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