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 Board

	Stephen Rountree '71, Chair President (retired), The Music Center (Pasadena, CA)
	Lisa H. Link P'18, Board Vice-Chair and Chair Elect Attorney at Law (retired) (San Marino, CA)
	Coit Blacker '72, Board Vice-Chair Professor Emeritus, Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
	David Burcham '73, Board Vice-Chair Attorney at Law and Educator (retired) (Long Beach, 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

	Harry J. Elam, Jr. (Ex Officio) President, Occidental College
	Lande Ajose '87 Walter and Esther Hewlett Chair in Understanding California’s Future, Public Policy Institute of California (San Francisco, 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)
	Anne Cannon '74 Independent Financial Advisor and CPA (Pasadena, CA)
	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 Chair, LA Care Board of Governors (Los Angeles, CA)
	Gloria Duffy '75 President and CEO, Commonwealth Club of California (San Francisco, CA)
	Louise Edgerton '67 M'69 Secretary and Treasurer, Edgerton Foundation (Los Angeles, 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 (retired) (Scottsdale, AZ)
	Maurine Halperin P'16 Director of Communications, Town School for Boys (San Francisco, 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)
	Bob Johnson '77 Principal, Planet Illogica (Los Angeles, CA)
	Gary Kaplan '71 Partner, Greenberg Glusker (Los Angeles, CA)
	Giles "Gil" Kemp P'04 Founder and President (retired), Home Decorators Collection (Palm Beach, FL)
	Gordon MacInnes '63 President (retired) (Trenton, NJ)
	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)
	Bonnie Mills '81 President, Dennis Mills Family Foundation (Austin, TX)
	Theodore R. Mitchell, H'07 President, American Council on Education (Washington, DC)
	Tuan Ngo '07, (Ex Officio, Board of Governors President) Attorney, DLA Piper (Los Angeles, CA)
	Art Peck '77 CEO, Founder, Investor (Orinda, CA)
	Steven R. Robinson '77 President, SRR Trading, LLC (Moraga, 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)
	Christopher Varelas '85 Co-Founding Partner \| Managing Partner Riverwood Capital (Menlo Park, CA)