Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

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  1. Craig R. Stine '81, P'17, Chair

    Stine

    Profession and title: Vice Chairman, Global Financial Institutions Group (FIG) at Barclays Investment Bank
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 12 years
    Term ends: 2027
    Committees: Chair of the Board, 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, 2023: 7 years
    Term ends: 2024
    Committees: Executive

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

    Gearan

    Office of the President
    Committees: Ex-officio member of all committees



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

    AMOTT

    Profession and title: President Emerita, Knox College
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 1 year
    Term ends: 2026
    Committees: Vice Chair of Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Enrollment Management, Presidential Review

    Linda D. Arrington '88

    Arrington

    Profession and title: Former Chief Marketing Officer, Commercial Banking, JPMorgan Chase
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 22 years
    Term ends: 2025
    Committees: Executive, Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Governance, Chair of Presidential Review

    Julie Bazan D'Angelo '93

    Bazan

    Profession and title: Student, University of Rochester, Warner School of Education
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 3 years
    Term ends: 2024
    Committees: Vice-Chair of the Financial Management Committee, Audit and Compliance, Human Resources

    Samari BrOWN '24

    Brown

    Profession and title: Senior Student Trustee
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 1 year
    Term ends: 2024
    Committees: Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Enrollment Management, Student Experience

    Calvin (Chip) 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, 2023: 21 years
    Term ends: 2026
    Committees: Chair of the Financial Management Committee, Executive, Audit and Compliance, Governance

    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, 2023: 2 years
    Term Ends: 2025
    Committees: Asset Management, Financial Management 

    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, 2023: 11 years
    Term ends: 2024
    Committees: Chair of the Student Experience Committee, Enrollment Management, Executive, Belonging, Diversity and Equity

    Andrew L. Gaines, Esq. '83

    Gaines

    Profession and title: Partner, Linklaters LLP
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 10 years
    Term ends: 2025
    Committees: Chair of the Human Resources Committee, Executive, Audit and Compliance, Governance, Presidential Review

    Ludwig P. Gaines, Esq. ’88

    Gaines

    Profession and title: Vice President, Talladega College Strategic Initiatives; Partnerships/Principal and Consultant for The Gaines Group Consulting
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 1 year
    Term Ends: 2026
    Committees: 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, 2023: 11 years
    Term Ends: 2024
    Committees: Chair of the Governance Committee, Executive, Advancement & Communications, Financial Management, Presidential Review

    Josephine Grayson P'18

    Grayson

    Profession and title: Licensed Landscape Architect
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 2 years
    Term Ends: 2025
    Committees: Asset Management, Student Experience

    Dr. Kirra Guard '08, MAT '09

    Guard

    Profession and title: School Psychologist & State Technical Assistance Provider
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 2 years
    Term ends: 2026
    Committees: Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Financial Management

    John J. Hogan III '88

    Hogan

    Profession and title: Retired Chief Risk Officer, JP Morgan Chase
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 7 years
    Term ends: 2024
    Committees: Co-Chair of the Investment Committee, Executive, Audit and Compliance, Financial Management

    RT. REV. STEPHEN LANE

    Lane

    Connection to the Colleges: Historically, the Episcopal bishop serves on the Board
    Profession and title: Episcopal Bishop Provisional in Rochester; Ninth Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Maine
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 2 years
    Committees: Asset Management, Belonging, Diversity and Equity

    William A. Margiloff '92

    Margiloff

    Profession and title: CEO, IgnitionOne
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 13 years
    Term Ends: 2026
    Committees: Co-Chair of the Asset Management Committee, Enrollment Management, Student Experience

    Scott J. Mason '81, P'13

    Mason

    Profession and title: Investment Advisor
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 7 years
    Term ends: 2024
    Committees: Co-Chair of the Asset Management Committee, Advancement & Communications, Enrollment Management

    Herbert J. McCooey, Jr. '76, P'04, P'09

    McCooey

    Profession and title: Retired Member of the N.Y. Stock Exchange and Managing Director; Bear Wagner Specialist
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 17 years
    Term ends: 2024
    Committees: Vice-Chair of the Advancement & Communications Committee, Executive, Governance

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

    McMaster

    Profession and title: Retired Vice Chairman, Deloitte LLP
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 26 years
    Term ends: 2026
    Committees: Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee, Co-Chair of the Investment Committee, Executive, Financial Management, Governance

