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As the university’s governing body, Widener University’s Board of Trustees is entrusted with the institution’s long-term success. The Board monitors and oversees critical aspects of the university, including educational quality, financial strength, mission, and the student experience.
Board of Trustees 2021-2022
Executive Committee of the Board
|
Paul S. Beideman ’79, ‘14H |
Chair |
President & CEO, Avenue of the Arts, Inc. |
|
James J. Mack III ‘85 |
Vice Chair |
Partner, Eisner Advisory Group |
| Cynthia H. Sarnoski, PhD ‘74 | Vice Chair |
Retired Senior Vice President, Global Compliance & Quality Systems, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals |
| Nancy G. Hesse ‘80 | Treasurer | Healthcare Executive and Chief Nursing Officer |
| Eugene D. McGurk Jr., Esquire ‘78L | Secretary |
Partner, Raynes & Lawn |
| John H. Tilelli Jr. ’63, ‘96H | Past Chair | General, U.S. Army (retired), Chairman Emeritus, Cypress International, Inc. |
| Julie E. Wollman, PhD |
|
President, Widener University |
Board Members
| Domenic C. Colasante '10 | CEO & Co-Founder, 2X |
| Dexter Hamilton, '83 |
Member, Cozen O’Connor |
| James J. Hargadon '75 |
Retired Executive Vice President & CFO, Oki Data Americas, Inc. |
| J. Matthew Hartley, PhD |
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs & Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania |
| Ijjae Hill ’23 | Student Trustee |
| James W. Hirschmann III '82 | President & CEO, Western Asset Management Company |
| Antoinette (Tonie) Leatherberry |
Retired Principal, Deloitte & Touche, LLP |
| Patrick J. Murphy, Esq. '99L, '09H |
Chairman WorkMerk, Former Under Secretary of the Army, Former U.S. Congressman |
| Christian Nascimento ‘97 | Vice President of Product Management, Comcast Business |
| Miguel O. Peña '99, '14 | President & CEO, Tenex Technologies, LLC |
| Iraklis Prokopakis | Senior Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Operations Officer, and member of the Board of Directors of Danaos Shipping Company |
| Catherine Pulos '84 | Executive Vice President, Chief Operations Officer, Wawa, Inc. |
| Louis Rodriguez Jr. '91 |
President and Founder, Rodriguez Consulting LLC |
| Timothy Speiss, '83, '89 | Partner, Eisner Advisory Group |
| Min S. Suh, Esquire '95L |
Partner, Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel, LLP |
| Richard L. P. Tan '09H |
Founder and President, Pacific Millennium Group |
|
Douglas M. Wolfberg, Esquire '96L |
Founding Member, Page, Wolfberg & Wirth, LLC |
Honorary Board Members
|
Harry B. Bissell, Jr. |
|
Thomas H. Bown II '67 |
| Russell J. Bragg '57 |
|
Michael G. DeFino, Esquire '75 |
|
Ira Harkavy, PhD |
|
Jack Schmutz, Esquire |
|
Ronald S. Stead, PhD |
|
Nicholas P. Trainer '64 |
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Vito R. Verni '61 |
|
Karol M. Wasylyshyn, PsyD '82 |
|
Stephen M. Wynne '77, '09H |
|
Peter B. Zacharkiw '72, '77 |
updated 5/9/22