The Board of Trustees

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

2024-2025 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
    • Gail Marcus '78, Chair
    • Olivier D'Meza '00
    • Andy Fairbanks '90
    • Susannah Gray '82
    • Kimberly King '97
    • Dana Aliza Levy '12
    • Jay Mitchell '11

  • 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
    • Bill Boulware '71
    • Luz Burgos-Lopez '09
    • Olivier D'Meza '00
    • Anne S. Goldrach '79, P'12
    • Scott Gottlieb '94
    • Sarah B. Kendall '77, P'14
    • Robert King '84
    • Monica Noether '74
    • Deborah Pearson-Woodhouse '79, P'19
    • Shana A. Simmons '03
    • Aaron Veerasuntharam '14
    • Kate Birney – Faculty Representative
    • Norman Danner – Faculty Representative
    • Justine Quijada – Faculty Representative
    • Ronald Ceesay – Student Representative
    • Paul Quach – 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
    • Susannah Gray '82, Chair
    • Souleymane Ba '03
    • David Barr '85, P'23
    • Adam C. Bird '87, P'19, '22
    • Marc N. Casper '90, P'23
    • Timothy Dibble '86, P'26
    • Stuart Ellman '88
    • Gail Marcus '78
    • Jay Mitchell '11
    • Robert A. Pruzan '85
    • Joel Tillinghast '80
    • Andrew Vogel '95
    • Cori Anderson – Faculty Representative
    • Phil Resor – Faculty Representative
    • Molly Connolly-Ungar – 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
    • Eric Dachs '98, P'26, Chair
    • Andrea G. Barthwell '76
    • Marc N. Casper '90, P'23
    • Monica G. Noether '74
    • Robert A. Pruzan '85
    • Shana A. Simmons '03
    • Andrew Vogel '95

  • Investment

    Investment is responsible for the investment of the University’s endowment. The committee is comprised of trustees and non-trustees. See committee members
    • Andrew E. Vogel '95, Chair
    • Jeremy Mindich '87, Vice Chair
    • Souleymane Ba '03
    • Adam C. Bird '87, P'12, '22
    • Beezer Clarkson '94
    • Vanita Gaonkar '00
    • Anne S. Goldrach '79, P'12
    • Susannah Gray '82
    • Robert A. Pruzan '85
    • David L. Resnick '81

  • 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
    • John M. Shapiro '74, Chair
    • Andrea G. Barthwell '76
    • Eric B. Dachs '98, P'26
    • Andy Fairbanks '90
    • Josh Goldin '00
    • Kimberly King '97
    • Dana Aliza Levy '12
    • Livia Wong McCarthy '81
    • Ruth E. Pachman '78
    • Philip J. Rauch '71
    • Ellen Glazerman '84, P'26 – Alumni Association Executive Committee Chair
    • Osborne L. Hazel, II '03 – Wesleyan Fund National Committee Chair
    • Lisa Dombrowski – Faculty Representative
    • Noelle Crandell – Student Representative
    • Uma Sundaram – Student Representative
The president, Jonghwa Kim '25, and vice president, Tanvi Navile '25, 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.