Executive Committee

Dr. Victor Boschini, Committee Chair (Board Chair)
Chancellor
Texas Christian University

Dr. Wanda D. Bigham (NAICU Secretariat Chair)
Assistant General Secretary
National Association of Schools and Colleges
of the United Methodist Church

Dr. John Bassett (Accountability Committee Chair)
President
Clark University

Dr. Jay McGowan (Vice Board Chair)
President
Bellamarmine University

Dr. Leslie Garner (Past Chair/Tax Policy Chair)
President
Cornell College

Dr. Jairy Hunter, Jr.  (At-Large)
President
Charleston Southern University

Abe Lackman (NAICUSE Chair)
President
Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities in New York

Dr. S. Georgia Nugent (Secretary)
President
Kenyon College

Sr. Francis Raftery, S.C. (Student Aid Chair)
President
College of Saint Elizabeth

Rev. John Schlegel (Policy Analysis and Public Relations Committee Chair)
President
Creighton University

Dr. Debra M. Townsley (Audit Committee Chair)
President
Nichols College

Dr. David L. Warren (NAICU President)
President
National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities

Administration Committee

Dr. Jay McGowan, Committee Chair (Vice Chair of Board)
President
Bellarmine University

Dr. Victor Boschini, Jr., Chair of Board
Chancellor
Texas Christian University

Dr. S. Georgia Nugent ,Secretary
President
Kenyon College

Dr. Leslie Garner, Immediate Past Chair of Board
President
Cornell College

Dr. David L. Warren, President of NAICU
President
National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities

Audit Committee

Dr. Debra M. Townsley, Committee Chair
President
Nichols College

Dr. Victor J. Boschini, Jr. (Chair of Board)
Chancellor
Texas Christian University

Dr. Leslie H. Garner, Jr. (Immediate Past Chair of Board)
President
Cornell College

Mr. Mark D. Gearan (2010)
President
Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Committee on Accountability

Board Members:

Dr. John Bassett, Committee Chair (2010)
President
Clark University

Dr. Anthony J. Cernera (2009)
President
Sacred Heart University

Dr. John DeGioia (2011)
President
Georgetown University

Dr. Larry Earvin (2011)
President
Huston-Tillotson University

Judith Greiman (2011)
President
Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges

Dr. Lanny Hall (2010)
President
Howard Payne University

Dr. Myrv Christopherson (Without term)
Acting President
The Foundation for Independent Higher Education

Dr. Peyton Helm (2011)
President
Muhlenberg College

Mr. Gary Luhr (2011)
Executive Director
Association of Presybyterian Colleges and Universities

Dr. Joseph McGowan (2009)
President
Bellarmine University

Dr. Dr. S. Georgia Nugent (2009)
President
Kenyon College

Rev. Brian Shanley, O.P. (2011)
President
Providence College

Mr. Chris Simmons (2010)
Associate Vice President for Federal Relations
Duke University

Rev. Robert Spitzer, S.J. (2010)
President
Gonzaga University

Sr. Francis Marie Thrailkill, O.S.U. (2010)
President
Chatfield College

Dr. Debra Townsley (2009)
President
Nichols College

Non-Board Members:

Committee on Policy Analysis & Public Relations

Board Members:

Rev. John Schlegel, Committee Chair (2009)
President
Creighton University

Dr. Wanda D. Bigham (2010)
Assistant General Secretary
National Association of Schools and Colleges of the United Methodist Church

Dr. Victor J. Boschini, Jr. (2010)
Chancellor
Texas Christian University

Dr. Daniel Carey (2011)
President
Edgewood College

Dr. J. Timothy Cloyd (2009)
President
Hendrix College

Rev. Jonathan DeFelice, O.S.B. (2010)
President
Saint Anselm College

Dr. Stephen G. Jennings (2010)
President
University of Evansville

Dr. Pamela Jolicoeur (2011)
President
Concordia College at Moorhead

Non-Board Members:

Ms. Mary Ann Coleman (2011)   
President
Louisiana Association of Independent Colleges and Universities

Dr. David F. Finney (2010)
President
Champlain College

Ms. Nancy O. Gray (2010)
President
Hollins University

Dr. R. Stanton Hales, Jr. (2009)
President
The College of Wooster

Mr. Ed H. Moore (2009)
Executive Director
Independent Colleges & Universities of Florida, Inc.

Dr. Elizabeth S. Muhlenfeld (2010)
President
Sweet Briar College

Dr. John D. Sellars (2009)
President
Graceland University

Committee on Student Aid

Board Members:


Sr. Francis Raftery, Committee Chair (2009)
President
College of Saint Elizabeth

Ms. Violet Boyer (2009)
President
Independent Colleges of Washington

Dr. JoAnne Boyle (2010)
President
Seton Hill University

Dr. Thomas Hellie (2011)
President
Linfield College

Ms. Beverly Hogan (2009)
President
Tougaloo College

Dr. Jairy Hunter (2009)
President
Charleston Southern University

Ms. Ruth Knox (2010)
President
Wesleyan College

Dr. R. Alton Lacey (2011)
President
Missouri Baptist University

Dr. Roger Parrott (2011)
President
Belhaven College

Dr. Baird Tipson (2011)
President
Washington College

Non-Board Members:


Rev. Ronald Gallagher, F.S.C. (2010)
President
Saint Mary’s College of California

Dr. David Joyce (2010)
President
Ripon College

Dr. Paul LeBlanc (2009)
President
Southern New Hampshire University

Dr. L. Jay Lemons (2009)
President
Susquehanna University

Ms. Susan Lennon (2009)
Executive Director
Women’s College Coalition

Dr. Rosalind Reichard (2011)
President
Emory & Henry College

Dr. Walter Roettger (2009)
President
Lyon College

Dr. Richard Torgerson (2010)
President
Luther College

Committee on Tax Policy

Board Members:


Dr. Leslie Garner, Committee Chair (2009)
President
Eckerd College (FL)


Dr. Steven C. Bahls (2009)
President
Augustana College


Dr. Jennifer Braaten (2011)
President
Ferrum College

Dr. Richard F. Celeste (2009)
President
Colorado College


Dr. James Doti (2009)
President
Chapman University


Mr. Mark D. Gearan (2010)
President
Hobart & William Smith Colleges


Dr. William Greer (2011)
President
Virginia Wesleyan College


Dr. Elaine Tuttle Hansen (2010)
President
Bates College

Mr. Abe Lackman (2010)
President
Commission on Independent Colleges
and Universities in New York


Sr. Mary Eileen O’Brien, O.P. (2010)
President
Dominican College


Ellen Smith (2011)
Director of Government Relations
Columbia University


Ms. Deborah M. Stendardi (2009)
Vice President, Government and Community Relations
Rochester Institute of Technology


Dr. Carl E. Zylstra (2010)
President
Dordt College

Non-Board Members:


Dr. Paul Corts (2010)
President
Council for Christian Colleges & Universities


Dr. Carol Mooney (2010)
President
Saint Mary’s College


Mr. Thomas J. O’Neill, Jr. (2009)
President
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Nebraska


Dr. Stephen J. Sweeny (2010)
President
College of New Rochelle


Dr. Beverly A. Wharton (2009)
President
Briar Cliff University

Rev. Kevin W Wildes S.J. (2010)
President
Loyola University New Orleans