The Board of Trustees

Wesleyan University
45 Wyllys Avenue
Middletown, CT 06459
trustees@wesleyan.edu

Committees

  • Audit

    Audit is responsible for oversight of the University's internal control and auditing functions, and for advising the board on the University’s risk profile, and on the adequacy and effectiveness of the University’s risk management policies, accounting procedures, systems, and controls. This committee is comprised of trustees only. See Committee Members
    • Phil Rauch '71, Chair
    • Essel Bailey '66
    • Marc Casper '90, P'23
    • Andy Fairbanks '90
    • Gail Marcus '78

  • Campus Affairs

    Campus Affairs is responsible for the board's activities relating to the educational program of the University, including student affairs. Trustees and student and faculty representatives serve on this committee and have both voice and vote except for the Executive Session involving personnel issues. See Committee Members
    • Ellen West P'19, '22, Chair
    • Felicia Appenteng '07
    • Andrea G. Barthwell '76
    • Luz Burgos-Lopez '09
    • Anne S. Goldrach '79, P'12
    • Scott Gottlieb '94
    • Joshua Guild '96
    • Kiki Kennedy P '16 '20
    • Robert King '84
    • Michele Roberts '77
    • Joel Tillinghast '80
    • Ulrich Plass – Faculty Representative
    • Justine Quijada – Faculty Representative
    • TBD – Faculty Representative
    • Edrea Jiang – Student Representative
    • Orly Meyer – Student Representative

  • Finance

    Finance is responsible for the board's activities relating to the University's capital and operating budgets and the establishment and monitoring of a long-range financial plan for the University. Trustees and student and faculty representatives serve on this committee and have both voice and vote. See committee members
    • Marc N. Casper '90, P'23, Chair
    • Essel Bailey '66
    • Adam C. Bird '87, P'19, '22
    • Stuart Ellman '88
    • Susannah Gray '82
    • Degan Mercardo Leopold '03
    • Gail Marcus 78
    • Robert A. Pruzan '85
    • Phil Rauch '71
    • John Rhea '87
    • Don Spencer '77, P'13
    • Andrew Vogel '95
    • Hari Krishnan – Faculty Representative
    • Gary Shaw – Faculty Representative
    • Ava Petillo – Student Representative
    • Ben Shifrel – Student Representative

  • Governance

    Governance is responsible for matters relating to the functioning of the board, including bylaws, members and programs to develop candidates for trustee and board officers and improving board performance.  This committee is comprised of trustees only. See committee members
    • John M. Shapiro '74, Chair
    • Phoebe C. Boyer '89, P'19, '23
    • Eric Dachs '98
    • Anne S. Goldrach '79, P'12
    • Josh Guild '96
    • Ellen E. West P'19, '22
    • Luke Wood '91, P'25

  • Investment

    Investment is responsible for the investment of the University’s endowment. The committee is comprised of trustees and non-trustees. See committee members
    • Susannah Gray '82, Chair
    • Adam C. Bird '87, P'12, '22
    • Marc N. Casper '90, P'23
    • Beezer Clarkson '94
    • Anne S. Goldrach '79, P'12
    • Kim Y Lew P'22
    • Jeremy Mindich '87
    • Robert A. Pruzan '85
    • Philip J. Rauch '71
    • David L. Resnick '81
    • Andrew E. Vogel '95

  • University Relations

    University Relations is responsible for the board's activities relating to the University's relationship and communications with its off-campus constituencies and publics, including its alumni and parents of current students and alumni, and prospective students and their families. The University Relations Committee also shall have responsibility for the board's activities relating to the University's development efforts including the University's annual and special fundraising efforts. Trustees and student and faculty representatives serve on this committee and have both voice and vote. See committee members
    • Luke Wood '91, P'25, Chair
    • Phoebe C. Boyer '89, P'19, '23
    • Eric B. Dachs '98
    • Andy Fairbanks 90
    • Nyasha Shani Foy '06
    • Sarah Kendall '77, P'14
    • Kimberly King '97
    • Christine M. Pina '91
    • Bozoma Saint John '99
    • John M. Shapiro '74
    • John Yang '80
    • David A. Hill '86 – Alumni Association Executive Committee Chair
    • Suzanne Appel '02 – Wesleyan Fund National Committee Chair
    • Joe Siry – Faculty Representative
    • Heather Cassell – Student Representative
    • Valerie Lee – Student Representative
The president, Nigel Hayes '23, and vice president, Sukenia Wilson '23, of the Wesleyan Student Assembly attend board meetings and have voice but not vote.  They are not assigned to a specific board committee, but can attend Campus Affairs, Finance or University Relations meetings with the permission of the committee chair and rotate their attendance based on committee agendas.  They have voice but not vote at the committee meetings.