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The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the University Corporation, managing its affairs and granting and conferring such academic degrees and honors as are permitted by the Regents of the State of New York and specifically authorized by its charter.

Clarkson University Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

Board Officers

•  Everett G. Foster, Chair
•  Anthony G. Collins, University President
•  Bayard D. Clarkson, Sr. '74 Hon., Distinguished Vice Chair
•  Thomas E. Holliday, Secretary
•  Kelly O. Chezum '04, Assistant Secretary
•  Nancy Kin, Treasurer

Members of the Board as of October 2008

Terry L. Brown '72
CEO & Chairman
O'Brien & Gere Limited

Bayard D. Clarkson Jr., M.D.
Private Practitioner

Bayard D. Clarkson Sr., M.D., Hon. '74
Member
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Charles R. Craig
Sr. Vice President & Director
Corning Incorporated

Jason R. Currie '94
Managing Director
Conundrum Capital Corporation

Karel K. Czanderna '77

President, Building Supplies
Owens Corning Inc.

Lawrence J. Delaney '57
Executive Vice President
Titan Corporation (Ret.)

Elizabeth A. Fessenden '77, Hon. '00
Consultant
Fessenden Associates LLC
President, Alcoa
Flexible Packaging (Ret.)

Everett G. Foster
Senior Vice President/Managing Director
RBC Wealth Management

Richard R. Griffith '69
President
Sturges Manufacturing Co. Inc.


Daniel C. Heintzelman '79
Senior Vice President, General Electric
President, GE Energy Services

William F. Helmer '56
President
Helmer-Cronin Construction Inc.

Thomas E. Holliday, Esq.
Partner
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher  LLP

Michael E. Jesanis '78
President & CEO (Former)
National Grid USA

John B. Johnson Jr., Hon. '01
Editor & Co-Publisher
Watertown Daily Times

Dianna Jones Herrmann '85
Professional Development Manager
McKinsey & Company

Georgia Keresty '83
Senior Vice President
Pharmaceutical Compliance & Global Regulatory Affairs
Johnson & Johnson

John R. Laing
Senior Vice President (Ret.)
Xerox Corporation

Earl "Skip" Lewis '66
President, CEO & Chairman
Flir Systems Inc.

James T. Milde '83
Summit Advisors

Kevin T. Parker '81
President & CEO
Deltek Systems Inc.

W. Hollis Petersen
Private Investor

James W. Ransom '88
Tribal Chief
St. Regis Mohawk Tribe

Frank R. Schmeler '64

Chairman
Albany International Corp.

Scott D. Smith '83
President, Sales & Marketing
ModusLink Corporation

Jean E. Spence '79
Executive Vice President
Research, Development & Quality
Kraft Foods Inc.

David A. Taylor '77, Hon. '97
Director of Player Personnel
Dallas Stars NHL Club

Steven M. Tritman '68
Consultant & Entrepreneur

James F. Wood '64
President & CEO
Babcock Power Inc.

Mary Kay Woods '82
Partner
KPMG LLP