Board of Trustees

The Augustana University Board of Trustees sets policy and manages the business and academic affairs of the University. The Board selects and assesses the performance of the President and with the President, establishes, maintains and upholds the mission, core values and vision of the University. It is ultimately responsible for fiscal management and academic programming and ensures the well-being of the faculty, students and staff of the University.

Trustees serve on committees established by the Board. They include Academic Affairs, Student Life, Financial Management, Institutional Resources (Advancement and Enrollment), Governance and Nominating.

Trustees are elected every December by delegates to the annual meeting of the Augustana University Association. They may serve up to four, three-year terms. Meetings are normally held on campus in September, December and April. Trusteeship is an exciting, rewarding and demanding experience that requires time, commitment, and intellectual energy.

Following are the Augustana University Board of Trustees.

Jill Weber Aanenson '93, Board Chair
President
Scientific Consulting, Inc.
Freeman, South Dakota
 

Pat McAdaragh '81, Vice Chair
President and CEO
Midco
Burnsville, Minnesota

Melinda Keith Snell '89, Secretary
Senior Director, Customer Experience
Hunter Douglas
Denver, Colorado

Tom Davis '83, Immediate Past Chair
President and CEO
Zimmer Biomet Davis
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Scott Barth '91
Regional Vice President
Thrivent Financial
Madison, Wisconsin

Dennis Bly '94
Global Offering Manager for Academic Developers
IBM
San Diego, California

Greg Daniels '75
Executive Director
Ernst & Young, LLP
Cleveland, Ohio

Paul Harmel '72
Retired CEO
Lifetouch, Inc.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rickard Hedeby ‘83
CEO
Intertec International
Phoenix, Arizona

Dr. Gene Hoyme '72
Medical Director, Sanford Children’s Genomic Medicine Consortium,
and Senior Advisor, Center for Applied Genetics & Genomic Medicine
The University of Arizona College of Medicine
Tucson, Arizona

Cassandra Kranz '16
Young Trustee
Senior Analyst
Medtronic
Minneapolis, Minneapolis

Dr. Cheryl Leuning '72
Professor, Dept. of Nursing
Augsburg University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Lois Martin '85
CFO
Mortenson Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ronald Moquist
Retired President & CEO
Raven Industries
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Kevin Nyberg '79
President
Nyberg's Ace
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

James Odland '77
VP & Managing Counsel
Thrivent Financial
Minneapolis, Minnesota
 

Dr. Mike Olson '72
Family Practice Physician
Sanford Health
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Laurel Prieb '77
VP
Major League Baseball
New York, New York

Rev. Nyla Schoeld
Pastor
First Lutheran Church
Brookings, South Dakota

Keith Severson '79
CPA and Partner
Eide Bailly, LLP
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Debby Vander Woude
Civic Volunteer
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Kathy Walsh
Civic Volunteer
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Rev. Greg Wilcox '78
VP for Mission Effectiveness
Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society
Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Todd M. Williams
Sr. Managing Director
Dillon Kane Group
Chicago, Illinois