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The Board of Trustees of Northwestern University establishes policies for the governance of the University and is responsible for general oversight of the management of the institution. The major responsibilities of the Board include:

1) advancement of the University;
2) protection and enhancement of assets;
3) preservation of institutional integrity;
4) Board/President relations; and
5) functioning of the Board.

Questions concerning the University's Board of Trustees should be directed to the Office of the Vice President for Administration and Planning.

Charter, National, Alumni, and Ex Officio Trustees
Life Trustees

Chair: William A. Osborn
Vice Chair: John A. Canning Jr.
Vice Chair: Philip L. Harris
Vice Chair: David B. Weinberg
Secretary: Richard H. Dean
Treasurer of General Funds: Jane DiRenzo Pigott
Treasurer of Endowment and Trust Funds: Lee M. Mitchell

Charter, National, Alumni, and Ex Officio Trustees 



	Mark A. Angelson		Mary L. Baglivo
	Peter J. Barris Managing General Partner New Enterprise Associates		Deborah H. Brady
	John A. Canning Jr. Chairman Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC		Nicholas D. Chabraja
	Dennis H. Chookaszian Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer CNA Insurance		Christopher B. Combe Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Combe Incorporated
	Catherine M. Coughlin Senior Executive Vice President and Global Marketing Officer AT&T Inc.		A. Steven Crown General Partner Henry Crown and Company
	Richard H. Dean Managing Director Robeson Partners LLC		Deborah L. DeHaas Vice Chairman, Regional Managing Partner, and Chief Inclusion Officer Deloitte LLP
	James A. DeNaut Senior Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking, Americas Nomura Securities		Leslie Donavan President and Chief Executive Officer SAI
	Charles W. Douglas Partner and Chairman of Management Committee Sidley Austin LLP		John M. Eggemeyer Managing Principal Castle Creek Capital LLC
	Michael W. Ferro Jr. Chairman Merrick Ventures		D. Cameron Findlay Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary Medtronic, Inc.
	Dennis J. FitzSimons Chairman Robert R. McCormick Foundation		T. Bondurant French Chief Executive Officer Adams Street Partners, LLC
	Christopher B. Galvin Chairman Harrison Street Capital LLC		J. Douglas Gray President and Chief Executive Officer Everett Smith Group Limited
	Philip L. Harris Partner Jenner & Block LLP		Jay C. Hoag Co-Founder and General Partner Technology Crossover Ventures
	Jane S. Hoffman Founder and President Presidential Forum on Renewable Energy		Daniel S. Jones President NewsBank, Inc
	David G. Kabiller Founding Principal, CFA AQR Capital Management		Nancy Trienens Kaehler Director of Corporate Sales
	Adam R. Karr Managing Director Orbis Investment Management		Ellen Philips Katz
	Melih Z. Keyman President and Chief Executive Officer Keytrade AG		Lester B. Knight Founding and Managing Partner RoundTable Healthcare Partners
	Bhadrashyam H. Kothari Chairman and Managing Director HC Kothari Group of Companies		Timothy K. Krauskopf Principal Round Lake Designs, LLC
	Bill G. Lambert		Lawrence F. Levy Chairman Levy Restaurants
	Edward M. Liddy Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer The Allstate Corporation		J. Landis Martin Founder and Managing Director Platte River Equity
	W. James McNerney Jr. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer The Boeing Company		Lee M. Mitchell Managing Partner Thoma Bravo, LLC
	Kathryn K. Mlsna Chief Strategy Officer; Legal Officer Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana		Wendy M. Nelson Director Carlson Rezidor
	Robin Chemers Neustein Neustein Family Office - Rosh Holdings LLC		William A. Osborn Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Northern Trust Corporation
	Jane DiRenzo Pigott Managing Director R3 Group LLC		Brian S. Posner President Point Rider Group LLC
	J. B. Pritzker Managing Partner The Pritzker Group		M. Jude Reyes Co-Chairman Reyes Holdings, LLC
	Virginia Rometty President and Chief Executive Officer IBM Corporation		Patrick G. Ryan Jr. Founder and Chief Executive Officer INCISENT Labs Group
	David A. Sachs Co-Founder Ares Management LLC		Michael J. Sacks Chief Executive Officer Grosvenor Capital Management, L.P.
	Paul Sagan President and Chief Executive Officer Akamai Technologies, Inc.		William E. Sagan Chief Executive Officer Norton LLC
	D. Gideon Searle Managing Partner The Serafin Group LLC		Andrew E. Senyei, MD Managing Director and General Partner Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
	Michael S. Shannon Managing Director KSL Capital Partners		Benjamin W. Slivka Trustee Wissner-Slivka Foundation
	Mary Lou Song		Timothy P. Sullivan Managing Director Madison Dearborn Partners
	Charles A. Tribbett III Managing Director Russell Reynolds Associates		Jeffrey W. Ubben Founding Partner ValueAct Capital
	Julia A. Uihlein Assistant Adjunct Professor of Bioethics and Medical Humanities and Pediatrics Associate Director, Medical Humanities Program Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities Medical College of Wisconsin		Frederick H. Waddell Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Northern Trust Corporation
	Sona Wang Managing Director Ceres Venture Fund		Todd M. Warren Managing Director Divergent Ventures
	David B. Weinberg Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Judd Enterprises, Inc.		Miles D. White Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Abbott Laboratories
	Michael R. Wilbon ESPN/PTI		Emory Williams
	W. Rockwell Wirtz President Wirtz Corporation