Board of Trustees
About the Board
"The general administration and management of the Corporation and all powers of the Corporation are hereby granted to and vested in the Board of Trustees." *
In accordance with the by-laws, the Bryn Mawr College Board of Trustees includes
- Trustees elected by the Board of Trustees to hold office for a term of five years;
- Five Trustees shall be persons nominated by the Alumnae Association from among its members. At least one of them shall be a person who holds a Bryn Mawr degree and who did not attend the College as an undergraduate, and one of them shall be the President of the Alumnae Association.
- One Young Alumna Trustee shall be nominated by the Committee on Trustees each year to serve a three-year term as a voting member.
- The sitting President of the College, as a member ex officio.
There are three regular meetings of the Board; in October, February and April/May. Special meetings of the Board of Trustees may be called by the chair of the Board, the President, or by three or more trustees. A majority of the Trustees in office shall be present at each meeting in order to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
* Section 2.01 of the By-Laws of Bryn Mawr College
2023-24 Trustees
Last updated 10/27/2023
* Officers and Special Representatives, elected for one-year terms
^ President of the Alumnae Association
A - H
Hazara Akthar '15
Christy Allen '90
Cynthia Archer ’75*
Sally Bachofer '97^
Margaret Breen '82
Stephanie L. Brown '75
Charlie Bruce '16
Cynthia Chalker MSS/MLSP '98
Mary L. Clark ’87
Cecilia A. Conrad
Rhea Graham '74
Jing-Yea (Amy) Hsu '94
Ex Officio
Wendy Cadge
President of the College
J - M
Diane Jaffee P'21
Kiki Jamieson '88
Tuajuanda C. Jordan
Karen Kerr '89
Gina S. Kim '92
Jeffrey I. Kohn P '16
Amy T. Loftus ’90
Molly MacDougall '16
James Matteo P'22
Patrick T. McCarthy PhD '81
Barry Mills
Sara C. Moreno '95
Special Representatives
Linda A. Hill '77
Charles G. Beaver H'74
Chair, Board of Managers, Haverford College
N - Z
Tim Blake Nelson
Lori A. Perine '80
Courtney Seibert-Fennimore '99
Thabani Clemens Sinkula '99
Janet L. Steinmayer ’77*
Saskia Subramanian '88, MA '89
Severa von Wentzel '95
Lorelei A. Vargas '94
Teresa Wallace '79
Jennifer Suh Whitfield '98
Nanar Tabrizi Yoseloff '97
Office of the Secretary of the College
The work of the Board of Trustees is supported by the Office of the Secretary of the College, which serves as the liaison between the campus community and the Board.
Presidential Search
Former President Cassidy concluded her 11-year tenure as President on June 30, 2024. Guided by our shared governance model, the Board of Trustees successfully led the search for our 10th president, Dr. Wendy Cadge, who took office July 1, 2024.
Trustees Emeriti
A - H
Catherine Allegra '84
Bridget B. Baird '69
Fred C. Baumert
Betsy Zubrow Cohen ’63
Anna Lo Davol ’64
Anthony T. Enders
Constance Tang Fong ’55
Nancy Greenewalt Frederick ’50
Lucy Norman Friedman ’65
Donald N. Gellert
Arlene Joy Gibson ’65
Hanna Holborn Gray ’50
Cheryl Holland '80
Fern Hunt ’69
Denise Lee Hurley '82 P'17
J - M
Justine Jentes '88
Eileen P. Kavanagh '75
Beverly J. Lange ’67
Jacqueline Koldin Levine ’46
Ann Logan ’76
Roland Machold
Susan MacLaurin ’84
Jacqueline Badger Mars ’61
Margaret M. Morrow ’71
N - Z
Dolores G. Norton, MSS ’60, PhD ’69
David W. Oxtoby
Robert Parsky
Shirley D. Peterson ’63
Georgette C. Phillips '81
William E. Rankin
Barbara P. Robinson ’62
Sally Shoemaker Robinson ’53
Margaret Sarkela '74
Willa Seldon ’82
Susan Savage Speers ’51
Barbara Janney Trimble ’60
Elizabeth Vogel Warren '72
Betsy Havens Watkins ’61
Caroline C. Willis '66
James Wood
Sally Hoover Zeckhauser ’64