Phil Mesina of Leo Catholic Joins IHSA Board of Directors

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Phil Mesina of Leo Catholic Joins IHSA Board of Directors

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Voting for seats on the Illinois High School Association Board of Directors and Legislative Commission closed at midnight on Thursday, October 1, and the results were tallied and certified Friday morning, October 2.


B. Kent Jones, the current Secretary of the Board of Directors and principal of Breese (Central) High School in Division 7, was re-elected, as was Scott Adreon, principal of Maroa-Forsyth High School in Division 5. Phil Mesina, principal of Leo Catholic High School in Chicago, was elected to the at-large minority seat.

The Board will elect its officers for the 2015-16 school term at its regular meeting on Wednesday, October 14.

IHSA member schools nominated candidates for the Board of Directors and Legislative Commission beginning on August 13. The nominations were compiled on September 16 and votes were cast from September 17 through October 1.

Results of the election are listed below. The names of the candidates are indicated in the following list, with an asterisk preceding the name of the person elected to each seat. 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

DIVISION 5:
*Scott Adreon, Maroa (M.-Forsyth)
James Bunting, Watseka

DIVISION 7:
*B. Kent Jones, Breese (Central)
Todd Rogers, Carterville

AT-LARGE (MINORITY):
*Phil Mesina, Chicago (Leo)
Gerald Morrow, Chicago (Dunbar)

LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION -- Principals 

DISTRICT 1:
*James Quaid, Chicago (DePaul Prep)
Mark Grishaber, Chicago (Taft)

DISTRICT 2:
*Diane Brown, Chicago (De La Salle)
Durrell Anderson, Chicago (Richards)

DISTRICT 4:
*Kurt Tenopir, Palatine (Fremd)
Dan Tully, Niles (Notre Dame)

DISTRICT 8:
*Deb Tracy, LaGrange Park (Nazareth Academy)
Bryan Hale, Richton Park (Southland College Prep)

DISTRICT 10:
*Mark Kuehl, Lena (L.-Winslow)
Eric Flohr, Rockton (Hononegah)

DISTRICT 15:
*Steve Reschke, LeRoy
Kraig Garber, Mt. Zion

DISTRICT 16:
*Dawna Daily, Bushnell (B.-Prairie City)
Roy Van Meter, Galesburg 

DISTRICT 17:
*Joe Kuhlmann, Bluffs
Randall Cooper, Jacksonville (Westfair Christian Academy)

DISTRICT 21:
*Brett Detering, Anna (A.-Jonesboro)
Tony Wilson, Murphysboro

LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION -- Athletic Administrators 

DIVISION 3:
*Chris Gibson, Gardner (G.-South Wilmington)
Dan Hardwick, Wheaton (St. Francis)

DIVISION 6:
*Sam Knox, Lincoln
Adam Eucker, Williamsville

LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION -- At-Large Minority or Underrepresented Gender 

DIVISION 1:
*Teresa Cullen, Chicago (Providence-St. Mel)

DIVISION 4:
*Leslie Showers, Stillman Valley
Beth Summers, Freeport (H.S.)

DIVISION 7:
No nominees – Board will appoint

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