Roundtables

1 Board-faculty Relationships and Shared Governance
Sharon Doran, chief of staff, Lesley College
Robert Smith, chancellor and former chair of faculty senate, University of Ballarat, Australia

2 The Role of Advisory Boards
Michael Worth, Michael Worth Associates

3 The Next Generation of Philanthropists
Bruce Flessner, principal, Bench Whaley Flessner

4 Transparency and Accountability and Their Meanings for Trustees
Robert M. O'Neill, director, Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, University of Virginia

5 More Demand Than There Is Supply? Recruiting Trustees
Dawn Brill Duques, trustee, Mitchell College

6 The Delicate Art of Succession Planning
Dennis M. Barden, vice president/director of the Higher Education Practice, Witt-Kieffer

7 Campus Safety & Security
Bruce Holmes, University System of Georgia

8 Board Assessment
Tom Longin, senior consultant, AGB

9 The Special Relationship of Presidents and Board Chairs
Lawrence Bacow, president, & James Stern, chair, board of trustees, Tufts University (Monday)

10 Town and Gown: Fostering Mutually-Beneficial Ties
Roger Brown, chancellor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

11 Fostering Board Participation in Academic Governance
Jo Ann Rooney, president, & Randy Strickland, senior vice president for academic affairs; Spalding University

12 Spousework, Partners Supporting Academic Leaders
Teresa Johnston Oden, author & spouse of president, Carleton College

13 Improving Trustee Orientation: The Student Trustee
Christoper Alvarez-Breckenridge, trustee, Ohio State University

14 Board And Presidential Roles in Effecting Major Institutional Change
Janette Beckham, chair &
William Sederberg, president, Utah Valley University

15 How Boards Can Monitor Institutional Spending
Rita Kirshstein, managing director, American Institutes for Research & vice chair, University of the District of Columbia
Jane Wellman,
director, Delta Cost Project

16 Conflicts of Interest Lessons from the Student Loan Inquiries
Barry Burgdorf, vice chancellor & general counsel, University of Texas System

17 Best Practices in The Development of an Athletics Program
Allen Meadors, president, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

18 Meaningful Trustee Engagement in Strategic Planning
Linda Hanson, president, Hamline University (Monday)
Lorna Edmundson, president;
Gretchen Van Ness, vice chair, Wilson College (Tuesday)

19 Board Involvement in a High-School Outreach Program for Under-Served Students
Nancy Katayama, trustee, Scripps College

20 On the Same Page: Aligning Board and Presidential Agendas
David Holser, chair &
Theodore Long, president, Elizabethtown College

21 Creating a Common Agenda with Legislators and Policy Makers
Harvey Jewett, chair; Dean Krogman, secretary; and
Robert Perry, executive director; South Dakota Board of Regents

22 Access-Beyond Race and Gender
King Jordan, president emeritus, Gallaudet University

23 The Faculty Trustee
Charles Middleton, president; James Mitchell, board chair;
Margaret Policastro, professor & trustee; Roosevelt University

24 Trustees and Risk Management
Sylvester Green, trustee, Mount Union College

25 How Presidents Can Engage Boards in Academic Matters
Trustees are often unsure as to how best involve themselves in questions having to do with curriculum, the development and marketing of degree programs, and applying benchmarks and "hard data" in assessing educational offerings. A current and a former interim president (the latter also having served as a trustee) will interact with one another and the audience on how to create and link models of academic programming to strategic financial planning models in ways that are more accessible to board members.
Antoinette Iadarola
, president, Cabrini College and
Carol Guardo, interim president, St. Joseph College