Mr. Schlorff is Executive Vice President of Busey.  His area of concentration is Corporate Administration which includes information security, physical security, business continuity planning, facilities management, sustainability practices, BSA/AML and fraud management, insurance, contract management and corporate project management.  Mr. Schlorff has been involved in several bank related organizations including the Federal Reserve Central Illinois Advisory Group.  He is a past faculty member for the Illinois Bankers School and past Board Member of the Illinois Bankers Operations School.  He has also served as a Board member of Firstech and formerly for the East Central Illinois Workforce Development Commission, has served on the Project Impact Committee for the City of Urbana, and was treasurer of Boy Scout Troop 101 in Champaign for four years.  In addition, Don is a past president of the Champaign-Urbana Chapter of the AIB.  He also chaired the Illini Prairie Chapter of the American Red Cross.  Don is a part-time faculty member of Parkland College where he taught two courses in the AIB curriculum on banking law for 8 years.  Mr. Schlorff lives in Philo, Illinois with his wife, Mary and son Robert.  He enjoys photography, hiking and camping.

Mr. Royse is founder of Royse Innovations, LLC. He was formerly the President of One Main Development, where he provided strategic direction and support to all areas of the company. Mike provides leadership with the goal of inspiring out-of-the-box thinking and tearing down perceptive barriers to execution. Creative approaches to design, planning, financing, sustainable performance, and new ways of having fun are a few focus examples. He has served professionally as a business strategist both organizationally and financially, and has been extensively involved with a sixty million-dollar residential property portfolio owned by his family. As CEO of Royse Wagner (a small national branding firm), Mr. Royse consulted on teams leading high growth activities within a variety of industries. His crowning achievement was development of the environmental communications platform for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, 2002.

David B. Wilcoxen is a three-time graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He began his career as a policy fellow with the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute. While at the Institute, he developed environmental program planning and policy recommendations for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment. Mr. Wilcoxen subsequently took his current position with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he co-established the Department of Environmental Compliance. His primary responsibilities at the University are to coordinate the creation and implementation of environmental compliance programs and environmental conservation initiatives. Mr. Wilcoxen is admitted to the Illinois Bar and served as a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Environmental Law Section Council from 2001-2009. He is active in the Champaign-Urbana community and is currently serving as President of the Public Art League.

Tim Montague is President of Montague Brands Marketing and Fundraising. He is a marketing and fundraising consultant with a background in the sciences and business. He is a trained ecologist and green business advocate with a passion for entrepreneurship and creating a more sustainable society. He helps nonprofit organizations grow and diversify their funding and revenue streams in ways that are mission-driven and customer centric. Tim has over fifteen years of sales, marketing, and fundraising experience in technology, recruitment, nonprofit, professional services, and higher education industries. He is co-leader of the Champaign County Sustainability Network and is a running and outdoor enthusiast. He lives in Urbana with his two sons.  

Dick Warner was appointed as the Director of the Office of Sustainability at Illinois in September, 2008 and retired from the position in 2010. He was Professor of Natural Resource Ecology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, as well as the Director of the Illinois Waters Resources Center. He has served in several other research and engagement leadership positions on campus, emphasizing the environment and natural resources. Warner’s research interests include sustainable natural resource management in urban and agricultural settings; human perceptions of conservation programs; the interface of agriculture, water management, disease, and wildlife conservation; and information technologies for economic development and regional food systems.

As President of Educational Dividends, Carol designs and conducts transformational education programs for the business, government, education and non-profit sectors. On behalf of schools, government agencies, non-profit organizations and business, Carol and her team provide a wide range of services including grant writing, marketing, curriculum development and professional development for teachers.  As the director of EnergyNet, Carol has developed engaging curriculum that empowers students to take responsibility for the greening of their schools.“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” ~Joseph Chilton Pearce

Charlie is a member of the Urbana City Council (1989-1993, 2005-current). He is also a member of the Urbana Free Library Board since 2000 and is a member or supporter of groups such as the Sierra Club, ACLU, Human RightsWatch, ChampaignCountyBikes.org, Habitat for Humanity, Champaign County Health Care Consumers, WEFT, WILL, Prairie Rivers Network, and the West Urbana Neighborhood Association. He is a twenty seven year resident of Urbana, and a University of Illinois alum and employee (Statistician and IT Professional). Charlie grew up bilingual as son of a military father and immigrant mother, and is an avid bicyclist, camper, organic gardener, and occasional runner, and is a former Urbana Park District volunteer soccer coach and referee.

Donald Fournier is the Chair and a Senior Researcher at the School of Architecture’s Building Research Council.  He is also the Managing Director of the Smart Energy Design Assistance Center (SEDAC).  The SEDAC has conducted over 1,000 building energy assessments in the past 8 years and provides advice and support to the Illinois Energy Office.

Fournier was a member of the United States Green Building Council’s LEED Steering Committee for two years.  He also chaired the USGBC’s Multiple Buildings Product Committee which is developed the Application Guide for Multiple Buildings and On-Campus Building Projects.  He was also a four-year member of the USGBC’s Energy and Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group and chaired the Combined Heat and Power and District Energy Subcommittees.  Fournier was the U.S. delegate to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Annex 31, the Environmental Impact of Buildings, a member of IEA’s Future Buildings Forum, the Governor’s Green Building Advisory Group, and the American Planning Association’s Energy Policy Task Force.  Don is currently a member of the Clinton Climate Initiative Resource Group, a member of the Technical Advisory Committee for the development of ICLEI’s Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Protocol, and a member of EPA’s working group developing version 2.0 of the Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT).

Don was a Board Member of the Central Illinois Chapter of the USGBC and is a member of the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air-conditioning Engineers, and a Charter and Senior Member of the Association of Energy Engineers.

Don is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts (BSEE & MSME) and has more than thirty-eight years of experience in the energy and environmental areas.

Don is an ASHRAE certified Building Energy Assessment Professional and a LEED Accredited Professional in Building Design & Construction.

Rebecca McBride is the Senior Associate Director of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Theatre. Since earning her MBA and BS degrees from the University of Illinois, she has been committed to applying her leadership, management, and strategic planning skills to the nonprofit arena. During her 20 year tenure at Krannert Center, Rebecca has been recognized for her leading role in developing groundbreaking public engagement and marketing initiatives, designing innovative organizational structures and management systems, developing the Center’s capacity to support new work, and advancing the Center’s efforts toward sustainability. Rebecca has been active over the years in a variety of community and campus intiatives including the Eastern Illinois Foodbank, 40 North, Campustown 2000, and the Environmental Council, among others. She is also a Certified Climate Leader and founder of the nonprofit environmental organizaiton, 4 Opsrey.