Board of Trustees

Members

James F. Albaugh '72 Chairman
National Aeronautic Association Elected: 2007

Robin O. Brena JD'83 MBA'83 Owner/Managing Attorney
Brena, Bell & Walker P.C. 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

Cortlandt A. Cuffee Vice President and General Manager, Portland Market
Sinclair Broadcast Group (KATU/KUNP) Elected: 2021

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

Eloise Damrosch Executive Director (retired)
Regional Arts & Culture Council (RACC) in Portland Pacific Northwest College of Art Representative Elected: 2021

David A. Drinkward JD'07 President and CEO
Hoffman Construction Company Elected: 2021

Rev. Patricia Farris Senior Minister
First United Methodist Church Santa Monica UMC Conference Clergy Representative Elected: 2019

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

Jill Terry Hall ’82 Principal
Hall College Consulting Elected: 2021

Mariam Higgins Administrator
Portland Public Schools Pacific Northwest College of Art Representative Elected: 2021

Joseph Hoffman '71 Partner/Board Member (Retired)
KPMG LLP Elected: 2011

Brian Hufft '01 Principal
Upward Partners Elected: 2012

Linda Hutchins '88 Visual Artist
Pacific Northwest College of Art Representative Elected: 2021

Lucy Jensen JD'13 MBA'13 Principal Legal Counsel
Sunrun Inc. Early Career Trustee 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 Assistant Secretary of the Board Elected: 2010

Konrad "Chip" Kruger P'15 P'16 MBA'22 Managing Member
Five Mile Capital Partners LLC Elected: 2013

Liz Large JD'96 Co-Founder
Office of General Counsel Network Vice Chair of the Board Elected: 2016

Linda Lewis '79 Retired Principal
Framework LLC Alumni Association Representative Elected: 2020

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

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

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

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

Sandy Rowe Retired Editor
The Oregonian Elected: 2009

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

Lynne H. Saxton '76
Immediate Past Chair Elected: 2011

Kevin R. Smith '79 Head of Americas (Retired)
PGIM Real Estate Chair of the Board, Ex-Officio All Committees Elected: 2010

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

Colby R. Takeda '11 CEO
Pear Suite Early Career Trustee Elected: 2020

Jon T. Thomsen '92 Elected: 2020

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

Dan Valles Vice President for Finance and Treasurer
Willamette University Treasurer

Johnny C. Vong '02 President
Blackfish Capital Elected: 2020

Patrick J. Waite MM'84 Elected: 2010

Faculty Representatives

Steven K Green Fred H. Paulus Professor of Law; Director of the Center for Religion, Law & Democracy
College of Law
Willamette University

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

Sally Schoolmaster Associate Professor
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Willamette University

William T Smaldone E.J. Whipple Professor of History
College of Arts & Sciences
Willamette University

Student Representatives

Giovanni Bautista '22 Student Representative
College of Arts & Sciences
Willamette University

Michelle Brehmer MFA & MA Student
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Willamette University

Trish Conlon L'22 Student
College of Law
Willamette University

Long Nguyen BFA Student
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Willamette University

Emily Self '20 MBA '22 Student
Atkinson Graduate School of Management
Willamette University

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

James A. Fitzhenry JD'81 MBA'81 CEO, Owner
ABOM Optics, Inc., Roy Manufacturing, Profile Laser

Gerald W. Frank President
Gerry's Frankly Speaking

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

Allan Brian Gard '68 Senior Partner
Gard Communications

Alan C. Goudy '51

William R. Haden

Stuart A. Hall '62 JD'65

Dale C. Harris '55 United Methodist clergy
retired

Melvin Henderson-Rubio '74

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

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

Douglas G. Houser '57 Attorney/Partner (Retired)
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 Business Counselor at Law (Retired)

Robert G. Packard '73 Partner
ZGF Architects LLP

Claris C. Poppert '57

Patricia Smullin President & Owner
California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc.

Guy C. Stephenson '73 President (Retired)
Westwood Shipping Lines Incorporated

Kerry R. Tymchuk '81 JD'84 Executive Director
Oregon Historical Society

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

Steven E. Wynne '74 JD'77 Private Investor

Pacific Northwest College of Art Governors Emeritus

Anthony Belluschi Architect

John Bishop President
Pendleton Woolen Mills

Mary Lee Boklund

Margaret Bolger Retired
Director, Special Education

Ann Edlen Retired
Think Joule

Susan Hammer in Memoriam

Jamey Hampton Artistic Director
Body Vox

Nan Koerner in Memoriam

Sally Lawrence in Memoriam, President Emerita

John Casey Mills Manager
Today is the Day LLC

John Shipley Chair
Dennis Uniform

Al Solheim Real Estate Investor

Judith Wyss