In 1967, Saint Louis University became the first major Catholic university in the United States to give lay and clergy people combined legal responsibility for institutional policy as members of its board of trustees. Today, the board is the principal governing authority for the University, charged with fiduciary responsibility and with preserving and enhancing SLU鈥檚 Jesuit mission.
About SLU's Board of Trustees
Members of SLU's Board of Trustees are elected to three颅-year terms and may stand for re颅-election for two additional three颅-year terms. Trustees are volunteers and are not compensated for their service.
The board meets four times a year and has a number of standing committees that include faculty, staff and student representatives.
Current Board Members
- Eric Engler, chair
Executive vice president and chief of staff, Ascension - Marian V. "Bo" Mehan (鈥74,鈥82), vice chair
Partner and estate planning and probate department co-chair, Lewis Rice - Akberet Boykin-Farr (鈥93, 鈥95, 鈥02)
Vice president for diversity and social responsibility, Emerson - George Brill (鈥85)
Founder and chief executive officer, Talisen Technologies Inc. - Thomas M. Buchanan (鈥77)
Managing partner, Winston & Strawn LLP - Marilyn Bush (鈥84)
Senior Vice President, Bank of America - Richard Chaifetz (鈥75)
Founder, chairman and CEO of ComPsych Corporation; founder and chairman of Chaifetz Group, LLC. - Jerome 鈥淛erry鈥 Dwyer, M.D. (鈥79, 鈥85)
Owner/cardiologist, St. Louis Cardiology Center - Jimmie Edwards (鈥78, 鈥81, Hon.D 鈥14)
Attorney, Lashly & Baer, P.C. - Michael Garanzini, S.J. (鈥71)
Superior, Campion Center - Andrew Hoog (鈥98)
Founder and board member, NowSecure - Chang Soo Huh (鈥77)
Chairman and chief executive officer, GS Group - Edward B. Ignaczak
Executive vice president sales and marketing (retired), Express Scripts - John Johnson (鈥90)
President, Silver Eagle Distributors - Darryl Jones (鈥77)
Managing partner, D&D Concessions - Paul D. Kalsbeek
Executive Vice President and Regional Manager (Retired), Wells Fargo - Arindam Kar (鈥98)&苍产蝉辫;
Shareholder, Polsinelli Law Firm - James P. Kavanaugh (鈥86)
Chief executive officer, World Wide Technology Inc. - Jessie Knight, Jr. (鈥72)&苍产蝉辫;
Managing director, Knight Angels - Jim Lally (鈥90)&苍产蝉辫;
President and chief executive officer, Enterprise Financial Services Corporation - Tim Lannon, S.J.
Superior, Omaha Jesuit Community - Virginia McDowell
President and chief operating officer (retired), Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. - Michael C. McFarland, S.J.
Superior, Campion Center - Timothy McMahon, S.J. ('80)
Rector, Jesuit Center - Michael McMillan (鈥97)
President and CEO, Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis - Joseph McShane, S.J.
Superior, Scranton Jesuit Community - Robert O'Loughlin
Chairman and CEO, Lodging Hospitality Management - Amy Rodrigues (鈥01)
Vice President of Finance Shared Services and Finance Transformation, The Boeing Company - Rex A. Sinquefield (鈥67)
President, Show Me Institute - Philip Steele, S.J. (鈥71)
Superior, Spring Hill Jesuit Community and Chief Mission Officer, Spring Hill College - Holden Thorp
Editor-in-chief, Science - Martha Uhlhorn
Owner, Gourmet to Go and La Bonne Bouchee Wholesale Bakery - Trudy Busch Valentine (鈥80)
Philanthropist - Perry Vyas
Owner, SKAPS Industries - Rob Vitale (鈥88)
President and Chief executive officer, Post Holdings
University President Fred P. Pestello serves as an ex颅-officio voting member of the board. Danielle Uy, vice president and general counsel, is board secretary.
Trustee Emeriti
SLU also has trustee emeriti, former trustees who do not make motions, vote or hold office, but are entitled to all other privileges of board members.
Current trustee emeriti are: J. Joe Adorjan, John Alberici, Barry Beracha, Thomas H. Brouster Sr., Aloys H. Litteken, Nancy Siwak and Francis A. Stroble.