Darden School Foundation Board of Trustees

The Darden School Foundation actively promotes philanthropic support and manages endowment funds to benefit the School. It plays a crucial role in operating the executive education program and hospitality services. The board provides essential guidance and support, serving as a vital link between the academic and business communities in shaping strategic initiatives.

(Membership as of 1 July 2023.)

Chair
Frank M. Sands (MBA ’94)

Vice Chair
John D. Fowler Jr. (MBA/JD ’84)

Immediate Past Chair
Martina Hund-Mejean (MBA ’88)

Members
John P. Bolduc (MBA ’90)
H. William Coogan Jr. (MBA ’82)
James A. Cooper (MBA ’84)
Charles R. Cory (MBA/JD ’82)
Guillaume M. Cuvelier (MBA ’91)
Robert G. Doumar Jr. (MBA/JD ’88)
Debra D. Draughan (MBA ’84)
Franklin S. Edmonds Jr. (MBA/JD ’95)
Arnold B. Evans (MBA/JD ’97)
John D. Fowler Jr. (MBA/JD ’84)
Catherine J. Friedman (MBA ’86)
Kirsti W. Goodwin (MBA ’02)
Peter M. Grant II (MBA ’86)
Owen D. Griffin Jr. (MBA ’99)
Elizabeth McMillan Hagood (MBA ’89)
Connie J. Hallquist (MBA ’91)
Robert L. Huffines (MBA ’92)
Mark J. Kington (MBA ’88)
David M. LaCross (MBA ’78)
Beverly Ladley (MBA ’92)
Douglas R. Lebda (EMBA ’14)
Lemuel E. Lewis (MBA ’72)
Amanda Lozano (MBA ’09)
Richard A. Mayo (MBA ’68)
Sachin J. Mehra (MBA ’96)
Donald E. Morel Jr. (TEP ’97)
Kimberly B. Morrish (MBA ’93)
J. Byrne Murphy (MBA ’86)
Adair B. Newhall (MBA ’09)
G. Ruffner Page Jr. (MBA ’86)
William H. Payne II (GEMBA ’22)
Carl Peoples (MBA ’94)
Matt J. Reintjes (MBA ’04)
William Q.O. Shelton Jr. (MBA ’93)
Erik A. Slingerland (MBA ’84)
Robert W. Smith (MBA ’87)
Shannon G. Smith (MBA ’90)
Susan N. Sobbott (MBA ’90)
Anand E. Stanley (MBA ’03)
Mark J. Styslinger
Bruce R. Thompson (MBA ’90)
Lilo Simmons Ukrop (MBA ’89)
Steven C. Voorhees (MBA ’80)
Jimmy Jianzhong Wei (MBA ’02)
Martie Edmunds Zakas (MBA/JD ’84)

Ex-Officio Members
Scott C. Beardsley
Richard B. Evans
Yael Grushka-Cockayne
Michelle B. Horn (MBA ’95)
Naresh Kumra (MBA ’99)
Nicole McKinney Lindsay (MBA ’99/JD ’00)
Paul G. Mahoney
Patrick A. O’Shea (MBA ’86)
C. Evans Poston (EMBA ’17)
Joaquin Rodriguez Torres (MBA ’01)
James E. Ryan