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Board of Trustees


Widener University Board of Trustees 2011-2012
 
Executive Committee of the Board 

Nicholas P. Trainer '64
Chair
Retired President, Sartomer Company, Inc.
 
John H. Tilelli Jr. '63,'96H
Vice Chair   
President & CEO, Cypress International, Inc.

Karol M. Wasylyshyn, PsyD ‘82
Vice Chair 
President, Leadership Development Forum
 
Paul S. Beideman ‘79
Treasurer
Retired Chairman & CEO,  Associated Banc-Corp 

Eugene D. McGurk Jr., Esquire ‘78L
Secretary 
Partner:  Raynes, McCarty

David W. Oskin, '67, '07H
Chair Emeritus
President,  Four Winds Ventures


James T. Harris III, DEd
Executive Committee Staff Liaison
President and Professor of Education, Widener University

Board Members

Daniel Borislow '84,'05H

Director/CEO and  Founder,
MagicJack VocalTec Communications
YMAX Corporation

Thomas H. Bown II '67
President, Charter Associates

Anthony R. Britton, Jr. '82
Managing Director, Royal Bank of Scotland

James J. Hargadon '75
Retired Executive Vice President & CFO,
Oki Data Americas, Inc.

Ira Harkavy, PhD
Associate Vice President & Director
Netter Center for Community Partnerships,
University of Pennsylvania

James W. Hirschmann III '82
CEO,
Western Asset Management Company

James J. Mack III '85
Partner:  EisnerAmper, LLP

Anna C. Miller '12
Student Trustee, Chemistry /Pre-Law Major
 
Derrick H. Pitts
Chief Astronomer & Senior Scientist,
Franklin Institute Science Museum;
Director, Fels Planetarium
 

Robert  E. Samuel, DSc '91, '00
Senior Technology Architect, Aetna, Inc. 
 

Cynthia H. Sarnoski, PhD '74
Retired Senior Vice President,
Global Compliance and Quality Systems,
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals

John F. Schmutz, Esquire
Retired Senior Vice President and General Counsel,
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 
 
Ronald S. Stead, PhD
Senior Consultant, Academic Search, Inc.

Min S. Suh, Esquire '95L
Shareholder, Ogletree Deakins

Richard L. P. Tan '09H
Founder and CEO
Pacific Millennium Group


Brian C. Tierney,  Esquire '87L
CEO, Brian Communications
and  Realtime Media
Vito R. Verni ‘61
Chairman, Verco Properties, LLC

Stephen M. Wynne '77
Retired Chief Executive Officer,
US Funds Services
BNY Mellon Asset Servicing
 
Peter B. Zacharkiw '72, '77
President, Mardel Investments, Inc.
 
HONORARY TRUSTEES

Harry B. Bissell Jr.
Russell J. Bragg
Michael DeFino, Esquire'75

Donald P. Walsh, Esquire



 

 

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Lao Tzu, Chinese philosopher
 

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Marion Anderson