University Leadership
Senior Leadership
Helen Y. Bowman
Executive Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Operating Officer
Paul Jensen, PhD
Nina Henderson Provost, Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs
Charles B. Cairns, MD
Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs
Scott Cooper
President, CEO, Academy of Natural Sciences
Michael J. Exler
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
Brian T. Keech, EdDM
Senior Vice President, Government and Community Relations
Tracy Powell
Senior Vice President, University Marketing & Communications
Melissa Richman
Deputy to the President, Office of the President
Subir Sahu, PhD
Senior Vice President, Student Sucess and Interim Senior Vice President, Enrollment Management
Aleister Saunders, PhD
Executive Vice Provost, Research & Innovation
David Unruh
Senior Vice President, Institutional Advancement
Elisabeth Van Bockstaele, PhD
Chief Strategy Officer, Senior Vice President, Graduate and Online Education
Megan Weyler
Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Human Resources and Organizational Effectiveness
Drexel University Board of Trustees
Alfred F. Altomari ’82
Chris McKendry Andrade '90
Jeffrey A. Beachell ’93
James Bean ’91
Thomas Beeman, PhD
Gregory S. Bentley
Thomas E. “Rick” Berk ’86
Suzanne Biemiller
Ted Bryce ’93
Karen Dougherty Buchholz
Thomas A. Caramanico
Hon. Ida K. Chen
Kathleen P. Chimicles, ASA ’83
K. Blair Christie ’94, ‘99
Della Clark
Abbie Dean ’08
Nicholas DeBenedictis ’68, ’69, HD ’87
Rebecca C. Delia
Amish Desai ’03
Gerianne Tringali DiPiano
Domenic M. DiPiero III
Angela Dowd-Burton ’74, ’79
Christopher J. Ferguson ‘84
Thomas O. Fitzpatrick, Esq.
Brian R. Ford
Kenneth Fulmer, ’92, ’00
Sean J. Gallagher ’93
David R. Geltzer ’77
Bernard F. Greene III
Mauricio Gutierrez
Nina Henderson***
Nick Howley ’75
Clifford A. Hudis, MD
Patricia H. Imbesi ’69
Joseph H. Jacovini, Esq., HD ’04
Thomas R. Kline, Esq.
J. Michael Lawrie ’77**
Thomas Leonard, Esq., ’68
Albert L. Lord III ’89
Jeffrey J. Lyash ’84
Jerry J. Martin ’77
Mark McAdoo ‘87
Patrick S. McGonigal '86
Antonio Merlo*
Michael Mittelman, OD
Denis P. O’Brien ’87***
Kevin J. O’Hara '83
Richelle P. Parham ’91***
Andrew J. Pennoni ‘91
Thomas M. Rampulla '94
Kathleen Reape, MD
Kathleen Reardon ‘96
Maria C. Renz ’90
Virginia S. Rose
Stan Silverman ’69, ’74***
Joseph P. Ujobai ’84
Stephen L. Wanner ‘92
Michael J. Williams ’80, ’83***
* President
** Chairman
*** Vice Chairman
Drexel University Board of Trustees Emeriti
Paul “Mel” Baiada ’82, ‘85
Sylvia "Sibby" Merkel Brasler ’60
Robert R. Buckley ’58, HD ’12
Randall S. Burkert ‘82
R. John Chapel, Jr. ’67
John G. "Jack" Johnson Jr. ’70, ’72
George F. Krall Jr. ’58, HD ’14
C.R. "Chuck" Pennoni ’63, ’66, HD ’92
D. Howard Pierce ’71
Charles P. Pizzi
John J. Roberts ’67, ’71, HD ’05
William T. Schleyer ’73, HD ’06
Stephen A. Sheller, Esq. HD ’17
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Board of Trustees
Tara Acharya, Ph.D., MPH
Joshua C. Anthony, Ph.D.
Jeffrey A. Beachell ‘93
Suzanne Biemiller (Chair)
Helen Bowman
Amy L. Branch (Secretary)
David Brown, Ph.D.
Erica L. Carpenter, MBA, Ph.D.
Scott A. Cooper, Ph.D. (President and CEO)
Maureen Craig (Vice Chair)
Christopher Crockett, Ph.D., PE
Suzanne Eveland
Jason Friedland (Vice Chair)
Marc E. Gold
Jean M. Hacherl, Ph.D.
Latasha D. Harling, CCP, SHRM-SCP
Paul Jensen, Ph.D.
Kevin Kowalick
Sandra McLean
Anotonio Merlo, Ph.D.
Allen J. Model (Vice Chair)
Jeffrey Morgan duPont Nielsen
Gregory S. Rigdon (Treasurer)
Gerald B. Rorer
John F. Smith III, Esq.
Michael K. Tucker, Esq.
The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Board of Trustees – Emeriti
Peter A. Austen
John F. Bales III
Cynthia P. Heckscher
Edward A. Montgomery, Jr.
I. Wistar Morris III ‘14
Michael H. Reed, Esq.
Minturn T. Wright III
Salus University Board of Trustees – Emeriti
Daniel A. Abramowicz, PhD, Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Mark Boas, MS, OD ’86, Exton, Pennsylvania
Craig Cassey, OD ’86, Media, Pennsylvania
I. William Collins, OD ’47, University Park, Florida
Barry J. Farkas, OD ’71, New York, New York
Donald M. Gleklen, JD, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
Keith D. Ignotz, MBA, Charlottesville, Virginia
Carl Polsky, JD, Roslyn, Pennsylvania
Jane Scaccetti, MS, CPA, MST, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Jo Surpin, MA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Harold Wiener, OD ’50, North Arlington, New Jersey