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Feb 9, 2021 9:30 am
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Three alumni have been appointed by Gov. J.B. Pritzker to the University of Illinois System Board of Trustees.
The governor on Friday named finance executive Ramón Cepeda, banking executive Sarah Phalen and agricultural communicator Tami Craig Schilling to six-year terms on the board, pending approval of the Illinois Senate. This will be Cepeda’s second term as a trustee.
“I am pleased to welcome Sarah Phalen and Tami Craig Schilling to the Board of Trustees and am delighted that Ramón Cepeda will serve a second term,” said Don Edwards, the chairman of the board. “I look forward to working with them as we seek to maintain the rich tradition of excellence that has so long been a hallmark of a University of Illinois education.