Meet our Board of Trustees, the governing body of up to 41 members that provides policy direction for the university.
Officers
Signe S. Gates '71
Chair
Aldie. Va.
Retired Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Barnes Group Inc.
Dawn G. Mueller '68
Vice Chair
Richmond, Va.
Retired Physician and Faculty Member
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Jeffrey A. Roush '71 P'12
Vice Chair
Sammamish, Wa.
Retired Principal
Martin Smith Inc.
Edward R. Schmidt '69
Vice Chair
Zionsville, In.
President
Silver Creek Partners LLC
Sandra M. Rocks '75, P'05
Secretary
New York, NY
Counsel
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Members (A-M)
Peter J. Arduini '86
Newtown, Pa.
President and CEO
Integra LifeSciences Corporation
Talia Basch '20
Simsbury, Conn.
Student
Susquehanna University
Mary Cianni
Bronx, N.Y.
Senior Client Partner
Korn Ferry
Jeff Cooper '94
Blue Bell, Pa.
Senior VP and GM of Event Technology Applications
Community Brands
Rev. Robert Doll '88, P'13, P'17
Selinsgrove, Pa.
Pastor
Sharon Lutheran Church
James Dunlop '01
Gettysburg, Pa.
Financial Advisor
Thrivent Financial
Bruce Ficken '70
Philadelphia, Pa.
Attorney
Cozen O'Connor
Kathi S. Flack '76, P'05, P'09
Naples, Fl.
Civic Leader
Signe S. Gates '71
Aldie, Va.
Retired Sr. Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Barnes Group Inc.
Jonathan D. Green
Selinsgrove, Pa.
President
Susquehanna University
Robert L. Gronlund
Lewisburg, Pa.
CEO
Wood-Mode Inc.
Barry R. Jackson '68
Annapolis, Md.
Principal
Portshire, Inc.
Douglas Kniss '80
Hilliard, Ohio
Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology & Biomedical Engineering
Director, Laboratory of Perinatal Research
Ohio State University
Frank J. Leber '64
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Retired Partner
Rhoads & Sinon LLP
George Liberopoulos '86
Garden City, N.Y.
Retired Managing Director, Global Securities Services
Goldman Sachs & Co.
Rev. Dr. Lois Martin '90
Belleville, Pa.
Intentional Interim Pastor
Seward Prosser Mellon '65, H'93
Ligonier, Pa.
President
Richard K. Mellon Foundation
Dawn G. Mueller '68
Richmond, Va.
Retired Physician and Faculty Member
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Members (N-Z)
Jack Ohle
Clive, Iowa
Retired President
Gustavus Adolphus College
Leslie Pemberton
Hartsville, S.C.
Vice President Global Quality
Sonoco Products Co.
Martin Pinter '98
Mount Bethel, Pa.
Director of Global Sourcing
Oldcastle Materials Inc.
Angelina Poole '19
Latrobe, Pa.
Student
Susquehanna University
Bonnie Bucks Reece '65, P'93
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Professor and Chairperson Emerita
Department of Advertising, Public Relations, and Retailing
Michigan State University
Ronald Reese '82
Wallingford, Pa.
Partner & CFO
LL Fund, LLC
Glen Retief
Sunbury, Pa.
Associate Professor of English & Creative Writing and Director of Writer's Institute
Susquehanna University
Timothy (Tim) Robeson '07
Randolph, N.J.
VP
PGIM Real Estate
Sandra M. Rocks '75, P'05
New York, N.Y.
Counsel
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP
Jeffrey A. Roush '71, P'12
Sammamish, Wash.
Retired Principal
Martin Smith Inc.
Elisabeth (Lisa) A. Ryan '78 Burke
Summit, N.J.
Senior Vice President & Managing Director
Heyman Associates, Inc.
Edward R. Schmidt '69
Zionsville, Ind.
President
Silver Creek Partners LLC
Rev. Linda Shank
Eliottsburg, Pa.
Pastor
Christ Lutheran Church
James Stowe P'13
Montgomery Village, Md.
Director
Montgomery County Office of Human Rights
JoAnn Pochekailo '77 Suzich
Washington Grove, Md.
Vice President
Infectious Disease and Vaccines Research, MedImmune
Coleen Zoller
Selinsgrove, Pa.
Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department Head of Philosophy
Susquehanna University
Emeriti
Gary E. Baylor '69
Lewisburg, Pa.
General Partner
Baylor Family Limited Partnership
John Carpenter
Northumberland, Pa.
Retired Attorney at Law
Carpenter & Carpenter
Richard E. Caruso '65
Villanova, Pa.
Chairman
Integra LifeSciences Corporation
President
The Provco Group
Joel L. Cunningham H'00
Sewanee, Tenn.
Retired Vice Chancellor
University of the South
W. Donald Fisher '51
Sarasota, Fla.
Retired CPA
Fisher, Clark & Lauer CPAs
William A. Gettig H'03
Spring Mills, Pa.
President/CEO
Gettig Technologies Inc.
Gail Short Hanson P'97
Washington, D.C.
Vice President of Campus Life
American University
Gloria F. Karchner
Selinsgrove, Pa.
Businesswoman & Civic Leader
Raymond C. Lauver '50, H'07
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Former Member
Financial Accounting Standards Board
Retired Partner
Price Waterhouse
Marsha A. Lehman '74
Knoxville, Tenn.
Retired Vice President of Digital Imaging
Eastman Kodak
L. Jay Lemons
Selinsgrove, Pa.
President Emeritus & Senior Fellow
Susquehanna University
President
Academic Search
William A. Lewis '68
Chevy Chase, Md.
Retired Deputy Director, Office of Civil Rights and Diversity
U.S. Department of Energy
Rev. Dr. Howard J. McCarney
Camp Hill, Pa.
Retired Bishop, Central Pennsylvania Synod
Lutheran Church in America
Peter M. Nunn '57
New Holland, Pa.
Retired Partner
Coopers & Lybrand
Harold C. O'Connor
State College, Pa.
Retired President & CEO
Chemcut Corporations/Schering AG
John R. Strangfeld Jr. '75, H'17
Bernardsville, N.J.
CEO and Chairman of the Board
Prudential Financial, Inc.
James W. Summers '64
Jupiter, Fla.
Retired Senior VP Finance and Administration
ARAMARK Corp.
Frank J. Trembulak '69 P'93
Oro Valley, Az.
Retired Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
Geisinger Health System
Retired Chief Operating Officer
Geisinger Health Plan
Bylaws
Susquehanna University's Board of Trustees approved bylaws in October 2009. The bylaws were last updated in May 2011.
The bylaws include the following articles:
ARTICLE I - CHARTER
ARTICLE II - BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
ARTICLE III - MEMBERSHIP OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ARTICLE IV - MEMBERS EMERITI OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ARTICLE V - OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY
ARTICLE VI - ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE CHAIR AND VICE CHAIRS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ARTICLE VII - ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ARTICLE VIII - ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TREASURER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ARTICLE IX - TERM, AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY
ARTICLE X - TERM, AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE VICE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY
ARTICLE XI - MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
ARTICLE XII - COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
ARTICLE XIII - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
ARTICLE XIV - LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF TRUSTEES
ARTICLE XV - INDEMNIFICATION
ARTICLE XVI - AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS ARTICLE XVII - DISSOLUTION