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Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is Northeastern’s governing body. The board appoints the president, who leads and manages the university, and works with senior leaders to shape the university’s strategic vision. The board also approves Northeastern’s mission, budget, policies, and significant changes to academic programs, and oversees the university’s finances and assets.

  • Salah Al-Wazzan

  • Quincy L. Allen

  • Samuel Altschuler

  • Tarek As’ad

  • Robert J. Awkward

  • Vincent F. Barletta

  • Richard L. Bready

  • John F. Burke

  • William P. Casey

  • Lawrence G. Cetrulo

  • Nassib G. Chamoun

  • William D. Chin

  • Steven J. Cody

  • Daniel T. Condon

  • Timothy J. Connelly

  • Joseph J. Cronin

  • Robert L. Culver

  • Richard J. DeAgazio

  • Kevin A. DeNuccio

  • Robin W. Devereux

  • Robert E. DiCenso

  • Priscilla H. Douglas

  • Adriane J. Dudley

  • Michael J. Egan

  • Douglas M. Epstein

  • Joseph D. Feaster Jr.

  • Louise Firth Campbell

  • Lisa D. Foster

  • Francis A. Gicca

  • Gary R. Gregg

  • Nancy E. B. Haynes

  • Charles C. Hewitt III

  • Roderick Ireland

  • Mary Kay Leonard

  • Mark A. Krentzman

  • Joseph C. Lawler

  • M Benjamin Lipman

  • George A. MacConnell

  • Susan B. Major

  • Paul V. McDonough

  • Thomas P. McDonough

  • Kathleen McFeeters

  • Susan A. Morelli

  • Francis E. Murphy

  • James Q. Nolan Jr.

  • Lawrence A. O’Rourke

  • Peter J. Ogren

  • Leonard Perham

  • Valerie W. Perlowitz

  • Steven Picheny

  • John E. Pritchard

  • Eugene M. Reppucci Jr.

  • Rhondella Richardson

  • Patrick A. Rivelli

  • David J. Ryan

  • George P. Sakellaris

  • Richard Schoenfeld

  • Peter J. Smail

  • Shelley Stewart Jr.

  • Karen Tay Koh

  • Gordon O. Thompson

  • Alexander L. Thorndike

  • James R. Turner

  • Mark L. Vachon

  • Laurie B. Werner

  • E. Leo Whitworth

  • Donald L. Williams

  • Donald K. Williams Jr.

  • Akira Yamamura

  • Richard R. Yuse

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