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Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees Membership siteMembers
James F. Albaugh '72
President & CEO
Boeing Commercial Airplanes
Elected: 2007
Julie E. Branford '67
retired Director of Global Human Resources and Facilities
InFocus Corporation
Elected: 2007
Donald G. Brown '68
Vice Chairman of the Board
Elected: 2004
Jonathan T. Carder '68
President
Melvin Mark Brokerage Company
Secretary of the Board
Elected: 1992
Truman Collins '86
President, Collins Foundation
Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics Corporation
Elected: 2011
Heather K. Dempsey '97
Owner
Fatto a Mano
Elected: 2004
Paul J. De Muniz L'75
Chief Justice
State of Oregon
Elected: 2006
James A. Fitzhenry L'81 M'81
President
Schmitt Industries, Inc.
Elected: 2006
Eric M. Friedenwald-Fishman '88
Creative Director/President
Metropolitan Group, LLC
Elected: 1999
A. Brian Gard '68
President/CEO
Gard Communications
Elected: 2007
William R. Haden
UMC Conference Representative.
Elected: 2010
Stuart A. Hall '62 L'65
Elected: 1988
Melvin Henderson-Rubio '74
Elected: 1996
Dale M. Hermann '65 L'69
Chair of Board & Managing Director
CorSource Technology Group, Inc.
Elected: 1997
Joseph Hoffman '71
Retired Partner and Board Member
KPMG LLP
Elected: 2011
Robert T. Hoshibata
Bishop
United Methodist Church
Methodist Representative
Elected: 2004
Brian Hufft '01
CFO
GigaPan Systems
Elected: 2010
Mary K. Hughes L'74
President
John C. Hughes Foundation
Elected: 1997
Ronald J. Knox L'81
Attorney/Partner
Garvey, Schubert & Barer
Elected: 2009
Peter C. Kremer '62
President
The Kremer Company
Elected: 1979
Eva M. Kripalani L'86
Consultant & Community Leader
Elected: 2010
Robert W. Nunn '72
Partner
Sussman Shank LLP
Elected: 1991
Heidi Patterson '75
Biomedical Services
American Red Cross
Elected: 2010
Punit Renjen M'86
Chairman
Deloitte LLP
Elected: 2006
Sandra M. Rowe
Elected: 2009
Jacqueline (Coston) Rushing '73
Creator/Founder/Director
Young Scholars Program
Elected: 2008
Dale C. Sause '74
CEO & President
Sause Brothers, Inc.
Elected: 2008
Lynne Saxton '76
Chief Executive Officer
Youth Villages – ChristieCare of Oregon
Elected: 2011
Kevin R. Smith '79
Senior Managing Director, Head of US Business
Prudential Real Estate Investors
Elected: 2010
Patricia Smullin
President & Owner
California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.
Elected: 1990
Guy C. Stephenson '73
President
Westwood Shipping Lines Incorporated
Elected: 2005
Craig Strobel, Ph.D. '80
Senior Pastor
Pocatello First United Methodist Church
UMC Conference Representative.
Elected: 2010
Stephen E. Thorsett
President
Willamette University
Ex-Officio
Kerry R. Tymchuk '81 L'84
Interim Executive Director
Oregon Historical Society
Assistant Secretary of the Board
Elected: 2005
Patrick J. Waite M'84
Elected: 2010
Roderick C. Wendt L'80
President & CEO
JELD-WEN Inc.
Elected: 2002
Steven E. Wynne '74 L'77
Executive VP of Global Marketing
JELD-WEN Inc.
Chairman of the Board, Ex-Officio All Committees
Elected: 1999
W. Arnold Yasinski Ph.D.
VP Financial Affairs & Treasurer
Willamette University
Treasurer
Lifetime Members
Ray N. Atkinson '50
Board of Directors
Guy F. Atkinson Company
Ralph W. Bolliger '53 L'55
Trustee
The Collins Foundation
Stewart M. Butler '61
Wallace P. Carson Jr. L'62
Maribeth (Wilson) Collins
Trustee
The Collins Foundation
Gerald W. Frank
President
Gerry's Frankly Speaking
Alan C. Goudy '51
Susan M. Hammer L'76
Attorney/Mediator
Susan M. Hammer, Dispute Resolution Services
Dale C. Harris '55
Henry H. Hewitt L'69
Partner
Stoel Rives, LLP
Douglas G. Houser '57
Atty/Partner
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC
George W. Hoyt '58
William H. Kilkenny '41
Chairman/Owner
W.H. Kilkenny Company
Eric B. Lindauer L'66
Trustee
The Oregon Community Foundation
William D. Long '59
Chairman and CEO
ECbridges, Inc.
Joan H. (Sherrill) McNamara '59
Thomas E. Neilsen M'86
Retired
Robert G. Packard '73
Managing Partner
Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Arch. LLP
Norma (Petersen) Paulus L'62
Claris C. Poppert '57
George Rives
Robert F. Smith '53
President/Owner/Rancher
Smith West Company
William Swindells
Loren C. Winterscheid M.D. Ph.D. '48
Faculty Representatives
Caroline Davidson
Assistant Professor of Law
College of Law
Michael L Hand
Professor of Applied Statistics and Information Systems
Atkinson Graduate School of Management
Ron Loftus
Professor of Japanese; Department Chair, Asian Studies & Director, Center for Asian Studies
College of Liberal Arts
Linda G Tamura
Professor of Education
Graduate School of Education
Student Representatives
Laura V Cattrall MAT'12
Candidate
Graduate School of Education
Alayna Herr L'12
Student
College of Law
Tejeswara V Reddy '12
Student
College of Liberal Arts
Laura E Whorton MBA'12
Student
Atkinson Graduate School of Management

