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Board of Trustees

A list of the current Willamette University Board of Trustees is also available on the home page of the board of trustees web site.

Officers of the Board

• Steven E. Wynne, '74 L'77, Chair of the Board
• Donald G. Brown, '68 Vice Chair of the Board
• Dale C. Sause, '74 Secretary of the Board
• Kerry Tymchuk, '81 L'84 Assistant Secretary
• Stephen E. Thorsett, President, Willamette University
• W. Arnold Yasinski, Ph.D., Vice President for Financial Affairs and Treasurer
• Kristen Grainger, Administrative Secretary; Vice President & Executive Assistant to the President, Willamette University

Members

• James F. Albaugh, '72 Retired President and CEO; Boeing Commercial Airplanes
• Diane C. Babbitt, '84 Attorney, Babbitt Law
• Julie E. Branford, '67 Retired Director of Global Human Resources and Facilities, InFocus Corporation
• Donald G. Brown, '68 Vice Chairman of the Board
• Truman Collins, '86 President, Collins Foundation, Software Developer, Mentor Graphics Corporation
• James B. Cuno, Ph.D. `73 President and CEO, The J. Paul Getty Trust
• Heather K. Dempsey, '97 Owner, Fatto a Mano
• James A. Fitzhenry, L'81 M'81 President and CEO, Schmitt Industries Incorporated
• Eric M. Friedenwald-Fishman, '88 Creative Director/President; Metropolitan Group, LLC
• A. Brian Gard, '68 President/CEO; Gard Communications
• William R.Haden, UMC Conference Lay Representative
• Bishop Grant Hagiya, Resident Bishop of the Greater Northwest Area for the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Church, Methodist Representative
• Melvin Henderson-Rubio, '74
• Dale M. Hermann, '65 L'69, Managing Director; CorSource Technology Group Incorporated
• Joseph Hoffman '71 Retired Partner and Board Member, KPMG LLP
• Brian Hufft '01, CFO; GigaPan 
• Mary K. Hughes, L'74 President; John C. Hughes Foundation
• Ronald J. Knox, L'81 Attorney & Partner: Garvey, Schubert & Barer
• Eva M. (Connelly) Kripalani, L'86 Legal and Consulting Services
• Konrad Kruger, Managing Member, Five Mile Capital Partners LLC
• Heidi Patterson, L'75, Biomedical Services, American Red Cross
• Craig Pesti-Strobel, Ph.D. '80, Senior Pastor Pocatello First United Methodist Church, UMC Conference Clergy Representative
• Punit Renjen, M'86 Chairman, Deloitte LLP
• Lynn Ristig, L'85 M'85, Chief Counsel, Shared Services Group - The Boeing Company, Capital Corporation
• Sandra Rowe, Retired Editor, The Oregonian
• Jacqueline (Coston) Rushing, '73 Creator/Founder/Director, Young Scholars Program
• Dale C. Sause, '74 CEO & President; Sause Brothers Incorporated
• Lynne Saxton '76 Executive Director, Youth Villages Oregon
• Kevin R. Smith, '79 Senior Managing Director; Head of US Business, Prudential Real Estate Investors
• Melissa L. Smith,'79 Principal, Arktos Organizational Design and Development
• Patricia Smullin, President & Owner; California Oregon Broadcasting Incorporated
• Guy C. Stephenson, '73 President, Westwood Shipping Lines Incorporated
• Stephen E. Thorsett, President, Willamette University
• Kerry R. Tymchuk, '81 L'84 Executive Director, Oregon Historical Society, Assistant Secretary of the Board
• Patrick J. Waite, M'84
• Roderick C. Wendt, L'80 Chairman, JELD-WEN Incorporated
• Steven E. Wynne, '74 L'77, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, JELD-WEN Inc., Chairman of the Board
• W. Arnold Yasinski, Ph.D., Vice President for Financial Affairs and Treasurer, Willamette University

Life Members

• Ralph W. Bolliger, '53 L'55 Trustee; The Collins Foundation
• Stewart Butler, '61, Retired
• Jonathan T. Carder, '68 President, Melvin Mark Brokerage Company
• 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
• Stuart A. Hall, '62 L'65
• Susan M. Hammer L'76, Attorney/Mediator; Susan M. Hammer, Dispute Resolution Services
• Dale C. Harris '55 United Methodist Clergy, Retired
• Henry H. Hewitt, L'69 Partner; Stoel Rives, LLP
• Douglas G. Houser, '57 Attorney/Partner; Bullivant House Bailey PC
• George W. Hoyt, '58
• William H. Kilkenny, '41 Chairman/Owner; W. H. Kilkenny Company
• Peter C. Kremer, '62 President, The Kremer Company
• Eric B. Lindauer, L'66 Arbitrator/Mediator, The Law Office of Eric Lindauer
• William D. Long, '59 Chairman and CEO; Devco Properties Incorporated
• Joan H. (Sherrill) McNamara, '59 Retired Budget Manager & Education Coordinator, Bonneville Power Administration
• Thomas E. Neilsen, M'86 Retired
• Robert W. Nunn, '72 Partner, Sussman Shank LLP
• Robert  G. Packard, '73 Managing Partner, ZGF Architects LLP
• Norma (Petersen) Paulus, L'62
• Claris C. Poppert, '57
• George Rives
• Robert F. Smith, '53 President/Owner/Rancher; Smith West Company
• William Swindells, Ann & Bill Swindells Charitable Trust
• Loren C. Winterscheid, M.D. Ph.D., '48

Faculty Representatives

• 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
• Jeffrey A. Standen, Associate Dean for Faculty and van Winkle Melton Professor of Law, College of Law
• Linda G. Tamura, Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education

Student Representatives

• Elizabeth Calixtro, Student, College of Liberal Arts
• Erin E. Headly, Candidate, Graduate School of Education
• Casey J. Morgan, Student, Atkinson Graduate School of Management
• Rebecca S. Pitts, Student, College of Law