Executive Team and Board of Trustees
Executive Team
- President: James A. Donahue
- Acting Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs: Judith Berling
- Vice President for Advancement: Linda Frank
- Vice President for Administration and Finance: Steven G. Argyris
- Library Director: Robert Benedetto
- Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students: Maureen Maloney
Board of Trustees
The governing body of the GTU is its Board of Trustees, responsible for the academic graduate programs offered by the GTU as an accredited institution. The Board of Trustees includes representation from the community, GTU member schools, faculty, and students. While the Council of Presidents guides the daily operation of the consortium, the Board of Trustees provides important support through oversight of cooperative activities and services. The decisions of the Board of Trustees and Council of Presidents are implemented by the President of the GTU as their Chief Executive Officer.
Members of the GTU 2007-2008 Board of Trustees
- Joan M. McGrath, Chair
Retired Executive Vice President, McGrath RentCorp - John F. Luikart, Vice Chair
Chairman, Wedbush & Co.Former President, Tucker Anthony Sutro
Former Chairman & CEO, Sutro & Co.
- Rita R. Semel, Vice Chair
Executive Vice Chair, San Francisco Interfaith Council
Executive Director Emeritus, Jewish Community Relations Council - Susan Cook Hoganson, Secretary
President and Founding Member, SCH Strategies, LLC - Maureen O. Sullivan*, Asst. Secretary
Former Chair, San Francisco General Hospital Volunteer Foundation - Harold T. Leach, Treasurer
Executive Vice President, Performant Financial Corporation - Dr. Richard E. Ice, Asst. Treasurer
President Emeritus, American Baptist Homes of the West - Dr. James A. Donahue, President
President, Graduate Theological Union - Ajit K. Abraham
Doctoral Student in Interdisciplinary Studies, Graduate Theological Union - Yolande C. Adelson
Former Board President, Harriet Buhai Center for Family Law and Westside Fair Housing Council
Retired Associate Dean for Human Resources, UCLA Extension - The Rev. Dr. Phyllis Anderson
President, Pacific Lutheran School of Theology - Betsy L. Bliss
Managing Director, Bear Stearns & Co. - Paul W. Brandow
Treasurer, University Settlement Society
Former President, JPMorgan Securities, Inc.
Former Managing Director and COO, JPMorgan Chase & Co. - Mary L. Brown
Former Owner and Publisher, Hills Newspapers, Inc., Community Volunteer - Rev. Dr. Philip W. Butin
President, San Francisco Theological Seminary - Barbara B. Creed, Esq.
Attorney, Trucker Huss - Fr. Joseph P. Daoust, S.J.
President, Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley - Fr. Mario M. DiCicco, O.F.M.
President, Franciscan School of Theology - Robert N. Janopaul
Former CEO, Engineering Consulting Firm - The Rev. Dr. Alan D. Kelchner
Senior Minister, Danville Congregational Church - Dr. Timothy Light
Professor Emeritus of Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and of Comparative Religion, Western Michigan University
- Sara D. Lipscomb
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Audax Group - Thomas M. Loarie
Chairman and CEO, Mercator MedSystems, Inc.
Chairman, Adams-Merritt, Inc. - John F. Luikart
Chairman, Wedbush & Co.
- Dr. William McKinney
President, Pacific School of Religion - Dr. Donn F. Morgan
President, Church Divinity School of the Pacific - Raquel H. Newman, Ed.D.
Consultant and writer for non-profit organizations
Former President, RHN Associates, non-profit consulting - Rev. Dr. Rebecca A. Parker
President, Starr King School for the Ministry - Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce
Senior Rabbi, Congregation Emanu-El, San Francisco - Dr. Karl S. Pister
Chancellor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Cruz - Dr. Keith A. Russell
President, American Baptist Seminary of the West - Jeffrey M. Scales
Area Executive Vice President, Arthur J. Gallagher and Co. - Ebrahim Shabudin
Executive Vice President and COO, United Commercial Bank - The Rev. Kim A. Smith
Pastor, Trinity United Methodist Church - Dennis P. Stradford
President and CEO, Nomis Solutions, Inc. - The Rev. Dr. Laird J. Stuart
Pastor, Calvary Presbyterian Church - Rev. Michael B. Sweeney, OP
President, Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology - Dale R. Walker
Deacon, St. John's Presbyterian Church, San Francisco
Former President and CEO, Digital Insight
Trustees Emeriti
- Jane Newhall
Board Member, Newhall Land & Farming Co. - Daphne Greene Wilkins
Former Board Chair and Community Volunteer
* Non-Trustees serving as an officer