Bruce Payne retired as a Partner with the accounting firm of Payne, Groskreutz, Schmidt, Abraham & Eshelman.

Education:
He is a 1963 graduate of Northwestern University with a B.S. degree in accounting. He also has a degree in finance from Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management in 1965.

Personal:
Married to Nancy Payne

Background:
After working four years for international CPA firms in Chicago, he moved to Kankakee, IL in 1968. Bruce was admitted to the firm's partnership in 1973 and was managing partner from 1987-2004.

He is a past president of the Kiwanis Club of Kankakee, the Kankakee Country Club and the Kankakee Area YMCA Board of Directors. He has been chairman of the Finance Committee and Deacon of his church. He is currently chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Kankakee Area YMCA and President of the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra Foundation.