The St. Olaf Board of Regents manages and directs the business and affairs of the college. Among its many responsibilities, the board ultimately oversees the academic integrity of the college by appointing the president, awarding tenure to the faculty upon the president’s nomination, and adopting policies that establish the rights and obligations of faculty members.
Officers
Chair, Addison Piper, 1999-
Retired Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Piper Jaffray, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Vice Chair, Larry Stranghoener, 2005-
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Mosaic Company
Plymouth, Minnesota
Vice Chair, B. Kristine Olson Johnson, 2001-
President
Affinity Capital Management
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Secretary, David R. Anderson
President
St. Olaf College
Treasurer, Alan Norton
Vice President, Treasurer
St. Olaf College
Senior Regents
Dean L. Buntrock
Elected to the Board, 1972
Chairman of the Board, 1986-95
Senior Regent, 1995-
Leonard C. Hoeft
Elected to the Board, 1970
Chairman of the Board, 1980-86
Senior Regent, 1989-
Martin E. Marty
Elected to the Board, 1988
Chairman of the Board, 1994-2001
Senior Regent, 2002-
O. Jay Tomson
Elected to the Board, 1995
Chairman of the Board, 2006-10
Senior Regent, 2010-
Jerrol M. Tostrud
Elected to the Board, 1996
Chairman of the Board, 2001-06
Senior Regent, 2011-
Ex-Officio
David R. Anderson
President
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minnesota
Rev. Mark S. Hanson
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Chicago, Illinois
Term Expires in 2013
Kevin P. Bethke, M.D., 2006-
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology, Feinberg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
William G. Cowles Jr., 2001-
Retired General Manager
Frigoscandia Inc.
Northfield, Minnesota
Andrew W. Foxwell, 2010-
Senior Facebook Account Manager
PPC Associates
Chicago, Illinois
Eric Hanson, 2007-
Senior Managing Director
Macquarie Group
New York, New York
Ruth Hustad, 2001-
President
Hustad Real Estate
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Mark D. Johnson, 2001-
Chief Executive Officer
Four51, Inc.
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Philip Milne, 2007-
Owner
Rapid Packaging
Champlin, Minnesota
Martha Arvesen Nelson, 2001-
Mentor
Everybody Wins Reading Program
St. Paul, Minnesota
Larry Rasmussen, 2001-
Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus
Union Theological Seminary
New York, New York
Mary Rand Taylor, 2007-
Retired Professional Development Director
California Western School of Law
La Jolla, California
Term Expires in 2014
David Hill, 2008-
Chairman of the Board
Freedom Financial Bank
West Des Moines, Iowa
Katherine Bollman Pearce, 2011-
Director of Marketing
Gateway Music Festivals and Tours
Monticello, Minnesota
Glenn Taylor, 2008-
Retired President
MEDCO Health Solutions, Inc.
Libertyville, Illinois
Term Expires in 2015
Peter Gotsch, 2009-
Managing Director
Svoboda Capital Partners
Chicago, Illinois
Elizabeth Guenthner Nabel, 2009- (on leave)
President
Brigham and Women’s/Faulkner Hospitals
Boston, Massachusetts
Rev. Peter Rogness, 2002-
Bishop
St. Paul Area Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
St. Paul, Minnesota
Term Expires in 2016
John B. Grotting, 2010-
Operating Partner
Frazier Healthcare Ventures
Rancho Santa Fe, California
Jody Kleppe Horner, 2010-
President
Cargill Meat Solutions
Wichita, Kansas
Jon W. Salveson, 2010-
Vice Chairman of Investment Banking
Piper Jaffray, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Alphonso Tindall, 2010-
Partner
Edwards, Angell, Palmer, Dodge
New York, New York
Term Expires in 2017
Nancy J. Anderson, 2003-
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, Washington
Gregory L. Buck, 2011-
President
Productivity, Inc.
Plymouth, Minnesota
Rev. William O. Gafkjen, 2011-
Bishop
Indiana-Kentucky Synod
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
Indianapolis, Indiana
Ronald E. Hunter, 2003-
Retired Assistant Vice President, Chief Trademark Counsel
Cargill, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Term Expires in 2018
Jay Lund, 2012-
President and CEO
Andersen Corporation
Oak Park Heights, Minnesota
Timothy Maudlin, 2012-
Retired Venture Capitalist
Eden Prairie, Minnesota
Gretchen Morgenson, 2012-
Assistant Business and Financial Editor
The New York Times
New York, New York