Board of Trustees

William F. Kelley was first elected to the Harper College Board of Trustees in 2003.

He attended Harper College in 1973 after graduating from St. Viator High School, and went on to earn a bachelor's degree (cum laude) in political science from Loyola University Chicago.  Kelley completed his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law, where he graduated cum laude and in the top 2 percent of his class, and served as an editor of the Loyola Law Journal.  He also received the American Jurisprudence Award in 1980.

Kelley is the Managing Partner of Kelley, Kelley  & Kelley, a Schaumburg-area law firm.  Prior to joining that firm, he accepted a prestigious clerkship with the Louisiana Supreme Court.

He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association, the Northwest Suburban Estate Planning Council and the Northwest Suburban Bar Association, where he served as past president.

Kelley serves on the St. Hubert Finance Board, and the Board of Governors to the Northwest Suburban Bar Association.  He is past president of the Schaumburg Hoffman Estates Rotary Club, past chair of the Kenneth Young Center, and has served on numerous civic and community boards. Building on his role as Harper Trustee, Kelley serves as past president of the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA). He currently serves as Chair of the ICCTA Community College Baccalaureate Committee.

Bill and his wife, Jeanne, live in Schaumburg. They have three children - Logan, Billy and Michelle.

Walt Mundt joined the board in April 2011. He has served as Board Vice-Chair.

Mundt is a sales director for a tax technology firm specializing in accounting, compliance, audit support and planning. An experienced executive with more than two decades of experience in the enterprise software and technology industry, Mundt also has built a career using software solutions to help companies gain a competitive advantage and maximize shareholder value.

He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Southern Illinois University and his MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management, where he concentrated in Information Systems. He also has a Master's of Science in Taxation from DePaul University.

Mundt has lived in Harper's district for more than 25 years, and has been active during that time in numerous community and civic organizations, including Palatine Youth Baseball and YMCA basketball.

He lives in Arlington Heights with his wife, Cheryl. The couple has two sons.

Dr. Nancy Robb was elected to the Board in 2015 and serves as Board Secretary.

As a seasoned educator, she retired in 2014 as superintendent of District 211 where she served in various roles for more than 30 years. Robb has close ties to Harper beyond her role as superintendent of a sender high school district. She has been a member of the Harper Educational Foundation which raises funds for student scholarships.

Serving as a Harper trustee naturally fits with Robb's aim to boost graduation rates for disadvantaged students. She has been working tirelessly to launch “Excel Beyond 211 Dollars for Scholars.” This program is dedicated to mentoring, advising and supporting first general low income District 211 graduates. The aim of this program is to increase college success and completion.

Robb also serves as president of the Buehler YMCA Advisory Board and is a member of the Women in Need Growing Stronger (WINGS) Leadership Board.

She holds a doctorate from Roosevelt University, Master’s in Education from the University of Pittsburg and a BA from Wittenberg University.

Robb lives in Barrington with her husband John.

Diane Hill joined the Harper College Board of Trustees in 2008 to complete the term of her late husband, David Hill, the CEO of nationally-known homebuilder Kimball Hill Homes. She was subsequently elected to two 6-year terms in 2009 and 2015. Hill served as Chair of the Board from 2010 to 2015, and now serves as Board Liaison to the Harper College Educational Foundation.

Hill is retired from Northwestern University, where she served for 32 years as senior lecturer, author and clinical supervisor in speech and language pathology. Nationally, she served as Chair of the Specialty Board on Fluency Disorders.

Hill is an emeritus member of Harper's Educational Foundation Board.

She also has been an active community volunteer in programs throughout Community Consolidated School District 15, Township High School District 211, the Boy Scouts, The Bridge Youth and Family Services, and WINGS (Women In Need Growing Stronger). Hill has held numerous leadership roles for All Saints Lutheran Church in Palatine and served on the Leadership Committee of the Fund for Leaders in Mission of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

Hill serves on the Corporate Board of Northwest Community Hospital, and formerly served on the Board of Augustana College, her alma mater.

Hill lives in Barrington and has one son, a Fremd High School and Princeton University graduate.

Eric Knox was elected to the Board in 2025.

Knox currently works as a Vice President of Cybersecurity and Chief Information Security Officer. He credits his decades-long career in IT to one of his early Harper professors, who instilled in him both the love of technology and the value of constant learning. He tries to pay that forward by participating actively in mentorship programs and team development. He is also a member of Harper’s Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT), which launched the college’s cybersecurity certification program and associate degree.

Knox is a longtime resident of Harper’s district and a Harper alum, having attended classes at the college before transferring to Roosevelt University for his bachelor’s degree. He also holds a master’s degree from DePaul University and an Executive MBA from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Knox is a strong believer in community involvement and the importance of giving back. He previously served as Committee Chairman for both Boy Scout Troop 168 and Cub Scout Pack 168 in Rolling Meadows, as well as serving as Church Council President.

He currently lives in Rolling Meadows with his wife, Brenda. The couple has two sons.

James Meyer was elected to the Harper College Board of Trustees in 2025.

Meyer has been a resident of Palatine for 30 years and a district resident since 1960. He brings more than 20 years of experience in higher education, including leadership roles at the Illinois Institute of Technology and the Higher Learning Commission, the accrediting body for Harper College.

Meyer is deeply committed to the transformative power of education and the vital role Harper College plays in workforce development, lifelong learning and community enrichment. Throughout his career, he has worked closely with other community colleges to address strategic initiatives, and he is dedicated to ensuring Harper continues to provide accessible, high-quality education that empowers students and strengthens the local economy.

Meyer and his wife, Karen, a retired advanced practice nurse, have four children and three grandchildren. He is honored to serve District 512 and is committed to guiding Harper College through future opportunities and challenges.

Pat Stack was appointed to the Harper Board in 2015 to fill a vacant seat.

Stack is retired from a career in hospital administration, where she most recently served as Vice President of Performance Improvement at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights. In this role, she worked to develop meaningful dashboards and trained leaders in performance improvement methodologies. In addition to various other administrative roles over the course of 24 years at NCH, Stack also held positions in critical care, continuing education and management at Sherman Hospital in Elgin and Loyola Medical Center in Maywood.

Stack has close connections to Harper. As a hospital administrator, she worked closely with graduates of the College’s nursing program and other medical programs at Harper.

Stack holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management. She has also published articles on organizational change and performance improvement in the health care industry.

Stack lives in Barrington with her husband and enjoys spending time with her son, three daughters (one is a graduate of Harper’s nursing program) and two grandchildren.

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