Trustees & Granite State College Executive Administration
University System of New Hampshire Board of Trustees
Officers of the Board
Chair of the Board
Joseph G. Morone
Gubernatorial Appointee, 2013 – 2022
Vice-Chair of the Board
James P. Burnett, III (Jamie)
Gubernatorial Appointee, 2017 – 2022
Secretary of the Board
Kassandra Spanos Ardinger
Gubernatorial Appointee, 2016 – 2024
Members of the Board
The Honorable Christopher T. Sununu
Governor of New Hampshire (ex-officio), January 2017 -
Amy B. Begg
PSU Alumni-Elected, 2015-2023 (2nd term)
Donald L. Birx
President, Plymouth State University (ex-officio), July 2015 -
Todd R. Black
UNH Alumni-Elected, 2014 – 2022 (2nd term)
Joshua Chandler
PSU Student Trustee, 2021
James W. Dean, Jr.
President, University of New Hampshire (ex-officio), July 2018 -
M. Jacqueline Eastwood
Gubernatorial Appointee, 2017 – 2021
Frank L. Edelblut
Commissioner of Education (ex-officio), February 2017 – March 2021
James P. Gray
Designee for President of the Senate (ex-officio) 2021 -
Cathy J. Green
UNH Alumni-Elected, 2017 – 2021 (1st term)
George S. Hansel
Gubernatorial Appointee, 2019 – 2023
Shawn N. Jasper
Commissioner, New Hampshire Department of Agriculture, Markets and Food (ex-officio), November 2017 – November 2022
Speaker of the House (ex-officio, non-voting) 2015 – 2017
Rick Ladd
Designee for Speaker of the House of Representatives (ex-officio) 2021 -
Tyler O. Minnich
GSC Student Trustee 2020-2021
Michael J. Pilot
UNH Alumni-Elected, 2019 – 2023 (1st term)
Christopher M. Pope
GSC Alumni-Elected, 2016 - 2021 (2nd term)
Mark Rubinstein
President, Granite State College (ex-officio), March 2015 -
J. Morgan Rutman
UNH Alumni–Elected, 2016 – 2024 (2nd term)
Wallace R. Stevens
Gubernatorial Appointee 2015 – 2021
PSU Alumni-Elected, 2011 – 2015 (1st term)
Gregg R. Tewksbury
Gubernatorial Appointee 2020 -2024
Melinda D. Treadwell
President, Keene State College (ex-officio), July 2017 -
Alexander J. Walker, Jr.
Gubernatorial Appointee, 2016 - 2024
David A. Westover
KSC Alumni-Elected 2019 - 2023 (1st term)
Granite State College
Executive Administration
James Dean
President
Wayne Jones
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Tara Payne
Vice President of Enrollment Management
Marcel Vernon
Chief Financial Officer