Board of Trustees
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.
Mr. John F. Ferraro
Vice Chair of the Marquette Board, Bus Ad '77, Global Chief Operating Officer, Ernst & Young
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
Ms. Kristine A. Rappé
Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Wisconsin Energy Corporation
Mr. Glenn A. Rivers
Arts '85, Head Coach, Los Angeles Clippers
Mr. Scott A. Roberts
Bus Ad ’85, President, CEO, and chairman of Ziegler Lotsoff Capital Management (ZLCM)
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, Retired CEO of Right Management, JeffersonWells and 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. Robert A. Wild, S.J.
Interim President, Marquette University
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
Corporate secretary
Mr. Steven W. Frieder