The Board of Trustees of Northwestern University establishes policies for the governance of the University and is responsible for general oversight of the management of the institution. The major responsibilities of the Board include:

1) advancement of the University;
2) protection and enhancement of assets;
3) preservation of institutional integrity;
4) Board/President relations; and
5) functioning of the Board.

Questions concerning the University's Board of Trustees should be directed to the Office of the Vice President for Administration and Planning.

Charter, National and Alumni Trustees
Life Trustees

Chair: Patrick G. Ryan
Vice Chair: John A. Canning Jr.
Vice Chair: Thomas Z. Hayward Jr.
Vice Chair: William A. Osborn
Vice Chair: David B. Weinberg
Secretary: J. Douglas Gray
Treasurer of General Funds: Lee M. Mitchell
Treasurer of Endowment and Trust Funds: John A. Canning Jr.

Trustees

	Mark A. Angelson Former CEO R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company		Peter J. Barris Managing General Partner New Enterprise Associates
	Judith S. Block		Neil G. Bluhm President/Principal JMB Realty Corporation/Walton Street Capital
	Deborah H. Brady		John A. Canning Jr. Chairman and CEO Madison Dearborn Partners LLC
	Nicholas D. Chabraja Chairman and CEO General Dynamics Corporation		Dennis H. Chookaszian Retired Chairman and CEO CNA Insurance
	Christopher B. Combe Chairman and President Combe Incorporated		Catherine M. Coughlin Senior Executive Vice President and Global Marketing Officer AT&T Inc.
	A. Steven Crown General Partner Henry Crown & Company		William M. Daley Chairman of the Midwest Region JP Morgan Chase & Co.
	Bonnie S. Daniels Management Systems International		Richard H. Dean Managing Partner Dealand LLC
	Deborah L. DeHaas Vice Chairman and Regional Managing Partner Deloitte & Touche U.S.A. LLP		Charles W. Douglas Partner/Chairman of Management Committee Sidley Austin LLP
	John M. Eggemeyer President and CEO Castle Creek Capital LLC		Michael W. Ferro Jr. Chairman & CEO Merrick Ventures LLC
	D. Cameron Findlay Executive Vice President and General Counsel Aon Corporation		Dennis J. Fitzsimons Chairman, CEO, and President Tribune Company
	T. Bondurant French CEO Adams Street Partners LLC		Christopher B. Galvin Chairman Harrison Street Capital LLC
	J. Douglas Gray President and CEO Everett Smith Group Limited		Philip L. Harris Partner Jenner & Block LLP
	Thomas Z. Hayward Jr. Partner Bell Boyd & Lloyd		Jay C. Hoag Cofounder and General Partner Technology Crossover Ventures
	Cheryle R. Jackson President and CEO Chicago Urban League		Daniel S. Jones President NewsBank Inc.
	David G. Kabiller Founding Principal and CFA AQR Capital Management		Nancy Trienens Kaehler Director of Corporate Sales Kaehler Luggage Inc.
	Ellen Philips Katz		Jerome P. Kenney Vice Chairman Executive Client Coverage Group
	Lester B. Knight Founding and Managing Partner RoundTable Healthcare Partners		David N. Kragseth Vice President and Chief Contracts Officer American Reinsurance Company Inc.
	Timothy K. Krauskopf Principal Round Lake Designs LLC		Bill G. Lambert Founding Partner Wasserstein, Perella & Co. Inc.
	Lawrence F. Levy Chairman Levy Resteraunts		Edward M. Liddy Chairman and CEO Allstate Corporation
	John Jeffry Louis Chairman Parson Capital Corporation		Ann Lurie President Lurie Investments Inc.
	J. Landis Martin Chairman and CEO Platte River Ventures		R. Eden Martin President Commercial Club of Chicago
	Blair Collins Maus		W. James McNerney Jr. Chairman, President and CEO Boeing Company
	Lee M. Mitchell Managing Partner Thoma Cressey Bravo Inc.		Wendy M. Nelson Vice President and Managing Director Carlson Hotels Real Estate Company
	Teresa A. Norton		William A. Osborn Chairman and CEO Northern Trust Corporation
	Jane DiRenzo Pigott Managing Director R3 Group LLC		Brian S. Posner CEO ClearBridge Advisors
	J. B. Pritzker Managing Partner Pritzker Group		Henry B. Reiling Baker Foundation Professor Harvard Business School
	M. Jude Reyes Cochairman Reyes Holdings LLC		Alexander I. Rorke Managing Director UBS Financial Services Inc.
	Patrick G. Ryan Executive Chairman Aon Corporation		Patrick G. Ryan Jr. President and CEO INCISENT Technologies
	Michael J. Sacks Chief Executive Officer Grosvenor Capital Management LP		Paul L. Sagan President and CEO Akamai Technologies Inc.
	William E. Sagan Norton LLC		Robert P. Saltzman
	Muneer A. Satter Partner Goldman Sachs & Company		D. Gideon Searle Managing Partner Serafin Group LLC
	Gordon I. Segal CEO Crate & Barrel		Andrew E. Senyei, MD Managing Director and General Partner Enterprise Partners Venture Capital
	Louis A. Simpson GEC Investment Managers		Benjamin W. Slivka Chairman DreamBox Learning Inc.
	David B. Speer Chairman and CEO Illinois Tool Works Inc.		Timothy P. Sullivan Managing Director Madison Dearborn Partners LLC
	Julia A. Uihlein Assistant Adjunct Professor of Bioethics and Pediatrics Medical College of Wisconsin		Sona Wang Managing Director Ceres Venture Fund
	David B. Weinberg Chairman and CEO Judd Enterprises Inc.		Miles D. White Chairman and CEO Abbott
	William Wrigley Jr. Executive Chairman and Chairman of the Board Wm. WRIGLEY Jr. Company