Spelman College Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees has ultimate responsibility for the property, business and affairs of Spelman College. Its functions include electing the President of the College and other officers of the Board, setting basic educational and fiscal policy for the College, authorizing the granting of degrees, granting tenure and promotion upon recommendation of the President, and enacting bylaws and other necessary regulations.

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Members of the Board of Trustees

2008-2009 Trustees
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Claire "Yum" Arnold
Theodore R. Aronson
Janine Brown
Aurelia E. Brazeal C'65
Rosalind G. Brewer, C'84
Stuart Burgdoefer
Kimberly Davis, C'
Jerri DeVard C'79
Russell Edgerton, Ph.D.
Scott Freidheim
Evelynn Hammonds, Ph.D.
Yvonne R. Jackson C'70 | Chair
Rose Harris Johnson C'57
Terry L. Jones
Cynthia R. McIntyre, Ph.D.
Susan A. McLaughlin
Gwen Adams Norton
Vicki R. Palmer
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Bradley T. Sheares, Ph.D.
Jonathan L. Smith
Ronda Stryker
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.
Christina Whatley, C'11
Daryl White, Ph.D.
John S. Wilson, Jr.

LIFE TRUSTEES
Laura Chasin
Peggy Dulany, Ed.D.
Marian Wright Edelman, Esq. C'60
Robert Holland, Jr.
Donald L. Hollowell, Esq.
June Gary Hopps, Ph.D. C'60
Elizabeth McCormack, Ph.D.
G. G. Michelson
Mabel Smythe-Haith, Ph.D. C'37
Carolyn D. Yancey

REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Marian Rucker Shamu C'65
Alumnae Representative

Opal Moore
Faculty Representative


Student Representative

OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
Yvonne R. Jackson, Chair
Theodore R. Aronson, Vice Chair
Ronda Stryker, Vice Chair
Vicki R. Palmer, Secretary