About the HCC Foundation
Our mission is to support access and excellence at Heartland Community College through fundraising, financial stewardship and advocacy.
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.
Gifts to the Foundation ensure that access and excellence continue to be fundamental principles. They can provide for:
- scholarships
- educational programs
- equipment purchases
- campus enhancements
- special projects
Board of Directors
Name Position/Title Company Sarah Powell (Chair) Vice President - Sales Afni, Inc. George Wood (First Vice-Chair) Attorney Hartweg, Turner, Wood & DeVary Kirk McCullick (Second Vice-Chair) Executive Director, Marketing & Business Development Growmark, Inc. Dave Fedor (Past Chair) CFO/Owner The Snyder Companies Doug Minter Vice President of Business Services Heartland Community College Chris Downing Executive Director Heartland Community College Name Position/Title Company Don Adams Retired Farnsworth Group, Inc. Jacob Baker Director Invenergy LLC Patti Becker Administrative Director United Way of Logan County Shelleigh Birlingmair Vice President, Development Advocate BroMenn John Bishop Senior Architectural Manager Farnsworth Group Toni Bishop-McWain Vice President, Patient Care Services/CNO OSF St. Joeseph Medical Center Donny Bounds President/Owner Donny B's Gourmet Popcorn and Gifts Andy Copenhaver Financial Advisor Edward Jones Roger Corrigan Vice President State Bank of Graymont Jake Davis Chief Operating Officer Mavidea Technology Group Bill Erlenbush Retired Growmark, Inc. Lee Getchius Vice President - Commercial Banking Town and Country Bank Heather Gray Teaching Assistant Thomas Metcalf School Diane Lanier Executive Vice President, Chief Retail Officer Heartland Bank and Trust Company Cheryl Logue Vice President - Operations State Farm Meredith Lovelass President Meredith's Commercial Properties Keith Maurer Vice President of Investments/Financial Advisor Regions Bank Dean Messinger Retired Caterpillar Inc. Ronn Morehead President B/N Trades & Labor Assembly Jeremy Morris Director, Property & Administrative Services COUNTRY Financial Roosevelt Mosley Principal & Consulting Actuary Pinnacle Actuarial Resources, Inc. Nicole Norman Manager, Business Development STL Technology Partners Ryan O'Connell Financial Advisor Blooming Tree Wealth Management Mary Penn Retired Striegel Knoblock & Co. LLC Amy Peyres Director of Finance Afni, Inc. Allegra Thigpen College Recruiter State Farm Susan Toher Product Manager Caterpillar Inc. Elizabeth Wrage Agriculture Information Specialist Self-Employed Seth Zeller President Zeller Electric Name Position/Title Company Gregg Chadwick Chair Heartland Community College Trustees Keith Cornille President Heartland Community College 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
Executive Director
Phone: 309-268-8587
Email: Chris.Downing@heartland.edu
Melissa Fasig
Scholarship Questions
Phone: 309-268-8102
Email: Melissa.Fasig@heartland.edu
Larissa McIlvain
Event Questions
Phone: 309-268-8125
Email: Larissa.McIlvain@heartland.edu