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Board of Directors
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John S. Albin |
Director of UTG since 1984; farmer in Douglas and Edgar counties, Illinois, since 1951; Chairman of the Board of Longview State Bank from 1978 to 2005; President of the Longview Capitol Corporation, a bank holding company, since 1978; Chairman of First National Bank of Ogden, Illinois, from 1987 to 2005; Chairman of the State Bank of Chrisman from 1988 to 2005; Chairman of First National Bank in Georgetown from 1994 to 2005; Director of Illini Community Development Corporation since 1990; Commissioner of Illinois Student Assistance Commission from 1996 to 2002. |
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Joseph A. Brinck, II |
Director of UTG since 2003; CEO of Stelter & Brinck, LTD, a full service combustion engineering and manufacturing company from 1979 to present; President of Superior Thermal, LTD from 1990 to present. Currently holds Professional Engineering Licenses in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois. |
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Daryl J. Heald |
Mr. Heald started in commercial real estate with the Allen Morris Company and then spent four years at Triaxia Partners Consulting Firm, both in Atlanta, Georgia. He later began serving as an associate trustee and executive committee member of the Maclellan Foundation. In 2000, Daryl helped launch Generous Giving, Inc. and served as its President until January 2008, when he became Senior Vice President of the Maclellan Foundation and founded Giving Wisely. Giving Wisely seeks to serve families on their journey of generosity by helping to connect their needs and passions with knowledge, experiences, opportunities, and relationships. Daryl also serves on the boards of Crown Financial Ministries, ProVision Foundation, the Haggai Institute and is an elder at Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church. Mr. Heald became a director of UTG, Inc. in September 2008. He holds a B.S. degree in economics from Westmont College. Daryl and his wife, Cathy, live in Lookout Mountain, Georgia with their six children. |
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Randall L.
Attkisson |
Director of UTG since 1999; Chief Operating Officer of UTG and Universal Guaranty Life Insurance Company from 2001-2008; Chief Operating Officer of Acap Corporation, American Capitol Insurance Company, and Texas Imperial Life Insurance Company from 2006-2008; President of UTG and Universal Guaranty Life Insurance Company 2001-2006; President, Secretary and Treasurer of First Southern Holdings, LLC from 2002-2008; Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer of First Southern Holdings, LLC from 1986-2008, Director of First Southern Bancorp, Inc, a bank holding company, since 1986; Treasurer and Manager of First Southern Funding, LLC from 1992-2008; Advisory Director of Kentucky Christian Foundation since 2002; Director of The River Foundation, Inc. since 1990; President of Randall L. Attkisson & Associates from 1982 to 1986; Commissioner of Kentucky Department of Banking & Securities from 1980 to 1982; Self-employed Banking Consultant in Miami, FL from 1978 to 1980. |
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Jesse T. Correll |
Chairman and CEO of UTG and Universal Guaranty Life Insurance Company since 2000; Director of UTG since 1999; Chairman and CEO of Acap Corporation, American Capitol Insurance Company, and Texas Imperial Life Insurance Company since 2006; Chairman, President, Director of First Southern Bancorp, Inc. since 1983; President, Director of First Southern Funding, LLC since 1992; President, Director of The River Foundation since 1990; Board member of Crown Financial Ministries since 2004; Friends of the Good Samaritans since 2005; Generous Giving since 2006 and the National Christian Foundation since 2006. Mr. Correll and his wife Angela have 3 children and 2 grandchildren. Jesse Correll is the son of Ward and Regina Correll. |
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Ward F. Correll |
Director of UTG since 2000; Director of Acap Corporation, American Capitol Insurance Company, and Texas Imperial Life Insurance Company since 2006; President, Director of Tradeway, Inc. of Somerset, KY since 1973; President, Director of Cumberland Lake Shell, Inc. of Somerset, KY since 1971; President, Director of Tradewind Shopping Center, Inc. of Somerset, KY since 1966; Director of First Southern Bancorp since 1987; Director of First Southern Funding, LLC since 1991; Director of The River Foundation since 1990; and Director First Southern Insurance Agency since 1987. Ward Correll is the father of Jesse Correll. |
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Thomas F. Darden |
