Board of Directors

The Board of Directors includes more than 30 college presidents from CIC institutions and other leaders in higher education. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
(Terms ending January 2014)

S. Georgia Nugent, Chair
President
Kenyon College
Gambier, OH

Chris W. Kimball, Vice Chair for Programs 
President
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA

Kathleen Owens, Secretary and Vice Chair for Membership 
President 
Gwynedd-Mercy College 
Gwynedd Valley, PA

Norval C. Kneten, Treasurer
President
Barton College
Wilson, NC

Nancy Oliver Gray, Vice Chair for Resource Development
President
Hollins University
Roanoke, VA

William L. Fox, Vice Chair for Public Information
President
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY

Kurt Kuehn, Vice Chair for Investment 
Chief Financial Officer
UPS
Atlanta, GA

George Martin, Immediate Past Chair
President
St. Edward’s University
Austin, TX 

Richard Ekman, Ex Officio
President
Council of Independent Colleges
Washington, DC

BOARD OF DIRECTORS  

William T. Abare
(January 2016)
President
Flagler College
St. Augustine, FL

Tony Aretz
(January 2015)
President
College of Mount St. Joseph
Cincinnati, OH

Steven Bahls
(January 2015)
President
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL

Stephen Briggs
(January 2014)
President
Berry College
Mount Berry, GA

Jack P. Calareso
(January 2014)
President
Anna Maria College
Paxton, MA

Ronald L. Carter
(January 2014)
President
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte, NC

Christina R. Cutlip
(January 2016)
Managing Director and Head of Plan Sponsor Services: Institutional Relationships
TIAA-CREF
Fairfax, VA

Michael Gilligan
(January 2015)
President
The Henry Luce Foundation
New York, NY

Marjorie Hass
(January 2014)
President
Austin College
Sherman, TX

Billy C. Hawkins
(January 2016)
President
Talladega College
Talladega, AL

Tom Hellie
(January 2016)
President
Linfield College
McMinnville, OR

Sharon D. Herzberger
(January 2015)
President
Whittier College
Whittier, CA

David G. Horner
(January 2016)
President
The American College of Greece
Athens, Greece

Michael Lomax
(January 2016)
President
United Negro College Fund
Fairfax, VA

William T. Luckey
(January 2014)
President
Lindsey Wilson College
Columbia, KY

Sherry P. Magill
(January 2014)
President
Jessie Ball duPont Fund
Jacksonville, FL

Lex O. McMillan III
(January 2015)
President
Albright College
Reading, PA

Carol Ann Mooney
(January 2015)
President
Saint Mary’s College
Notre Dame, IN

Christopher B. Nelson
(January 2013)
President
St. John's College
Annapolis, MD

Jerold Panas
(January 2016)
Executive Partner and CEO
Jerold Panas, Linzy & Partners
Chicago, IL

Michele Perkins
(January 2016)
President
New England College
Henniker, NH

Kim Phipps
(January 2016)
President
Messiah College
Grantham, PA

Kenneth P. Ruscio
(January 2016)
President
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA

Tim Summerlin
(January 2015)
President
Schreiner University
Kerrville, TX

A. Hope Williams
(January 2016)
President
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
Raleigh, NC

J.B. Wilson
(January 2014)
President
Independent College Fund of New Jersey
Summit, NJ

Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran
(January 2014)
President
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo, MI