Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees works together to develop and adopt fundamental policies and programs to help Buena Vista University achieve its purposes and provide a high-quality higher education experience to its students.

Marc Brinkmeyer ’68 Owner and President Idaho Forest Group
Timothy Brown Chairman and CEO Central Bank
Douglas Clausen President VT Industries, Inc.
Dr. Kitty Conover Retired Dean, Spencer Campus Iowa Lakes Community College
Mike Degen ’67 Retired Chairman, President and CEO Nortech Systems
Becki Drahota Owner and President Mills Financial Marketing
David Dvergsten Chairman and CEO Security Trust & Savings Bank
Amy Friedrich ’93 President, U.S. Insurance Solutions Principal Financial Group
Maureen Heffernan Partner Moore, Heffernan, Moeller, Johnson & Meis, L.L.P.
Dr. Norm Nielsen ’61 President Emeritus Kirkwood Community College
Cordell Peterson ’63 President and CEO Peterson Contractors, Inc.
Daniel Phillips ’77 Senior Vice President for Investments Robert W. Baird & Co
Michael Pierce Partner Vinson & Elkins LLP
Dr. Stephen Russell Associate Dean for Research Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Dr. Bernie Saggau ’49 Executive Director, retired Iowa High School Athletic Association
Brad Schroeder ’94 Co-Founder and Partner Hartung & Schroeder, LLP
Quentin Wittrock ’81 Principal Gray Plant Mooty

Sir John Marks Templeton Life Trustees

Dr. Edward Bodaken ’62 Retired Owner Bodaken Associates
Dr. Keith Briscoe President Emeritus Buena Vista University
Robert Cramer President, Retired Fareway Stores, Inc.
Dr. James Haahr ’62 Chairman Emeritus Meta Financial Group
Dr. Donald Lamberti Chairman Emeritus Casey's General Stores, Inc.
George Schaller Chairman FNC, Inc.
Bernadine Sikorski Human Resources Supervisor, retired Bechtel Corporation
Dennis Young Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, retired Wells Fargo Financial, LLC