Board of Trustees

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

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 College

	Harry J. Elam, Jr. President, Occidental College
	Lisa H. Link P'18, Board Chair Attorney at Law (retired) (San Marino, CA)
	Maurine Halperin P'16, Board Vice Chair Director of Communications, Town School for Boys (San Francisco, CA)
	Bob Johnson '77, Board Vice Chair Principal, Planet Illogica (Los Angeles, CA)
	Amos Himmelstein, Treasurer Vice President and 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

Members of the Board of Trustees

	Lande Ajose '87 Managing Director and Chief of Staff, Waverly Street Foundation (Palo Alto, CA)
	Timothy Allison-Hatch '71 School Administrator (retired) (Albuquerque, NM)
	David H. Anderson '63 Attorney at Law (retired) (Ketchum, ID)
	Magdalena Arenas '92 P'19 Physician (Pasadena, CA)
	Carl A. Ballton '69 Senior Vice President (retired) (Atlanta, GA)
	David W. Berkus '62 P'95 President, Berkus Technology Ventures, LLC (Arcadia, CA)
	John G. Branca '72 Partner, Ziffren Brittenham LLP (Los Angeles, CA)
	Eileen Anisgarten Brown '73 President, Brown's Building Blocks (Los Angeles, CA)
	Namandjé N. Bumpus ’03 Chief Scientist, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (Washington, DC)
	David Burcham '73 Attorney at Law and Educator (retired) (Long Beach, CA)
	Anne Cannon '74 Independent Financial Advisor and CPA (Pasadena, CA)
	Lucia Choi-Dalton ‘89 Arts and Civic Organizations Leader (San Francisco, CA)
	Lindsey Collins ‘94 Senior VP of Development, Pixar (Piedmont, CA)
	W. Don Cornwell ’69 President (retired) (Brooklyn, NY)
	Lisa Coscino '85 Executive Director, San Francisco School of Needlework and Design (San Francisco, CA)
	Nancy Dambro '75, P'13 Physician (retired) (Fort Worth, TX)
	Hector De La Torre '89, P'20 Executive Director, Gasol Foundation US (Los Angeles, CA)
	Gloria Duffy '75 President and CEO, Commonwealth Club of California (San Francisco, CA)
	Diane L. Evans '76 H'12 Scientist (retired) (Santa Barbara, CA)
	Brad Fauvre ’87 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 & Founder, Arion Systems, Inc. (Chantilly, VA)
	Ronald R. Hahn '66 Chairman, Lotus Separations, LLC (Scottsdale, AZ)
	Alison Hawkins '87 Managing Principal, Artemis Real Estate Partners (Beverly Hills, CA)
	Brenda Barham Hill '71, (Ex Officio, Board of Governors President) Independent Higher Education Consultant (Claremont, CA)
	Lori Moore Hunter '79 P'08 Executive Vice President, Worldwide Facilities, LLC (Los Angeles, CA)
	Gary Kaplan '71 Partner, Greenberg Glusker (Los Angeles, CA)
	Susan H. Mallory '76 M'78 Former Financial Services Executive \| Independent Board Director (La Jolla, CA)
	Greta J. Mandell '72 P'92 Psychiatrist (retired) \| Executive Director, Compton Arts Council (Altadena, CA)
	Theodore R. Mitchell, H'07 President, American Council on Education (Washington, DC)
	Tuan Ngo '07 Attorney, DLA Piper (Los Angeles, CA)
	Leo Olebe ‘97 Managing Director, Google (San Francisco, CA)
	Art Peck '77 CEO, Founder, Investor (Orinda, CA)
	Steven R. Robinson '77 President, SRR Trading, LLC (Moraga, CA)
	Stephen Rountree '71 President (retired), The Music Center (Pasadena, CA)
	Rick Rugani '75 Independent Financial Advisor (retired) (Portsmouth, RI)
	Reid Samuelson '72 Partner, Samuelson Partners (Los Angeles, CA)
	Soroosh Shambayati '86 CEO, Guggenheim Investment Bankers S.A. (Geneva, Switzerland)
	Lawrence Solomon ’84 Equity Portfolio Manager, Capital Group (San Francisco, CA)