Board of Trustees

Board Officers

  • Honorable Daniel Opperman, Chair BS79, '18-'27*
    United States Bankruptcy Judge
  • Honorable Milton Mack, Past Chair, BS72, '15-'27*
    Michigan State Court Administrator
  • Rick Northrup, Treasurer, '19-'25
    President and CEO, Bank Michigan
  • Karen Paciorek, Vice Chair, '17-'27*
    Professor, Teacher Education, Eastern Michigan University
  • Joyce Jenereaux, Vice Chair, BBA86, '24-'27
    Retired President and Publisher Detroit Free Press & Gannett Regional President
  • Rob Henry, Member-At-Large, MA89, '25-'28
    Vice President of Development, Culture, and Talent for the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)

Board Members

  • John Bailey Jr., BBA14, MBA19, '25-'28
    Investment Analyst and Relationship Manager at Retirement Income Solutions
  • Jeremiah Belton, MBA16, '25-'28
    Vice President of Commercial Banking at JPMorgan Chase
  • Howard Booth, BS66, MS68, PHD74, '16-Present
    Emeritus Biology Professor, Eastern Michigan University
  • Jack Booth, '25-'26*
    Student Body President, Eastern Michigan University
  • Jeff Bourdon, BBA85, '20-'23
    Retired Executive Vice President for CapStone Holdings, Inc.
  • Brian Einhorn, BS63, '18-'27*
    Attorney at Law, Collins Einhorn Farrell & Ulanoff PC
  • Sam Estes, '23-'26
    Director of Operations of Hana Industries
  • Nate Ford, '25-'27*
    Regent Chair, Associate Vice President at HNTB Corporation
  • Samuel Hirsch, '18-'27*
    Retired M.D., St. Joseph Mercy Hospital
  • Marwan Issa, PhD11, '25-'28
    Chief Operating Officer of Global Educational Excellence (GEE)
  • Mary Sue Marz, '25-'28
    Emeritus Faculty at Eastern Michigan University
  • Marina Reyna, BA99, '25-27*
    Principle Business Architect at UnitedHealth Care; President-Elect, EMU Alumni Association
  • Sharon Schwartz, BS87,MBA89, '23-'26
    Retired, Corporate Finance at Ford Motor Company
  • Neetu Seth, BS97, MBA99, '21-'27*
    Founder, NITS Solutions
  • James Smith, '16-'26*
    President, Eastern Michigan University
  • Zach Wigal, BBA16, '24-'27
    Founder of Gamers Outreach
  • Tsu-Yin Wu, '21-Present
    Professor and Ph.D. Program Director, Eastern Michigan University

Emeritus Trustees

[Deceased trustees are indicated by (d.)]

  • Marcia Wright Allen, BBA74 d.
  • Brenda Alten, BS88
  • James Applegate, BS67
  • Daniel Arbour, MBA77
  • John Bodary, BS84
  • William Brickley, BS80
  • John C. Burkhardt
  • Jack Brusewitz, BBA82
  • Peggy Campbell
  • Ronald J. Campbell, BBA77
  • Melonie B. Colaianne, BBA83, MBA94
  • Darrell H. Cooper d.
  • Judith Fischer
  • James Greene
  • Freman Hendrix, BBA82
  • Dale Heydlauff, BS78
  • Robert Holman, BBA74
  • Edwin Jakeway, BA58
  • Annette Johnson, BA94
  • Abe Karam, BS62, MBA66 d.
  • Elizabeth C. King
  • Lee C. Lien, MS80
  • Don Loppnow
  • Molly Luempert-Coy, BS91, MA92
  • Courtney McAnuff
  • Jeanne Merlanti d.
  • Michael G. Morris, BS69, MS73
  • Dara T. Cohen, BS96
  • Ann O'Beay, BME74, MA79
  • Marilyn A. Opdyke, MBA81
  • Sherwin Prior, BBA98
  • Kirk Profit, BA75
  • Ronald Reed, BS87
  • Harold F. "Bud" Schimmelpfenneg, BS68 d.
  • Gregory Sheldon, BBA96
  • Ingrid Sheldon, BS66
  • Laurence N. Smith d.
  • Anthony L. Snoddy
  • Edward Surovell
  • Maureen Thomas, BS81
  • Jaclynn Tracy
  • Stewart Tubbs d.
  • Larry Warren, BBA70, MA73
  • James W. Webb

* indicates final term