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