Anthony Arbogast
Dir./Business Services, Roselle SD 12
Anthony is a recent graduate of the NIU School Business Management program and is entering his second year at Roselle SD 12. Anthony was recognized with two Illinois ASBO Scholarships, receiving both the DuPage and Northeastern Regional Scholarship awards.

Dir./Business & Operations, North DuPage Special Ed. Co-Op (NDSEC)  

David is an active member of Illinois ASBO and ASBO International, and a frequent speaker and presenter on various topics. Prior to working in education, David worked in the private sector as a corporate finance manager and in the areas of business strategy, mergers and acquisitions, and manufacturing engineering.

Worked for PMA Financial Network, Inc. as a Senior Financial Advisor. While there, Sue was a member of Illinois ASBO, and chaired the Public Policy PDC. Sue received the Lighthouse Award for her work as part of a team that developed the DAA.

 

Jordi Camps
Executive Dir./Business Services, East Maine SD 63
Jordi is a certified public accountant and has previously held several positions at Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions, ultimately serving as Operations Controller – Product Development, successfully administering a $400 million budget. He holds a BS in accounting and finance from Florida International University and an MBA from DePaul University.
jcamps@emsd63.org

 

Craig served as Principal of Geneva Community High School for 14 years and Principal of Assumption High School/Junior High School for three years. Craig holds a Master's Degree in Educational Administration.
ccollins@iasbo.org

 

Anthony Cozzi
​Dir./Finance & Facilities, River Forest SD 90
Anthony has been with District 90 since 2001. Prior to that, he spent a year and a half as Assistant Business Manager for Hinsdale Township High School District 86 and ten years with the accounting firm of William F. Gurrie & Co.
ozzia@district90.org

Stefanie Croix
Dir./Business Services, Lockport Twp. HSD 205
scroix@lths.org

 

 

Barb Erickson
Partner, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Rodick & Kohn LLP
berickson@hlerk.com

 

Terry Fielden 
Dir./K-12 Education, International Contractors, Inc.
Terry has over 25 years of K-12 school construction experience and has managed or supervised over $800M in total construction volume. His prime area of expertise is in contracts and project pre-construction planning. Terry is also a School Board Member in Naperville CUSD 203 where he is currently serving as Vice President and serves on the Illinois ASBO Service Associate Advisory Committee.
tfielden@iciinc.com

Partner, Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd.
​Ken concentrates his practice representing public and private clients, including municipalities, school districts, community colleges, private owners, contractors and design professionals regarding land use, municipal law, construction, tax, finance and litigation.

​Sean Gordon
Dir./Buildings & Grounds, Comm. Cons. Sch. Dist. 93
Sean has 15 years of commercial HVAC experience, along with 3 years as Building Engineer in District 87. Sean holds both the CPMM and CPS designations, as well as completing Illinois ASBO's Facility Designation Program.

John's legal practice since 1984 has focused in the areas of school and local government law, real estate taxation and local government finance, constitutional law and governing board procedures. He has co-authored the chapters on Civil Rights Litigation and School Finance in the last several editions of the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education’s treatise on Illinois School Law, drafted and testified on behalf of several amendments to the Illinois Property Tax Code and School Code.

Stephen Johns
Business Manager, Millburn SD 24​
Stephen has been in education for 37 years with 24 of those years as a school business manager in both regular and special education districts ranging in size from 1400 to 14,000 students. As a school business manager, he has been responsible for managing all aspects of school construction projects totaling more than $250 million.
sjohns@millburn24.net

Cathy Johnson
Assoc. Supt./Finance & Operations, Twp. High Sch. Dist. 214
Cathy has solid experience in grant administration. Her 8+ years in the field lend her the understanding of the financial issues that impact education. She currently sits on the Illinois ASBO Board of Directors.
cathy.johnson@d214.org

Ron Johnson
Dir./Support Services, Indian Prairie SD 204
Ron has a strong financial background with an education consisting of a Bachelors of Science in Accounting, a Masters of Business Administration and a Masters in Secondary Education.
ronald_johnson@ipsd.org

Jay Kahn
Dir./Finance & Operations, CSBO, Lake Bluff SD 65
Jay has been working in school business management for four years. Prior to working in education, Jay worked in the private sector as a corporate finance manager and in the areas of strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, as well as product development engineering.
jkahn@lb65.org

Luann Kolstad
Chief School Business Official, Park Ridge Niles CCSD 64
Luann has successfully worked with the Business Office support staff at two school districts to create a proactive positive environment in which they feel empowered and part of the team. She believes that working together as a team in which all staff understand the important role they play in the district helps to present their school district in a positive professional manner to all of their shareholders - staff, students, parents, community.
lkolstad@d64.org

Sarah Lager
Assistant Business Manager Coop. Assoc. for Special Education
slager@casedupage.com

Tim McGrath
Design Principal & Planner, Wold Architects & Engineers
Mr. McGrath AIA, is a licensed, practicing architect with 37 years of experience in the planning, design and construction of educational facilities. He has served on Ilinois ASBO's Planning & Construction Committee for 15 years and is a Recognized Educational Facility Planner (REFP) through the Council of Educational Facility Planners International (CEFPI). Tim is a Design Principal and Senior Educational Planner in the Chicago Office of Wold Ruck Pate Architects. 
tmcgrath@woldae.com

Howard counsels and represents school districts, community colleges, park districts and municipalities with respect to real estate, commercial transactions, construction law and land use and zoning matters.
hmetz@robbins-schwartz.com

Eric Miller
Asst. Supt./Business Services, CSBO, Glenview CCSD 34
Spent over ten years with Chicago Public Schools in HR, the Business Service Centers and Lincoln Park High School. Eric has over five years school business management experience and currently serves on the Illinois ASBO Board of Directors.

Anne has worked in public finance as one of the leading underwriters of school bonds for the past 28 years and helps school districts with all types of capital planning and funding.  She is currently the chair of the Illinois ASBO Service Associate Advisory Committee. 

Dir./Business Services, Wheeling CCSD 21  
Dan has been the Director of Business Services at Wheeling Community Consolidated School District 21 for the past year. Prior to that he spent three years as the Fiscal Services Coordinator for J. Sterling Morton High School District 201. He also worked for two separate accounting firms, auditing school districts for six years, before joining the Education field. He obtained his Masters degree and CSBO designation in 2016.

​In his 8-year career in school business, Dan has served in almost every capacity including payroll, human resources, accounting, and board secretary. Since 2012, he has served as Assistant Superintendent for Business/CSBO at Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103. Dan holds an M.S.Ed. in School Business Management from Northern Illinois University and a B.S. in Business Management/Accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
dstanley@d103.org

Associate Principal ARCON Associates, Inc.  

Anjali Vij
Partner, Chapman and Cutler LLP

As an associate in Chapman and Cutler's Public Finance Group, Anjali serves as bond counsel and disclosure counsel in numerous governmental purpose bond transactions throughout Illinois.

 

Carol Warren
Dir./Food Services, DeKalb SD #428
Carol’s career spans over 25 years specifically in the K12 Food Service Industry; Five years in the Higher Education market at Arizona State University overseeing both the residential dining facilities, along with the Memorial union and various summer camps for ASU, all within the scope of a Food Service Management Company. Carol has her BA in Business Administration from DePaul University. Carol joined the DeKalb SD team in 2012 as the districts foods service director overseeing the current contract management company.​
carol.warren@d428.org