{"id":13,"date":"2014-02-26T10:09:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-26T15:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/?page_id=13"},"modified":"2026-06-04T07:49:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T11:49:25","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/boardoftrustees\/members\/","title":{"rendered":"Members of the Board of Trustees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Officers<\/h2>\n

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Ahmass L. Fakahany, Chair<\/strong> (Questrom\u201979)
\nFounder & Chief Executive Officer
\nAltamarea Group
\nNew York, New York<\/p>\n

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Cynthia R. Cohen, Vice Chair<\/strong> (MET\u201977)
\nFounder & President
\nIMPACT 2040
\nNashville, Tennessee and New York, New York<\/p>\n

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\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Malek Sukkar, Vice Chair<\/strong> (ENG\u201992)
\nChairman
\nAverda
\nLondon, United Kingdom<\/p>\n

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Melissa L. Gilliam<\/strong>
\nPresident
\nBoston University
\nBoston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

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Members<\/h2>\n

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Maureen A. Alphonse-Charles<\/strong> (CAS\u201985)
\nManaging Director
\nKoya Partners
\nSenior Vice President of Inclusion & Equity
\nDiversified Search Group
\nBoston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

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Kamal Bahamdan<\/strong> (ENG\u201994)
\nChief Executive Officer & Founder
\nSafanad, Inc.
\nRiyadh, Saudi Arabia<\/p>\n

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Thomas Bickerton<\/strong>
\nResident Bishop
\nNew England Conference of the United Methodist Church
\nMethuen, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

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Cassandra M. Clay<\/strong> (SSW\u201979)
\nConsultant, Clay Associates
\nConsultant, Empower Success Corps
\nBoston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

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John D. Couris<\/strong> (CAS\u201990)
\nPresident & Chief Executive Officer
\nTampa General Hospital
\nTampa, Florida<\/p>\n

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Shamim A. Dahod<\/strong> (CGS\u201976, CAS\u201978, CAMED\u201987)
\nBoard Member, Circle Health-Lowell General Hospital
\nPresident, Nooril-Iman Foundation
\nAndover, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

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Nathaniel Dalton<\/strong> (LAW\u201991)
\nFounder, Daybreak Partners
\nCo-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
\nSora Union Group, Inc.
\nWest Palm Beach, Florida<\/p>\n

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Michael D. Fricklas<\/strong> <\/strong>(LAW\u201984)
\nChief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
\nADVANCE
\nNew York, New York<\/p>\n

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Ryan K. Roth Gallo<\/strong> (LAW\u201999)
\nAttorney
\nModesto, California<\/p>\n

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Richard C. Godfrey<\/strong> (LAW\u201979)
\nPartner
\nQuinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
\nChicago, Illinois<\/p>\n

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Antonio (Tony) G. Gomes<\/strong> (LAW\u201996)<\/span>
\nChief Legal & Administrative Officer<\/span>
\nCloud Software Group<\/span>
\nFort Lauderdale, Florida
<\/span><\/p>\n

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Rod F. Hochman<\/strong> (CAS\u201979, CAMED\u201979)
\nCEO Emeritus
\nProvidence Health & Services
\nSeattle, Washington<\/p>\n

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Ranch C. Kimball<\/strong>
\nDirector
\nUhlig LLC
\nBoston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

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Antoinette (Tonie) R. Leatherberry<\/strong> (ENG\u201985)
\nPrincipal (Retired)
\nDeloitte
\nPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

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Kenneth Lin<\/strong> (CAS\u201998)
\nFounder & Former Chief Executive Officer
\nCredit Karma, Inc.
\nOakland, California<\/p>\n

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Joseph Loscalzo<\/strong>
\nHersey Distinguished Professor of the Theory & Practice of Medicine
\nHarvard Medical School
\nPhysician-in-Chief Emeritus
\nBrigham and Women\u2019s Hospital
\nBoston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

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Kevin Merida<\/strong> (COM\u201979)
\nExecutive Editor (Retired)
\nLos Angeles Times<\/em>
\nLos Angeles, California<\/p>\n

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Ruth A. Moorman<\/strong> (CAS\u201988, Wheelock\u201989,\u201909)
\nEducator
\nBoston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

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Eric D. Muller<\/strong> (Questrom\u201994)
\nPortfolio Manager & Partner
\nOak Hill Advisors, L.P.
\nNew York, New York<\/p>\n

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Rebecca A. Norlander<\/strong> (CAS\u201991)
\nSenior Technical Executive & Board Member
\nSeattle, Washington<\/p>\n

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Jonathan Priester<\/strong> (COM\u201910)
\nGlobal Black Community Inclusion Lead
\nGoogle, Inc.
\nNew York, New York<\/p>\n

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Hugo X. Shong<\/strong> (COM\u201987)
\nFounding Chairman
\nIDG Capital Partners
\nBeijing, China<\/p>\n

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Kenneth Z. Slater<\/strong>
\nPrincipal
\nTremont Partners LLC
\nBoynton Beach, Florida<\/p>\n

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Nina C. Tassler<\/strong> (CFA\u201979, Hon.\u201916)
\nFormer Chair, CBS Entertainment
\nFounder, Kismet Creative Group
\nCulver City, California<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth (Lisa) C. Thors<\/strong>
\nManaging Director (Retired)
\nWellington Management Company LLP
\nBoston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n

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Lisa R. Wendt <\/strong>(Questrom\u201992), ex officio<\/em><\/span>
\nManaging Director (Retired)
\nWR Hambrecht + Co.
\nKetchum, Idaho<\/span><\/p>\n

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Peter L. Wexler <\/strong>(Questrom\u201993)
\nPresident
\nForest Avenue Technology Group
\nPalo Alto, California<\/p>\n

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Joseph Wippl<\/strong>, ex officio<\/em>
\nChair, Boston University Faculty Council
\nProfessor of the Practice of International Relations
\nFrederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
\nBoston, Massachusetts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Officers Ahmass L. Fakahany, Chair (Questrom\u201979) Founder & Chief Executive Officer Altamarea Group New York, New York Cynthia R. Cohen, Vice Chair (MET\u201977) Founder & President IMPACT 2040 Nashville, Tennessee and New York, New York Malek Sukkar, Vice Chair (ENG\u201992) Chairman Averda London, United Kingdom Melissa L. Gilliam President Boston University Boston, Massachusetts Members Maureen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4055,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4055"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1739,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/1739"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/trustees\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}