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 Chairman & CEO
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
Elected to the Board, 1972
Chairman of the Board, 1986-1995
Senior Regent, 1995-
Leonard C. Hoeft
Elected to the Board, 1970
Chairman of the Board, 1980-86
Senior Regent, 1989-
Martin E. Marty
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.
Rev. Mark S. Hanson
Presiding Bishop
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Chicago, Ill.
Rev. Stanley Olson
Executive Director for Vocation and Education
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Chicago, Ill.
Term Expires 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.
Rev. Peter Rogness, 2002-
Bishop
St. Paul Area Synod, ELCA
St. Paul, Minn.
Janine Wetzel, 2007-
Stanford, Calif.
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.
Katherine Hoyland Barnett, 2009-
Vice President
Merrill Lynch
Vienna, Va.
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, M.D., 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, N.Y.
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-
Wayzata, Minn.
Martha Arveson Nelson, 2001-
Teacher
Talmud Torah of St. Paul
St. Paul, Minn.
Larry Rasmussen, 2001-
Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Social Ethics, Emeritus
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.
Term Expires in 2014
David Hill, 2008-
Chairman of the Board
Freedom Financial Bank
West Des Moines, Iowa
Glenn Taylor, 2008-
President
MEDCO Health Solutions, Inc.
Chicago, Ill.
