Committees of the board of trustees

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The Board of Trustees organizes its work by a committee structure that addresses the areas of its responsibilities. Most committees of the board include students, faculty and staff as voting members, and the board may also invite members of the broader Hampshire College community to join its committees. The Chair of the Board and the President are ex officio members of all board committees, and a member of the administration staffs each committee.

Academic Affairs Committee
Hosea Baskin, Chair
Aaron Berman, Secretary
Helen Cohen
Marlene Fried
Robin Mount
Jacob Lefton
Pasha Dritt Thornton
Walter White
(to be elected by Ed. Pol. Council), faculty
Renee Freedman
Julia Partington, student

Admissions Committee
Pasha Dritt Thornton, Chair
Karen Parker, Secretary
James Ferrara
David Reis
Joan Shulman
(to be elected by Ed. Policy Council), faculty
Shakira Henley-Fernandez, staff
William Finucane, student

Audit Committee
Walter White, Chair
Mark Spiro, Secretary
Meredith Miller
Nancy Olson
Edward Cerullo, ex officio

Committee on Buildings Grounds &
Environmental Sustainability
Marci Riseman, Chair
Larry Archey, Secretary
Hosea Baskin
F. Bennett Cushman
Karen Koeller, faculty
Laura Vitkus, staff
Tobin Porter Brown, student

Development Committee
Sigmund Roos, Chair
Clay Ballantine, Secretary
Ben Cushman
Marlene Fried
Robin Mount
Nancy Olson
Gerald Warburg
Hildy Gottlieb Hill
Sura Levine, faculty
Linda McDaniel, staff
Benjamin Barson, student

Executive Committee
Florence Ladd, Chair
Nancy Kelly, Secretary
Edward Cerullo (Vice-Chair)
Ralph Hexter, President
Robin Mount, (Vice-Chair)
Sigmund Roos (Vice-Chair)

Finance Committee
Edward Cerullo, Chair
Mark Spiro, Secretary
F. Bennett Cushman
Timothy Koller
Nancy Olson
David Reis
Marci Riseman
Sigmund Roos
Jonathan Scott
Jeffrey Wallen, faculty
Josiah Litant, staff
Kathryn Traub, student

Investment Committee
Jonathan Scott, Chair
Mark Spiro, Secretary
Edward Cerullo
Timothy Koller
Meredith Miller

Committee at Hampshire on
Investment Responsibility (CHOIR)
(Subcommittee of the Investment Committee)
Meredith Miller, Chair
Mark Spiro, Secretary
Stanley Warner, faculty
Natalie Owen, staff
Jay Cassano, student
Edward Cerullo, ex officio
Jonathan Scott, ex officio
Walter White, ex officio
Jeffrey Wallen, faculty, ex officio
Josiah Litant, staff, ex officio
Kathryn Traub, student, ex officio

Nominating and Governance Committee
Timothy Koller, Chair
Nancy Kelly, Secretary
Helen Cohen
Ben Cushman
James Ferrara
Meredith Miller
Jonathan Scott
Walter White

Committee on Profile and Identity
Joseph Hanson, Chair
Nancy Kelly, Secretary
Killara Burn
Helen Cohen
James Ferrara
Jacob Lefton
Joan Shulman
Karen Parker
Elaine Thomas
Gerry Warburg
John Kennedy, student

Committee on Student Life
Joan Shulman, Chair
Michelle Green, Secretary
Hosea Baskin
Joseph Hanson
Pasha Dritt Thornton
vacant, faculty
Eryn Montgomery, staff
Lindsay Barbieri, student

Faculty, staff and students serve on the following board committees:
Academic affairs; admissions; buildings, grounds and environmental sustainability; CHOIR; development; finance; identity and profile; and student life.