The Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is the governing body of Oberlin College. It manages the welfare of the college and entrusts the day-to-day operations to the president. Oberlin’s board has 34 members and completes its work through an executive committee and various subcommittees. The board is comprised of 24 board-elected members and six alumni-elected members, all of whom serve six-year terms. There are also three class trustees elected by recent graduating classes to serve three-year terms. The final member of the board is the president of Oberlin College, who serves ex officio (by nature of his or her position). The entire board convenes four times a year in Oberlin. During meetings that occur while classes are in session, class trustees organize forums for students to voice their concerns directly to members of the board. The Executive Committee, comprising the chair and vice chair of the board and the chairs of the major subcommittees, convenes approximately one month prior to each meeting of the full board. The general counsel and secretary of the college is the primary liaison between the board and the campus constituencies.

Membership of the Board of Trustees

* indicates alumni-elected trustee
+ indicates class-elected trustee

	Clyde McGregor '74 Chair Co-Manager Oakmark Equity & Income Fund & Oakmark Global Fund Harris Associates, L.P. Winnetka, Illinois		Marvin Krislov ex officio President Oberlin College
	Neil S. Barsky '81 Founder Barsky Ventures, LLC New York, New York		*Amy Chen '79 Chief Investment Officer Smithsonian Institute Washington, D.C.
	Edith W. Clowes '73 Professor, Slavic Languages and Literatures Director, Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas		Thomas F. Cooper '78 Chartered Financial Analyst Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Company Lincoln, Massachusetts
	Motoko T. Deane '71 Treasurer, Renewable Investment Corporation Cohasset, Massachusetts		Karen Gebhart Flint '64 Artistic Director and Harpsichordist Brandywine Baroque Chamber Ensemble and Orchestra Greenville, Delaware
	Karen Florini '79 Director of Strategic Alliances & Senior Attorney, Climate Program, Environmental Defense Fund Washington, D.C.		Jacob A. Gayle '79 Vice President of Community Affairs and Executive Director Medtronic Foundation Medtronic, Inc. Minneapolis, MS
	*Alan W. Houseman '65 Executive Director Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) Washington, D.C.		Hidong Kim '87 Medical student at Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio
	John D. Koch '75 Chair and CEO ION Financial, Inc. Cleveland, Ohio		Stewart A. Kohl '77 Co-CEO The Riverside Company Cleveland, Ohio
	Thomas Kutzen '76 Founder AlphaBridge Capital Greeenwich, Connecticut		Will Lewis '90 Former President Aegerion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Bridgewater, New Jersey
	*Kofi Lomotey '74 Chancellor Southern University and A & M College Baton Rouge, LA		Chesley Maddox-Dorsey '81 President and Chief Operating Officer Access.1 Communications New York, New York
	Emily McClintock '76 Treasurer of the Eric and Jane Nord Foundation Past President, Nord Family Foundation Amherst, Ohio		+Assishana Osho '10 Medical Student Duke University, School of Medicine Durham, North Carolina
	Patricia Shanks '63 Founder, President (retired) and CEO of BASIS, Inc. Berkeley, CA		David S. Shapira '63 Chair, CEO, and President Giant Eagle, Inc. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
	Steven Shapiro '83 President, Intrepid Capital Management New York, New York		+ Ezra Spier '09 Ezra Spier Web/Mobile Developer Sustainable Harvest Coffee Importers
	+ Luke Squire '11 Consultant Booz Allen Hamilton Washington, D.C.		Susan Troy '76 President and General Counsel Martin Linen Supply Company Los Angeles, California
	Philip S. Vasan '80 Managing Director Prime Services Credit Suisse New York, New York		Harlan W. Waksal '75 President and Sole Proprietor Waksal Consulting LLC Montclair, New Jersey
	Sandra N. Waters '71 Leadership roles in the Greenwich YMCA, YWCA, Educational Institutions Greenwich, Connecticut		Elizabeth Welch '80 Retired General Manager Management and Leadership Development Microsoft Corporation Seattle, Washington
	*Danette Wineberg '68 Attorney; former Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary The Timberland Company Stratham, New Hampshire		Alan Wurtzel '55 Private Investor Washington, D.C.
	*Diane Yu '73 Vice-Chair Chief of Staff and Deputy to the President of New York University New York, New York

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