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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

