Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is composed of 41 voting members. The president of the university is an ex officio, nonvoting member. Two faculty and two students are elected by the University Senate as nonvoting representatives. The 41 voting members are chosen in the following way as mandated by state law: 20 charter members (of whom at least three shall be women), 16 alumni members nominated by the Nominating Committee of the Board of Trustees, and five public members appointed by the governor of the state with confirmation by the New Jersey State Senate. Of the 20 charter seats, three are reserved for students with full voting rights.
Board of Trustees Membership Listing
2026-2027
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Kenneth R. Johnson, Chair
Mary Papamarkou, Vice Chair
Squire Servance, Vice Chair
Fauzan Amjad
Danielle Bechta
Jennifer C. Bender
Jonathan R. Boguchwal
Linda J. Caldwell Epps
Kim Case
C. Edward Chaplin
Marc de Grandpré
Monica E. de los Rios
Deborah De Santis
Peter N. DeNigris
Dina Karmazin Elkins
Robert M. Falzon
Jeanne M. Fox
Yanela C. Frias
Robert H. Friedman
Margaret A. Gillis
Christopher Godoy
Derrick L. Green
David L. Harris
Joyce P. Hendricks
Yanique D. Le-Cadre
Indu Lew
Walter B. MacDonald
Susan F. Martin
James P. McCarthy
Gregory Passanante
Ameya Ketankumar Patel
Meet Patel
Ilce Perez
Navneet Puri
Linda D. Moton Rivers
Philip Scalo
John M. Sharkey
William F. Tate IV, ex officio
Candice N. Tse
Maria P. Vallejo
Gloria Vanderham
Leslie M. Walker -
Gregory Bender, Emeritus
William E. Best, Emeritus
Greg Brown, Emeritus
Dorothy W. Cantor, Emerita
Mary J. Chyb, Emerita
Kevin J. Collins, Emeritus
Anthony J. DePetris, Emeritus
Mary I. DiMartino, Emerita
James F. Dougherty, Emeritus
Robert P. Eichert, Emeritus
Rochelle Gizinski, Emerita
Leslie E. Goodman, Emeritus
M. Wilma Harris, Emerita
Robert A. Hering, Emeritus
Mark P. Hershhorn, Emeritus
Carleton A. Holstrom, Emeritus
Frank B. Hundley, Emeritus
Nimesh S. Jhaveri, Emeritus
Tilak Lal, Emeritus
Robert A. Laudicina, Emeritus
Duncan L. MacMillan, Emeritus
Patricia Nachtigal, Emerita
Dean J. Paranicas, Emeritus
Jose A. Piazza, Emeritus
George A. Rears, Emeritus
Kenneth M. Schmidt, Emeritus
Richard H. Shindell, Emeritus
Dorothy M. Stanaitis, Emerita
Robert L. Stevenson, Emeritus
Sandy J. Stewart, Emeritus
Heather C. Taylor, Emerita
Michael R. Tuosto, Emeritus -
Heather N. Pierce, Senate Representative
Robert A. Schwartz, Senate Representative
Prithika Chintala, Student Representative
Chidera Ntiwunka-Ifeanyi, Student Representative -
J. Michael Gower, Treasurer
Patrick L. Melillo, Interim Secretary
BOARD MEMBERSHIP IS EFFECTIVE JULY 1 THROUGH JUNE 30
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