Mr. Darden is the Chief Executive Officer of Cherokee Investment Partners, a private equity fund with over $1 billion of capital for investing in brownfields. Cherokee has offices in North Carolina, Colorado, New Jersey, London, Toronto and Montreal. Beginning in 1984, he served for 16 years as the Chairman of Cherokee Sanford Group, a privately-held brick manufacturing company in the United States and previously the Southeast's largest soil remediation company. From 1981 to 1983, Mr. Darden was a consultant with Bain & Company in Boston. From 1977 to 1978, he worked as an environmental planner for the Korea Institute of Science and Technology in Seoul, where he was a Henry Luce Foundation Scholar. Mr. Darden is on the Boards of Shaw University and the University of North Carolina's Environmental Department and Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment. He is on the Board of Directors of the National Brownfield Association and on the Board of Trustees of North Carolina Environmental Defense. Mr. Darden is a director of Winston Hotels, Inc. (NYSE) and serves on the board of governors of Research Triangle Institute in Research Triangle Park, N.C. He was Chairman of the Research Triangle Transit Authority and served two terms on the N.C. Board of Transportation through appointments by the Governor and the Speaker of the House. Mr. Darden earned a Masters in Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a Doctor of Jurisprudence from Yale Law School and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar. His 1976 undergraduate thesis analyzed the environmental impact of third world development, and his 1981 Yale thesis addressed interstate acid rain air pollution. Mr. Darden and his wife Jody have three children, ages 20 to 29.
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William W. Perry |
Director of UTG since 2001; Director of American Capitol Insurance Company, and Texas Imperial Life Insurance Company since 2006; Owner of SES Investments, Ltd., an oil and gas investments company since 1991; President of EGL Resources, Inc., an oil and gas operations company based in Texas and New Mexico since 1992; Vice Chairman of American Shale Oil Company (AMSO); President of a real estate investment company; Director of Young Life Foundation and involved with Young Life in various capacities; Director of Abel-Hangar Foundation, Director of River Foundation; Director of Millagros Foundation; Director of University of Oklahoma Associates; Mayor of Midland, Texas since January 2008; Midland, Texas City Council member from 2002-2008. |
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James P. Rousey |
President since September 2006, Director of UTG and Universal Guaranty Life Insurance Company since September 2001; President and Director of Acap Corporation, American Capitol Insurance Company, and Texas Imperial Life Insurance Company since 2006; Regional CEO and Director of First Southern National Bank from 1988 to 2001. Board Member with the Illinois Fellowship of Christian Athletes from 2001-2005; Board Member with Contact Ministries since 2007; Board Member with Amigos En Cristo, Inc since 2007. |
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Howard L. Dayton, Jr. |
In 1985, Mr. Dayton founded Crown Ministries in Longwood, Florida. Crown Ministries merged with Christian Financial Concepts in September 2000 to form Crown Financial Ministries, the world’s largest financial ministry. He served as Chief Executive Officer from 1985 to 2007. In 1972 he began his commercial real estate development career, specializing in office development in the Central Florida area. Mr. Dayton developed The Caboose, a successful railroad-themed restaurant in Orlando, FL in 1969. He also is the author of Your Money Counts, Free and Clear, Your Money Map and Crown’s Small Group Studies.
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Peter L. Ochs |
Mr. Ochs is founder of Capital III, a private investment banking firm located in Wichita, Kansas. The firm has acted as an intermediary in over 120 transactions since its founding in 1982. In addition the firm provides valuation services to private companies for such purposes as ESOP’s, estate planning, M & A, buy/sells, and internal planning strategies. The firm also provides both tactical and strategic planning for privately held companies. In recent years the firm has focused primarily on providing services to companies in which Mr. Ochs holds an equity interest. Since 1987, Mr. Ochs has been an active investor and officer of several privately held companies. In most cases his ownership position has represented a controlling interest in the enterprise. Companies in which he has held or still holds an investment include a community bank, a medical equipment company, a manufacturer of electrical assemblies, a sports training equipment company, a manufacturer of corporate identification products, a cable TV programming company, and a retail lifestyle clothing store. Mr. Ochs is also one of the founding members of Trinity Academy; a Christ centered college preparatory high school in Wichita. Prior to founding Capital III, Mr. Ochs spent 8 years in the commercial banking business. He graduated from the University of Kansas in 1974 with a degree in business & finance.
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