institute for Human Resources Cheryl Logue Vice President, Operations, State Farm Dean Messinger Retired, Caterpillar Inc. Mark Muehleck Owner, CertaPro Painters of Bloomington, IL Mary Jo Murphy Project Manager, Carpet Weaver's Commercial Mary K. Penn Retired, Striegel Knoblock & Co. LLC Lisa Pittman Vice President Chief Nursing Officer, OSF Healthcare St. Joseph Medical Center Sarah Powell Vice President, Sales, Afni, Inc. Barry Reilly Retired, Superintendent District 87 Sim Sandhu Director of Strategy and Innovation, Illinois Farm Bureau (Illinois Agricultural Association.) Richard Seehuus Professor I, English, Heartland Community College Joe Strupek Retired, State Farm Allegra Thigpen Technology Analyst, State Farm George Wood Attorney, Wood, DeVary, & Armstrong, P.C. Seth Zeller President, Zeller Electric Ex-Officios Name Position/Company Becky Ropp Chair, Heartland Community College Trustees Keith Cornille President, Heartland Community College Directors Emeritus Name Years of Service Donald Engelkes 1993-2001 Phares O'Daffer 1993-2002 Barbara Ostberg 1993-2002 Mary Wright 1993-2002 George Farnsworth 1999-2003 Sharon Heaton 1994-2004 Mary Feicke 1998-2005 Joan Guenther 2002-2005 Jim Blass 2004-2006 Art Adams (deceased) 2004-2007 William Mueller 2001-2007 Joy Schreder 2003-2008 Dianne Lerman 2003-2009 Jerry Ringer 2002-2009 H. Wayne Taylor 1994-2009 Robert Heitzman 2007-2010 Jim Schilkoski (deceased) 2000-2012 Dale Strassheim 2000-2012 Steve McManus 2008-2019
Contact Us
Heartland Foundation
CCB 2300
1500 W. Raab Rd.
Normal, IL 61761
Phone: 309-268-8110
Email: foundation@heartland.edu
Chris Downing
Associate Vice President, Development and Community Engagement
Phone: 309-268-8587
Email: Chris.Downing@heartland.edu
Melissa Fasig
Director, Development
To make a gift or event questions
Phone: 309-268-8102
Email: Melissa.Fasig@heartland.edu
Bailey Nickerson
Coordinator, Financial Aid
Phone: 309-268-8020
Email: Bailey.Nickerson@heartland.edu