Board of Trustees

Seattle University's Board of Trustees.

Members 2024–2025

  • 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 
  • Fernando Alvarez Lara, S.J.
    Associate Professor, Religious Studies
    Regis University
  • Arturo Araujo, S.J.
    Rector, 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
    University of San Francisco
  • Melvin Flowers
    Retired
    Microsoft
  • Valerie Gorder
    Gaard Development
  • Robert B. Grimm, S.J.
    Arrupe Jesuit Community
    Seattle University
  • Russell S. Hagen
    Chief Development Officer (CDO)
    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
  • Charles (Chuck) H. Porter
    Former CIO – Accenture
    Former CIO – Seattle University
    Emerging Company Advisor
  • Mala Raman
    Community Leader in Service
  • Fred Rivera
    Executive Vice President & General Counsel
    Seattle Mariners
  • 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
  • John H. Vassall, II, MD
    Associate Dean, Clinical Education
    Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
    Washington State University Everett
  • Eric J. Watson, S.J.
    Jesuit
    Associate Professor of Chemistry
    Seattle University
  • Ana M. White
    Executive Vice President and Chief People Officer
    Lumen Technologies 
  • Xiujuan “Eva” Zhao, PhD
    Academician, Management Science

Executive Committee

  • Patrick J. Callans
    Chair
  • Jason Oliver
    Vice Chair
  • Eduardo M. Peñalver
    President
  • Mary Petersen
    Corporation Secretary
  • Russell Hagen
    (At-Large)
  • Arturo Araujo, S.J.
    (At-Large)
  • Melvin Flowers
    (At-Large)
  • Maureen Brotherton
    (At-Large)

Trustees Emeriti

  • Anne V. Farrell
    Seattle, WA
  • John W. Meisenbach
    MCM, A Meisenbach Company
    Seattle, WA
  • James D. Sinegal
    Co-Founder & Director
    Costco Wholesale
    Issaquah, WA 
  • Ann Wyckoff
    Seattle, WA

Committees

  • Academic and Student Affairs Committee
  • Audit and Risk Committee
  • Capital Planning and Land Use
  • Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee
  • Finance Committee
  • Intercollegiate Athletic Oversight Committee
  • Investment Committee
  • Mission Integration Committee
  • Strategy, Innovation and Technology
  • Trusteeship Committee
  • Advancement Committee