Board Members
We are proud to have a diverse Board with representatives from both Champaign and Urbana. We work with representatives from both City Councils, local Business Associations, as well as several private business owners who are all interested in making Champaign-Urbana a greener place to live. Here is some information on our Board members:
Mike Royse - President
Mr. Royse is President of One Main Development, LLC. In his role, Mr. Royse works closely with city leaders and partners to ensure the success of each project and the continued growth of One Main Development. He leads the team of professionals at One Main Development, providing strategic direction and support to all areas of the company. He 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.
Dick Warner - Vice President
Dick Warner was appointed as the Director of the Office of Sustainability at Illinois in September, 2008. He is a 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.
Don Schlorff - Treasurer
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.
David Wilcoxen - Secretary
David B. Wilcoxen is a three-time graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1989, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts in physical geography and received the University of Illinois Bronze Tablet award for graduating within the top 3% of the graduating class. In 1992, he obtained a Masters of Urban Planning with a focus on environmental planning and policy. After obtaining his MUP, he worked as a Fellow with the U.S. Army Environmental Policy Institute until 1995. 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 Environmental Compliance Department. His primary responsibilities at the University are to coordinate the creation and implementation of environmental compliance programs and environmental conservation initiatives. In 1997, he enrolled in the University of Illinois College of Law and received a Juris Doctor degree in May, 2000. Mr. Wilcoxen is admitted to the Illinois Bar and served as a member of the ISBA Environmental Law Section Council from 2001-2009. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors of the Land Conservation Foundation for east-central Illinois.
Carol Timms
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 have developed a wide range of educational products including EnergyNet, Student Power and High Tech Edge.
“To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” ~Joseph Chilton Pearce
Anna Hochhalter
Anna Hochhalter is the Public Arts Coordinator and Community Development Associate for the City of Urbana. Originally born in Charlevoix, MI, Anna graduated from Interlochen Arts Academy. She attended Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA and later transferred to Northland College in Ashland, WI, to receive a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Studies with an emphasis in the Arts and Sustainability, in 2006. While in Ashland, WI, Anna worked for the Sigurd Olson Environmental Institute, providing services in community urban forestry management, wetland surveys, native landscaping, stormwater management, and green infrastructure. Anna moved to Urbana, Illinois, in 2006, and began working with the City of Urbana as Public Arts Coordinator. She is also the Community Development Department’s liaison to the Urbana Sustainability Advisory Commission and works closely with the Environmental Management Division on City Sustainability Initiatives. Anna has led environmental programs for the Urbana Park District Anita Purves Nature Center, and worked as a City of Urbana Planning Intern. Anna is a dedicated cyclist and enjoys performing with the Duke of Uke and His Novelty Orchestra on tenor saxophone and voice.
Charlie Smyth
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.
Also on the Board:
Marci Dodds - Champaign City Council
Trisha Bates - Owner of Cakes on Walnut