{"id":60732,"date":"2020-06-24T07:05:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T11:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/?p=60732"},"modified":"2020-06-23T20:04:40","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T00:04:40","slug":"associated-colleges-of-illinois-board-elects-new-leadership-for-2020-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.send2press.com\/wire\/associated-colleges-of-illinois-board-elects-new-leadership-for-2020-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Associated Colleges of Illinois Board Elects New Leadership for 2020-2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO, Ill., June 24, 2020 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — The Associated Colleges of Illinois (ACI) Board of Trustees (https:\/\/acifund.org\/board-of-trustees\/<\/a>) elected Lyn Bulman, retired executive vice president of global human resources, Fellowes Brands, to a two-year term as board chair. Bulman succeeded Frank D. Cella, managing director, Marsh USA, Inc., who served as ACI’s board chair since 2017.<\/p>\n

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\nPHOTO CAPTION: New leaders elected by the ACI Board of Trustees include, from left, Lyn Bulman, chair; Angela T. Allen, secretary-treasurer and Finance Committee chair; and Chloe Overstreet, student representative from Eureka College.
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Bulman, Oak Park, Illinois, who previously served as the board\u2019s Program Committee Chair, began her new duties this month. “I am delighted to be taking this role,\u201d Bulman told the trustees. “I think ACI is a great organization. I\u2019m very proud of the work that we do, and I think there\u2019s a lot of great progress going on that we can continue.\u201d<\/p>\n

The board also elected Angela T. Allen, Mitchell Titus, Chicago, as treasurer and Finance Committee chair. She succeeded Clifton C. Fenton, who served several years in both roles. The board\u2019s other officer, Dr. Jamel Wright, president of Eureka College, remained in her role as ACI president.<\/p>\n

First-ever student board representative elected <\/strong><\/p>\n

The Board of Trustees elected Chloe Overstreet, a student at Eureka College (https:\/\/www.eureka.edu\/<\/a>), Eureka, Illinois, as the board\u2019s first student representative in ACI\u2019s 68-year history. Overstreet, from Stillman Valley, Illinois, will begin her junior year at Eureka College this fall, majoring in history and political science, and business administration.<\/p>\n

Overstreet was nominated by the board\u2019s Trusteeship Committee, which began discussions earlier this year about adding a student to further diversify the board. Currently, the board has 37 corporate members, plus the presidents of ACI\u2019s 27 member colleges and universities.<\/p>\n

Overstreet is a first-generation college student, who started her college career at Eureka shortly after her father died in a work-related accident. Once at Eureka, she joined ACI\u2019s Peer Mentoring Program, aimed at helping first-generation college students through their critical first year. She began as a mentee and is now a mentor to incoming first-generation students.<\/p>\n

“The program offered both guidance and financial relief as I was beginning college,” Overstreet wrote in a letter to the board. “Access to emergency funds provided the relief that I needed to start college.” Serving as an ACI board member will provide a student perspective and help other students access opportunities that ACI provides, Overstreet added.<\/p>\n

In May, Overstreet recorded a video about her experience at Eureka College and the Peer Mentoring Program for ACI\u2019s annual fundraising event, a virtual event this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Her video can be viewed at https:\/\/acifund.org\/2020-aci-virtual-benefit-reception\/<\/a><\/p>\n

New committee chairs, vice chairs elected<\/strong><\/p>\n

The board also elected chairs and vice chairs of its five standing committees. Each was elected to a two-year term:<\/p>\n