Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees has fiduciary responsibility and is the principal governance authority for Marquette University. The board is responsible for preserving and enhancing Marquette’s mission and ensuring that long-term planning and goals are defined and executed by the university community.
Marquette’s bylaws stipulate that the Board of Trustees be comprised of no fewer than 25 and no more than 40 members, of whom no fewer than five and no more than eight must be members of the Society of Jesus. The university’s president serves ex-officio as a member of the board. The board is self-perpetuating, meaning that trustees are responsible for electing new members. Trustees serve for three-year terms and may be re-elected to serve for a maximum of 12 years. Trustees are volunteers and are not compensated for their service.
The board may elect any retired or retiring trustee to be a trustee emeritus or trustee emerita for life. Trustees emeriti do not attend meetings of the board.
The board holds in trust Marquette’s human, physical, and financial assets for future generations. The trustees are stewards of Marquette’s Catholic and Jesuit identity. They establish policies on university strategy, financial management, fundraising, investments, property and assets. The board is responsible for hiring and evaluating the university’s president. The day-to-day administration of Marquette is the responsibility of the university president and his leadership team.
Mr. Todd Adams
Chair of the Marquette Board
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
Dr. Kimo Ah Yun
Acting President,
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Mr. Harvey J. Anderson II
Eng ’84
Retired Strategic Advisor
HP Inc.
Ms. Joanna M. Bauza
Bus Ad '97
President
The Cervantes Group
Mr. Tim M. Bergstrom
Bus Ad '99
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bergstrom Automotive
Rev. Erick Berrelleza, S.J.
Founding Dean of Messina College
Boston College
Jennifer M. Connelly, M.D.
Eng ’99
Professor Neurology
Director of Neuro Oncology
Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin
Ms. Julie Creamer
Nurs ’80
President
Baylor Scott & White Health
Mr. Rick T. Dillon
Bus Ad '93
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Vestis
Mr. Steven Frieder
Arts '95
Corporate Secretary
Mr. Kevin L. Frisinger
Bus Ad ’85
Vice President & Senior Investment Consultant
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Hon. Janine P. Geske
Law ’75
Retired Professor of Law and
Retired Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court
Ms. Nancy Hernandez
Grad ’02
President
Hispanic Collaborative
Mr. Patrick S. Lawton
Bus Ad ’78, Grad ’80
Managing Director of
Fixed Income Capital Markets
Robert W. Baird & Co.
Rev. Brian F. Linnane, S.J.
President Emeritus
Loyola University Maryland
Lanigan Professor of Ethics
Le Moyne College
Mr. Raymond J. Manista
Vice Chair of the Marquette Board
Arts ’87, Law ’90
Executive Vice President — Chief Legal & Public Affairs Officer
Northwestern Mutual
Rev. Patrick McGrath, S.J.
Pastor
Old St. Patrick's Parish
Ms. Nicole K. Michaels
Bus Ad ’93
Business and Technology Transformation Strategist
Insurance Industry Expert
Mr. Micky S. Minhas
Eng ’89
Senior Vice President
Marconi Group
Rev. Thomas W. Neitzke, S.J.
Interim Vice President for Advancement,
Vice President and Special Assistant to the President
Loyola University Chicago
Rev. Michael Rozier, S.J.
Associate Professor and Chair of
Health Management and Policy
Saint Louis University
Mr. James P. Ryan
Arts ’89
President and Chief Executive Officer
Flexera
Rev. Nicholas Santos, S.J.
Grad '06, '09
Associate Professor of Marketing
Creighton University
Ms. Amy Ford Souders
Arts '92
Principal and Director
Cornerstone Government Affairs
Mr. William R. Stemper
Eng '77
Chairman Emeritus
Comcast Business
Mr. Owen J. Sullivan
Arts ’79
Retired President and Chief Operating Officer
NCR Corporation
Mr. Christopher J. Swift
Bus Ad '83
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Hartford
Mr. Derek L. Tyus
Bus Ad ’91
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin
Mr. Joseph A. Walicki
Retired Chief Executive Officer and
Vice Chairman
Clarios
Ms. Chris Woleske
Law '94
Executive Vice President
Bellin Region President
Emplify Health
Hon. James A. Wynn, Jr.
Law '79
Federal Appeals Court Judge
US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit