Board of Trustees

Seattle University's Board of Trustees.

Members 2025–2026

  • Eduardo Peñalver
    President
    Seattle University
  • Patrick J. Callans, (Chair)
    Executive Vice President, Administration
    Costco Wholesale
  • Jason Oliver, (Vice Chair)
    Human Resources Executive
  • Kathleen Aikenhead
    President
    William H. Hannon Foundation 
  • Ann Alokolaro
    Director of Admissions
    Seattle Preparatory School 
  • Arturo Araujo, S.J.
    Arrupe Jesuit Community
    Associate Professor, College of Arts & Sciences
  • Ann Blume
    Co-Founder
    Blume Company 
  • Maureen Brotherton
    SOS Foundation
  • Laury Bryant
    Community Leader in Service
  • David W. Burcham
    Retired
    Former President of LMU
  • Brenda Christensen
    Author, Investor
    Emerging Company Advisor
  • Hon. Anita Crawford-Willis
    Municipal Court Judge
    Seattle Municipal Court
  • Paul Fitzgerald, S.J.
    President Emeritus
    University of San Francisco
  • Melvin Flowers
    Retired
    Microsoft
  • Michelle Galvin
    Co-Owner
    Pagliacci Pizza
  • Valerie Gorder
    Gaard Development
  • Russell S. Hagen
    Retired
    Weyerhaeuser
  • Drew Herdener
    Senior Vice President, Global Communications & Community Impact
    Amazon
  • Hon. Richard A. Jones
    District Court Judge
    Western District of Washington
  • Patrick F. Kennedy
    CEO
    Hawthorn Senior Living, LLC 
  • Steven P. Knight
    President & CEO
    Olympic Eagle Distributing
  • Tod Leiweke
    CEO
    Seattle Kraken
  • Joe Manca
    Principal
    TMR Investments
  • Charles (Chuck) H. Porter
    Former CIO – Accenture
    Former CIO – Seattle University
    Emerging Company Advisor
  • Mala Raman
    Community Leader in Service
  • Fred Rivera
    CEO & Founder

    The Rivera Group, Sports Advisors
  • David C. Rothrock
    Principal
    Meriwether Advisors LLC
  • Ryan Sawyer
    Founder and Owner
    Viewpoint Capital Management
  • Lucas Sharma, S.J.
    Jesuit
    Doctoral Student 
  • Ezra Teshome
    Agent
    State Farm Insurance
  • Ruth A. Tressel
    Attorney at Law
    Ruth Tressel, LLC
  • Ana M. White
    Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
    Lumen Technologies

Trustees Emeriti

  • James D. Sinegal
    Co-Founder & Director
    Costco Wholesale
    Issaquah, WA 
  • Ann Wyckoff
    Civic Leader and Philanthropist
  • Anne V. Farrell, (Deceased June 2025)
    Civic Leader and Philanthropist
  • John W. Meisenbach, (Deceased October 2024)
    MCM, A Meisenbach Company