Tufts University Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the ultimate governing authority of Tufts University. Alumni Trustees, who are elected by alumni ballot, comprise 25% of the Board. The other 75% are Charter Trustees, who are appointed by the Board. Alumni Trustees and Charter Trustees are equal in responsibility and influence.
The Board’s responsibilities include:
- Appointment of the President and establishment of conditions of employment for the President and key officers.
- Review and approval of the University's mission and purposes, as well as proposed major changes in programs and major enterprises.
- Approval of policies on faculty appointment, promotion, tenure, and dismissal.
- Approval of the annual budget and tuition, and monitoring of the university's financial condition.
- Authorization of new construction, renovation, and upkeep.
- Approval of all earned and honorary degrees.
For a listing and bios of all current members of the Tufts Board of Trustees, please visit the Office of the Trustees website.
Alumni Trustees
The Tufts alumni body or the Alumni Council, which is the elected leadership of the Tufts University Alumni Association elect 10 alumni to the Tufts University Board of Trustees, two each year to serve five-year terms.
All alumni from all the schools and programs of Tufts (the alumni body) is eligible to vote for a first five-year term for candidates to serve on the University’s Board of Trustees (these trustees are referred to as Alumni Trustees).
Alumni Trustees who were elected by the alumni body and have served a five-year term on the University’s Board and who wish to serve a second and final five-year term need to be endorsed by the Board, nominated by the Nominating Committee of the Alumni Council and voted on by the members of the Alumni Council at its annual meeting in the spring of each year.
The Alumni Trustees currently on the Tufts University Board of Trustees are:
| Betsy Busch, M75 Term 2011 - 2016 |
Brian H. Kavoogian, A84 Term 2008 - 2013 |
| Robert Bendetson, A73 Term 2007 - 2012 |
Ioannis Miaoulis, E83, G86, G87 Term 2011-2016 |
| Alison “Sunny” Breed, J66, G72 Term 2010 - 2015 |
David B.Rone, A84 Term 2010 - 2015 |
| Anthony Cortese, E68, G72 Term 2011 - 2013 |
Hugh R. Roome III, F77, AG74, FG80 Term 2009 - 2014 |
| Laurie Gabriel, J76 Term 2009 - 2014 |
Edward M. Swan Jr., A63 Term 2007 - 2012 |
More than 3,500 alumni voted in the annual Alumni Elections in 2012. The candidates nominated for election to the Tufts University Board of Trustees by the Tufts Alumni Council’s Nominating Committee in 2012 were:
- John de Jong, A78, V85 of Weston, MA
- Vanessa Kirsch, J87 of Brookline, MA
Meet the new Trustee elected in 2012
John de Jong, A78, V85, was elected by the alumni body to serve a first five-year term and Robert R. Bendetson, A73, currently serving a first five-year term was re-elected by members of the Council to serve a second five-year term. Both terms will begin in November 2012.
