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Board of Trustees

Board Officers

•  Lawrence J. Delaney '57, Chair
•  Anthony G. Collins, University President
•  Bayard D. Clarkson, Sr., Hon. '74, Distinguished Vice Chair
•  Karel K. Czanderna '77, Vice Chair
•  Lawrence J. Delaney '57, Secretary
•  Kelly O. Chezum '04, Assistant Secretary
•  James D. Fish '79, Treasurer

Members of the Board as of May 2012

Carolyn A. Brandsema '80
Vice President 737 Engineering
Boeing Company

John M. Brilbeck '68
President (Ret.)
Southern Heat Exchange Corp.

Amy E. Castronova '04
President and CEO
Novatek Communications, Inc

Bayard D. Clarkson Jr., M.D.
Private Practitioner

Bayard D. Clarkson Sr., M.D., Hon. '74
Member
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

John D. Correnti '69
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Steel Development Company, LLC

Charles R. Craig
Sr. Vice President & Director
Corning Incorporated

Jason R. Currie '94
Managing Director
Conundrum Capital Corporation

Karel K. Czanderna '77
Group President (former)
Owens-Corning, Inc.

Lawrence J. Delaney '57
Executive Vice President (Ret.)
Titan Corporation

Elizabeth A. Fessenden '77, Hon. '00
Consultant
Fessenden Associates LLC
President, Alcoa Flexible Packaging (Ret.)

Judith J. Foster
Northern New York Advocate

Robert K. Goldman '79
Global Executive Sponsor
ARCADIS

Richard R. Griffith '69
President
Sturges Manufacturing Co. Inc.

William F. Helmer '56
President
Helmer-Cronin Construction Inc.

Michael E. Jesanis '78
President & CEO (Former)
National Grid USA

John B. Johnson Jr., Hon. '01
Editor & Co-Publisher
Watertown Daily Times

Dianna M. Jones Herrmann '85
Professional Development Manager
McKinsey & Company

Georgia Keresty '83
Chief Quality Officer & VP Quality Compliance
Regulatory Affairs and Medical Safety
Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products Comp.

Earl "Skip" R. Lewis '66
President, CEO & Chairman
Flir Systems Inc.

Carl B. Mack, Hon. '10
Executive Director
National Society of Black Engineers

Jody A. Markopoulos '93
President & CEO
GE Intelligent Platforms

Kevin T. Parker '81
President & CEO
Deltek Systems Inc.

W. Hollis Petersen
Private Investor

Timothy P. Pettee
Chief Investment Officer
SunAmerica

James W. Ransom '88
Owner
JWR Consulting

Nancy D. Reyda '81
COO of Business Solutions
Global Technology & Operations Team
Deutsche Bank

Stephen D. Ryan '87
Senior Vice President
Morgan Stanley

Frank R. Schmeler '64
Chairman
Albany International Corp.

Raymond L. Skowyra Jr.
Technology Business Strategy Consultant
Summit Associates

Jean E. Spence '79
Executive Vice President Research, Development & Quality
Kraft Foods Inc.

David A. Taylor '77, Hon. '97
Director of Player Personnel
St. Louis Blues NHL Club

James F. Wood '64
Deputy Assistant Secretary,Fossil Energy & Clean Coal
U.S. Department of Energy

Mary Kay Woods '82
Partner
KPMG LLP 

Robert R. Ziek Jr. '78
President
ZSource Ltd  

The Board of Trustees is the governing body of the University Corporation, managing its affairs and granting and conferring such academic degrees and honors as are permitted by the Regents of the State of New York and specifically authorized by its charter.

To Contact the Board of Trustees, please write or call in care of:

Dr. Kelly O. Chezum
Vice President for External Relations &
Assistant Secretary of the Board of Trustees
8 Clarkson Avenue, Box 5500
Potsdam, New York 13699
Phone: 315-268-4483
Fax: 315-268-7993