# Board of Trustees

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**Parent**: https://www.northeastern.edu/about/senior-leadership/

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.

[About](https://www.northeastern.edu/about/ "Go to About.")Board 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

  Tokyo

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