Board Members

Mr. Cupples is the Director of Operations for Leaders Partners, Inc., an independent brokerage general agency based in North Barrington which specializes in the marketing and underwriting of life and long-term care insurance solutions. In addition to overseeing the organization’s daily business activities, Marty is responsible for developing and implementing IT solutions focused on improving workflow and efficiency for their nationwide network of advisors and brokers.  

Marty and his wife Dyone have resided in Lake Zurich since 2013. Their three children have attended elementary school, middle school, and high school in District 95 and their son is a recent graduate of LZHS. In his free time, Marty enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, listening to music, building sets for community theatre productions and working on projects around the house.  

Mr. Etienne is Senior Counsel in the legal department of Stepan Company, focusing on Environmental, Health, and Safety matters for all of Stepan’s business units and facilities globally.  Prior to Stepan, Mr. Etienne spent over twenty years at Baxter International Inc. where he led a team responsible for Environmental, Health, and Safety legal and auditing services, Trade Compliance, and certain Ethics and Compliance matters for Baxter’s businesses worldwide, including at over 45 manufacturing facilities in more than 20 countries. While at Baxter, he helped to launch the company’s first Sustainability Report (now Corporate Responsibility Report) and the company’s Code of Conduct. Prior to Baxter, Mr. Etienne practiced law in the Chicago office of the global law firm Sidley Austin LLP.

Mr. Etienne was also a public school Middle School teacher for a short while and served for more than 15 years on the Board of Regents of Trinity International University.  

Peter and his wife Marci have been District residents since 1994 and currently have a daughter attending school in the District. They and their children have been members of Heritage Church and its predecessors in Lake Zurich for over twenty years.   

Mr. Ketcham is a Senior Vice President for Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division.  He is responsible for managing the transactional underwriting units within the Executive Liability Division, which involves providing management liability insurance, fiduciary insurance, and employment practices liability insurance to non-profit organizations and privately owned companies.  Mr. Ketcham is responsible for establishing the underwriting guidelines, strategy & execution of underwriting objectives for these underwriting units, which generate roughly $160 million in annual premium.   He has been with Great American Insurance Group since 1996 and has held underwriting roles of increasing responsibility over this time.  

Chris and his wife Kim have lived within the District since 2002 and have three children, two of which are currently in District 95 schools and the other having recently graduated in 2018 from Lake Zurich High School.  He and his family are actively involved in many organizations within the community including Lake Zurich Baseball/Softball Association’s Challenger Baseball, the District 95 Educational Foundation, Cricket Theatre Company, and St. Francis de Sales Church.