Foundation Board of Trustees

The University of Nevada, Reno Foundation is a critical link between the University of Nevada, Reno and the communities it serves. The Foundation is composed of a volunteer Board of Trustees. Members serve two-year terms with the ability to continuously serve up to three terms.

Executive Committee

Kenneth M. Coll, Ph.D.
Chair

Deena Behnke
Chair-elect

Frank S. Gallagher ’77
Immediate Past Chair 

Stuart J. Brady
Vice Chair, Audit and Finance

John P. Desmond ’90
Vice Chair, Governance

Mick J. Hitchcock ’17 (Hon.)
Vice Chair, Nominating

 Brian J. Sharpes '94
Vice Chair, Investment

Peter N. Costa ’84, ’88 M.D.
Trustee-at-Large

Andrew Diss ’06, ’16 MBA
Trustee-at-Large

Sara M. Lafrance ’73
Trustee-at-Large

Ratchanya Dev Chinnappan
Ex Officio, Graduate Student Association President

Carmina Aglubat
Ex Officio, ASUN President

Jennifer McClendon
Ex Officio, Faculty Senate Chair

Mike Hix ’89
Ex Officio, Nevada Alumni Council President

Brigid Sullivan Pierce
Ex Officio, WPAA President

Tracy L. Ostrem
Ex Officio, Vice President, University Advancement and Executive Director, University of Nevada, Reno Foundation

Brian Sandoval ’86
Ex Officio, University President

Trustees

Ryan Bellows
Donald A. Bernard II ’85
David H. Fenimore ’88 M.A.
Sarah Ferguson
Melissa M. Harmon ’00
Cheryl M. Hawkins ’84

Pamela Joyner
Kelly E. LeGrow
Dan Lofrese ’18 MBA
Benson P. Mathews ’01
Paul Mathews '87
Kevinn Pinkney ’05

Jarrett P. Rosenau
Brigid Sullivan Pierce
Jason L. Sala '98
Shenea A. Strader ’05, ’07 MBA
Caryn Swobe ’92 MBA
Julie Teel

Eugene Wong
Victor A. Wowo, Jr. ’11, ’17 MBA

Trustee Operations

Joanne Cherep
Manager, Board of Trustees Operations
Phone: (775) 682-6024
Email: jcherep@unr.edu

Trustees Emeriti

Opal Adams ’85 M.S.
Deane A. Albright ’71
L.S. “Buz” Allen
Edward E. Allison ’61
Sam S. Arentz ’68
Robert E. Armstrong
Michonne R. Ascuaga
Kristen A. Avansino ’16 (Hon.)
Richard P. Banis ’67
Carolyn J. Barbash ’90, ’98 MBA
J. Richard Barnard
Riley M. Beckett ’68
Deena Behnke
Paul A. Bible ’62, ’09 (Hon.)
Annette Bidart ’85
Mitchell “Jim” J. Bidart ’68
Candice S. Bielser ’68
Leslie S. Biller
Fred E. Black
Louis A. Bonaldi ’75, ’77 M.D.
Joseph S. Bradley ’78
Janice K. Brady ’63, ’88 MBA
John E. Brodeur ’72
Randy J. Brown ’89
Dennis P. Bryan ’72 M.S.
Philip E. Bryan ’68
Carol Franc Buck
David L. Buckman ’53
Dean R. Byrne ’04
Rhonda K. Carano ’76
Ann M. Carlson ’59, ’78 M.Ed.
Denise Cashman ’83
Amie M. Chapman
David W. Clark
Kirk V. Clausen
Gary Clemons ’81
William G. Cobb ’71
Brett E. Coleman ’84
Thomas R. Conklin ’66
Krestine Corbin
Ken Creighton ’75

Mark H. Denzler
Norman L. Dianda
David L. Diedrichsen ’97
John Dooley
John M. Doyle ’63
Joan L. Dyer
Stuart R. Engs, Jr.
William N. Evans
Frank J. Fahrenkopf ’62
Catherine Farahi ’80
Barbara J. Feltner ’82
Gregory W. Ferraro ’85
Georgia A. Fulstone
Frank S. Gallagher ’77
Katherine L. Garcia ’76
John S. Gaynor ’66, ’74 M.Ed.
Valerie Glenn ’76
Laura K. Granier ’96
Joanne G. Hall
Thomas J. Hall ’65
Arnold L. Hansmann ’66
Richard W. Harris ’69, ’95 M.S., ’14 Ph.D.
William R. Hartman
Frank Hawkins Jr. ’81
Dyanne M. Hayes ’61
Mick Hitchcock ’17 (Hon.)
Dina M. Hunsberger ’88, ’03 Ph.D.
Charles A. Jeannes ’80
Steven S. Johnson ’77
Thomas F. Kerestesi ’72
Eleanor Killebrew Brown ’51
MacLellan E. King
Michael J. Klaich ’82
Mark W. Knobel ’77
Frank J. Kornmayer ’74
William B. Kottinger ’54
Stephanie S. Kruse ’91 MBA
Keith L. Lee ’65
Warren L. Lerude ’61
Mark A. Lipparelli ’87, ’93 M.S.

Paul A. Lipparelli ’84
Kathryn List ’80
Lisa M. Lyons ’88, ’97 M.D.
Dan Kappes ’72 M.S.
Scott D. Machabee ’90
Luther Mack
Michael F. Mackedon ’63
Alan S. Maiss
Bernice Martin-Mathews ’70, ’75 M.Ed.
Paul D. Mathews ’87
Charles N. Mathewson
Dixie D. May ’01 (Hon.)
Charles K. McArthur ’79
Gene E. McClelland ’71
Richard A. McDougal
Dale E. McKenzie ’66
Mary-Ellen McMullen ’73
Raymond J. Megquier ’61
Michael J. Melarkey ’72
Janet Mello
Marilyn R. Melton ’55, ’86 (Hon.)
James L. Mercer ’64, ’66 MBA
Monte L. Miller ’70
Patricia K. Miltenberger Edgington ’68, ’85 Ed.D.
Ann Morgan ’75
Carol L. Mousel
Julie A. Murray ’79
James J. Murren
Terrance W. Oliver ’71
Robert N. Ordonez
Chad A. Osorno
James R. Pagliarini
Ronald L. Parratt
William M. Pennell
Raymond Pike
Janice C. Pine ’62
Leslie A. Raggio-Righetti ’76
Frank R. Randall ’56
James H. Roberts

Jeffrey R. Rodefer ’85
Sigmund A. Rogich ’67
Ann M. Ronald
A. Dan Rovig
Jeanne A. Russell ’71
Jennifer A. Satre ’80
Frederick J. Schwab
Joey E. Scolari
Mary O. Simmons ’78
Mike H. Sloan
G. Blake Smith
Gerald C. Smith
Barbara Smith Campbell ’78
Edward G. Stevenson
Richard M. Stout ’66
David J. Thompson ’72 MBA
William R. Trimmer ’72, ’74 M.D.
Roger S. Trounday ’56, ’67 M.A.
Larry Tuntland
Marjorie L. Uhalde ’67
Peter P. Vlautin ’68
Patty A. Wade
Andy B. Wallace ’75 Ph.D.
Ranson W. Webster
Ellen F. Whittemore ’78
Harvey Whittemore ’74
Victor A. Williams
B. Thomas Willison
Jane C. Witter ’74
Thomas K. Witter
Leonard R. Wohletz III ’98
Joan S. Zenan
Ronald R. Zideck ’59
Gregg W. Zive ’67
Ronald M. Zurek

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