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 R. Wilkins III – Chair
- James U. Imoh – 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
- Nicole Davis ’03, ’06
- 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
- Brandon Lorey
- Spencer McAndrews ’16
- Scott F. Miller
- Randall Minchew
- Mark J. Ohrstrom, ’92
- W. Michael Perry
- Cecil Pruitt, Jr.
- Mary Farland Shockey
- Gerald F. Smith, Jr.
- John D. Stokely, Jr.
- James A. Stutzman Jr. ’81
Trustees Emeriti
- Walter Aikens
- C. J. Borden
- William F. Brandt, Jr.
- Massie Hawthorne Burns
- Stephen P. Caruthers
- Terri Cluss
- Andrew U. Ferrari
- Mary Bruce Glaize ’97
- 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.
Revised 12.4.2025