FOUNDATION TRUSTEES

Leadership and Stewardship

The Paul and Jean Harris Home Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization, is guided by a dedicated Board of Trustees committed to preserving the Home and advancing its place of meeting for education, inspiration, peacebuilding, and connection.

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Stewarding the Harris Home for the future

The Home Foundation’s Board provides strategic oversight, fiscal stewardship, and leadership for the ongoing restoration, preservation, interpretation, and public engagement efforts of the Home Foundation.

The current Board of Trustees brings experience in nonprofit leadership, finance, architecture, landscape design, fundraising, communications, and Rotary service.

CURRENT TRUSTEES

The people guiding the Foundation today

The current members of the Board of Trustees, together with past leadership, are presented below.

Chuck Corrigan
Chuck CorriganChair of the Board of Trustees
Chuck is a Past District Governor of Rotary International District 6450, the Birthplace of Rotary. Chuck is a charter member of the Rotary Club of Naperville Downtown, President of his Club, and District Rotary Foundation Committee Chair for District 6450.
After completing his term as District Governor in 2021-22, Chuck joined the board of the Paul and Jean Harris Home Foundation.

Chuck also serves on the host committee for the 2030 Rotary International Convention in Chicago to celebrate the 125th anniversary of Rotary.

Lisa Russ
Lisa RussTrustee, Chair of Brick Campaign
Lisa has been involved with the Rotary Club of Chicago since 2001, serving in a number of capacities including President, 2012-2013. She currently works in development and communications for Women’s Exchange, a not-for-profit focused on education and community for women.
She also represents artist Nina Irwin and her luminous works. Lisa lives in Evanston with her husband, Ken, and “bonus daughter” Barbara.
Dennis Gorman
Dennis GormanTreasurer and Trustee
Dennis is a certified public accountant, offering his clients advice and direction for any of their financial needs. Dennis is a member of the Illinois CPA Society. As a Charter member of the Rotary Club of Chicago Financial, he is currently Executive Secretary, and in past held all offices of Club.

Dennis is a Rotary Foundation Sustaining Member, a Paul Harris Fellow, and a Rotary Foundation Major Donor. Dennis also serves as Treasurer of the Paul Harris Memorial Committee and has served as Treasurer of the Rotary 6450 Charitable Foundation.

Scott McAdam
Scott McAdamTrustee & Landscape Architect
Scott has been President and co-owner of McAdam Landscaping, Inc., since 1979, Scott’s focus is primarily on construction, landscape installations and design. Scott is a registered landscape architect in the state of Illinois.

Scott served as President of the Illinois Landscape Contractors Association (ILCA). He is a supporting member of the Greencorps Chicago program, which promotes environmental stewardship and quality of life in Chicago. For six years, Scott served as a member of the University of Illinois (Champaign) Horticultural Advisory Board. He also served on the boards of the Illinois Turfgrass Association and the Mid-Am Horticultural Trade Show. He was an eightyear board member of the Chicago and Flower and Garden Show.

A member of the Rotary Club of Oak Park-River Forest since 1995, he served a term as the Club’s President, and was District Governor for District 6450 in 2017-18.

He resides in Lemont, Illinois, with his wife, Veronika.

Keith Larson
Keith LarsonTrustee and PJHH Architect
As a member of Hinsdale Rotary since 1998, Keith’s first exposure to Rotary was when his father, Earl (also a Rotarian), took him to his weekly Rotary meeting. The guest speaker that week was Sir Edmund Hilary of Mt. Everest fame. That began a lifetime of commitment to all things Rotary. Keith has served as his Club’s President in 2005, the Centennial year, as well as 2023- 2024.

In 2012, PDG Robb Knuepfer asked Keith to collaborate on the restoration of the Paul and Jean Harris Home in Chicago. The vision was to restore the house to its 1940’s function and appearance and to have the home function as a meeting place for all Rotarians. This would include the ability to host events and provide tours of the Paul Harris House.

Keith continues to work as an Architect in the Chicago Area, with the concentration of his practice varying across many building types, including golf clubs, churches, and homes. He has also helped design and help construct the Military Veterans memorial in Burr Ridge, Illinois.

Keith and his wife, Char, have 3 adult children.

John Hoich
John HoichTrustee, National Fundraising Coordinator
John sits on the boards of many charitable foundations and community organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America, the CHI Hospital Advisory Board, and the Charles E. Lakin Foundation. He is an Arch Klumph Society member, and he has been given the Key to the City of Omaha, Nebraska.
Starting as a teenager with one lawnmower and enough determination for a dozen men, John Hoich built a thriving business. His customers have ranged from grounds maintenance contracts at U.S. government facilities to land development and ownership of hotels, office buildings, industrial buildings, apartment complexes, shopping centers, assisted living facilities, a 9-hole golf course, a fifty-year contract for a military housing development, and numerous strategic business investments.

John is very proud of his twin sons, Justin and Jeremy. The twins currently reside in Omaha.

PAST LEADERSHIP

Leaders that helped preserve the Home

Cheryl McIntyre
Cheryl McIntyrePast Chair
Cheryl became involved with the PJHH during the Council on Legislation Conference in 2019 when she organized an outing to Paul and Jean Harris’ Home for the Council participants. Shortly after that, Robb Knuepfer, Chairman Emeritus, asked her to serve as Chief Operating Officer and eventually to step into the Chairman’s role. Cheryl ended her term as Chair and Trustee in 2024.
Cheryl is a retired co-founder of Ascend Consulting Group. In 1995, Cheryl joined the Rotary Club of Monroe, and later served as the Club’s first female President for 2015-2016.
Robb Knuepfer
Robb KnuepferTrustee Emeritus
Robb served for 15 years as Chair of the Paul and Jean Harris Home Foundation, which has restored the Harris residence known as “Comely Bank” in Chicago. Robb also served as a Rotary International Director from 2017 to 2019.
He joined the Rotary Club of Chicago in 1982, served as Centennial President of Rotary/One in 2005, and then served as District Governor in 2010-2011.

Robb has served on committees of Rotary International and The Rotary Foundation, as well as the Council on Legislation.

Distant view of the Paul and Jean Harris Home across the landscaped grounds.
© Rotary International

The Paul and Jean Harris Home viewed across its landscaped grounds.

SUPPORT THE WORK

Help sustain the Home these volunteers steward.

The Foundation’s trustees provide the leadership that helps preserve the Harris home, welcome visitors, and advance its long-term future.

The Paul & Jean Harris Home Foundation is an independent nonprofit organization and is not affiliated with Rotary International or The Rotary Foundation. Donations to the Home Foundation are not donations to Rotary International or The Rotary Foundation and do not confer any of the other privileges or recognitions that may be associated with contributions to The Rotary Foundation.