Board of Regents

The St. Olaf Board of Regents manages and directs the business and affairs of the college. Among its many responsibilities, the board ultimately oversees the academic integrity of the college by appointing the president, awarding tenure to the faculty upon the president's nomination, and adopting policies that establish the rights and obligations of faculty members.

According to the college bylaws, the board must be comprised of at least 12 members, and at least 60 percent of its members must belong to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). Regents are both elected and appointed. The elected members are divided into three classes of varying terms of office, set up to ensure that one-third of the terms expires every other year.

Officers

Chair, O. Jay Tomson. 1995-
Chair and CEO
First Citizens National Bank
Mason City, Iowa

Vice Chair, Addison Piper 1999-
Retired Vice Chair
Piper Jaffray, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minn.

Secretary, David R. Anderson
President
St. Olaf College

Treasurer, Alan Norton
Vice President, Treasurer
St. Olaf College

Senior Regents

Dean L. Buntrock, B.A., 1972-
Elected to the Board, 1972
Chairman of the Board, 1986-1995
Senior Regent, 1995-

Leonard C. Hoeft, B.S., 1970-
Elected to the Board, 1970
Chairman of the Board, 1980-86
Senior Regent, 1989-

Martin E. Marty, B.A., M.A., M.Div., S.T.M., Ph.D., 1988-
Elected to the Board, 1988-2001
Chairman of the Board, 1994-2001
Senior Regent, 2002-

Ex-Officio

David R. Anderson
President
St. Olaf College
Northfield, Minn.

Douglas N. Smith
(Alumni Board Observer)
Senior Vice President, Sales
HealthPartners, Inc.
Bloomington, Minn.

Arne Selbyg
(Advisory Member)
Director for Colleges & Universities
ELCA
Chicago, Ill.

Term Expires in 2008

Peter Rogness 2002-
Bishop
St. Paul Area Synod, ELCA
St. Paul, Minn.

Terms Expire in 2009

Thomas J. Boldt 1996-
CEO
The Boldt Company
Appleton, Wis.

Philip Brunelle 1997-
Artistic Director and Founder
VocalEssence
Minneapolis, Minn.

William L. Hoeft 1997-
Chair of the Board, President, CEO
Ziegler, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minn.

Franklyn Prendergast 2003-
Professor of Pharmacology, Edmond & Marion Guggenheim Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minn.

Walter M. Ringer III 1997-
Vice Chair and CEO
The Foley Companies
Minneapolis, Minn.

Mark Yost 2003-
President
Intrinsic Capital Partners, LLC
Chicago, Ill.

Term Expires in 2011

Nancy J. Anderson 2005-
Vice President, Deputy General Counsel
Microsoft Corporation
Redmond, Wash.

John Benson 1999-
Retired Executive Vice President
3M Health Care Markets
St. Paul, Minn.

Ronald E. Hunter 2005-
Assistant Vice President Chief Trademark Counsel
Cargill Inc.,
Minneapolis, Minn.

Jerrol M. Tostrud 1996-
Retired Executive Vice President
West Publishing Company
Eagan, Minn.

Term Expires in 2013

Kevin P. Bethke 2007-
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Chicago, Ill.

William G. Cowles Jr. 2001-
Retired General Manager
Frigoscandia Inc.
Northfield, Minn.

Eric Hanson 2007-
Managing Director
Lazard Freres and Company, LLC
New York, New York

Ruth Hustad 2007-
President
Hustad Real Estate
Minnetonka, Minn.

B. Kristine Olson Johnson 2001-
General Partner
Affinity Capital Management
Minneapolis, Minn.

Mark D. Johnson 2001-
CEO
Four51, Inc.
Eden Prairie, Minn.

Philip Milne 2007-
President and CEO
Moneygram International
St. Louis Park, Minn.

Martha Arveson Nelson 2001-
Teacher
Talmud Torah of St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn.

Larry Rasmussen 2001-
Retired Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics
Union Theological Seminary
New York, N.Y

Lawrence Stranghoener 2007-
Executive VP/CFO
Mosaic Company
Plymouth, Minn.

Mary Rand Taylor 2007-
Retired Professional Development Director
California Western School of Law
La Jolla, Calif.

Janine Wetzel 2007-
Teach For America
Minneaplis, MN.