The Occidental Board of Trustees works to ensure the longevity of the institution while respecting its mission, traditions, and heritage.
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) 259-2691.
Trustee Nominations
The College encourages members of the community, including faculty, students, staff, alums, donors, parents, and former and current trustees, to submit recommendations for new members of the Board of Trustees. If you would like to submit a recommendation, please use the form below, which will be routed to the Board's Nominating & Governance Committee for consideration.
The Nominating & Governance Committee of the Board of Trustees accepts nominations for new trustees until October 15th. The Board of Trustees votes on the slate of trustee candidates proposed by the Nominating & Governance Committee at its Spring Board meeting, and new trustees begin their term on July 1.
Officers of the College
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Tom Stritikus President, Occidental College |
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Art Peck '77 P’10, P’14, Board Chair CEO, Founder, Investor (Orinda, CA) |
Maurine Halperin P'16, Board Vice Chair Director of Communications, Town School for Boys (San Francisco, CA) |
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Bob Johnson '77, Board Vice Chair Principal, Planet Illogica (Los Angeles, CA) |
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Amos Himmelstein, Treasurer Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Occidental College |
Gretchen Saalbach, Secretary of the College, Occidental College |
Members of the Board of Trustees
Lande Ajose '87 Managing Director and Chief of Staff, Waverley Street Foundation (Palo Alto, CA) |
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Magdalena Arenas '92 P'19 Physician (Pasadena, CA) |
Kevin Berryman '81 Independent Director, Amentum (Las Vegas, NM) |
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Eileen Brown '73 President, Brown's Building Blocks (Los Angeles, CA) |
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David Burcham '73 Attorney at Law and Educator (retired) (Long Beach, CA) |
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Nicolas Choumenkovitch '86 Senior Managing Director and Equity Portfolio Manager, Wellington Management (Boston, MA) |
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Barbara Clarke P'19 Angel Investor and Entrepreneur Adviser, Author |
Lindsey Collins ‘94 Senior VP of Development, Pixar (Piedmont, CA) |
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W. Don Cornwell ’69 President (retired) (Brooklyn, NY) |
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Lisa Coscino '85 Executive Director, San Francisco School of Needlework and Design (San Francisco, CA) |
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Nancy Dambro '75, P'13 Physician (retired) (Fort Worth, TX) |
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Azadeh Foyouzi-Mohebbi P’23
Investor, Nonprofit, Higher Education and STEM Advocate (Danville, CA)
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J. Eugene Grigsby III '66 CEO (retired), National Health Foundation (Los Angeles, CA) |
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Alison Hawkins '87 Managing Principal, Artemis Real Estate Partners (Beverly Hills, CA) |
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Andrew Heath '04 Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Bombas |
Lori Moore Hunter '79 P'08 Retired Insurance Executive (Los Angeles, CA) |
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Gary Kaplan '71 Partner, Greenberg Glusker (Los Angeles, CA) |
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Elizabeth Kennedy P'19 Philanthropic Advisor, Nonprofit Leadership (retired) (Los Angeles, CA) |
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Lisa H. Link P'18 Attorney at Law (retired) (San Marino, CA) |
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Enrique Lopez '89 Associate Professor, Chicago School of Professional Psychology (Chicago, IL) |
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Greta J. Mandell '72 P'92 |
Theodore R. Mitchell, H'07 President, American Council on Education (Washington, DC) |
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Tuan Ngo '07Attorney, DLA Piper (Los Angeles, CA) | |
Christopher G. Oechsli '75 President and CEO, The Atlantic Philanthropies (Santa Fe, NM) |
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Leo Olebe ‘97 Vice President, Global Partnerships, Microsoft (Redmond, WA) |
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Steven R. Robinson '77 President, SRR Trading, LLC (Moraga, CA) |
Talia Robinson '97 Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Paramount Global (Los Angeles, CA) |
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Reid Samuelson '72 Partner, Samuelson Partners (Los Angeles, CA) |
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Lawrence Solomon ’84 Equity Portfolio Manager (Retired) (San Francisco, CA) |
Rebecca Smith |
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Jacob Stevens '08 |
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Woody Studenmund Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics Emeritus at Oxy (Retired), Author |
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Chairs Emeriti
Chris Calkins '67
President, CB Ranch Enterprises (Carlsbad, CA)
Dennis Collins P '94
President (retired), The James Irvine Foundation (Piedmont, CA)
Virginia G. Cushman '55
Civic Volunteer (Pasadena, CA)
John Farmer P'98
Partner (retired), Goldman Sachs (Tiburon, CA)
Irwin Field
Chairman, Liberty Vegetable Oil Co (Santa Fe Springs, CA)
Stephen F. Hinchliffe Jr. '55
Chairman and CEO (retired) (Palos Verdes Estates, CA)
Susan H. Mallory '76 M'78
Former Financial Services Executive, Independent Board Director (La Jolla, CA)
John B. Power '58
Partner (retired), O'Melveny & Myers (Beverly Hills, CA)
Stephen Rountree '71
President (retired), The Music Center (Pasadena, CA)
Catherine Young Selleck '55
President (retired), Metaphor, Inc. (Menlo Park, CA)
Trustees Emeriti
David W. Berkus '62 P'95
President, Berkus Technology Ventures, LLC (Arcadia, CA)
Coit Blacker '72
Professor Emeritus, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
Anne Cannon '74
Independent Financial Advisor and CPA (Pasadena, CA)
Hector De La Torre '89, P'20
Executive Director, Gasol Foundation US (Los Angeles, CA)
Alice Walker Duff '69
Co-Founder (retired), Crystal Stairs | Managing Director (retired), Bread for the World (Los Angeles, CA)
Gloria Duffy '75
President and CEO, Commonwealth Club of California (San Francisco, CA)
J. Eugene Grigsby III '66
CEO (retired), National Health Foundation (Los Angeles, CA)
Ronald R. Hahn '66
Chairman, Lotus Separations, LLC (Scottsdale, AZ)
Fred Hameetman '61
Chairman, American Group (Los Angeles, CA)
Gil Kemp P'04
Founder and President (retired), Home Decorators Collection (Palm Beach, FL)
Daniel Ian McKinnon '89
Founding Partner, Sandia Holdings LLC (Greenwich, CT)
Kristine A. Morris '76
Partner (retired) (Port Townsend, WA)
Christopher Varelas '85
Co-Founding Partner, Riverwood Capital (Menlo Park, CA)
Tod White '59
Founder and CEO, Blessing/White Inc. (retired) (Balboa, CA)
Presidents Emeriti
Harry J. Elam, Ph.D.
Jonathan A. Veitch, Ph.D.
Theodore R. Mitchell, Ph.D.
Robert A. Skotheim, Ph.D.