As AGB prepares to release Top Strategic Issues for Boards 2024–2025, a biennial update to our essential publication, it does so after a period of unexpected risks and challenges have buffeted higher education and its leadership
The Council of Board Chairs is a standing advisory group of professional leaders, knowledgeable about the roles, responsibilities, and practices of effective governance for higher education boards. They also have a deep understanding of the challenges boards and board leaders face, and the importance of a proactive approach to short- and long-term planning and strategy.
Council Ambassador
Mary Papazian, PhD
Executive Vice President
AGB
Members
Justin Augustine
Xavier University of Louisiana
Greg Bigman
Diné College
Paul Brajcich
Gonzaga University
Margo Cook
University of Rhode Island
Steve Golding
Washington College
Linda Gooden
University of Maryland System
Don Gould
Pitzer College
Jeffrey Harris
Rochester Institute of Technology
Mark Hatcher
Central State University
Jimmy Hazel
George Mason University
Edmond Hughes
Tougaloo College
Michal Jaworski
Langara College
Michael Jones
Dillard University
Jeff Keller
Colorado College
Paul Kenney
University of Nebraska
Carrie Killoran
Macalester College
Cynthia Lenton-Gary
Houston Community College
Vanessa Lugo Flores
Universidad del Sagrado Corazón
John Meyer
Western Washington University
Sandra Moore
Anne Arundel Community College
Jeffery Perry
Babson College
Sharon Reishus
Unity College
Chris Romer
Colorado Mountain College
Cynthia Shapira
Brandeis University
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education
Laurie Silvers
University of Miami
JP Smith
Kansas City University
Grace Speights
George Washington University
Laurene Sperling
Duke University
John Stirek
Oregon State University Foundation
Lisa Stromberg
Goucher College
Marie Sullivan
Maricopa Community College
Ione Taylor
Guilford College
William Thompson
City University of New York
Nicole Washington
Miami Dade College
With thanks to AGB Mission Partner RNL for their support of this council.
Todd Abbott
Senior Vice President, Enrollment, Fundraising, Graduate & Online Enrollmen
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The AGB Council of Board Chairs is a group of 25 to 30 leaders of member college and university boards of trustees from around the United States who meet quarterly to obtain information on pressing current topics and engage in an exchange of ideas with fellow board chairs.
AGB’s Council of Board Chairs and Council of Presidents held in-person meetings recently at the National Conference on Trusteeship in San Diego.