Alumni

Dave Markwell was inducted into the Greater Illiana Sports Hall of Fame for coaching on June 25th.

Carla Stone was recently elected to the McKendree Board of Trustees. She is the president/CEO at TechGuard Security, LLC.

1990

Maj. Gen. John Bartrum was promoted to major general in the U.S. Air Force in June 2022. He is the mobilization assistant to the Surgeon General of the Air Force and Space Force at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. In 2021, he was awarded the American Hospital Association Federal Health Care Executive Award for Excellence.

Paula Bull-Cooper, MSN ’08 is an executive council member of AARP Illinois.

1991

Mary Jo (Piek) Gruber is the chief financial officer at Pattonville School District.

1992

Adam Koishor is the vice president of strategic growth at Dort Financial Credit Union.

1995

Chris Koester was elected Randolph County assessor.

2000

Granite City Assistant Police Chief Maj. Nick Novacich was appointed to lead the Cross-River Crime Task Force.

Shaun Taylor was sworn in as a commissioner to the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Airport Authority of Rock Island County. 2001

Dr. Leslie (Fletcher) Daugherty, M.A.Ed. ’08 was promoted to head of design programs at Education Design Lab.

Jeffrey Dulle is the regional deposit manager for the St. Louis region of First Mid Bank & Trust.