On July 25, 2003, Carl Kasten was elected Chairperson of the Board of Trustees. Kasten was appointed to the first Illinois State University Board of Trustees in 1996 after serving on the Board of Regents. He was elected the Board secretary from January 1996 through July 2003 and Board Chair since. Carl Kasten is a former member of the Illinois Board of Regents and is senior partner in the law firm of Phelps, Kasten, Ruyle, Burns, Sims, and Meyer P.C. in Carlinville. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Illinois State University in social sciences in 1966 and received his law degree in 1969 from the Northwestern University School of Law, where he was a recipient of the Wigmore Key. Kasten is a member of several bar associations, including the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association on whose Board of Managers he previously served. He is also a member of several professional organizations.
(term expires January 2007)
