Trustees & Officers of the Corporation
Board of Trustees | Officers of the Corporation
Board of Trustees
(As of November 2018)
- James H. Hance Jr., chair of the board of trustees, Johnson & Wales University; operating executive, The Carlyle Group, Washington, D.C.
- Mim L. Runey, LP.D., chancellor, president and chief exective officer, Johnson & Wales University
- Derick Close, chief executive officer, Springs Creative Products Group LLC, Charlotte, North Carolina
- Brenda Dann-Messier ‘00 EdD, commissioner, Rhode Island Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner, Warwick, Rhode Island
- Lawrence DiPasquale, chairman & CEO, Epicurean Culinary Group, Centennial, Colorado
- M. John Martin ‘86, president, The Capital Grille, Orlando, Florida
- William J. Murphy, partner, Murphy & Fay LLP, Providence, Rhode Island
- Philip S. Renaud II ‘73, executive director, The Risk Institute in the Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
- Merrill W. Sherman, principal, Sherman Consulting LLC, Providence, Rhode Island
- Clay A. Snyder ‘93, senior director full service brand management, Hilton Worldwide, McLean, Virginia
- John E. Taylor Jr., executive chairman of the board, Twin River Worldwide Holdings Inc., Vero Beach, Florida
- Jerry Sue Thornton, Ph.D., president emeritus, Cuyahoga Community College, and chief executive officer, Dream Catcher Educational Consulting, Cleveland, Ohio
- D. Chip Wade ‘83, executive vice president of operations, Red Lobster, Orlando, Florida
- John H. White Jr., executive chairman of the board, Taco Comfort Solutions, Cranston, Rhode Island
- David Wilson P’98, independent director, Barnes & Noble Education Inc.; CoreSite Realty Inc., Naples, Florida
Officers of the Corporation
(As of November 2018)
- Mim L. Runey, LP.D., chancellor, president and chief exective officer, Johnson & Wales University
- Joseph J. Greene Jr. ’89, ’98 M.S., C.P.A., treasurer and chief financial officer
- Marie Bernardo-Sousa, LP.D., ’92, senior vice president of administration & enrollment management
- Lily S. Hsu, Ed.D., provost
- Emily A. Gilcreast, B.S., university secretary