Trustees
"The Trustees of Union College," as a corporate body, has owned the College and been the College’s designated legal representative throughout its history. The Board consists of four life trustees, twenty-four term trustees, four alumni trustees, two faculty trustees, two student trustees, one President's Council Chair trustee, and the president of the College. The governor of the state of New York is also an ex officio member. The Board meets three times annually: in February, May, and October. The Board appoints the president of the College upon vacancy of the position; it may also appoint an interim president should the need arise.
The Board
Ex-Officio
Hon. Governor Kathy Hochul of the State of New York
Life Trustees
David J. Breazzano '78, B.A., M.B.A., President, DDJ Capital Management, LLC
Douglass Karp '97, B.S., President, New England Development
John E. Kelly III '76, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., IBM Executive Vice President - Retired Special Advisor to Chairman and CEO
Term Trustees
Linda M. Abriola, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Joan Wernig and E. Paul Sorensen Professor of Engineering, Brown University
Kathryn Stefanik Barry '01, B.S., M.A., Partner, Isaacson, Miller
Robert Bertagna '85, B.A., M.B.A., Chief Executive Officer, Minerva Ventures LLC
Kathleen R. Browne '88, B.S., M.B.A., J.D., Chief Investment Officer, Denison University
Thomas Caulfield, P'19, B.S., B.S., M.S., D.E.S., Chief Executive Officer, Globalfoundries
Dennis M. Coleman, GP’24, B.A., J.D., Senior Counsel, Ropes & Gray LLP
Thomas J. Coleman '88, B.A., Co-Founder and Co-President, Kensico Capital Management Corporation
Thomas G. Connolly '89, B.A., Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division
Judith Dein '76, B.A., J.D., Magistrate Judge, U. S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Richard Delaney ’80, B.S., Retired Senior Vice President, Global Operations, PepsiCo
Daniel Gilbert '91, B.A., Private Investor, former Chief Investment and Operating Officer NorthStar Asset Management (NYSE: NSAM)
Paul Ginsberg '84, B.A., J.D., President, Roark Capital Group
Julie Greifer-Swidler '79, B.A., J.D. Executive Vice President for Business Affairs & General Counsel, Sony Music Entertainment
Arthur Holden '77, B.S., M.B.A, Retired, CEO of iSAEC and TSC Consortia, FGT, and Celsis International; and EVP Illumina; Current Chairman, Pharmaceutical Biomedical Research Consortium, Ltd.
Brad S. Karp '81, B.A., J.D., Chair, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
Jason Kellman ’99, B.A., M.B.A., Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Pinnacle Asset Management, L.P.
Kenya LeNoir Messer, '90, B.S., M.A., Ed.D., Assistant Professor Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education Michigan State University
Jeff Lipsitz '87 , Co-President, Cortec Group
Jennifer Sconyers Lawton '85, B.S., Executive Vice President, Bolster
Guy T. Logan '90, B.A., M.B.A., Managing Director, Head of National Infrastructure, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Municipal Investment Banking
Robert J. Moser '99, B.S., Founder & CEO, Prime Group Holdings
William Perlstein '71, B.A., J.D. Senior Managing Director and Vice Chair, Client Services, FTI Consulting
Sarah Pontius '04, B.A., Real Estate Consultant
President of the College
David R. Harris, Ph.D.
Alumni Trustees
Peter Kwetu Haviland-Eduah '10, B.A., M.P.P., Director of Communications and External Affairs, Oakland Promise
John K. Johnson, '85, B.A., Sr Director Sales & Marketing Arizona Snack Division, Arizona Beverages, LLC
Peter Raymond, '80, B.A., Retired Partner, PwC,
Tess B. Skoller '13, B.A., M.B.A., Digital Marketing Lead Specialist, MFS Investment Management
Chair, President's Council
Jay Freeland ’91, B.A., Retired President, CEO and board director of FARO Technologies
Faculty Trustees
Jennifer Currey, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering and chair of the Electrical, Computer and Biomedical Engineering Department
Krisanna Scheiter, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Philosophy and Department Chair
Student Trustees
Jonathan Anderson '25
Ajay Goncalves '26
Trustees Emeriti
Gerald Barandes '54, A.B., LL.B. Of Counsel, Beckman, Lieberman & Barandes
Philip Beuth '54, A.B., M.S., Retired President of Entertainment, Capital Cities/ABC-TV
Stephen J. Ciesinski '70, B.S.E.E., M.B.A., President, SRI International
Estelle Cooke-Sampson '74, B.S., M.D. Director, Women's Imaging, Howard University Hospital
Robert DeMichele '66, B.A., M.B.A., President, CEO, CIO, Strategy Asset Managers, LLC
Robert B. Enemark '50, B.S., Retired Vice President and Director of Research and Development, Electro Signal Laboratory
David L. Henle '75, B.S., M.B.A., President, DLH Capital, LLC
Roy Jackson '82, B.A., M.P.A., Retired, SVP Business Development & Industry Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Adrian Jay '98, B.A., M.S.J., Co-Founder, Random Acts of Flowers
Kathy E. Magliato '85, B.S., M.D., Director of Women's Cardiac Services, St. John's Health Center
Frank L. Messa '73, B.A., J.D. Retired Senior Vice President, Ayco Co., L.P.
Stanley O'Brien '74, B.A., M.B.A., Retired Vice President, BNY Mellon Center
Lawrence Pedowitz '69, B.A., of Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Norton H. Reamer '58, A.B., B.E.E., M.B.A., President, Unicorn Corporation
Ellen Smith '80, B.S.M.E, M.S., Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Mary Templeton ‘80, B.S., President, Templeton Foundation
Mark L. Walsh '76, B.A., MBA, Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures, LLC
William M. Wicker '71, B.A., M.A., M.B.A., former Vice Chairman Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
Kelly M. Williams '86, B.A., J.D., Founding Chair & Co-CEO, Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN); CEO, The Williams Legacy Foundation
Officers of the Board
Julie Greifer-Swidler '79, Chair
Brad S. Karp '81, General Counsel
Guy Logan ’90, Vice Chair
Kathryn Stefanik Barry '01, Secretary
Blair Raymond P'22, Assistant Secretary