DuPage Foundation is pleased to welcome the following members to its advisory committees, approved at the July 21 Board of Trustees meeting:
Ron Aubrey – Glen Ellyn Fund Advisory Committee
For the past 33 years, Ron Aubrey has operated RJ Aubrey Investments Corp., a Glen Ellyn-based wealth management services company specializing in fundamental stock research, high yield/income investments and proprietary market analysis tools. From 2006 to 2018, he operated his own investor relations business specializing in investor communications to Wall Street analysts, portfolio managers, and high net worth investors, leading numerous million-dollar company fundraisers. Aubrey graduated from Michigan State University in 1983 with an engineering and business degree. He has lived in Glen Ellyn for 32 years with his wife, Mary Ann, and is an active member of Saint Petronille Catholic Church. In 2002, the Aubreys created the Make A Memory Family Foundation to teach their five daughters the value of giving and generosity.
Bob Hutchinson – Marketing Committee
Bob Hutchinson is the president of Wheaton Bank & Trust and serves on its board of directors. Working in the banking industry for more than 35 years, he started his career with Gary-Wheaton Bank and served as president of the Bank in Downers Grove. Hutchinson worked in the community bank group with successor organizations First Chicago, NBD, Bank One and Chase. Prior to joining Wintrust in 2006, he was a regional sales director for Fifth Third Securities. Hutchinson serves on the board of Choose DuPage, and is a trustee of The Conservation Foundation and The Wetlands Initiative. He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Illinois State University and an MBA from Benedictine University. Hutchinson is a lifelong DuPage County resident and currently lives in Wheaton.
James Kozar – Next Generation Initiative Steering Committee
Owner of Apparatus Cinema Service, James Kozar is a filmmaker working in the marketing and advertising fields to produce branded content for clients. His client list includes large advertising agencies and professional service firms, fortune 500 companies, and local not-for-profits and small businesses. Kozar directs and produces his own documentaries with his most recent short film screening at Doc NYC, the largest documentary festival in the U.S. He graduated from Elmhurst University with a bachelor’s degree in history and resides in Lombard with his family.
Nick Nelson – Glen Ellyn Fund Advisory Committee
Nick Nelson practices law with NN Legal Group, a general civil law practice based out of Glen Ellyn. He is very active in the legal community as a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and the DuPage County Bar Association (DCBA), and is the director and co-writer of the DCBA’s Judges Nite Show, an annual fundraiser benefiting DuPage County Legal Aid. Nelson graduated cum laude from Luther College, majoring in communication, and earned his juris doctorate at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Before law school, he worked in sports media as an assistant producer for the Minnesota Vikings, Minnesota Wild and for nbcolympics.com during the summer and winter Olympics. Nelson resides in Glen Ellyn with his wife and two children.
Tayler Stogsdill – Glen Ellyn Fund Advisory Committee
Tayler Stogsdill is the senior vice president of Provider Services at Oak Street Health, a growing organization of value-based primary care centers serving adults on Medicare headquartered in Chicago. During her leadership tenure she has hired over 400 clinicians, established residency affiliations with a host of elite programs including the University of Chicago, and in partnership with Northwestern University launched the country's first degree-granting fellowship for value-based care leadership. Prior to Oak Street Health, Stogsdill was a finance professional at General Electric for 10 years. She has a bachelor’s degree from Clemson University and MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Stogsdill lives in Glen Ellyn with her husband and two children.
Anyone interested in serving on the Board of Trustees or one of the Foundation’s committees should contact Karen Vicary at 630-665-5556 or karen@dupagefoundation.org.
