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.

Officers of the Board

	Susan H. Mallory '76 M'78, Chair Practice Executive, Banking \| Wealth Management, Northern Trust (Los Angeles, CA)
	David W. Berkus '62 P'95, Vice Chair President, Berkus Technology Ventures, LLC (Arcadia, 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 Interim Assistant Dean of the Library/CDLA, Occidental College
	Samantha Sandman, Assistant Secretary General Counsel, Occidental College

Members of the Board

	Jonathan Veitch, Ex Officio President, Occidental College
	Patricia Lebre Alireza '94 Research Scientist, University of Cambridge (Cambridge, ENG)
	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)
	David Burcham '73 Attorney at Law and Educator (retired) (Long Beach, 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)
	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)
	John Farmer P'98 Senior Director (retired) (San Francisco, 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)
	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)
	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)
	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 J. Olson Partner, O'Melveny & Myers LLP (Los Angeles, CA)
	John B. Power '58 Attorney at Law (retired) (Los Angeles, CA)
	Steven R. Robinson '77 President, SRR Trading, LLC (Moraga, CA)
	Stephen Rountree '71 Managing Director (retired) (Los Angeles, 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)