Sigmund Roos 73F, Chair
Concord, Massachusetts
Sig Roos is a founding partner of Block & Roos, LLP, which specializes in business litigation, employment law, securities litigation, professional liability, professional responsibility, and alternative dispute resolution. In addition to his undergraduate degree from Hampshire, he holds an M.A. from Brown University and a J.D. from Northeastern University. Sig Roos is the first member of the alumni body to chair the Hampshire College Board of Trustees. He is married to Ruth Rohde 75S.

Helen S. Cohen 77S, Vice Chair
San Francisco, California
Helen Cohen is a documentary filmmaker and painter based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She holds a B.A. from Hampshire College and a master’s degree in urban planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Helen was the founder of the Northern California Community Loan Fund and worked for several years in the field of community economic development before turning to documentary filmmaking. Her producing credits include three films in the acclaimed “Respect for All Project,” a series of documentaries that combat bias, discrimination, and bullying among school-age youth: It’s Elementary, That’s a Family!, and Let’s Get Real. Helen also produced and directed Homes & Hands, a documentary about community land trusts created in collaboration with the Institute for Community Economics. She currently is a principal of Open Studio Productions LLC, through which she produces independent films as well as commissioned work for nonprofits, foundations, and public interest organizations.

Kenneth Rosenthal, Vice Chair
Amherst, Massachusetts
Ken Rosenthal was president of The Seeing Eye until his retirement in 2006. The Seeing Eye is the premier dog guide school in the world, with the mission to enhance the independence, dignity, and self-confidence of blind people through the use of Seeing Eye dogs. Ken was also the first treasurer of Hampshire College, working at the College from 1966 (before its opening) to 1976. He is the father of two daughters, one of whom is a Hampshire alum.

Shelley Johnson Carey 72F
Silver Spring, Maryland
Shelley Johnson Carey is director of publications and editorial services as well as editor of the journal Peer Review for the Association of American Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C. She has spent more than thirty years working in educational book and magazine publishing. Following her Hampshire baccalaureate, Shelley attended the University of Denver Publishing Institute and recently received an M.F.A. in creative non-fiction from Goucher College. She and her husband, Anthony, live in the Washington metropolitan area and are the parents of two daughters and one son.

Harold J. Carroll
Boston, Massachusetts
Hal Carroll is currently Of Counsel to the law firm of McCarter & English, LLP, in Boston. He formerly served as General Counsel to the Boston Redevelopment Authority and as Corporation Counsel to the City of Boston. He was a partner in two Boston law firms, including the predecessor to McCarter & English, LLP. He is active in community affairs and has served on various nonprofit boards in Boston, including the St. Francis House board and the Historic New England board, which he chaired. He has an A.B. degree in English literature from Harvard College and a J.D. degree from the Boston University School of Law. Hal is the parent of a Hampshire alum.

F. Bennett Cushman II 72S
Sebastopol, California
Ben Cushman was president of IntelliTools, Inc., an educational technology company, until November 2004. His previous executive positions included president and chief executive officer of HomeChef Corporation and senior vice president of Supercuts, Inc. In addition to serving on Hampshire’s board, he is on the board of Sonoma Academy, a private high school founded to “inspire, challenge and nurture students and prepare them to become leaders in the global community.” With his partner, George Tuttle, Ben is also a beekeeper and pinot noir grape grower in western Sonoma County.

David Dinerman 72F
Lafayette, California
David Dinerman is the chief operating officer of Probitas Partners, a leading global alternative investment solutions provider that offers fund placement, secondary fund advisory, and portfolio management services. In addition to his B.A. from Hampshire, he holds a J.D. from the University of Oregon Law School and a L.L.M. from Boston University. David played Ultimate Frisbee at Hampshire, is married with three children, and is involved in a number of community activities, including the Association for Corporate Growth, the Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, and coaching junior sports.

Luis A. Hernandez 70F
Miami, Florida
Luis Hernandez is an early childhood education specialist for training and technical assistance services at Western Kentucky University. In addition to his Hampshire degree, Luis holds an M.A. in bilingual/multicultural education from the University of San Francisco. His areas of expertise include early literacy, dual language learning, adult learning practices, and changing demographics and diversity in the world of education. A new area of work and professional interest centers on advancing the goals of the World Forum on Early Care and Education. In addition to his service to Hampshire College, Luis is on the boards of the McCormick Tribune Center for Early Childhood Leadership, the United Way’s Center for Excellence in Early Childhood, and the National Latino Children’s Institute.

