The board of trustees assembled in front of Alumnae Hall with fall leaves at their feet.

Board of Trustees

Trustees

  • Sarah Jane Gunter ’92

    CHAIR, Board of Trustees
    Vice President, Amazon
    7/1/2021–6/30/2027

  • Maia Heymann ’89

    VICE CHAIR, Board of Trustees
    Co-Founder, Converge
    7/1/2017–6/30/2023
    7/1/2023–6/30/2029

  • Sandra Horbach ’82

    VICE CHAIR, Board of Trustees
    Managing Director, The Carlyle Group
    7/1/2019–6/30/2025
    7/1/2025–6/30/2031

  • Christopher T. Pasko S’90 P’23

    VICE CHAIR, Board of Trustees 
    Partner, PJT Partners
    7/1/2015–6/30/2021
    7/1/2021–6/30/2027

  • Paula A. Johnson

    President, Wellesley College
    7/1/2016–present

  • Martha Goldberg Aronson ’89

    Corporate Board Director
    7/1/2018–6/30/2021
    7/1/2022–6/30/2028

  • Dolores L. Arredondo ’95

    Senior Vice President, Marketing, City National Bank
    7/1/2022–6/30/2028

  • Anne Shen Chao ’74

    Adjunct Lecturer in the Humanities, Rice University
    7/1/2019–6/30/2025
    7/1/2025–6/30/2031

  • Callie Crossley ’73

    Host/Executive Editor of “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley” and “Basic Black” TV Program
    Weekly Commenter on WGBH’s Morning Edition
    7/1/2017–6/30/2023
    7/1/2023–6/30/2029

  • Elizabeth Desmond ’83

    Executive Chairman, Founding Partner, Mondrian Investment Partners
    7/1/2021–6/30/2027

  • Mark B. Elefante

    Managing Partner, Hemenway & Barnes LLP
    7/1/2025–6/30/2031

  • Suzanne Frey ’93

    Board Director
    7/1/2019–6/30/2025
    7/1/2026–6/30/2032

  • Beth C. Friedman ’82

    Social Entrepreneur
    7/1/2022–6/30/2028

  • Jennifer Gillcrist ’00

    Deputy General Counsel & Assistant Secretary, The AES Corporation
    The University of Virginia School of Law, JD 2007
    7/1/2026–6/30/2032

  • Susan Harmon ’67

    Co-Founder, Public Media Company
    7/1/2024–6/30/2030

  • Cheryl Haywood ’84

    Teacher, Washington Latin Public Charter School
    7/1/2019–6/30/2025
    7/1/2025–6/30/2031

  • Douglas W. Hollett S’83

    President, Melroy & Hollett Technology Partners
    7/1/2020–6/30/2026
    7/1/2026–6/30/2032

  • Stephanie Hsieh ’89

    CEO, Bioscience Los Angeles County
    President, Wellesley College Alumnae Association
    7/1/2024–6/30/2027

  • Jean M. Hynes ’91

    CEO and Managing Partner, Wellington Management
    7/1/2025–6/30/2031

  • Julie H. Jones ’91

    Chair, Ropes & Gray, LLP
    7/1/2023–6/30/2029

  • Vivian Kao ’04

    CEO, Tamarind Global
    7/1/2022–6/30/2028

  • Susan Saltzbart Kilsby ’80

    Chairman, Fortune Brands Home & Security
    7/1/2021–6/30/2027

  • Alexandra Kwiecien ’25

    Clinical Research Coordinator, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
    7/1/2025–6/30/2028

  • Patrick Lee S’81 P’16

    Co-Founder and Principal, Trinity Financial
    7/1/2017–6/30/2023
    7/1/2023–6/30/2029

  • Elizabeth F. McCormack ’83

    Professor of Physics, Emerita, Bowdoin College
    7/1/2020–6/30/2026
    7/1/2026–6/30/2032

  • Paulina Ponce de León Baridó ’05

    Partner, Boston Consulting Group
    7/1/2022–6/30/2028

  • Emily Wei Rales ’98

    Board of Trustees
    7/1/2026–6/30/2032

  • Dena Boronkay Rashes ’96

    Board Member
    7/1/2024–6/30/2030

  • Jennifer Eplett Reilly ’85

    Co-founder, City Year
    7/1/2024–6/30/2030

  • Pier C. Rogers ’75

    Founder and Principal, The Chimere Group LLC
    7/1/2025–6/30/2031

  • Sophia Shaw ’91

    Co-founder, PlanPerfect 
    7/1/2020–6/30/2026
    7/1/2026–6/30/2032

  • Jennifer M. Smith ’87

    Independent Arbitrator, JMS Arbitration LLC
    7/1/2016–6/30/2022
    7/1/2022–6/30/2028

