Board of Trustees

Members

James F. Albaugh '72 President
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Elected: 2007

Matt Benjamin '02 MBA'05 Elected: 2018

Robin O. Brena JD'83 MBA'83 Attorney/Partner
Brena Bell & Clarkson PC Elected: 2015

Katherine S. Cahill P'13 Managing Director (retired)
BlackRock, Inc. Elected: 2017

Charlotte Carpenter P'14 Director of Admissions and Marketing Strategy
Sage Ridge School Elected: 2018

Jeff Chung '90 President
Allen Broadcasting Co. Elected: 2019

Truman Collins '86 President, The Collins Foundation
Elected: 2011

James B. Cuno, Ph.D., '73 President and CEO
The J. Paul Getty Trust Elected: 2012

Rev. Patricia Farris UMC Conference Clergy Representative

Julie Filizetti, Ed. D. Partner
​Isaacson, Miller Elected: 2018

James A. Fitzhenry JD'81 MBA'81 Owner
Roy Manufacturing Elected: 2006

Eric M. Friedenwald-Fishman '88 Creative Director/Founder
Metropolitan Group, LLC Elected: 1999

Melvin Henderson-Rubio '74 Elected: 1996

Joseph Hoffman '71 Retired Partner and Board Member
KPMG LLP Elected: 2011

Brian Hufft '01 Principal
Upward Partners Elected: 2012

Lucy Jensen JD'13 MBA'13 Legal Counsel for Corporate Governance Securities
Adobe Systems Incorporated Elected: 2019

Colleen L. Kawahara Chief of Staff to the President
Willamette University Administrative Secretary of the Board

Eva M. (Connelly) Kripalani JD'86 Co-Founder
Office of General Counsel Network LLC Elected: 2010

Konrad "Chip" Kruger Managing Member
Five Mile Capital Partners LLC Elected: 2013

Liz Large JD'96 Cofounder
Office of General Counsel Network Elected: 2016

Mike Martinez ’00 MBA’11 ​CEO
​Natural Plant Products, Inc. Elected: 2018

Sean O'Hollaren '83 Senior Vice President, Government and Public Affairs
NIKE, Inc. Secretary of the Board Elected: 2014

Heidi Patterson '75 Retired, American Red Cross- Biomedical Services
Elected: 2010

Lynn Ristig JD'85 MBA'85 Chief Counsel - Shared Services Group
The Boeing Company Elected: 2013

Dale C. Sause '74 CEO & Chairman of the Board
Sause Brothers, Inc. Immediate Past Chair Elected: 2008

Lynne H. Saxton '76
Chair of the Board, Ex-Officio All Committees Elected: 2011

Kevin R. Smith '79 Retired, Head of Americas
PGIM Real Estate Vice Chair of the Board Elected: 2010

Melissa L. Smith, PhD, '79 Principal
Arktos Organizational Design and Development Elected: 2012

Patricia Smullin President & Owner
California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc. Elected: 1990

Bishop Elaine J W Stanovsky Bishop, Greater Northwest Episcopal Area
The United Methodist Church Methodist Representative

Stephen E. Thorsett President
Willamette University Ex-Officio All Committees

Kerry R. Tymchuk '81 JD'84 Executive Director
Oregon Historical Society Assistant Secretary of the Board Elected: 2005

Dan Valles Vice President for Finance and Treasurer
Willamette University Treasurer

Patrick J. Waite MM'84 Elected: 2010

Roderick C. Wendt JD'80 Vice Chairman
JELD-WEN Holdings Inc. Elected: 2002

BJ Wright, Ph.D., '03 Partner
ghSMART & Company Elected: 2018

Steven E. Wynne '74 JD'77 Private Investor
Elected: 1999

Lifetime Members

Ralph W. Bolliger '53 JD'55 Retired Trustee
The Collins Foundation

Julie E. Branford '67 Retired Global Director, Human Resources and Facilities
InFocus Corporation

Donald G. Brown '68 Dean Emeritus
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Sacramento, CA

Stewart M. Butler '61 Retired

Jonathan T. Carder '68 Investor

Wallace P. Carson Jr. JD'62

Gerald W. Frank President
Gerry's Frankly Speaking

Allan Brian Gard '68 Senior Partner
Gard Communications

Alan C. Goudy '51

William R. Haden

Stuart A. Hall '62 JD'65

Susan M. Hammer JD'76 Attorney/Mediator
Susan M. Hammer, Dispute Resolution Services

Dale C. Harris '55 United Methodist clergy
retired

Dale M. Hermann '65 JD'69 Director
CorSource Technology Group, Inc.

Henry H. Hewitt JD'69 Senior Counsel
Stoel Rives, LLP

Douglas G. Houser '57 Attorney/Partner
Bullivant Houser Bailey PC

George W. Hoyt '58

Mary K. Hughes JD'74 President
John C. Hughes Foundation

William H. Kilkenny '41 Retired
W.H. Kilkenny Company

Peter C. Kremer '62 President
The Kremer Company

Eric B. Lindauer JD'66 Arbitrator/Mediator
The Law Office of Eric Lindauer

William D. Long '59 Chairman and CEO
Devco Properties, Inc.

Joan H. (Sherrill) McNamara '59 Retired
Bonneville Power Administration

Thomas E. Neilsen MBA'86 Retired

Robert W. Nunn '72 Owner
Robert Nunn, Business Counselor at Law

Robert G. Packard '73 Partner
ZGF Architects LLP

Claris C. Poppert '57

Sandy Rowe Retired Editor
The Oregonian

Robert F. Smith '53 President/Owner/Rancher
Smith West Company

Guy C. Stephenson '73 President
Westwood Shipping Lines Incorporated

Faculty Representatives

Meredyth Goldberg Edelson Professor of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts
Willamette University

Andrew Kach Assistant Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management
Atkinson Graduate School of Management
Willamette University

Karen E. Sandrik Assistant Professor of Law
College of Law
Willamette University

Student Representatives

Sara Goetze Candidate
Atkinson Graduate School of Management

Akerah N Mackey-Watkins Student
College of Liberal Arts

Thomas M Ybarra Student
College of Law