Board of Trustees

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  1. Joseph C. Stein III '86, Chair

    Joseph Stein

    Profession and title: Partner & Managing Director, Solomon Partners
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 6 years
    Term Ends: 2027
    Committees: Vice-Chair of the Enrollment Management Committee, Ex-officio member of all committees

    Cassandra Naylor Brooks '89, Vice Chair

    Brooks

    Profession and title: Previously a secondary teacher/administrator; currently serves on several school boards
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 9 years
    Term ends: 2028
    Committees: Ex-officio member of all committees, Strategic Task Force, Campaign Steering Committee

    Mark D. Gearan L.H.D.'17, P'21, President

    Gearan

    Office of the President
    Committees: Ex-officio member of all committees, Strategic Task Force



    DR. TERESA AMOTT L.H.D.'11

    AMOTT

    Profession and title: President Emerita, Knox College
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 3 years
    Term ends: 2026
    Committees: Chair of Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Executive Committee, Enrollment Management, Presidential Review Committee, Alternative Revenues

    Linda D. Arrington '88

    Arrington

    Profession and title: Co-Head of Marketing and Head of Marketing Transformation, Global Wealth Management (US), UBS
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 24 years
    Term ends: 2029
    Committees: Chair of Advancement and Communications, Executive Committee, Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Governance, Strategic Task Force, Campaign Steering Committee

    Katharine “Kate” Strouse Canada ’98

    Canada

    Profession and title: Hiring Director, The Public Interest Network
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 1 year
    Term ends: 2028
    Committees: Vice Chair of Human Resources, Financial Management, Melly Institute and Outcomes

    Calvin R. Carver, Jr. '81

    Carver

    Profession and title: Previously an Executive in the Financial Services Industry; currently head softball coach at Pingry School and assistant coach of William Smith soccer
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 23 years
    Term ends: 2026
    Committees: Chair of the Financial Management Committee, Executive Committee, Audit and Compliance, Governance, Strategic Task Force, Campaign Steering Committee, Alternative Revenues

    Hon. Jeremy A. Cooney, Esq. '04

    Cooney

    Profession and title: Senator 56th District, New York State Senate
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 4 years
    Term Ends: 2029
    Committees: Campus Infrastructure, Financial Management, Alternative Revenues

    Edward R. Cooper '86, P'16

    Cooper

    Profession and title: Fine wine, beer and distilled spirits retailer; Vice President, Public Affairs and Community Relations, Total Wine & More
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 13 years
    Term ends: 2028
    Committees: Chair of the Student Experience Committee, Executive Committee, Enrollment Management

    Joseph DeSimone Jr. '89

    DeSimone

    Profession and title: Owner, DeSimone Companies, DeSimone Gaming and First Federal Realty
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: New member
    Term ends: 2029
    Committees: Campus Infrastructure, Financial Management

    Rebecca M. Fox L.H.D. ’95

    Fox

    Profession and title: Dean, Continuing and International Education and UOnline at University of Miami
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 1 year
    Term ends: 2028
    Committees: Enrollment Management, Honors Committee, Student Experience, Melly Institute and Outcomes

    Ludwig P. Gaines, Esq. ’88

    Gaines

    Profession and title: President & Co-founder, The 360 NIL Group; Chief Philanthropic Officer & Executive Consultant, Vincent Strategies, LLC.
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 3 years
    Term Ends: 2026
    Committees: Advancement and Communications, Financial Management, Student Experience

    Aileen Diviney Gleason '85

    Gleason

    Profession and title: Managing Director; Bank of America
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 13 years
    Term Ends: 2028
    Committees: Chair of the Governance Committee, Executive Committee, Advancement and Communications, Financial Management, Presidential Review Committee, Melly Institute and Outcomes

    Josephine Grayson P'18

    Grayson

    Profession and title: Licensed Landscape Architect
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 4 years
    Term Ends: 2029
    Committees: Vice Chair of Campus Infrastructure, Enrollment Management, Student Experience, Campaign Steering Committee

    Dr. Kirra Guard '08, MAT '09

    Guard

    Profession and title: NYSED OSE Technical Assistance Partnership for Academics University at Albany, SUNY
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 4 years
    Term ends: 2026
    Committees: Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Financial Management, Alternative Revenues

    Sabrina Horn '83

    Horn

    Profession and title: Public Relations/ Communications Expert, Retired CEO and Founder, Horn Group, Inc., Leadership Coach, Advisor, Author; Horn Strategy, LLC
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: New member
    Term ends: 2029
    Committees: Enrollment Management, Human Resources

    William A. Margiloff '92

    Margiloff

    Profession and title: Zeta Global
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 15 years
    Term Ends: 2026
    Committees: Chair of Campus Infrastructure, Executive Committee, Enrollment Management, Student Experience, Alternative Revenues

    Andrew G. McMaster, Jr. '74, P'09

    McMaster

    Profession and title: Retired Vice Chairman, Deloitte LLP
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 28 years
    Term ends: 2026
    Committees: Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee, Executive Committee, Financial Management, Governance, Investment

    Allison Morrow '76

    Morrow

    Profession and title: Career in global capital markets
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 25 years
    Term Ends: 2028
    Committees: Chair of the Honors Committee, Executive Committee, Enrollment Management, Governance, Campaign Steering Committee

