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Board of Trustees

Board Of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is responsible for governing and overseeing the institution’s strategic direction, financial decisions and advancement initiatives. The board directs the operations of the university, working closely with the president.

Officers

  • James U. Imoh – Chair
  • W. Michael Perry – Vice Chair
  • Lauren Peterson – Secretary
  • Robert J. Frogale – Treasurer
  • Tracy Fitzsimmons – President & Registered Agent Trustees

Trustees

  • Williams Aikens
  • David B. Baxa
  • Paul Battista 
  • J. Gregory Bennett
  • Susan Carroll
  • Kyle Feldman ’11 ’14
  • Steven Frederickson
  • The Rev. Dr. Victor Gomez ’97
  • Scott Harvard
  • Chelsea Hester
  • Jessie Hooker-Bailey ’10
  • Bruce E. Hunter
  • Diane S. Kearns
  • Marjorie S. Lewis ’81

  • Keith A. May
  • Spencer McAndrews ’16
  • Scott F. Miller
  • Randall Minchew
  • M. Yaqub Mirza

  • Mark J. Ohrstrom, ’92
  • Cecil Pruitt, Jr. 

  • Mary Farland Shockey

  • Gerald F. Smith, Jr. 
  • John D. Stokely, Jr.

  • James A. Stutzman Jr. ’81

  • Charles A. Veatch
  • James R. Wilkins III
  • Heather H. Wilson ’93


Trustees Emeriti

  • Walter Aikens
  • C. J. Borden
  • William F. Brandt, Jr. 

  • Massie Hawthorne Burns

  • Stephen P. Caruthers

  • Terri Cluss
  • Andrew U. Ferrari
  • Stanley E. Harrison

  • Elizabeth G. Helm

  • Jeffrey D. Hester ’85
  • L. Janell Hoffman ’93
  • Nicholas J. Nerangis, Sr. ’04
  • Jan A. Neuharth
  • Larry T. Omps

  • Aubrey J. Owen, Esq.

  • Lacy I. Rice, Jr.

  • Linda C. Russell
  • Harry Smith
  • Robert Solenberger
  • Mark E. Stavish

  • Dixon Whitworth, Jr.
  • James R. Wilkins Jr.

  • Gen. Charles E. Williams, Ret.
  • Irene R. Wurtzel

Revised 4.28.2025