Note: cIcu Board member biographies are online: http://cicu.org/about/board.php
Albany, NY - The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) announces its 2010-11 executive Board officers, committee chairs, and newly elected members; all are college and university presidents:
Chair: Anthony G. Collins, Clarkson University;
Vice-Chair: Joseph M. McShane, S.J., Fordham University;
Treasurer: Elizabeth A. Hill, C.S.J., St. Joseph's College; and
Secretary: Michael G. Scales, Nyack College
Board committee chairs are:
Audit and Legislative: Stephen Ainlay, Union College;
Communications: Kimberly R. Cline, Mercy College;
Finance & Administrative and Nominating: Elizabeth A. Hill, C.S.J., St. Joseph's College; Regulatory: Todd S. Hutton, Utica College
Newly elected Board members include:
Robert A. Scott, Adelphi University;
Margaret L. Drugovich, Hartwick College;
Margaret (Peggy) Wines, Helene Fuld College of Nursing
Drew Bogner, Molloy College; and
Todd S. Hutton, Utica College
Current Board members not mentioned above include the following college presidents and institutional trustees*:
*Gene Bernstein, Trustee, Alfred University;
Martin J. Anisman, Daemen College;
John Ebersole, Excelsior College;
Joan Hinde Stewart, Hamilton College;
Joseph L. Levesque, C.M., Niagara University;
*Aniello Bianco, Trustee, Pace University;
Stephen J. Friedman, Pace University;
William W. Destler, Rochester Institute of Technology;
Brendan J. Dugan, St. Francis College;
Karen Lawrence, Sarah Lawrence College;
Kevin J. Mullen, O.F.M., Siena College;
Nancy Cantor, Syracuse University;
Susan H. Fuhrman, Teachers College of Columbia University;
Paul B. Hurley, Trocaire College; and
*G. Robert Witmer, Jr., Trustee, University of Rochester
CICU's Board represents executive-level participation from colleges and universities in every region of New York State and highlights the diversity of institution type and size within the Independent Sector. CICU's mission is to develop consensus among its 100+ members and to advance higher education public policy at the state and federal level. It is the formal organizational liaison with the New York State Board of Regents, the State Commissioner of Education, and the chancellors of the State University (SUNY) and City University (CUNY); and with the proprietary sector.
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The Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) represents the chief executives of New York's 100+ independent (private, not-for-profit) colleges and universities on issues of public policy. Member colleges compose the largest private sector of higher education in the world and confer most of the bachelor's degrees (56%), master's degrees (72%), and doctoral and first-professional degrees (80%) earned in New York State.
CICU member campuses enroll more than 466,000 students, including nearly 300,000 New York State residents. One in three (27%) New Yorkers enrolled full time at independent colleges and universities in the state comes from a family earning less than $40,000 annually. And most (52%) African-American and Latino students who earn their bachelor's and graduate degrees in New York State are Independent Sector alumni.