Executive Committee, Lifetime Trustees & Former Board Chairs
Executive Committee, Lifetime Trustees and Historical Volunteer Leaders
Executive Committee
Dave Underriner - ChairPatty Bedient - Chair-Elect and Committee on Trustees Chair
Penny Atkins - Immediate Past Chair and Liaison to OSU Board of Trustees
Ken Austin - Liaison to Oregon 4-H Foundation Board
Knute Buehler - Liaison to OSU-Cascades
Rebecca Camden - Finance Committee Chair
Mary Coucher - Liaison to Beaver Caucus Board
Kim Casale - Liaison to Campaign Steering Committee
Cindy Campbell - Liaison to Trysting Tree Golf Club Board
Pat Egan - External Relations Committee Chair
Neil Fernando - Liaison to Our Beaver Nation Board
John Gilleland - Investment Committee Chair
Keith Leavitt - Liaison from OSU Alumni Association Board
Tom Nakano - Audit Committee Chair
Mary Power - Liaison to OSU Alumni Association Board
Ex-officio
Jayathi Y. Murthy, President, Oregon State University
Shawn L. Scoville, President and CEO, OSU Foundation
John Valva, Vice President, Alumni Relations, and Executive Director, OSU Alumni Association
Lifetime Trustees
2025 - Bert E. Loughmiller, ’64
2025 - James G. Youde, ’62
2025 - Judith Atwood Youde, ’62
2024 - Wayne R. Ericksen, ’58
2024 - Russell V. Kuhns, ’68
2024 - Cheryl Miller Lutz, ’72
2024 - Sally Ross Plumley, ’61
2023 - James E. Coleman, ’58
2023 - Roy N. Gaussoin, ’56
2023 - Ed Jennings, ’18 (honorary alumnus)
2023 - Susan E. Poorman, ’61
2023 - Katherine E. Smith, ’61
2020 – Patricia Valian Reser, ’60, Hon. Ph.D. ’19
2019 – Bert Graydon Babb, Jr., ’55 (dec.)
2019 – Jerry Hulsman, ’54
2019 – Suzanne P. McGrath, ’70
2019 – Peggy Wood, ’61 (dec.)
2018 – Darry W. Callahan, ’64
2017 – Larry M. Giustina, ’71 (dec.)
2016 – Connie Kearney, ’65
2015 – James
H. Rudd, ’06 (honorary alumnus)
2014 – Duane McDougall, ’74
2013 – Kenneth R. Poorman, ’61
2012 – Benjamin R. Whiteley, ’51 (dec.)
2011 – Samuel C. Wheeler, ’50 (dec.)
2010
– C. W. Knodell, ’52 (dec.)
2009 – Keith R. McKennon, ’55 (dec.)
2008 – Martin N. Kelley, ’50 (dec.)
2007 – Norbert J. Wellman, ’54 (dec.)
2007 – Milosh “Poppy” Popovich, ’39 (dec.)
2006 – R. C. Wilson, ’50 (dec.)
2006 – Robert W. Lundeen, ’42 (dec.)
2006 – Joan D. Austin, ’05 (honorary alumna) (dec.)
Former Board Chairs
2023-2025 – Penny Yano Atkins, ’79
2021-2023 – Eric Schoenstein, ’88
2019-2021 – John Stirek, ’82
2017-2019 – Thomas W. Toomey, ’82
2015-2017 – Jon DeVaan, ’85
2013-2015 – Ruth Beyer, ’77
2011-2013 – Patrick F. Stone, ’74
2009-2011 – Paul G. Lorenzini, ’70
2007-2009 – Darry W. Callahan, ’64
2006-2007 – Mark J. Kralj, ’78 (dec.)
2004-2006 – James H. Rudd, ’06 (honorary alumnus)
2003-2004 – William V. Humphreys
2003-2004 – Henry L. Bauer, ’50 (dec.)
2002-2003 – Duane C. McDougall, ’74
2002-2003 – Robert C. Loomis, ’56 (dec.)
2001-2002 – Thomas J. Usher, ’70
2000-2001 – Peggy Wood, ’61 (dec.)
1998-2000 – Cecil Drinkward (dec.)
1997-1998 – Dwayne L. Foley, ’67
1996-1997 – Keith R. McKennon, ’55 (dec.)
1995-1996 – Joan D. Austin, ’05 (honorary alumna) (dec.)
1994-1995 – Martin N. Kelley, ’50 (dec.)
1993-1994 – Tom F. Hartung, ’50 (dec.)
1992-1993 – Kenneth R. Poorman, ’61
1991-1992 – Norbert. J. Wellman, ’54 (dec.)
1990-1991 – Samuel C. Wheeler, ’50 (dec.)
1989-1990 – C. W. Knodell, ’52 (dec.)
1988-1989 – Don H. Wake, ’59
1987-1988 – John B. Fenner, ’40 (dec.)