Board of Directors

The Tower Foundation provides a means, through membership on the Board of Directors, to engage prominent alumni and citizens in the life of the university. Board members play a critical role in shaping the philanthropic strategy and work closely with the university to reach out to other graduates and businesses in the community to build commitment and funding for San Jose State.

Tower Board of Directors is composed of a maximum of 43 community members, many of whom must be SJSU alumni. Members are elected to three-year terms. Officers of the Board are elected by the membership and serve one-year terms.

Four ex officio members, including the San Jose State president and Chair of the Academic Senate, serve on the Tower Board of Directors. The board meets four times a year.   

The Board's five committees, Executive, Finance and Investment, Audit, Development, and Nominating and Governance, advise the Foundation on campaign development, investments, public relations and long-range planning.

It is the responsibility of each board member to take a leading philanthropic role by making annual contributions to SJSU. Four ex officio members, including the San Jose State president and Chair of the Academic Senate, serve on the Tower Board of Directors. The board meets four times a year. 

Our Board Committees

* Founding Member

• Cynthia Teniente-Matson, Ed.D.
  President, SJSU
• Phillip R. Boyce* '66
  Chairman
• Constance B. Moore* '77
  Vice Chair
• Wanda Hendrix* '77, '94
  Treasurer
• Judy Nagai, Ph.D.
  Chief Executive Officer
• John W. Baird, Ph.D.
• William Barton '67
• Stephen Caplan* '65
• Vincent J. Del Casino, Jr., Ph.D. 
  Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs 
• Folarin Erogbogbo, Ph.D.
  Staff/Faculty Rep
• Charlie Faas
  VP for Administration and Finance/CFO
  
• Eric Kelly '80
• Janikke Klem '97
  Alumni Board President
• Mark Lazzarini '84
• Linda Morasch '83
• Sarab Multani
  Student Representative
• Edward A. Oates* '68
• Gary D. Radine
• Jeff Ricci '86
• Karthika Sasikumar, Ph.D.
  Chair of SJSU Academic Senate
• Kevin Swanson '87
• Sandy Swanson
• Marko Trapani, Jr. '87
• Colleen B. Wilcox, Ph.D.
  
  Emeriti Officer
• Dana Ditmore*
• Les Francis* '65, '66
• Peter Ueberroth* '59
  

• Hopkins and Carley

Board & Committee Meetings