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AGB Board of Directors Elects New Officers

The AGB Board of Directors has elected four new officers: Beverly Seay, Eleanor Horne, Ross Mugler, and Shauna Ryder Diggs. They began their new roles on July 1, 2022.

• Beverly Seay, AGB board chair, has served on the AGB board since 2015. She is the immediate past board chair and member of the University of Central Florida Board of Trustees and the southeast regional director of the National Security Innovation Network. Seay also serves as past chair and member of the University of Central Florida’s College of Engineering and Computer Science Dean’s Advisory Board, the Georgia Tech College of Computing Advisory Board, and the Georgia Tech Ivan Allen College Advisory Board.
• Eleanor Horne, AGB board vice chair, has served on the AGB board since 2017. She is a member and former chair of the Board of Trustees of The College of New Jersey and the former vice president of the Educational Testing Services Social Investment Fund. She is a trustee of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and has chaired the Wells Fargo Regional Foundation Board of Trustees. She is trustee emeritus of the Princeton Area Community Foundation.
• Ross Mugler, AGB board vice chair, has served on the AGB board since 2018. He is a board member at Old Dominion University and the commissioner of the revenue for the City of Hampton, Virginia. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Directors for the Virginia Peninsula Community College Education Foundation, the Hampton City Schools Education Foundation, the Virginia Air and Space Museum, and the Virginia Living Museum. He is also on U.S. Senator Mark Warner’s Board of Advisors.
• Shauna Ryder Diggs, MD, AGB board secretary, has served on the AGB board since 2016. She is the immediate past board chair of AGB and regent emerita of the University of Michigan. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and the American Society of Dermatologic Surgeons and board chair of the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation. She also serves on the board of Detroit Opera.

New Publication

Endowment Management for Foundations and Nonprofits

In this new volume for foundations and nonprofit charitable organizations, Nicole Wellmann Kraus, with Valentina Glaviano and Jay A. Yoder, advances our understanding of effective strategic oversight of endowments to strengthen the prospects for investment success and organizational financial health, and also sheds light on a sector in disruption. AGB thanks the Council on Foundations for its assistance in the development, publication, and promotion of this special edition.

Nominations open for the AGB John W. Nason Award for Board Leadership.

Submit nominations to Awards@AGB.org by October 14, 2022.

Upcoming Events

Retreat for Board Chairs and Presidents of Public Universities and Systems
October 26, 2022             Virtual
Space is Limited
https://agb.org/events/institutes/public-retreat-2022/

SOLD OUT – Institute for or Board Chairs and Presidents
January 8-10, 2023       Claremont Club & Spa, Berkeley, California
Join Waitlist — https://agb.org/events/institutes/berkeley-2023-institute-for-board-chairs-and-presidents-of-independent-colleges-and-universities/

2023 Foundation Leadership Forum
January 29-31, 2023     San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas
https://agb.org/events/2023-foundation-leadership-forum/

2023 Board Professionals Conference
March 31-April 2, 2023     San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter, San Antonio, Texas
https://agb.org/events/2023-board-professionals-conference/

Welcome New AGB Members

College of Micronesia–FSM
Community College System of New Hampshire
Humphreys University
Kentucky State University Foundation
MacEwan University
Maine College of Health Professions
Metropolitan College of New York
Middle Georgia State University Foundation
Online Learning Consortium
Southern University System Foundation
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
Texas Chiropractic College
The Catholic University of America
University of Silicon Valley
University of South Alabama
University of The Bahamas

*These are new AGB members that joined between June 3 through August 2, 2022.

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