    Jonathan Mothner '85

    Mothner

    Profession and title: Executive Vice President, Chief Risk and Legal Officer; Synchrony
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: New member
    Term ends: 2029
    Committees: Audit and Compliance, Financial Management

    Dr. Margueritte S. Murphy

    Murphy

    Profession and title: Served as associate provost at HWS, chair of the Colleges Writing & Rhetoric Program and an adviser and faculty liaison to the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 5 years
    Term ends: 2028
    Committees: Vice-Chair of the Student Experience Committee, Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Human Resources, Strategic Task Force

    James B. Robinson, Esq. '96

    Robinson

    Profession and title: Senior Director, Global Tax Reporting and Tax Policy
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 11 years
    Term ends: 2026
    Committees: Chair of the Enrollment Management Committee, Executive Committee, Governance,
    Melly Institute and Outcomes

    The Rt. Rev. Kara Wagner Sherer

    Sherer

    Profession and title: The Episcopal Diocese of Rochester
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 1 year
    Term Ends: 2028
    Committees: Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Student Experience

    Eric J. Stein '89

    Eric Stein

    Profession and title: Retired Global Chairman, Investment Banking, J.P. Morgan Chase
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 6 years
    Term Ends: 2027
    Committees: Chair of the Strategic Task Force, Vice Chair of the Financial Management Committee, Co-Chair of Melly Institute and Outcomes, Executive Committee, Advancement and Communications

    Kevin Stein ’88

    Kevin Stein

    Profession and title: President and CEO, TransDigm Group Inc.
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 1 year
    Term ends: 2028
    Committees: Financial Management, Investment, Campaign Steering Committee, Melly Institute and Outcomes

    Samuel A. Stern, Esq. '03

    Stern

    Profession and title: Attorney, Stern, Kilcullen and Rufolo LLC
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 7 years
    Term Ends: 2027
    Committees: Vice Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee, Advancement and Communications, Enrollment Management

    Craig R. Stine '81, P'17

    Stine

    Profession and title: Vice Chairman, Global Financial Institutions Group (FIG) at Barclays Investment Bank
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 14 years
    Term ends: 2029
    Committees: Executive Committee, Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Strategic Task Force, Campaign Steering Committee

    Gordon Sweely '86

    Sweely

    Profession and title: Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Structured Products and Private Credit, Nomura Securities International
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: New member
    Term ends: 2029
    Committees: Financial Management, Investment

    Mehrnaz Vahid-Ahdieh '85, P'17

    Vahid-Ahdieh

    Profession and title: Managing Director, Former Global Head of Wealth at Work at Citi
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 4 years
    Term Ends: 2025
    Committees: Vice Chair of the Investment Committee, Executive Committee, Human Resources, Presidential Review Committee, Melly Institute and Outcomes

    Paul Wasmund ’07

    Wasmund

    Profession and title: Director at Opinion Dynamics
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 1 year
    Term ends: 2028
    Committees: Enrollment Management, Financial Management, Alternative Revenues

    Dr. Richard L. Wasserman '70

    Wasserman

    Profession and title: Medical Director of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Medical City Children’s Hospital; Principal, Richard L. Wasserman Consulting
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 19 years
    Term Ends: 2026
    Committees: Chair of the Presidential Review Committee, Vice-Chair of the Governance Committee, Executive, Enrollment Management

    William T. Whitaker, Jr. '73, L.H.D. '97

    Whitaker

    Profession and title: Correspondent, 60 Minutes, CBS News, New York
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 24 years
    Term Ends: 2027
    Committees: Vice Chair of the Belonging, Diversity and Equity Committee, Advancement and Communications

    Stephen Wong '89

    Wong

    Profession and title: Managing Partner, Valley Capital Partners
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 4 years
    Term Ends: 2029
    Committees: Advancement and Communications, Enrollment Management, Honors Committee, Melly Institute and Outcomes

    Warren K. Zola '89, P'18

    Zola

    Profession and title: Executive Director of Boston College's Chief Executive Club at the Carroll School of Management
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2025: 6 years
    Term ends: 2027
    Committees: Chair of the Human Resources Committee, Executive Committee, Advancement and Communications, Enrollment Management, Alternative Revenues


    Honorary Trustees

    • Thomas S. Bozzuto '68, L.H.D. '18
    • Langdon P. Cook P'99, P'05, L.H.D.'12
    • David H. Deming '75
    • Worth Douglas '67
    • Katherine D. Elliott '66, L.H.D. '08
    • Cynthia Gelsthorpe Fish ’82, L.H.D. '23
    • Herbert J. McCooey Jr. ’76, P’04, P’09
    • Judith Hershey Melly L.H.D. '16
    • Douglas F. Myles '51
    • Jane F. Napier P'89
    • Thomas B. Poole '61, P'91, L.H.D. '06
    • Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr. '52, L.H.D.'02
    • Herbert J. Stern '58, P'03, LL.D. '74
    • Beth Yingling '76
    • Maureen C. Zupan '72, P'09, L.H.D. '16

    Student Trustees-Elect

    • Rex A. Eidlin '26
    • Hailey M. Galvan '26
    • Rupert Ramsay '27
    • Cori Bohan '27