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Board of Trustees

In 1967, Saint Louis University became the first major Catholic university in the United States to give lay and clergy people combined legal responsibility for institutional policy as members of its board of trustees.

Today, the board is the principal governing authority for the University, charged with fiduciary responsibility and with preserving and enhancing SLU’s Jesuit mission.

The statue of St. Ignatius on SLU's quad surrounded by tulips
 

About SLU's Board of Trustees

Members of SLU's Board of Trustees are elected to three­-year terms and may stand for re­-election for two additional three­-year terms. Trustees are volunteers and are not compensated for their service.

The board meets four times a year and has a number of standing committees that include faculty, staff and student representatives.

Current Board Members

  • Eric Engler, chair
    Former executive vice president and chief of staff, Ascension
  • Holden Thorp, vice chair
    Editor-in-chief, Science 
  • Akberet Boykin-Farr (’93, ’95, ’02)
    Vice president of human resources corporate functions, Emerson
  • Marilyn Bush (’84)
    President, Bank of America St. Louis
  • Richard Chaifetz (’75)
    Founder, chairman and CEO of ComPsych Corporation; founder and chairman of Chaifetz Group, LLC.
  • Joseph Conran (’67, ’70)
    Partner, Husch Blackwell LLP
  • Jerome “Jerry” Dwyer, M.D. (’79, ’85)
    Owner/cardiologist, St. Louis Cardiology Center
  • Jimmie Edwards (’78, ’81, Hon.D ’14)
    Attorney, Lashly & Baer, P.C.
  • Michael Garanzini, S.J. (’71)
    Superior, Campion Center
  • Andrew Hoog (’98)
    Founder and board member, NowSecure
  • John Johnson (’90)
    President, Silver Eagle Distributors

  • Darryl Jones (’77)
    Managing Partner, D&D Concessions

  • Paul D. Kalsbeek
    Executive Vice President and Regional Manager (Retired), Wells Fargo
  • Arindam Kar (’98) 
    Shareholder, Polsinelli Law Firm 
  • Jessie Knight Jr. (’72, Hon.D ’22) 
    Managing director, Knight Angels
  • Joe Koenig (’87)
    President, World Wide Technology 
  • Jim Lally (’90) 
    President and chief executive officer, Enterprise Financial Services Corporation 
  • Tim Lannon, S.J.
    Superior, Omaha Jesuit Community
  • Gerald Maguire, M.D. (’91)
    Chief of medical staff and director of residency training in psychiatry, College Medical Center; faculty director of graduate medical education (DIO), Maguire Neuropsychiatric Institute of Oroville Hospital
  • Timothy McMahon, S.J. (’80)
    Rector, Saint Louis University Jesuit Center
  • Michael McMillan (’97)
    President and CEO, Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis
  • Joseph McShane, S.J. 
    Superior, Scranton Jesuit Community
  • Ron Mercier, S.J. 
    Delegate for Formation for the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States
  • Robert O'Loughlin
    Chairman and CEO, Lodging Hospitality Management
  • Amy Rodrigues (’01)
    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Boeing Defense, Space and Security

  • Michael Rozier, S.J. (’03)
    Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives, Loyola University Chicago

  • Kevyn Schroeder (’75, ’83)
    Managing Director of Investments, Stifel
  • Rex A. Sinquefield (’67)
    President, Show Me Institute
  • Daniel Wessel (’92)
    Senior Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Enterprise Mobility

University President Edward Feser, Ph.D., serves as an ex­-officio voting member of the board. Danielle Uy, vice president and general counsel, is board secretary. 

Trustee Emeriti

SLU also has trustee emeriti, former trustees who do not make motions, vote or hold office, but are entitled to all other privileges of board members.

Current trustee emeriti are: J. Joe Adorjan, John Alberici, Barry Beracha, Thomas H. Brouster Sr., Aloys H. Litteken, Nancy Siwak and Francis A. Stroble.