CHICAGO – September 28, 2015 – (RealEstateRama) — Governor Bruce Rauner announced he has made appointments to the Illinois Health Information Exchange Authority, the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees and the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
Name: Mason Budelier
Position: Executive Director – Illinois Health Information Exchange Authority
Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed Mason Budelier as Executive Director of the Illinois Health Information Exchange Authority. He currently serves as the General Counsel of the Authority.
Budelier came to the Illinois Health Information Exchange Authority in February. Before the Authority, Budelier served as a staff attorney at the Office of Council to the Inspector General within the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. He served in that role from 2011-2015 and handled legal and policy issues related to the administration of the Illinois Medicaid program. He also spent three years as an associate attorney with Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey.
Budelier earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Iowa State University and a law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law. He lives in Chicago.
Name: Tim Struthers
Position: Trustee – Northern Illinois University
Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed Tim Struthers to the Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees. He holds two degrees from the institution.
Struthers is the Illinois Market President of First National Bank of Omaha. His responsibilities include general market and administrative duties for banking operations across the state of Illinois. He has 35 years of experience with the company, having started with them in 1980.
Struthers currently serves on the boards of the Northern Illinois University Foundation, the DeKalb Sanitary District, the Illinois Council on Economic Education, and Grace Lutheran Church.
Struthers earned both a bachelor’s degree in finance and an MBA from Northern Illinois University. He lives in DeKalb.
Name: David Walsh
Position: Member – Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed David Walsh to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District.
Walsh currently serves as the head of business development for Mark J. Walsh and Company. MJW&CO is a Chicago based commodity trading advisor. Previously, Walsh served as Senior Vice President of Advertising for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Prior to joining the Star Tribune, Walsh worked in a variety of positions within the Tribune Company, where his last position was Vice President of Advertising for the Los Angeles Times. Before joining the Times in 2005, he served as vice president of Tribune Interactive, where he oversaw print and online classified strategies for 10 Tribune owned newspapers.
Walsh earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois. He lives in Chicago.
