Cazenovia College's board of trustees takes seriously the active and conscientious performance of its responsibilities as the institution's governing body. Consistent with generally approved practices for independent colleges, the board and its members leave day-to-day operations and decision making in the hands of the president, the executive staff, the faculty, administration, staff and the institutional governance system. The board avoids decision-making or direct interference in matters of personnel.

In general, the board places a high value on communication and always seeks opportunities to share and receive information. Through its contacts with the president and the executive staff, and through the operations of its committees, the board provides feedback, takes and asks questions, and works diligently to ensure that its decisions are based on informed and thorough understanding of the issues before it.

Board Meeting Schedule
Committee Assignments

 

Officers  
Richard Smith

 Chair
 Kenneth C. Gardiner

John McCabe

 Vice Chair
 John McCabe

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Treasurer
Edwin J. Kelley

Professional Woman

 Secretary

 Elizabeth Rogeux

 

 
Member Term** Committee(s)
Eric Burrell
Eric Burrell
Second

Staff to Board, Chair
Audit
Buildings & Grounds
Executive
Institutional Advancement

Smiling man in suit

David Bergh

  President, Cazenovia College
Ex officio member of all
committees, except Audit
James D. Freyer, Jr.
James D. Freyer, Jr.
Third

Committee on Trustees, Chair
Investment, Chair
Executive
Finance
Institutional Advancement

Kennethy Gardiner
Kenneth C. Gardiner
Third Board of Trustees, Chair
Ex officio member of all committees
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Marc Jones

First

Student Affairs, Chair
Enrollment Management
Staff to Board

Man smiling in bowtie
Edwin J. Kelley, Jr.
Second

Board of Trustees, Treasurer
Finance, Chair
Committee on Trustees
Executive
Investment

John McCabe
John McCabe
Third Board of Trustees, Vice Chair
Academic Affairs, Chair
Faculty to Board, Chair
Committee on Trustees
Executive
Finance
 
Margie Miller
Margie Dobin Miller '69
First Academic Affairs
Staff to Board
Student Affairs
Shane O'Dell
Shane A. O'Dell '02
Second

Audit, Chair
Enrollment Management
Executive
Institutional Advancement

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Matthew Reilly

First

Enrollment Management, Chair
Executive
Faculty to Board
Student Affairs

Professionally dressed woman smiling

Elizabeth Rougeux

First

Board of Trustees, Secretary
Institutional Advancement, Co-Chair
Executive
Faculty to Board
Student Affairs

Smiling male dressed in a suit

Joseph Serbun

First Audit
Buildings & Grounds
Investment

Trustees Emeriti
Nicholas J. Christakos*
Winifred E. Coleman*
Robert S. Constable
Charles B. Morgan*
Richard L. Smith
Jay W. Wason, Sr.*
Barbara C. Wheler*
* Deceased
 

**The term of office of all elected Trustees shall be three (3) years. No elected Trustee may serve as Trustee for more than nine (9) consecutive years, except to complete another Trustee's term, or in the case of a Trustee elected to a first term as chair or vice chair in his or her ninth year of service as a Trustee, he or she may be re-elected for up to two additional one-year terms. Time served by a Trustee or Alumni Association Trustee completing a prior Trustee's or Alumni Trustee's term shall not be counted as part of the nine (9) consecutive years.

The term of all Trustees shall commence at the first Board Meeting following the Trustee's election. Any former Trustee may be elected Trustee Emeritus by majority vote of the Board. Trustees Emeritus shall be entitled to attend all Board meetings but shall not have the power to vote.