Governance

The Board of Trustees has fiduciary responsibility for the governance of the College, in particular the health, vibrance, and ability to satisfy our mission. The president is the chief executive officer of the College and is also a trustee. The president and his or her senior staff are responsible for establishing and implementing College policy.

Board Leadership

Scott Perper, Chair of the Bowdoin Board of Trustees

Scott B. Perper ’78
Chair of the Board

Diana Spagnuolo headshot

Diana L. Spagnuolo '96
Vice Chair of the Board

Safa R. Zaki headshot

Safa R. Zaki
President

Scott B. Perper ’78, Chair of the Board
Partner, Pamlico Capital, Charlotte, NC

Diana L. Spagnuolo ’96, Vice Chair of the Board
Partner, Ballard Spahr, LLP, Philadelphia, PA

Safa R. Zaki, President of the College
Brunswick, ME

Board of Trustees

Jennifer Goldsmith Adams '90, Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the NYU Langone Health Center for Empathy in Medicine, Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency and Director of the Primary Care Residency Track, New York University Grossman School of Medicine; Attending Physician, Internal Medicine, Gouverneur Health Care, New York, NY

Joseph Adu ’07, Chief Technology Officer, SpectrumAi, Needham, MA

Tejus Ajmera ’04, Cofounder, FGF Brands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

William S. Anderson ’80, Los Angeles, CA

Sydney Asbury ’03, Boston, MA

Kayla D. Baker ’09, Founder and Principal, Ryse Local Ventures, Washington, DC

Michel Bamani ’08, Assistant Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, MA

Katie R. Benner ’99, Reporter, The New York Times, Washington, DC

Peter J. Bernard ’79, Chilmark, MA

Ellen L.P. Chan ’97, San Francisco, CA

Julia L. Davidson P’21, Hillsborough, CA

Robert T. Friedman P’15, P’21, President, YF Group, Santa Monica, CA

Bertrand Garcia-Moreno ’81, Professor and Chair of Biophysics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Adam C. Gibbons ’91, Investment Advisor, Latash Investments LLC, Anchorage, AK

Shelley A. Hearne ’83, The Inaugural Deans Sommer and Klag Professor of the Practice of Public Health Advocacy and Director, Center for Public Health Advocacy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD

Kathryn Roche Hope ’93, New York, NY

Tyree P. Jones, Jr. '82, Shareholder, Polsinelli PC, Washington, DC

Molly H. King ’80, Partner, Resource Group 175, Wellesley, MA

Holly E. Maloney ’07, Managing Director, General Catalyst, San Francisco, CA

John F. McQuillan, Jr. ’87, CEO, Triumvirate Environmental, Somerville, MA

Matthew Neidlinger '06, Managing Director, Spectrum Equity, San Francisco, CA

Mary Hogan Preusse ’90, Founder and Principal, Sturgis Partners, LLC, New York, NY

Rebecca J. Rowe '97, Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH

Alison E. Rundlett ’03, Associate General Counsel, Bain Capital Real Estate, LP, Boston, MA

Joan Benoit Samuelson ’79, Athletic/Health Consultant, Freeport, ME

Philip W. Schiller P’17, Apple Fellow, Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA

Andrew E. Serwer ’81, Editor at Large, Barron's, New York, NY

Shoshana K. Sicks '04, Director, Curriculum & Administration, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA

Amy Starck P'26, New York, NY

R. Stewart Strawbridge ’98, Managing Member, Selkirk Partners, Freeport, ME

Tracy R. Wolstencroft ’80, Senior Advisor, TPG Rise Climate, Greenwich, CT

Run Ye '03, Managing Partner & CIO, Tiger Pacific Capital, New York, NY

Mitchell S. Zuklie ’91, Global Chairman and CEO, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, San Francisco, CA

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Allison Crosscup, Secretary of the College, Brunswick, ME