The Board of Trustees has fiduciary responsibility and is the principal governance authority for Marquette University. The board is responsible for preserving and enhancing Marquette’s mission and ensuring that long-term planning and goals are defined and executed by the university community.

Marquette’s bylaws stipulate that the Board of Trustees be comprised of not fewer than 25 and not more than 40 members, of whom no fewer than five and no more than eight must be members of the Society of Jesus. The university’s president serves ex-officio as a member of the board. The board is self-perpetuating, meaning that trustees are responsible for electing new members. Trustees serve for three-year terms and may be re-elected to serve for a maximum of 12 years. Trustees are volunteers and are not compensated for their service.

The board holds in trust Marquette’s human, physical, and financial and assets for future generations. The trustees are stewards of Marquette’s Catholic and Jesuit identity. They establish policies on university strategy, financial management, fundraising, investments, property and assets. The board is responsible for hiring and evaluating the university’s president. The day-to-day administration of Marquette is the responsibility of the university president and his leadership team.

• Ms. Natalie A. Black
  Law '78, Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Kohler Co.
• Mr. John F. Ferraro
  Vice Chair of the Marquette Board, Bus Ad '77, Global Chief Operating Officer, Ernst & Young
• Rev. James P. Flaherty, S.J.,
  Arts '78, President, Nativity Jesuit Middle School
• Mr. Richard J. Fotsch
  Eng '77, Grad '84, Retired President, Global Power Group, Kohler Co.
• Rev. James G. Gartland, S.J.,
  Rector, Blessed Peter Faber Jesuit Community, Boston College
• Mr. Darren R. Jackson
  Bus Ad '86, President and Chief Executive Officer, Advance Auto Parts
• Mr. James F. Janz
  Bus Ad '62, Law '64, Managing Director, Joseph and Vera Zilber Family Foundation
• Rev. Timothy R. Lannon, S.J.
  President, Creighton University
• Rev. Thomas A. Lawler, S.J.
  Provincial, Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus
• Mr. Patrick S. Lawton
  Bus Ad ’78, Grad ’80, Managing Director of Fixed Income Capital Markets, Robert W. Baird & Co.
• Mr. John P. Lynch
  Arts '64, Retired Senior Partner, Latham & Watkins
• Mr. Alfred C. McGuire
  Arts '73, Retired Senior Vice President, Fidelity Investments
• Ms. Kelly McShane
  Arts ’68, Retired School Psychologist
• Dr. Arnold L. Mitchem
  Grad '81, President, Council for Opportunity in Education
• Rev. Joseph M. O'Keefe, S.J.
  Professor of Education, Boston College
• Mr. James D. O'Rourke
  Bus Ad '87, Chief Executive Officer, A&A Manufacturing Company
• Dr. Janis M. Orlowski
  Eng '78, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Medical Officer, MedStar Washington Hospital Center

CORPORATE SECRETARY

Mr. Steven W. Frieder

• Rev. Scott R. Pilarz, S.J.
  President, Marquette University
  
• Ms. Kristine A. Rappé
  Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Wisconsin Energy Corporation
• Mr. Glenn A. Rivers
  Arts '85, Head Coach, Boston Celtics
• Hon. W. Greg Ryberg
  Arts '68, Former Senator, State of South Carolina
• Mr. Scott H. Schroeder
  Bus Ad ’92, Grad ’96, Law ’96, Founding Partner, Balyasny Asset Management
• Mr. Owen J. Sullivan
  Arts ’79, President of Specialty Brands, ManpowerGroup
• Mr. Charles M. Swoboda
  Chair of the Marquette Board, Eng '89, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Cree Inc.
• Ms. Cherryl T. Thomas
  Arts '68, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ardmore Associates, LLC
• Mr. Benjamin S. Tracy
  Comm '98, Grad '04, National Correspondent, CBS News
• Ms. Peggy Troy
  Nurs '74, President and Chief Executive Officer, Children’s Hospital and Health System
• Ms. Rhona Vogel
  Bus Ad '76, Chief Executive Officer, Vogel Consulting Group
• Mr. James M. Weiss
  Arts '68, President, Weiss Capital Management, Inc.
• Mr. Thomas H. Werner
  Eng '86, President, CEO, and Chairman of the Board, SunPower Corporation
• Rev. Michael A. Zampelli, S.J.
  Rector, Santa Clara Jesuit Community and Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance, Santa Clara University
• Ms. Anne A. Zizzo
  Jour '87, President, Zizzo Group Marketing + Public Relations + New Media

• Emeriti Trustees

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Quick Facts About Marquette

Identity:	Catholic, Jesuit, private
Established:	1881
Location:	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Undergraduate:	8,113
Postgraduate:	3,693
Campus:	Urban, approximately 90 acres
Athletics:	16 NCAA Division I teams (Big East)
Colors:	Blue and gold