Board of Trustees

The Occidental Board of Trustees works to ensure the longevity of the institution while respecting its mission, traditions, and heritage.

News: Occidental Welcomes New Trustees (10/22/2018)

The Occidental Board of Trustees

Our Board members come from a wide variety of off-campus experiences, and they provide diverse perspectives, insights, points of view, and skills which expand the context and resources for governing the College. As trustees of the College, Board members literally hold the College in trust, exercising the highest level of loyalty to, and care for, the College and its constituencies.

In this regard, trustees support the financial well-being of the College, and they use their many and varied relationships in the larger community to enhance the reputation of the College and to build support for its mission. Being a trustee for Occidental College is both an honor and a great responsibility.

While we maintain the privacy of individual Board members, you are welcome to send questions, suggestions, and feedback to trustees@oxy.edu or (323) 259-2542.

Board Bylaws

Officers of the Board

	Stephen Rountree '71, Chair Managing Director (retired) (Los Angeles, CA)
	David W. Berkus '62 P'95, Board Vice-Chair President, Berkus Technology Ventures, LLC (Arcadia, CA)
	David Burcham '73, Board Vice-Chair Attorney at Law and Educator (retired) (Long Beach, CA)
	Gloria Duffy '75, Board Vice-Chair President and CEO, Commonwealth Club of California (San Francisco, CA)
	John B. Power '58, Board Vice-Chair Attorney at Law (retired) (Los Angeles, CA)
	Amos Himmelstein, Treasurer Vice President for Finance, Planning & Operations / Chief Operating Officer, Occidental College
	Barbara Valiente, Assistant Treasurer Associate Vice President for Finance / Controller, Occidental College
	Marsha Schnirring, Secretary of the College, Occidental College
	Samantha Sandman, Assistant Secretary General Counsel, Occidental College

Members of the Board

	Jonathan Veitch, Ex Officio President, Occidental College
	Timothy Allison-Hatch '71 Retired Teacher (Albuquerque, NM)
	David H. Anderson '63 Attorney at Law (retired) (Ketchum, ID)
	Carl A. Ballton '69 Senior Vice President of Community Development (retired) (Atlanta, GA)
	Coit Blacker '72 Professor & Senior Fellow Emeritus, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
	John G. Branca '72 Partner, Ziffren Brittenham LLP (Los Angeles, CA)
	Eileen Anisgarten Brown '73 President, Brown's Building Blocks (Los Angeles, CA)
	Anne Cannon '74 Independent Financial Advisor and CPA (Pasadena, CA)
	Nancy Dambro '75 Physician (Fort Worth, TX)
	Hector De La Torre '89, P'20 Executive Director, Transamerica Center for Health Studies (Los Angeles, CA)
	Louise Edgerton '67 M'69 Secretary and Treasurer, Edgerton Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)
	Brad Fauvre ’87, Board of Governors President President, Velocity Vehicle Group (Whittier, CA)
	Alan Freeman '66 M'67 P'91 Professor Emeritus of Theater, Occidental College (Los Angeles, CA)
	Michael Gibby '68 President & CEO, Arion Systems, Inc. (McLean, VA)
	Ronald R. Hahn '66 Chairman, Lotus Separations, LLC (Scottsdale, AZ)
	Maurine Halperin P'16 Director of Communications, Town School for Boys (San Francisco, CA)
	Fred Hameetman '62 Chairman, American Group (Los Angeles, CA)
	Alison Hawkins '87 Managing Principal, Artemis Real Estate Partners (Beverly Hills, CA)
	Lori Moore Hunter '79 P'08 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Facilities, LLC (Los Angeles, CA)
	Nam Jack P'18 Community Volunteer (San Marino, CA)
	Gary Kaplan '71 Partner, Greenberg Glusker (Los Angeles, CA)
	Giles "Gil" Kemp P'04 Founder and President (retired) (Windermere, FL)
	Lisa H. Link P'18 Attorney at Law (retired) (Los Angeles, CA)
	Gordon MacInnes '63 President, New Jersey Policy Perspective (Trenton, NJ)
	Susan H. Mallory '76 M'78 Practice Executive, Banking \| Wealth Management, Northern Trust (San Diego, CA)
	Greta J. Mandell '72 P'92 Psychiatrist (Altadena, CA)
	Bonnie Mills '81 President, Dennis Mills Family Foundation (Austin, TX)
	Theodore R. Mitchell President, American Council on Education (Washington, DC)
	Eric Moore '83 Principal, Avison Young (Los Angeles, CA)
	Steven R. Robinson '77 President, SRR Trading, LLC (Moraga, CA)
	Rick Rugani '75 Independent Financial Advisor (retired) (Bronxville, NY)
	Janette Sadik-Khan '82 Principal (Transportation), Bloomberg Associates (New York, NY)
	Reid Samuelson '72 Partner, Samuelson Partners (Los Angeles, CA)
	Catherine Young Selleck '55 President and CEO (retired) (Menlo Park, CA)
	Soroosh Shambayati '86 CEO, Guggenheim Investment Bankers S.A. (Geneva, Switzerland)
	Christopher Varelas '85 Partner, Riverwood Capital (Menlo Park, CA)
	J. Grant Woods '76 Principal, Grant Woods Law (Phoenix, AZ)