Board Directory
The Board of Trustees of the foundation is composed of dedicated and influential volunteers who govern the investment and distribution of private funds, serve as advocates, assist and advise the university’s president, and help increase the level of philanthropic support for the university.
Executive Committee

Executive Chairman, Unifi Manufacturing Inc.

Member, Feldman LLC

Managing Member, Caves Valley Partners LLC

James L. “Jim” Cantor ’81, M.S. ’84
Retired Executive

Artist and Philanthropist

Philanthropist

CEO, Consero Group

Retired Managing Director, Lone Pine Capital LLC

Principal and COO, Turner Impact Capital

Executive Assistant to the President, AFSCME

Co-President, D&H Distributing Company

Craig A. Thompson ’92, J.D. ’95
Partner, Venable LLP
Trustees

Executive Vice President, Capital One Financial

CEO & Founder, Kander

Executive Director, Special Projects, St. John Properties/President, Edward St. John Foundation

Retired President, Brokerage Solutions, SS&C Technology

Founder & CEO, Beyond Meat

Managing Partner, McGuireWoods

Chief Content Officer Game1; President of Select Films

Serial Entrepreneur

Retired Managing Director, Citi Private Bank

Corporate and Non-Profit Board Member

Richard D. “Rick” Davis M.A. ’84
Retired Executive Vice President of News Standards and Practices, CNN

Board Member & Retired CEO, Wood Partners

Senior Lecturer in Sports Management, Columbia University

Executive Chair, ProVise Management Group LLC

William J. "Bill" Fishlinger ’71
Chairman & CEO, Gramercy Risk Holdings, LLC


Chairman and CEO, The CBMC Group

Senior Vice President for Academics, Specialized Education Services, Inc.

Entrepreneur in Residence, University of Maryland

Retired Principal, Gossett Group

Chairman, Montague Street Capital

Managing Director, Charles Schwab

Christopher T. “Chris” Jones Ph.D. ’97
Chief of Operations, The Leadership Compass

Independent Advisor

Partner, Bracewell LLP

Retired Partner, Jackson Lewis P.C

Attorney, Husch Blackwell

Alex S. Mehr M.S. ’03, Ph.D. ’03
Co-Founder and CEO of Retail E-Commerce Ventures

President and CEO, Washingtonian

Founder, President, and CEO, Under Armour, Inc.

President, The Ramsey Foundation

President and CEO, Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

President, Reyes Holdings, LLC

Professor of Practice & Executive In Residence, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

Principal and COO, Resource Solutions, Inc.

Walter A. "Walt" Williams Jr. ’92
Financial Advisor, Merrill Lynch

CEO, Earth Resources Technology, Inc.
Advisory Trustees

President, FutureCare Health and Management

President, UrbanCore Development, LLC

Educator
Emeritus Trustees

Robert A. “Bob” Bedingfield ‘70
Retired Partner, Ernst & Young LLP

Retired Officer, Lockheed Martin

P. Douglas “Doug” Dollenberg ’61
Past CEO, Nottingham Properties Inc.

Former United States Secretary of the Navy

Co-founder and Owner, A&G Management Company, Inc.

Partner, Joseph, Greenwald & Laake, P.A.

Founder, Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women

Former Chairman and CEO, Nautica Enterprises, Inc.

Owner, Smith Properties

Retired
Honorary Trustees

Dr. Robert E. “Bob” Fischell ’53, ’96
Chief Technology Officer and Chairman, ZyGood LLC

Philanthropist

Chancellor Emeritus, University System of Maryland

Retired UMD Men’s Basketball Coach, University of Maryland