Board of Trustees Committee Membership

Executive

Jamie Levitt, Chair 
Anne Chao
Pamela Flaherty
Judy Freyer
Aftab Hussain ME’97, Vice Chair
Lou Manzione ChE’75 (Alumni Trustee), Vice Chair
Marshall Rafal ChE'63 (Alumni Trustee)
Stephen Welby ChE'87 (Alumni Trustee)

Governance

Jamie Levitt, Chair
Pamela Flaherty 
Jadyn Hammond A'25 (Student Trustee)
Lou Manzione ChE’75 (Alumni Trustee)
James Haywood Rolling Jr. A'88 (Alumni Trustee)
Avery Singer A'10 (Alumni Trustee)

Finance and Business Affairs*

Aftab Hussain ME’97, Chair
Anna Brook BSE'04 (Alumni Trustee)
Tre Brown (Student Trustee)
Joseph Dobronyi
Judy Freyer
Tim Ingrassia
Ron Vogel ChE '01 (Alumni Trustee)

Audit

Stephen Welby ChE'87 (Alumni Trustee), Chair
Judy Freyer
Dana Hughes
Anthony Ianno EE'85 (Alumni Trustee)
Tim Ingrassia

Investment

Judy Freyer, Chair
Raudline Etienne (Non-trustee)
Dana Hughes
Ron Vogel ChE'01 (Alumni Trustee)
Stephen Welby ChE'87 (Alumni Trustee)

Academic & Student Affairs

Anne Chao, Chair
Maurice Cox AR'83
Tre Brown ME'26 (Student Trustee)
Jadyn Hammond A'25 (Student Trustee)
Lou Manzione ChE’75 (Alumni Trustee)
Marshall Rafal ChE'63 (Alumni Trustee)
James Haywood Rolling Jr. A'88 (Alumni Trustee)

Alumni Affairs and Development

Marshall Rafal ChE'63 (Alumni Trustee), Chair
Anna Brook BSE'04 (Alumni Trustee)
Anne Chao
Maurice Cox AR'83
Anthony Ianno EE'85 (Alumni Trustee)
Lou Manzione ChE’75 (Alumni Trustee)
Avery Singer A'10 (Alumni Trustee)
Ron Vogel ChE'01 (Alumni Trustee)

Appointed Committee

Compensation 

Jamie Levitt, Chair
Pamela Flaherty
Aftab Hussain ME'97

*In 2024, the Free Education Committee was formally folded into the Finance and Business Affairs Committee

  • 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.