Trustees are members of the Board who help guide the University’s governance.
They are elected for four-year terms and play a key role in shaping institutional strategy, providing oversight, and supporting the University’s mission.
Wendy D. Abrams
Founder, Chief Executive Officer
Eleven Eleven Foundation
Courtney D. Armstrong
Chief Operating Officer
Paramount Pictures
Heather B. Baker
Trustee
Peter J. Barris
Chairman Emeritus
New Enterprise Associates
Alicia Boler Davis
Christine E. Brennan
Sports Columnist and Commentator
USA Today, ABC News, CNN, and NPR
Steven A. Cahillane
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Kellanova
Du H. Chai
Managing Director
Horsley Bridge Partners
Howard B. Chrisman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
Frank D. Cohen
Chairman Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust
Deborah L. DeHaas
Chief Executive Officer
Corporate Leadership Center
James A. DeNaut
Managing Partner
Sea Court Capital
Tarek Elmasry
Senior Partner
McKinsey & Company
Valerie J. Friedman
Trustee
Larry W. Gies
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Madison Industries
Robert M. Hayward
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
David Helfand
Chairman and President
Equity Commonwealth
Bridgette P. Heller
Cofounder and Volunteer Chief Executive Officer
The Shirley Proctor Puller Foundation
Jay C. Hoag
CoFounder and General Partner
Technology Crossover Ventures
Adam L. Hoeflich
Partner
Bartlit Beck LLP
Jane S. Hoffman
Fellow Harvard University
Lynn A. Hopton Davis
Cofounder and Managing Partner
HalseyPoint Asset Management LLC
Susan Howe
Yie-Hsin Hung
President and Chief Executive Officer
State Street Global Advisors
Jack Kang
Senior Manager Wabtec Corporation
Adam R. Karr
President and Portfolio Manager
Orbis Investments
Melih Z. Keyman
President and Chief Executive Officer
Keytrade AG
Harreld N. Kirkpatrick III
Co-Chief Executive Officer
The Vistria Group
Christina Kosmowski
John Z. Kukral
President and Chief Executive Officer
Northwood Investors, LLC
Ellen Kullman
Trustee
Jennifer Leischner Litowitz
Trustee
April McClain-Delaney
Member of US Congress Maryland 6th District
Kristin A. McDonnell
Managing Partner and Founder
Menlo Group
Thomas K. Montag
Chief Executive Officer
Rubicon Carbon
Daryl Morey
Milton M. Morris
Principal
MEHL BioMedical, LLC
Wendy M. Nelson
Chief Executive Officer
Nelson United LLC
Pin Ni
President
Wanxiang America Corporation
Tara M. Peters
Artist
Jane DiRenzo Pigott
Managing Director
R3 Group LLC
Paula B. Pretlow
Independent Board Director
Rodney Priestley
Dean of the Graduate School Princeton University
Purnima Puri
Managing Director
Highbridge Principal Strategies LLC
Kimberly Querrey
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Gulf Shore Private Capital
Michael A. Reinsdorf
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Bulls
Annette P. Rippert
Retired Group Chief Executive
Accenture LLP
Virginia Rometty
Former Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer
IBM Corporation
Patrick G. Ryan Jr.
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
INCISENT Labs Group
David A. Sachs
Partner and Co-Founder
Ares Management Corporation
Michael J. Sacks
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
GCM Grosvenor
E. Scott Santi
Non-Executive Chairman
Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Muneer A. Satter
Chairman
Satter Investment Management, LLC
Michael Schill
President
Northwestern University
Paul J. Schneider
Principal
Schneider Resources
Michael S. Shannon
Retired Chairman
KSL Capital Partners
Gwynne E. Shotwell
President and Chief Operating Officer
Space Exploration Technologies Corporation
Emily Heisley Stoeckel
Chairman
The Heico Companies LLC
Timothy P. Sullivan
Vice Chairman
Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC
Charles A. Tribbett III
Vice Chairman
Russell Reynolds Associates
Mark R. Walter
Trustee
Sona Wang
Trustee
Joey Wat
Chief Executive Officer
Yum China Holdings, Inc.
Michael R. Wilbon
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