Gaye Hill
Chicago, Illinois and Jamestown, Rhode Island
Gaye Hill is involved in residential and restaurant real estate, and also consults with not-for-profit organizations regarding fundraising and image. With a degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, her professional career includes 30-plus years as a freelance writer, editor, and proofreader. She has also served on a variety of nonprofit boards, including the North Shore (Chicago) United Way; and currently serves on the Earthwatch Institute’s Board of Advisors, exploring awareness of ocean health and sustainability. Gaye and her husband, Jeffrey A. Urbina, are the parents of two sons, one of whom is a Hampshire alum.

S. Rebecca Holland 77F
Brooklyn, New York
Rebecca Holland is one of two elected alumni trustees. She is currently the associate university compliance officer for New York University. After obtaining a Hampshire degree with a concentration in social and political history, she earned a J.D. from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law at Yeshiva University. She began her legal career as a criminal defense attorney with the Legal Aid Society of New York City, working in the Brooklyn and Manhattan courts. Rebecca spent nearly a decade as an executive in Chicago and New York nonprofit alternative-to-incarceration organizations, focusing on criminal justice policy, program development, and program management. She later served as the inspector general of the Public Assistance and Grants Unit of the New York City Department of Investigation. Her volunteer activities have included committees at the Chicago Women’s Bar Association and the New York City Bar Association; mentoring teenage girls; and serving on the board of directors of Illinois NARAL and the Illinois NARAL Political Action Committee. Rebecca is a member of the National Association of College and University Attorneys, the Association of Corporate Counsel/Greater New York chapter, and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics.

Stephan Jost 87F
Honolulu, Hawai’i
Stephan Jost is an art historian and director of the Honolulu Academy of Arts. The Honolulu Academy is an encyclopedic art museum founded in 1927 and is Hawaii’s largest private presenter of visual arts programs, with a permanent collection of more than 60,000 objects and art works. Stephan’s previous work has included serving as director of Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont, and of the Mills College Museum of Art in Oakland, California. Stephan earned a B.A. from Hampshire and a master’s degree in art history from the University of Texas, Austin.

Whitney Klare 10F
Amherst, Massachusetts and Woodstock, Connecticut
Whitney Klare is the elected student trustee alternate. She has worked for residential life as a house intern since the spring of 2011. During her summers away from school, she works as a medical receptionist for Day Kimball Hospital. Whitney is also a co-founder of the NGO Family Related Effective Solutions for Humanity (FRESH) and has done volunteer work for Nuestras Raices. She is currently focusing her studies on photography and writing, but her research interests include philosophy, rhetoric, cultural studies, and international relations.

Petros Kokkalis 90F
Pireaus, Greece
Petros Kokkalis holds a B.A. from Hampshire College with a concentration in history; his Division III title was “Making the Love of My People: Constructing Legitimacy for the Monarchy in Late 19th Century Greece.” He earned his M.P.A. at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he serves as a member of the Dean’s Alumni Leadership Council. Petros has spent most of his career working for the largest Greek athletic organization, Olympiacos Pireaus, of which he is now vice president. He was also the first president (2006) of the Greek Super League, and is director of development at the Athens Information Technology graduate school. Additionally, he is vice president of the Kokkalis Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose central mission is the promotion of a peaceful, democratic, and prosperous southeastern Europe through the development of public, cultural, and scientific life in the region.

Timothy Koller
Weston, Connecticut
Tim Koller is a partner with McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm. Tim has served clients globally on value creation, corporate strategy, capital markets issues, and acquisitions. Tim is the lead author of Valuation: Measuring and Managing the Value of Companies, now in its 5th edition, and Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance. Tim is also chair of Pathways to College, an organization that works to expand college opportunities for students in underserved communities.

Jonathan Lash
Amherst, Massachusetts
Jonathan Lash is the sixth president of Hampshire College. An internationally recognized expert on practical solutions to global sustainability and development challenges, Jonathan served as president of the World Resources Institute from 1993 to 2011. WRI is an environmental think tank that is an international leader on issues ranging from low carbon development to sustainable transportation; under his leadership, WRI quadrupled its budget and globalized its work with offices in eight countries and partners in more than 50 countries. From 1993 to 1999, Jonathan was co-chair of the President’s Council on Sustainable Development, a group of government, business, labor, civil rights, and environmental leaders appointed by President Bill Clinton to develop visionary recommendations for strategies to promote sustainable development. He played a key role in the creation and success of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership, which in 2007 issued the highly influential “Call to Action” on global warming.

Sura Levine
Northampton, Massachusetts
Sura Levine is the elected faculty trustee. She is professor of art history at Hampshire, specializing in the social history of 19th and 20th century European and American art, with a particular interest in representations of class and gender in Belgian art. Sura holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.

