Board of Trustees
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The Board of Trustees is Northeastern’s governing body. The board appoints the president, who leads and manages the university, and works with senior leaders to shape the university’s strategic vision. The board also approves Northeastern’s mission, budget, policies, and significant changes to academic programs, and oversees the university’s finances and assets.
AboutBoard of Trustees
- Joseph E. Aoun
President, Northeastern University
Boston - Jeffrey S. Bornstein, DMSB’89
Managing Partner, Generation Capital Partners LLC
Greenwich, CT - Subodh Chanrai
Group Executive Chairman, Chanrai Summit Group
Singapore - Alice R. Chinebuah, Esq.
Managing Partner, Reynolds, C & Co. (Solicitors and Advocates)
Accra, Ghana - Jeffrey J. Clarke, MBA’85
CEO, Insurity
San Francisco - William J. Conley Jr., DMSB’90
Partner (Retired), Goldman Sachs & Co.
New York City - Richard A. D’Amore, DMSB’76
Chair, Board of Trustees, Co-Founder and General Partner, North Bridge Venture Partners
Waltham, MA - Deborah Dunsire
President and CEO (Retired), Lundbeck
Wellesley, MA - Spencer T. Fung, PA’96
Executive Group Chairman, Li & Fung Limited
Kowloon, Hong Kong - Edward G. Galante, E’73
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees Former Senior Vice President, Exxon Mobil
Dallas - Sir Lucian Grainge, CBE, H’17
Chair and CEO, Universal Music Group
Santa Monica, CA - David L. House, ME’69
Chairman of the Board, Brocade Communications Systems LLC
San Jose, CA - Frances N. Janis, MBA’82
Senior Partner, Pomona Capital
New York City - Chaitanya “Chet” Kanojia, ME’93
Co-Founder, Starry
Boston - Amin J. Khoury, MBA’89, H’19
President, KAD LP
Palm Beach Gardens, FL - William A. Lowell
Senior Counsel and Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart LLP
Boston - Todd M. Manganaro, DMSB’95
President, Siena Corporation
Miami Beach, FL - Alan S. McKim, DMSB’88
Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, CEO and Chair, Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc.
Norwell, MA - James J. Pallotta, MBA’81
Chairman and Managing Director, Raptor Capital Management LP
Boston - Irene Panagopoulos, Mills ’85
Managing Director, Magna Marine, Inc.
Athens - John V. Pulichino, ME’72
CEO, Group III International Inc.
Pompano Beach, FL - Jean Eric Salata
Chairperson EQT Asia and Head of Private Capital Asia
Hong Kong - Kathleen C. Sanborn, Mills ’83
Director of Editorial Services, OTR Global LLC
El Granada, CA - Winslow L. Sargeant, E’86
Managing Director, S&T LLC
Great Falls, VA - Jeannine P. Sargent, E’87
Senior Advisor, Generation Investment Management
San Francisco - Maha Shair
Philanthropist, Shair Foundation
Beirut - Shelley Stewart, Jr., CJ’75, MJ’78
Managing Partner, Bottom Line Advisory, LLC
North Palm Beach, FL - Hemant Taneja
CEO & Managing Director, General Catalyst
San Francisco, CA - Jean-Pascal Tricoire
Chairman and CEO, Schneider Electric
Quarry Bay, Hong Kong - Christopher A. Viehbacher
President and CEO, Biogen
Cambridge, MA - Gregory L. Waters
CEO MatrixSpace; General Partner, Socratic Partners
Half Moon Bay, California - Christophe P. Weber
President and CEO, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America
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