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