The Downtown Springfield, Inc. Board of Directors is considered the working board of our organization. The Directors oversee council activity, serve as liaisons to other organizations, represent City and County government, and direct DSI staff.

All members of Downtown Springfield, Inc. are welcome to attend the Board meetings at National City Bank, Executive Board Room on the 4th Wednesday of each month at 8:00 a.m.

The 2012 Officers and Board Members are:

Officers

Board of Directors

Dennis Brinquet – Ace Sign Company, Past President

Barry Friedman – The Alamo

Charlie Barber

John Barker – Barker Real Estate

Mark Forinash – Cafι Moxo

Al Eck – Eck, Schafer, & Punke

Todd Higginbotham – FWAI Architects

Erich Bloxdorf (interim) – Greater Springfield Chamber of Commerce **

Anthony “Tony” Comerio – Hanson Professional Services

Jann Braun – Horace Mann Companies

Dale Phillips – Lincoln Home National Historic Site **

Doug Ringer – Lincoln Square Apartments

Steve Myers – Myers Commercial Real Estate, Past President

Mike Farmer – Office of Economic Development **

Justin Blandford – IL Historic Preservation Agency **

Julia Langfelder – Town and Country Bank

Barb Malany – Past President

Michael Higgins – Maldaners Restaurant

Carolyn Oxtoby – Oxtoby Properties, Past President

Janet Seitz Carlson & Jennifer Snopko – Prairie Art Alliance

Brian Oaks – Prairie Capitol Convention Center **

Lisa Nardi – President Abraham Lincoln Hotel

Mark Kessler – Recycled Records

Cindy Davis – Resource One, Past President

vacant  - Robert Morris College

Norm Sims – Sangamon County Regional Planning**

Penny Wollan Kriel – Springfield Area Arts Council **

Fred Puglia – Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau

vacant – Springfield Mass Transit **

Joe Phillips – Springfield Police Department **

Tim Butler  - St. John’s Hospital

Daryll Smith – State House Inn

Edie Weaver – State Journal Register

Pat Thornton/Martha Wilday – The Blue Door

Mike Houston – Mayor, City of Springfield, Past President.

** Ex Officio Member

If you are interested in serving on the Downtown Springfield, Inc. Board of Directors, please contact the DSI office at (217) 544-1723 or dsi@downtownspringfield.org.