    Dr. Paula Miltenberger P'23

    Miltenberger

    Profession and title: Licensed Psychologist; Founder of Women's Mental Wellness
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 2 years
    Term ends: 2025
    Committees: Advancement & Communications, Student Experience

    Allison Morrow '76

    Morrow

    Profession and title: Career in global capital markets
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 23 years
    Term Ends: 2024
    Committees: Chair of the Advancement & Communications Committee, Executive, Enrollment Management, Governance

    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, 2023: 3 years
    Term ends: 2024
    Committees: Vice-Chair of the Student Experience Committee, Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Human Resources

    Michael E. Rawlins '80, P'16

    Rawlins

    Profession and title: Head of the Enterprise Content and Broadcast Media Design Team, The Walt Disney Company
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 4 years
    Term ends: 2027
    Committees: Advancement & Communications, Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Student Experience

    James B. Robinson, Esq. '96

    Robinson

    Profession and title: Senior Director of the Americas Planning and Tax Policy
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 9 years
    Term ends: 2026
    Committees: Chair of the Enrollment Management Committee, Executive, Governance

    Dr. Richard S. Solomon '75, P'10

    Solomon

    Profession and title: Clinical Director, Delta Consultants, Providence; Adjunct Professor of Psychology, University of Rhode Island
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 3 years
    Term ends: 2024
    Committees: Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Enrollment Management, 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, 2023: 4 years
    Term Ends: 2027
    Committees: Advancement & Communications, Financial Management

    Joseph C. Stein III '86

    Joseph Stein

    Profession and title: Partner & Managing Director, PJ Solomon
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 4 years
    Term Ends: 2027
    Committees: Vice-Chair of the Enrollment Management Committee, Financial Management

    Samuel A. Stern, Esq. '03

    Stern

    Profession and title: Attorney
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 5 years
    Term Ends: 2027
    Committees: Vice Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee, Advancement & Communications, Enrollment Management

    Mehrnaz Vahid-Ahdieh (Naz) '85, P'17

    Vahid-Ahdieh

    Profession and title: Managing Director and the Head of Law Firm Group, Citi Private Bank
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 2 years
    Term Ends: 2025
    Committees: Asset Management, Human Resources

    Dr. Richard L. Wasserman '70

    Wasserman

    Profession and title: Medical Director of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology at Medical City Children's Hospital; Managing Partner, Allergy Partners of North Texas
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 17 years
    Term Ends: 2026
    Committees: Vice-Chair of the Governance Committee, Executive, Enrollment Management, Human Resources, Presidential Review

    Jesse Whelan-Small '24

    Whelan-Small

    Profession and title: Senior Student Trustee
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 1 year
    Term ends: 2024
    Committees: Belonging, Diversity and Equity, Enrollment Management, Student Experience

    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, 2023: 22 years
    Term Ends: 2027
    Committees: Chair of the Belonging, Diversity and Equity Committee, Advancement & Communications

    Stephen Wong '89

    Wong

    Profession and title: Managing Director Chairman, Hong Kong Investment Banking, Co-Head, Real Estate Group, Asia ex-Japan, Goldman Sachs (Asia) LLC
    Completed years of service as of June 30, 2023: 2 years
    Term Ends: 2025
    Committees: Advancement & Communications, Enrollment Management

    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, 2023: 4 years
    Term ends: 2027
    Committees: Vice-Chair of the Human Resources Committee, Advancement & Communications, Enrollment Management


    Honorary Trustees

    • Bruce N. Bensley '51, P'98, L.H.D.'01
    • Thomas S. Bozzuto '68, L.H.D. '18
    • Langdon P. Cook P'99, P'05, L.H.D.'12
    • Judith H. Cross '52, P'85, L.H.D.'00
    • David H. Deming '75
    • Dr. Roy Dexheimer '55, P'86, GP'18, LL.D. '80
    • Worth Douglas '67
    • Katherine D. Elliott '66, L.H.D. '08
    • Cynthia Gelsthorpe Fish ’82, L.H.D. '23
    • J. Paul Hellstrom, Jr. '64
    • L. Thomas Melly '52, L.H.D. '02, Trustee Chair Emeritus
    • 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
    • Barbara L. Springstead '57, L.H.D. '90
    • 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

    • Alex Karpawich '25
    • Anjalee Wanduragala '25