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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, Ex-Officio All Committees
• Donald G. Brown, '68 Vice Chair of the Board
• Jonathan Carder, '68 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, President and CEO; Boeing Integrated Defense Systems
• Julie E. Branford, '67, Retired Director of Global Human Resources and Facilities, InFocus Corporation
• Donald G. Brown, '68 Vice Chairman of the Board
• Jonathan T. Carder, '68 President; Melvin Mark Brokerage Company, Secretary of the Board
• Truman Collins '86 President, Collins Foundation, Software Engineer, Mentor Graphics Corporation
• Heather K. Dempsey, '97 Owner, Fatto a Mano
• Paul J. De Muniz, L'75 Chief Justice, State of Oregon
• James A. Fitzhenry, L'81 M'81 President; 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 Representative
• Stuart A. Hall, '62 L'65
• Susan M. Hammer, L'76 Attorney/Mediator; Susan M. Hammer, Dispute Resolution Services
• Melvin Henderson-Rubio, '74
• Dale M. Hermann, '65 L'69, Chair of Board & Managing Director; CorSource Technology Group Incorporated
• Joseph Hoffman '71 Retired Partner and Board Member, KPMG LLP
• Robert T. Hoshibata, Bishop; United Methodist Church Methodist Representative
• 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
• Peter C. Kremer, '62 President; The Kremer Company
• Eva M. Kripalani, L'86 Consultant & Community Leader
• Robert W. Nunn, '72 Partner; Sussman Shank LLP
• Heidi Patterson, L'75, Biomedical Services, American Red Cross
• Punit Renjen, M'86 Chairman & CEO; Deloitte Consulting LLP
• Sandra Rowe
• Jacqueline (Coston) Rushing, '73 Creator/Founder/Director; Young Scholars Program
• Dale C. Sause, '74 CEO & President; Sause Brothers, Incorporated
• Lynne Saxton '76 Chief Executive Officer, Youth Villages – ChristieCare of Oregon
• Kevin R. Smith, '79 Managing Director; Prudential Real Estate Investors
• Patricia Smullin, President & Owner; California Oregon Broadcasting, Incorporated
• Guy C. Stephenson, '73 President, Westwood Shipping Lines Incorporated
• Craig Strobel, Ph.D., '80 Senior Pastor, Pocatello First United Methodist Church, UMC Conference Representative
• Stephen E. Thorsett, President
• Kerry R. Tymchuk, '81 L'84 Interim Executive Director, Oregon Historical Society, Assistant Secretary of the Board
• Patrick J. Waite, M'84
• Roderick C. Wendt, L'80 President & CEO, JELD-WEN, Incorporated
• Steven E. Wynne, '74 L'77, Vice President of Global Marketing, JELD-WEN Inc., Chairman of the Board, Ex-Officio All Committees
• W. Arnold Yasinski, Ph.D., Vice President for Financial Affairs and Treasurer, Willamette University

Life Members

• Ray N. Atkinson, '50 Board of Directors; Guy F. Atkinson Company
• Ralph W. Bolliger, '53 L'55 Trustee; The Collins Foundation
• Robert W. Burtner
• Stewart 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
• Henry L. Haines
• 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 House 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 Chairman; Neilsen Manufacturing, Incorporated
• 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

• 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, Professor of Law, College of Law

Student Representatives

• Alayna Herr, L'12 Student, College of Law
• Adina Kaliyeva, M'12 Student, Atkinson Graduate School of Management
• Tejeswara V. Reddy, '12, Student, College of Liberal Arts