The University of St. Thomas

    Board of Trustees

    Board of Trustees

    The legal body that governs the university is the board of trustees. It is the final authority on setting our important policies, on the definition of major goals, and on the preservation of the academic mission.

    Lee R. Anderson

    Chairman, APi Group, Inc.

    George W. Buckley

    Chairman, President and CEO, 3M

    John Bannigan, Jr.

    Retired Senior Partner, Bannigan and Kelly, PA

    Rodney P. Burwell

    CEO, Burwell Enterprises, Inc.

    Michael V. Ciresi

    Partner and Chairman of the Exec. Board, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, L.L.P.

    Burton Cohen

    CEO and Publisher, MSP Communications

    Reverend Dennis Dease

    President, University of St. Thomas

    Gail Dorn

    Marketing and Community Relations Consultant, Target Corporation

    Michael E. Dougherty

    Chairman and CEO, Dougherty Financial Group LLC

    John J. "Hap" Fauth

    Chairman, The Churchill Companies

    Maureen A. Fay, O.P.

    Retired President, University of Detroit Mercy

    Archbishop Harry J. Flynn, D.D

    Archbishop, Chair of the Board of Trustees

    Timothy P. Flynn

    Chairman, KPMG International
    Chairman and CEO, KPMG LLP

    Eugene U. Frey

    Chairman, Wabash Management Inc.

    Geoffrey C. Gage

    President and Owner, Brand Solutions

    Antoine M. Garibaldi

    President, Gannon University

    Amy R. Goldman

    Chairman and President, Better Way Foundation

    Pierson M. Grieve

    Retired Chairman and CEO, Ecolab, Inc.

    Daniel J. Haggerty

    Retired CEO, Norwest Venture Capital

    Stephen J. Hemsley

    President and CEO, UnitedHealth Group

    Kathleen J. Higgins Victor

    President, Centera Corporation

    Stanley S. Hubbard

    President and CEO, Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc.

    Patricia Jaffray

    Community/Volunteer Leader

    Sister Carol Keehan, DC

    President and CEO, The Catholic Health Association

    His Eminence Pio Cardinal Laghi

    Prefect Emeritus for the Congregation for Catholic Education

    Laurence E. LeJeune

    Chairman of the Board, LeJeune Investments, Inc.

    Reverend Edward Malloy, CSC

    President Emeritus, University of Notre Dame

    Mary G. Marso

    CEO, Jeane Thorne, Inc.

    Reverend Kevin McDonough

    Vicar General, Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis

    Harry G. McNeely, Jr.

    Chairman Emeritus, Meritex Enterprises & McNeely Foundation

    Alvin E. McQuinn

    Chairman and CEO, QuinStar Investment Partners, LLC

    John M. Morrison

    Chairman, Central Financial Services, Inc.

    The Honorable Diana E. Murphy

    U.S. Circuit Judge, 8th Circuit Court of Appeals

    Stephen P. Nachtsheim

    Chairman, Deluxe Corporation

    John F. O'Shaughnessy, Jr.

    Chairman and CEO, General Parts, Inc.

    Gerald A. Rauenhorst

    Founding Chairman, Opus Corporation

    Guy Schoenecker

    Chairman and CEO, BI

    Richard M. Schulze

    Chairman, Best Buy Co., Inc.

    Frank Sunberg

    Portu-Sunberg Marketing

    Robert J. Ulrich

    Retired, Chairman and CEO, Target Corporation

    Frank B. Wilderson

    President, Wilderson and Associates, Inc.

    Ann Winblad

    Partner, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

    Mark Zesbaugh

    Former CEO of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America

    The Board of Trustees holds meetings three times per year, in February, May and October. The Executive Committee of the Board meets bi-monthly.

    Board Committees:

    Executive Committee
    Academic Affairs Committee
    Audit/Finance Committee
    Board Affairs Committee
    Institutional Advancement Committee
    Investment Committee
    Physical Facilities Planning Committee
    Student Affairs Committee