Alumnus joins Board of Trustees

Richard Beard ’95 will join Westminster College’s Board of Trustees, effective July 1.

Beard, senior president for tax and treasury for Matthews International and its subsidiaries. At Matthews, he has led strategic tax planning, financial accounting for income taxes and other tax strategic projects, and various treasury initiatives including cash acceleration, foreign exchange risks and debt refinancing. He has aided Matthews’ digital financial transformation by leading the establishment of the robotic process automation (RPA) center and the implementation of Alteryx analytic process automation (APA).

Returning to the Board for the 2023-2027 term after a hiatus are Robin Willoughby Gooch ’75, vice president for human resources for Value Added Metals in Chagrin Falls, Ohio; Mark DeWitt, retired first vice president of BNY Mellon in Pittsburgh; Christian Heilmann ’72, retired vice chairman of U.S. Trust and past chief fiduciary executive; and Deborah Platt Majoras ’85, retired chief legal officer for Procter & Gamble and former chairman of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.