Who’s On The Board?

Mission: The mission of Brown University is to serve the community, the nation and the world by discovering, communicating and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educating and preparing students to discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation. We do this through a partnership of students and teachers in a unified community known as a university-college.

Year founded: 1764

President/CEO: Christina H. Paxson, president

2016 revenue: $976.4 million operating budget

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Board of Fellows members:

Christina H. Paxson, fellow and moderator

President, Brown University

Donald C. Hood, secretary (2008-17)

James F. Bender Professor of Psychology, Columbia University

Mark S. Blumenkranz, fellow (2008-19)

H.J. Smead Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University

Richard A. Friedman, fellow (2013-24)

Head of Merchant Banking Division, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

Laura Geller, fellow (2010-21)

Senior rabbi, Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills, Calif.

Theresia Gouw, fellow (2012-23)

Founder and managing partner, Aspect Ventures

Robin A. Lenhardt, fellow (2008-19)

Professor of law, Fordham Law School

Samuel M. Mencoff, fellow (2009-20)

Founding partner, co-CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners LLC

Jonathan M. Nelson, fellow (2011-22)

Founder and CEO, Providence Equity Partners LLC

O. Rogeriee Thompson, fellow (2013-24)

Federal judge, United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit

Peter S. Voss, fellow (2010-21)

Private investor and part-time private equity and asset management adviser

Maria T. Zuber, fellow (2009-20)

Vice president for research and E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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