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Barber Takes Reins as Chairman of the Board Davis & Elkins College alumnus and retired General Electric Company executive Mark Barber ’75 has been elected to serve his alma mater as chair of the Board of Trustees. He succeeds alumnus Bill Nuttall ’70 whose term expired.
“Vision, commitment and passion are the best words to describe Mr. Barber and the gifts and graces he Mark Barber ’75 brings to the leadership of the Board of Trustees at Davis & Elkins College,” said D&E President Chris A. Wood. “Working collaboratively with me and the other leadership of the College, Mark shares and affirms my conviction that D&E’s best days are ahead. It is imperative that the Chair of the Board of Trustees and the President of the College are aligned and united on a vision and a strategic direction for the institution. D&E is fortunate to have Mark assume this pivotal role and I am grateful for his continuing exemplary service to his alma mater.” Barber was elected to the Board of Trustees in 2013 and has served on the Business and Finance, and Development committees and the Investment Subcommittee, as well as vice chair of the Board. “I am proud and honored to serve as chair of the Board of Trustees of my alma mater and to join with our other distinguished trustees as we guide and support Davis & Elkins College through this most exciting and challenging time,” Barber said. “Our mission is clear, and I look forward to working even more closely with President Wood as we deliver on our commitment to students, promote the value of a D&E education and strive to further enhance our campus environment.
“I learned, first-hand, the real benefit of an intimate campus experience and the personal rewards that come from a liberal arts education,” Barber added. “Thanks to a talented faculty, my four years at D&E helped prepare and inspire me for a very successful career and a rewarding life journey that literally took me around the world. I want to ensure that others have the same opportunity I had … for many years to come.” Barber was as a senior executive at General Electric Company and a member of its Corporate Treasury senior leadership team for 27 years. He served as Deputy Treasurer – Global Relations based in London from 2013 until his retirement in 2015. Before joining GE, Barber advanced his corporate treasury career at Ford Motor Company and The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Barber was an active member of the American Financial Services Association (AFSA), the Washington-based trade association for the U.S. consumer credit industry, throughout his career. He served as chair of its Financial Relations Committee in 1997 and was recognized with AFSA’s Distinguished Service Award in 2003. In his local community, Barber served on the Executive Board of the Connecticut Yankee Council of the Boy Scouts of America and as committee chair and assistant scoutmaster of his sons’ Scout troop. He received the Council’s Distinguished Citizen Award in 2006. In addition to serving D&E on the Board of Trustees, Barber delivered the McDonnell Chair in Business and Economics in honor of Dr. Gloria M. Payne Lecture in 2013. Barber and his wife, Lynn, are residents of Bonita Springs, Florida.
Board of Trustees Appoints New Members The Davis & Elkins College Board of Trustees has elected two new members, Barry Greene ’83 and Dr. John Ochsendorf.
Barry Greene ‘83
Greene, an executive with New York Blood Center Inc. (NYBC), has served the College as a member of the National Alumni Council. He is the 1993 recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumnus Award.
As vice president and chief administrative officer for Medical and Science at NYBC, Greene provides leadership to ensure the organization’s growth and efficiency. Prior to being appointed vice president, he was the executive director of Sponsored Programs for NYBC. Throughout his career, Greene has been a part of team management for programs involving external funding and oversight. He also has extensive experience working with federal regulations and guidelines governing grants and contracts. Prior to his work with NYBC, Greene was a manager at Ernst & Young’s Health Science Global Investigation & Dispute Advisory practice; assistant director of research administration/director of post award for The Research Foundation of The State University of New York (SUNY) at Downstate Medical Center and a water volunteer for Peace Corp Kenya. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in health care administration from D&E and an Executive Masters of Public Administration from Baruch College of The City University of New York. 18
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An Elkins native, Ochsendorf is the Class of 1942 Professor of Architecture and Engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he has taught since 2002. He recently completed a three-year term as the 23rd Director of the American Academy in Rome (AAR). His work with AAR began when he was awarded the Rome Prize Fellowship in Historic Preservation for a project on the study of masonry vaulting. The study Dr. John resulted in Ochsendorf writing the monograph “Guastav- Ochsendorf ino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile” (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010). The work led to “Palaces for the People: Guastavino and America’s Great Public Spaces,” a traveling exhibit curated by Ochsendorf and sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. In 2008, he was named a MacArthur Fellow for his pioneering work using comparative cultural and historical studies to explore pre-industrial engineering traditions. Ochsendorf ’s father, Gene Ochsendorf, previously worked for the D&E Veterans Upward Bound Program and his mother, Nancy Howland, graduated from D&E in 2000 with a degree in psychology. In 2017, Ochsendorf delivered the commencement address and received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree. Ochsendorf earned his Ph.D. in engineering from Cambridge University, his Master of Science in engineering from Princeton University and his Bachelor of Science in engineering from Cornell University. He also is a 1992 graduate of Elkins High School.
