Board of Trustees Committee Membership

Executive

Malcolm King EE’97, Chair 
Anne Chao
Wanda Felton
Pamela Flaherty
Stephen Gerard ME’67 (Alumni Trustee), VC
Eric Hirschhorn ME’89, VC 
Aftab Hussain ME’97 (Alumni Trustee)
Brian Steinwurtzel 

Governance

Pamela Flaherty, Chair 
Mahmoud Khair-Eldin CE’21 (Student Trustee) 
Wanda Felton
Eric Hirschhorn ME’89
Lynn Lander ChE’60 (Alumni Trustee)
Jamie Levitt
Cristina Aguirre Ross AR’81 (Alumni Trustee)

Finance and Business Affairs

Aftab Hussain ME’97 (Alumni Trustee), Chair
Joseph Dobronyi
Stephen Gerard ME’67 (Alumni Trustee)
Dana Hughes
Brian Steinwurtzel
+FEC MEMBERS (non-voting), IC Chair (guest)

Audit

Lynn Lander ChE’60 (Alumni Trustee), Chair
Stephen Gerard ME’67 (Alumni Trustee)
Eric Hirschhorn ME’89
Malcolm King EE’97

Investment

Wanda Felton, Chair
Raudline Etienne (Non-trustee)
Judy Freyer (Non-trustee)
Sanjeev Handa CE’84 (Non-trustee)
Eric Hirschhorn ME’89
Dana Hughes
Mahmoud Khair-Eldin CE’21 (Student Trustee) 

Academic & Student Affairs

Anne Chao, Chair
Adriana Gomez A'23 (Student Trustee)
Elizabeth Graziolo AR’95 (Alumni Trustee)
Mahmoud Khair-Eldin CE’21 (Student Trustee) 
Lynn Lander ChE’60 (Alumni Trustee)
Jamie Levitt
Kevin Slavin A’95

Alumni Affairs and Development

Eric Hirschhorn ME’89, Co-Chair
Brian Steinwurtzel, Co-Chair
Anne Chao
Elizabeth Graziolo AR’95 (Alumni Trustee)
Aftab Hussain ME’97 (Alumni Trustee)
Margaret Matz AR’83 (Alumni Trustee)
Cristina Aguirre Ross AR’81 (Alumni Trustee)
Carol Wolf A'84 (Alumni Trustee)

Appointed Committees

Compensation 

Pamela Flaherty
Eric Hirschhorn ME’89
Stephen Gerard ME’67 (Alumni Trustee)
Rachel Warren

Free Education

Stephen Gerard ME’67 (Alumni Trustee)
Adriana Gomez A'23 (Student Trustee)
Malcolm King EE’97
Carol Wolf A'84 (Alumni Trustee)

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.