  • Mary Ann Wai Sheng Tsao ’75

    Chair, The Tsao Foundation & Tsao Family Office
    7/1/23–6/30/2029

  • Peter Tufano S’79

    Baker Foundation Professor, Harvard Business School and Senior Advisor, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University 
    7/1/2021–6/30/2027

  • Deborah Wahl ’86

    Public Company Board Director, Former SVP/Global CMO General Motors
    MBA/MA International Studies
    7/1/2026–6/30/2032

     

  • Trustees Emeritae/i

    • Kenneth G. Bartels, 7/1/2011–6/30/2022
    • Brian Broderick, 7/1/2014–6/30/2026
    • Walter M. Cabot, 7/11/1980–6/30/2000
    • Ruth Chang, 7/1/2008–6/30/2014; 7/31/2015–6/30/2021
    • Alison Li Chung, 7/1/2002–6/30/2017
    • Alicia M. Cooney, 7/1/2005–6/30/2017
    • Prudence Slitor Crozier, 7/1/1980–6/30/1998
    • Ophelia Dahl, 7/1/2014–6/30/2026
    • Nader F. Darehshori, 7/1/1992–6/30/2008
    • Alecia A. DeCoudreaux, 7/1/2002–6/30/2014
    • Debora de Hoyos, 7/1/2011–6/30/2025
    • Thomas Faust, 7/1/2008–6/30/2020
    • M. Dozier Gardner, 7/1/1995–6/30/2008
    • Laura Daignault Gates, 7/1/2006–6/30/2009; 7/1/2010–6/30/2022
    • Luella Gross Goldberg, 7/1/1978–6/30/1996
    • Victoria J. Herget, 7/1/1992–6/30/2007
    • Dorothy Chao Jenkins, 7/1/2007–6/30/2019
    • Lynne Dixon Johnston, 7/1/2004–6/30/2019
    • Judith Gaillard Jones, 7/1/1990–6/30/2008
    • Lois Juliber, 7/1/1994–6/30/2010
    • William S. Kaiser, 7/1/2000–6/30/2015
    • Katherine Stone Kaufmann, 7/1/2002–6/30/2014
    • Stephen W. Kidder, 7/1/2001–6/30/2016
    • Gail Heitler Klapper, 7/1/1986–6/30/2004
    • James T. Kloppenberg, 7/1/2004–6/30/2018
    • Edward P. Lawrence, 7/1/1986–6/30/2004
    • Pamela Leach Lewis, 7/1/1989–6/30/2006
    • Susan Koenigsberg Lucas, 7/1/2013–6/30/2025
    • Ellen Goldberg Luger, 7/1/2003–6/30/2006; 7/1/2007–6/30/2019
    • Laura Russell Malkin, 7/1/2009–6/30/2021
    • Ellen R. Marram, 7/1/2010–6/30/2022
    • Pamela A. Melroy, 7/1/2005–6/30/2017
    • Ellen Gill Miller, 7/1/1994–6/30/2011
    • Regina Montoya, 7/1/1990–6/30/2008
    • Theresa Mall Mullarkey, 7/1/1988–6/30/2004
    • Elizabeth Strauss Pforzheimer, 7/1/1998–6/30/2013
    • Lia Gelin Poorvu, 7/1/2000–6/30/2006; 7/1/2017–6/30/2023
    • Norton Reamer, 7/1/2003–10/31/2010
    • Meredith Riggs Spangler, 7/1/1989–6/30/2007
    • Estelle Newman Tanner, 7/1/1983–6/30/2001
    • Susan L. Wagner, 7/1/2011–6/30/2023
    • Lulu Chow Wang, 7/1/1988–6/30/1994; 7/1/1995–6/30/2007
    • Mary White, 7/1/2006–1/1/2009; 7/1/2011–6/30/2020
    • Bunny Winter, 7/1/2005–6/30/2017

The Board may be contacted at WellesleyBoard@wellesley.edu.

For questions, please contact:
Regan Flynn, Secretary of the Board of Trustees and Director of Community Relations.