Board of Trustees
Board of Trustees, 2024-2025
Preserving and Extending the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Mission, for This and Future Generations
The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Corporation, or board of trustees, is the university’s principal governing body. As fiduciaries, the trustees ensure that ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s academic and administrative leadership are guided by sound policies and practices and equipped with adequate resources to further ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s mission. In this work, they balance the needs of today’s faculty, students, alumni, and staff with those of future generations, and promote the well-being and excellence of the university.
A commitment to protect what makes ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ unique and excellent
The Corporation is a uniquely engaged and small group that includes the president of the university and sixteen ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ graduates: ten appointed successor trustees and six elected alumni fellows. Successor trustees and alumni fellows have equivalent responsibilities and duties. In addition, the governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut are board members ex officio.
Drawing from their wide-ranging areas of expertise and common commitment to ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥, trustees address issues of strategic importance and offer guidance to support the stewardship of the university. The Corporation meets multiple times each year with ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s academic and administrative leaders to review, discuss, and vote on such matters as faculty and senior leadership appointments, the conferral of degrees, major building projects, and operating and capital budgets.
Engagement with the community
During and between meetings, the trustees connect with members of the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ community, including faculty, students, alumni, and staff. When they are on campus, some do so formally, in regular meetings with student government and faculty, and others informally, at lunches, university teas, and campus events. Off campus, trustees meet with alumni at a variety of small and large gatherings, engaging on issues of importance to ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and higher education in general.
Service to the university and beyond
In their role, trustees undertake to see that ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s excellence continues for generations and across the entire community. Corporation members act as stewards for the generous gifts of their fellow alumni, protecting hundreds of years of giving; they safeguard the physical resources of the campus, from its hundreds of buildings to its open spaces; and they make sure that faculty, staff, and students are able to teach, work, and learn at the highest levels. This commitment to preserving and deepening excellence across all aspects of the university also reflects a commitment to New Haven and beyond, and to ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥â€™s mission to improve the world.
Meetings for the 2024-2025 academic year
September 28, 2024
December 14, 2024
February 8, 2025
April 26, 2025
June 7, 2025