Foundation Board Members
Our board members represent a wide array of professions and live throughout the United States. Their leadership, professional experience, networking abilities, service to the university, and philanthropy provide a measure of excellence to the Foundation’s mission of maximizing private support. Through their dedicated efforts and active participation in governance and policy decisions, board members determine the course of the Foundation.
Sylvia Jones (Chair)
Finance
Macon, Georgia
Chair, Executive Committee
Kent Bracken (Vice Chair)
IT Project Management Consultant
Evanston, Illinois
Benjamin Aguayo
VP Customer Experience
Alder Holdings, LLC
Salt Lake City, Utah
Wafaa Alrashid
Primary Care Physician
Wafaa Alrashid M.D., Inc.
Pasadena, California
Bob Arello
President and CEO
Hydrograss Technologies
Sarasota, Florida
Chair, Development Committee
Caryn Beck-Dudley
President and CEO
AACB (retired)
Greensboro, North Carolina
Jeannine Bennett
(Immediate Past Chair)
Attorney
Jeannine Bennett P.C. (retired)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Scott Bills
Chief Executive Officer/Partner
Nilsine Partners
Lone Tree, Colorado
Jody K. Burnett
Attorney
Snow, Christensen & Martineau (retired)
Salt Lake City, Utah
Laurel Cannon Alder
Grants Manager
Utah Division of Arts and Museums
Salt Lake City, Utah
Marshall Crawford
Senior Advisor
U. S. Treasury International Affairs
Office of Technical Assistance
Denver, Colorado
Chair, Governance Committee
Douglas Fiefia
Utah House of Representatives
Herriman, Utah
Gina Gagon
Vice Chair, USU Board of Trustees
Price, Utah
Katie Hansen
VP/Retail Area Manager Altabank
Lewiston, Utah
Chair, Communications and Engagement Committee
Mehdi Heravi
Political Science Professor (retired) and Author
Bethesda, Maryland
Burns Israelsen
Patent Attorney
Maschoff Brennan
North Salt Lake, Utah
Chair, Finance Committee
Jason Keller
Managing Director
Oaktree Capital Management
Pacific Palisades, California
Eric Laub
Co-Owner
Cache Valley Electric
Logan, Utah
Travis Lish
President and CEO
Stokes Capital Partners and Management
Sandy, Utah
John Loffredo
Vice Chairman
MacKay Shields, LLC
Princeton, New Jersey
Heather Mason
Immediate Past-President,
USU Alumni Association
Founder, Caspian Agency
Salt Lake City, Utah
Nathan Phillips
Director
Brighton Ventures
Meridian, Idaho
Suzanne Pierce-Moore
Partner
Gratitude Railroad
Park City, Utah
Mark Stoddard
President
Rural Health Group, Inc.
Nephi, Utah
Kerry Wahlen
President and CEO
Goldenwest Credit Union
Ogden, Utah
Tom Willis
Chief Executive Officer
Conestoga Energy Partners LLC
Liberal, Kansas
Bret Wursten
Owner, Central Valley Machine
Logan, Utah
Matt White
Vice President of Advancement
President of Foundation
Dave Cowley
Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services
Scott Olson
Chief of Staff
Secretary of Foundation