Josiah Litant 00F
Hadley, Massachusetts
Josiah Litant is the elected staff trustee. He is associate dean of students for strategic initiatives and new student services, and supports offices and programs in managing data collection, analysis, and reporting, as well as identifying and prioritizing areas for informed action based on assessment outcomes. In addition, he is responsible for the oversight of a comprehensive program of outreach and support for first-year and transfer students. Josiah completed his B.A. at Hampshire College with a concentration in holistic curricula and elementary education, and received his M.A. in education from Goddard College in 2008, with a focus on higher education administration.

Robert McCarthy, Jr. 72F
Hong Kong, China
Bob McCarthy is a director of Spinnaker Capital, which manages $5 billion in two funds specializing in emerging markets investments. He concentrates on their illiquid, special situation investments in Asia and Eastern Europe. At Hampshire he concentrated in economics and history, and his Division III was on the economic impact on the medieval community of building a Gothic cathedral.

Deborah Merrill-Sands 70F
Oakland, California
Deborah Merrill-Sands is dean of and holds the Glenn and Ellen Voyles Chair in Business Education at the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business at Mills College. Her professional interests include leadership, women and leadership, diversity and inclusion, corporate social responsibility, and sustainability. Prior to her postition at Mills she was dean of the School of Management at Simmons College in Boston, and has also worked at the Ford Foundation, the World Bank, and the International Service for National Agricultural Research at The Hague, in the Netherlands. In addition to her Hampshire B.A., Deborah holds an M.A. in anthropology and a Ph.D. in economic anthropology from Cornell University. She is married to Jonathan Sands 71F.

Paul Model 75F
New York, New York
Paul Model is an attorney in private practice in New York City. The primary focus of his practice involves nonprofit organizations and early-stage companies, most of which are involved in the fields of pharmaceutical development, health care technology, and contract research. His clients include a nonprofit product development partnership that is a leader in the field of HIV/AIDS prevention. After receiving his undergraduate degree from Hampshire, Paul earned his J.D. from Harvard University.

Laura Calamos Nasir 85F
Chapel Hill, North Carolina and London, England
Laura Calamos Nasir is a clinical professor and faculty member in the graduate programs of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, King’s College London, and ZHAW-Winterthur in Switzerland. Following her graduation from Hampshire and time as a whitewater raft guide, she earned her B.S.N. and M.S.N. degrees at the University of North Carolina, and still sees patients in public health as a nationally certified family nurse practitioner. She is currently conducting doctoral research on interdisciplinary collaboration for quality improvement in primary care. Her practice and research interests include health promotion strategies, professional role development, experiential learning, and facilitation skills for effective teamwork.

A. Kim Saal 70F
Watertown, Massachusetts
Kim Saal is one of two elected alumni trustees. He is chief of cardiology at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a partner at Mount Auburn Cardiology Associates. In addition to providing clinical care for his patients, Kim is a teacher, mentor, and clinical coach. He held a faculty appointment at Harvard Medical School, where he was recipient of the Blacklow teaching award for his work educating medical students, physicians in training, and hospital staff. He was also recognized as teacher of the year at Mount Auburn Hospital. As a physician leader, he has promoted innovation and change in the model of the delivery of healthcare by utilizing quality and information management tools to promote clinical integration and improve the quality of care. After graduating from Hampshire, Kim earned his M.D. degree from the State University of New York at Downstate, did his residency in internal medicine at the University of Massachusetts, and completed his cardiology fellowship at the University of Washington. Kim credits Hampshire with formulating his primary mission: to develop lifelong learners who will promote the cause of social justice and the well-being of others.

Joan M. Shulman 77F
Harvard, Massachusetts
Joan Shulman is a therapist and life coach for adults and adolescents. Her private practice, Full Circle Coaching, guides clients toward creating more balanced and resonant lives. Her work with adolescents focuses on empowering young women and men to address body image, gender identity, and relational challenges. Previously, Joan served for 15 years as director of counseling services for the Francis W. Parker Charter School in Devens, Massachusetts. After receiving her B.A. from Hampshire, she earned an M.A. from Lesley University in counseling psychology. Joan and her husband, Bob Mayerson 75S, live on a small farm in central Massachusetts and have two grown children. Joan is an amateur dressage rider, avid traveler, and organic gardener.

Zilong Wang 09F
Amherst, Massachusetts and Shanghai, China
Zilong Wang is the elected student trustee. He is an international student from China. His family roots are in Inner Mongolia but, as do all nomads, he moved from place to place growing up, including a year in Germany before coming to Hampshire. Zilong studies politics and economics.

Walter H. White, Jr.
London, England
Walter White is a partner with McGuireWoods London LLP, an international law firm with offices throughout the United States and Europe. He is head of the firm’s emerging markets transactions practice, with a focus on multinational securities transactions, international business and finance law issues, and complex litigation and related arbitration. He was named to the Power List 2011, sponsored by JP Morgan, as one of Britain’s 100 most influential Black people.