CFA and LAW Alumni Named to University Leadership
New trustee and overseer are added and new roles given to two overseers.
Current overseer James Apteker (SHA’88) was elected vice chairman of the Board of Overseers. Photo by Kalman Zabarsky
Boston University has named SungEun Han-Andersen (CFA’85), a concert pianist and former management consultant, to the Board of Trustees and Steven R. Becker (LAW’76), treasurer of the country’s largest wine and spirits distributor, to the Board of Overseers.
Han-Andersen, who has a Bachelor of Music from the College of Fine Arts and is a member of the CFA Dean’s Advisory Board, is the University’s newest trustee. She is the president and secretary of the G. C. Andersen Family Foundation, whose gifts to CFA honor pianist Maria Clodes Jaguaribe (CFA’76), a CFA associate professor of music. Han-Andersen is also president of the C. George Van Kampen Foundation, a key supporter of CFA’s renovation campaign. Previously she was an analyst, management consultant, and marketing expert for A. T. Kearney and Price Waterhouse.
Becker, the executive vice president and treasurer of Southern Wine & Spirits of America, was appointed to the Board of Overseers, an advisory body to the trustees and to the University administration. Becker and his wife, Abbe, established the Becker Family Teacher of the Year Award at the College of Communication in 2005 in honor of the late David Brudnoy, a COM professor.
Alan M. Leventhal, the chairman of the Board of Trustees, announced the appointments in September. He also stated that two current overseers, Richard D. Reidy (SMG’82) and James Apteker (SHA’88), were elected chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the Board of Overseers.
Reidy, president of Datadirect Technologies, Inc., will also serve as an ex officio member of the Board of Trustees. Reidy and his wife, Minda Reidy (SMG’82, GSM’84), in 2005 established the Reidy Family Scholarship for the children of fire, police, or military personnel. He received the School of Management’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006.
Apteker, a member of the School of Hospitality Administration’s Board of Directors, owns Longwood Events, an event-planning and management company based in Boston. He opened the Boston University Club, a private business luncheon club for BU alumni and local professionals, at 60 State Street, Boston, in 2004. In 2003, he received a BU Young Alumni Council Award and was named SHA’s Alumnus of the Year.