Board of Trustees
Kara Trott '83
Chair
Founder and Board Chair
Quantum Health, Inc.
Columbus, OH
Michelle Kilkenney '99
Vice Chair
Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Chicago, IL
Elected Trustees (General At-Large)
Kate Raulin Carney '12
Deputy Director
More in Common
Washington, D.C.
Gargi Chaudhuri '01
Managing Director
Blackrock
New York City, NY
Rick Doody '80
Founder/CEO
NCR Ventures
Hunting Valley, OH
Jason Downey '02
Research Analyst and Portfolio Manager
VELA Investment Management, LLC
Columbus, OH
Gregory Dyson '80
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
National Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC)
Olney, MD
Andrea Carr Hedrick '86
Executive Talent Acquisition Coordinator
Consumer, Retail, Financial Services + Technology
San Mateo, CA
Robert C. Hickson '78
Judge
Morrow County Common Pleas Court, all divisions
Mount Gilead, OH
Joseph Lash '85
Managing Member
VT Capital, LLC
Wilton, CT
Martha Nunn Lewis '83
Former Corporate Computer Sales Associate
Madison, NJ
Michael McCluggage '69
Partner
Eimer Stahl, LLP
Chicago, IL
Myron McCoy '77
Retired Senior Pastor
Kansas City, MI
Bridget Donnell Newton '80
Former Mayor
Rockville, MD
Cynthia O'Neill '81
Nonprofit Consultant
Self-Employed
Annapolis, MD
Thomas Palmer '69
Of Counsel, Former Managing Member
Marshall & Melhorn, LLC
Toledo, OH
Deakins Rushton '84
President
James Rushton I Foundation
Birmingham, AL
Ellen Simpson '77
Development Officer Emerita
Lancaster Country Day School
Lancaster, PA
Kenneth B. Sternad '77
Retired Former Vice President of Global Public Relations and Former President of the UPS Foundation
United Parcel Service
Longboat Key, FL
Hamburg Tang P'26
Managing Director, Portfolio Manager
GIA Partners, LLC
New York City, NY
Deydre Teyhen '93
Commander, U.S. Medical Readiness Command, Pacific
Honolulu, HI
Distinguished Service Trustees
Aaron Granger '93
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
American Freight
Dublin, OH
C. Paul Palmer, IV '96
President and Chief Executive Officer
The National Lime & Stone Company
Findlay, OH
Thomas Simons '88
CEO
Lewis Pogue Artisan Chocolate
Sandy Springs, GA
Graduating Class Trustees
Faith K. Deschamps '24 (she/they)
Ph.D. Fellow
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH
Saharla Loyan '25
Student
UCLA School of Law
Los Angeles, CA
Coral Pierson '26
Student
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Columbus, OH
Methodist Church Connection Trustee
Bishop Hee-Soo Jung
Bishop of the Ohio Episcopal Area
United Methodist Church
North Canton and Worthington, OH
Ex Officio Trustee
Matthew vandenBerg
President
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH
Life Trustees
Jean Fitzwater Bussell '69
Former President & CEO
Bussell & Associates, LLC
West Manchester, OH
Nicholas Calio '75
President & CEO
Airlines for America
Washington, D.C.
George Conrades '61
Director of Oracle Corporation;
Executive Advisor, Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Hobe Sound, FL
Patricia Belt Conrades '63
Board Member
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic
Hobe Sound, FL
Evan Corns '59
Co-Founder and Former President
America's Body Company
Chagrin Falls, OH
Douglas Dittrick '55
Former President and CEO
Douglas Communications Corp. II
Naples, FL
Andres Duarte '65
Managing Director
Duarte Vivas & Asociados, C.A.
Miami, FL
Maribeth Amrhein Eiken '55
Former Administrator
Iddings Foundation
Delaware, OH
Edward Haddock '69
Co-Chairman and CEO
Full Sail University
Winter Park, FL
Carol Hilkirk Latham '61
Entrepreneur
Bay Village, OH
Michael Long '66
Retired Partner
Vorys, Sater, Seymour & Pease, LLP
Columbus, OH
Kevin McGinty '70
Retired Senior Advisor
Peppertree Capital Management, Inc.
Moreland Hills, OH
Jack McKinnie '54
Retired Businessman
BP-Amoco
Avon Lake, OH
John Milligan '83
Executive Chairman
4D Molecular Therapeutics
Hillsborough, CA
Kathryn Bradford Milligan '83
Hillsborough, CA
Carleton P. Palmer III '64
Executive Chairman of the Board
The National Lime & Stone Company
Findlay, OH
Kathleen Law Rhinesmith '64
Former Association Executive
Portsmouth, NH
Helen Crider Smith '56
Community Leader and Philanthropist
Potomac, MD
Katherine Boles Smith '71
Retired High School Teacher and Counselor
Maple City, MI
James Timmons, Sr. '61 P'92
Retired Partner
Goldman Sachs
Delaware, OH
Thomas Tritton '69
Retired Former President and Chief Executive Officer
Chemical Heritage Foundation
Former President
Haverford College
Philadelphia, PA
Executive Committee
- Kara Trott, Chair
- Michelle Kilkenney, Vice Chair
- Nick Calio
- Jason Downey
- Gregory Dyson
- Aaron Granger
- Andrea Carr Hedrick
- Bishop Hee-Soo Jung
- Mike McCluggage
- Myron McCoy
- C. Paul Palmer
- Tom Palmer
- Deak Rushton
- Matt vandenBerg
Office of the President
Location
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