Members of the Board of Trustees of Mills College serve as fiduciaries of the College in overseeing institutional affairs in accordance with the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the College, periodic statements of mission, and institutional plans. The board works in strategic partnership with the College president and College officers, and each trustee brings individual expertise, experience, wisdom, and ideas about the wider world to all board deliberations.
Community participation in board deliberations is assured through the structure of working committees of the board. There are five standing committees of the board: Academic and Student Experience, Audit and Enterprise Risk, Executive, External Engagement, and Resources and Sustainability. The Executive Committee of the board includes the following trustees: Katie Sanborn, Liz Parker, Beth Hillman, Ophelia Basgal, Karen May, Alex Moses, Eric Roberts, Marilyn Schuster, and Kirsten Wolfe.
This year (2020–21) the Board of Trustees of Mills College is composed of 26 voting members, including two trustees emeritus, three alumnae trustees, two recent graduate trustees, the College president, and the president of the Alumnae Association of Mills College (AAMC). There are also eight honorary trustees (non-voting).
The Board of Trustees holds six regular meetings during each fiscal year. Standing committees meet off-cycle on an as-needed basis. Trustees generally serve three-year terms and may be nominated to serve a maximum of three consecutive terms for a total of nine years of service.
Deputy Director, Permit Assistance, CA Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development
Sacramento, California
Housing Consultant & Visiting Scholar, UC Berkeley Terner Center for Housing Innovation
Oakland, California
Professor Emeritus, Mills College
Webster Groves, Missouri
Community Volunteer
Honorary Trustee
Tiburon, California
Retired Founder and CEO, G2 Insurance Services
Palm Springs, California
Retired Investment Officer, Citicorp-Citibank
Honorary Trustee
San Francisco, California
Social Justice Advocate
Sammamish, Washington
Owner and President, Dougco
Lafayette, California
Retired Attorney
Honolulu, Hawaii
Diversity & Inclusion Specialist in Higher Education
Los Angeles, California
Associate General Counsel–Real Estate, Apple Inc.
Honorary Trustee
Monte Sereno, California
President, Mills College
Oakland, California
Dean of Equity and Inclusion, Los Medanos College
Oakland, California
Retired Founder, CEO and Chairman, Business Wire
Honorary Trustee
Atherton, California
Co-Founder, Jubilee Partners
San Leandro, California
Mills College Board of Trustees
Vice President for People Development, Google Inc.
Kentfield, California
Retired President, Datex Technologies, Inc.
San Francisco, California
Painter
Tiburon, California
President, Little Flock Children’s Homes
Oakland, California
Attorney, Caplin and Drysdale, Chtd.
Washington, DC
Mills College Board of Trustees, Vice Chair
Civic, Community and School Volunteer
Chicago, Illinois
Co-Director of Forensic Accounting Services, Morrison and Foerster LLP
Tiburon, California
Mills College Board of Trustees, Chair
Director of Editorial Services, OTR Global LLC
El Granada, California
Professor Emerita, Smith College
Oakland, California
Founding Chair, NEXUS India & South Asia and NEXUS New Zealand & Pasifika
Auckland, New Zealand
Founder, Springs and Associates, PC
Honorary Trustee
Naples, Florida
Owner, ComCon
San Francisco, California
Retired Vice President and Portfolio Manager
Walnut Creek, California
Retired, Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Honorary Trustee
Oakland, California
Retired Investment Manager
Moraga, California
Retired CEO
San Francisco, California
Museum Professional
Oakland, California
Marketing and Merchandising Consultant
San Francisco, California
Government Affairs Representative/Lawyer
Los Angeles, California