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# Board of Trustees

## Chair

**Stephen J. Squeri, ’81, ’86 MBA**  
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, American Express

## Vice Chairs

**Brother Frank G. Byrne, FSC**  
Auxiliary Provincial, District of Eastern North America of the Brothers of the Christian Schools

**Thomas P. Kuster ’86**  
Chief Executive Officer, Merit Sustainable Infrastructure

## Board Members

**Mary Ann Avella**  
President, Doyle & Roth Manufacturing Co.

**Frederick Bonato, Ph.D.**  
President

**Kenneth Bouyer ’90**  
Director of Inclusiveness Recruiting, EY Americas

**Robert Colletti ‘91**  
Partner, Haug Partners LLP

**William Cote ’84**  
CEO, Hudson Meridian Construction Group, LLC

**John Desmarais ’85**  
Founding Partner, Desmarais LLP

**William N. Dooley ’75**  
Retired Executive Vice President of Investments & Financial Services, AIG, Inc.

**Christopher Hughes ’74 ’76**  
Retired, Manager of Environmental Remediation, Con Edison

**Cyrus J. Izzo ’87, P.E.**  
President and CEO, Syska Hennessy Group

**Noreen Krall ’87, J.D.**  
Retired Vice President and Chief Litigation Counsel, Apple, Inc.

**Brother Dennis Lee, FSC**  
Project Director of La Salle College of Education, Science and Technology

**Fredric Marro ’77, J.D.**  
Founder and President, Westmont Associates

**Lynn Martin ’98**  
President, New York Stock Exchange

**Marybeth McCall ’74, M.D.**  
Retired Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Excellus BlueCross BlueShield

**Jose Minaya ‘94**  
Chief Executive Officer, Nuveen

**Christopher W. Scala ’05 ’07, P.E.**  
Senior Project Executive, E-J Electric Installation

**Thomas Scarangello ’79, P.E.**  
Executive Chairman, Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.

**Brother Robert Schieler, FSC**  
Vice President for the Corporation, La Salle University

**Brother Robert J. Smith, FSC, Ph.D.**  
Senior Vice President for University Initiatives and Special Advisor to the President, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

**Brother Thomas Zoppo, FSC**  
President, De La Salle Collegiate

## Emeriti

**William A. Bautz ’60**  
President, WAB Consulting

**Patrick G. Boyle ’75, ’82**  
Retired Executive Vice President, New York Life Investment Management

**Lynne P. Brown, Ph.D.**  
Sr. Vice President for University Relations & Public Affairs, New York University

**Gerard Caccappolo ’63**  
Retired CEO, Ebone

**Thomas Farrell ’83**  
Partner, Trade Supply Group

**Cornelius J. Higgins ’62, Ph.D.**  
Retired CEO and Co-Chairman, Applied Research Associates, Inc.

**John Lawler ’55, Ph.D., P.E.**  
Former Chairman, Manhattan University Board of Trustees

**Valentine A. Lehr ’62, P.E.**  
Managing Partner, Lehr Consultants International

**John Magliano ’66**  
Chairman Emeritus Syska Hennessy Group

**Rosanne Thomas Matzat ’82, Esq.**  
Retired Partner in the Bankruptcy and Restructuring Practice Group, Hahn & Hessen LLP

**Thomas D. O’Malley ’63**   
Retired CEO, PBF Energy

**Kenneth Rathgeber ’70**   
Retired Executive Vice President & CCO Fidelity Funds

**Michael J. Regan ’63**   
Retired Vice Chair & CAO, KPMG LLP