Information about meetings of the Board of Trustees is provided below. All members of the public are welcome to attend in person or view meetings via video. Links to view meetings are posted on the Board Meeting Materials page.

Regular board meetings, unless noted otherwise, begin at 1 p.m. and are held at Northeastern Illinois University, 5500 North St. Louis Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60625. The Board holds one meeting at each of its Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies and El Centro locations annually.

Confirmed Board and Committee meeting locations and times may be found on the agendas for posted meetings on the Board Meeting Materials page.

Meetings may include a Closed Session if voted upon by the Board in accordance with the Illinois Open Meetings Act.

2025 Board meetings

  • January 16, 2025 - Committee Meeting Day (check meeting agendas)
    • Finance, Buildings and Grounds Committee - 9:00 a.m.
    • Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, and Technology Committee - 1:00 p.m.
  • February 13, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting
  • March 13, 2025 - Committee Meeting Day (check meeting agendas)
    • Finance, Buildings and Grounds Committee - 9:00 a.m.
    • Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, and Technology Committee - 1:00 p.m.
  • * April 17, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting
  • May 15, 2025 - Committee Meeting Day (check meeting agendas)
    • Finance, Buildings and Grounds Committee - 9:00 a.m.
    • Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, and Technology Committee - 1:00 p.m.
  • June 5, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting
  • September 11, 2025 - Committee Meeting Day (check meeting agendas)
    • Finance, Buildings and Grounds Committee - 9:00 a.m.
    • Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, and Technology Committee - 1:00 p.m.
  • September 18, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting
  • October 23, 2025 - Committee Meeting Day (check meeting agendas)
    • Finance, Buildings and Grounds Committee - 9:00 a.m.
    • Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, and Technology Committee - 1:00 p.m.
  • ** November 20, 2025 - Regular Board Meeting

* El Centro Location: 3390 N. Avondale Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618
** Jacob H. Carruthers Center: 700 E. Oakwood Boulevard, Chicago, IL 60653

2024 board meetings

  • January 18, 2024 - Committee Meeting Day (check meeting agenda)
  • February 15, 2024 - Board Meeting
  • March 21, 2024 - Committee Meeting Day (check meeting agenda)
  • * April 18, 2024 - Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, and Technology Committee Meeting - A.M.
  • * April 18, 2024 - Board Meeting
  • May 14, 2024 - Finance, Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting
  • May 16, 2024 - Committee Meeting Day (check meeting agenda)
  • May 28, 2024 - Board Meeting
  • June 13, 2024 - Special Board Meeting
  • June 25, 2024 - Special Board Meeting
  • July 30, 2024 - Special Board Meeting
  • September 5, 2024 - Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, and Technology Committee Meeting
  • September 19, 2024 - Audit Committee Meeting (morning)
  • September 19, 2024 - Finance, Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting (morning)
  • September 19, 2024 - Board Meeting (afternoon)
  • October 17, 2024 - Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, and Technology Committee Meeting
  • November 8, 2024 - Finance, Buildings and Grounds Committee Meeting
  • ** November 21, 2024 - Board Meeting

*El Centro Location
**Jacob H. Carruthers Center

FY2025 Standing Board Committees:

  • Academic/Student Affairs, Enrollment, and Technology Committee
    • Ann Kalayil, Committee Chair
    • Betty Fleurimond
    • Itzel Linares
    • Michelle Morales
  • Audit Committee
  • Executive Committee
    • J. Todd Phillips, Board Chair
    • Michelle Morales, Vice Chair
    • Anna Meresidis, Secretary
    • Paula Wolff, Officer Pro Tem
  • Finance, Buildings and Grounds Committee