Trustees
"The Trustees of Union College," as a corporate body, has owned the College and been the College’s designated legal representative throughout its history. The Board consists of four life trustees, twenty-one term trustees, four alumni trustees, two faculty trustees, two student trustees, and the president of the College. The governor of the state of New York is also an ex officio member. The Board meets three times annually: in February, May, and October. The Board appoints the president of the College upon vacancy of the position; it may also appoint an interim president should the need arise.
The Board
Ex-Officio
Hon. Governor Kathy Hochul of the State of New York
Life Trustees
David J. Breazzano '78, B.A., M.B.A., President, DDJ Capital Management, LLC
Neil M. Golub, B.A., M.S., Executive Chairman of the Board, Price Chopper Supermarkets/Golub Corporation
Douglass Karp '97, B.S., President, New England Development
David L. Henle '75, B.S., M.B.A., President, DLH Capital, LLC
John E. Kelly III '76, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., IBM Executive Vice President - Retired Special Advisor to Chairman and CEO
Frank L. Messa '73, B.A., J.D. Retired Senior Vice President, Ayco Co., L.P.
Term Trustees
Linda M. Abriola, Joan Wernig and E. Paul Sorensen Professor of Engineering, Brown University
Kathryn Stefanik Barry '01, B.S., M.A., Partner, Isaacson, Miller
Robert Bertagna '85, B.A., M.B.A., Chief Executive Officer, Minerva Ventures LLC
Kathleen R. Browne '88, B.S., M.B.A., J.D., Chief Investment Officer, Denison University
Thomas Caulfield, P'19, B.S., B.S., M.S., D.E.S., Chief Executive Officer, Globalfoundries
Thomas J. Coleman '88, B.A., Co-Founder and Co-President, Kensico Capital Management Corporation
Dennis M. Coleman, GP’24, B.A., J.D., Senior Counsel, Ropes & Gray LLP
Thomas G. Connolly '89, B.A., Managing Director, Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division
Estelle Cooke-Sampson '74, B.S., M.D. Director, Women's Imaging, Howard University Hospital
Judith Dein '76, B.A., J.D., Magistrate Judge, U. S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
Richard Delaney ’80, B.S., Retired Senior Vice President, Global Operations, PepsiCo
Paul Ginsberg '84, B.A., J.D., President, Roark Capital Group
Julie Greifer-Swidler '79, B.A., J.D. Executive Vice President for Business Affairs & General Counsel, Sony Music Entertainment
Arthur Holden '77, B.S., M.B.A, Retired, CEO of iSAEC and TSC Consortia, FGT, and Celsis International; and EVP Illumina; Current Chairman, Pharmaceutical Biomedical Research Consortium, Ltd.
Roy Jackson '82, B.A., M.P.A., Retired, SVP Business Development & Industry Affairs, The Coca-Cola Company
Brad S. Karp '81, B.A., J.D., Chair, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, LLP
Kenya LeNoir Messer, '90, B.S., M.A., Ed.D., Assistant Professor Higher, Adult and Lifelong Education Michigan State University
Jeff Lipsitz '87 , Co-President, Cortec Group
Jennifer Sconyers Lawton '85, B.S., Executive Vice President, Bolster
Guy T. Logan '90, B.A., M.B.A., Managing Director, Head of National Infrastructure, Raymond James & Associates, Inc., Municipal Investment Banking
Robert J. Moser '99, B.S., Founder & CEO, Prime Group Holdings
Stanley O'Brien '74, B.A., M.B.A., Retired Vice President, BNY Mellon Center
William Perlstein '71, B.A., J.D. Senior Managing Director and Vice Chair, Client Services, FTI Consulting
Sarah Pontius '04, B.A., Real Estate Consultant
William M. Wicker '71, B.A., M.A., M.B.A., former Vice Chairman Investment Banking, Morgan Stanley
President of the College
David R. Harris, Ph.D.
Alumni Trustees
Betsy Modest Brand '82, B.A., M.B.A., Founder and Principal, Brandmark Studios LLC
Peter Kwetu Haviland-Eduah, '10, B.A., M.P.P.
John K. Johnson, '85, B.A., Sr Director Sales & Marketing Arizona Snack Division, Arizona Beverages, LLC
Vincent Mattone, '06, B.A., Financial Advisor, ACM Wealth
Chair, President's Council
Shari Midoneck-Pochapin '85, B.S., M.D., Internal Medicine, MD2 Park Avenue
Faculty Trustees
Andrew Morris, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History
Chad Orzel, Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Student Trustees
Alexis Henrikson, Class of 2023
Emily Stein, Class of 2024
Trustees Emeriti
Gerald Barandes '54, A.B., LL.B. Of Counsel, Beckman, Lieberman & Barandes
Philip Beuth '54, A.B., M.S., Retired President of Entertainment, Capital Cities/ABC-TV
Stephen J. Ciesinski '70, B.S.E.E., M.B.A., President, SRI International
Robert DeMichele '66, B.A., M.B.A., President, CEO, CIO, Strategy Asset Managers, LLC
Robert B. Enemark '50, B.S., Retired Vice President and Director of Research and Development, Electro Signal Laboratory
Adrian Jay '98, B.A., M.S.J., Co-Founder, Random Acts of Flowers
Kathy E. Magliato '85, B.S., M.D., Director of Women's Cardiac Services, St. John's Health Center
Lawrence Pedowitz '69, B.A., of Counsel, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
Norton H. Reamer '58, A.B., B.E.E., M.B.A., President, Unicorn Corporation
Ellen Smith '80, B.S.M.E, M.S., Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting
Mark L. Walsh '76, B.A., MBA, Managing Director, Ruxton Ventures, LLC
Kelly M. Williams '86, B.A., J.D., Founding Chair & Co-CEO, Private Equity Women Investor Network (PEWIN); CEO, The Williams Legacy Foundation
Officers of the Board
Robert Bertagna '85, Chair
Julie Greifer-Swidler '79, Vice Chair
William Perlstein '71, General Counsel
Kathryn Stefanik Barry '01, Secretary
Maura Mack Hisgen, Assistant Secretary