Board of Trustees Committee Membership

Executive

Malcolm King EE’97, Chair 
Anne Chao
Pamela Flaherty
Judy Freyer
Aftab Hussain ME’97 (Alumni Trustee), Vice Chair
Brian Steinwurtzel
Carol Wolf 

Governance

Pamela Flaherty, Chair 
Wanda Felton
Jamie Levitt
Lou Manzione ChE’75 (Alumni Trustee)
Robert Tan AR’81 (Alumni Trustee)
Ben Vinson
Shirley Yan CE’23 (Student Trustee)

Finance and Business Affairs

Aftab Hussain ME’97, Chair (Alumni Trustee)
Cristina Aguirre Ross AR’81 (Alumni Trustee)
Joseph Dobronyi
Tim Ingrassia
Brian Steinwurtzel
+IC Chair and FEC Members (non-voting)

Audit

Malcolm King EE’97, Chair
Judy Freyer
Dana Hughes
Anthony Ianno EE'85 (Alumni Trustee)
Tim Ingrassia

Investment

Judy Freyer, Chair
Brickson Diamond
Raudline Etienne (Non-trustee)
Wanda Felton
Sanjeev Handa CE’84 (Non-trustee)
Dana Hughes

Academic & Student Affairs

Anne Chao, Chair
Maurice Cox AR'83
Elias Dills A'24 (Student Trustee)
Elizabeth Graziolo AR’95 (Alumni Trustee)
Jamie Levitt
Lou Manzione ChE’75 (Alumni Trustee)
Shirley Yan CE’23 (Student Trustee) 

Alumni Affairs and Development

Brian Steinwurtzel, Chair
Anne Chao
Maurice Cox AR'83
Brickson Diamond
Elizabeth Graziolo AR’95 (Alumni Trustee)
Aftab Hussain ME’97 (Alumni Trustee)
Anthony Ianno EE'85 (Alumni Trustee)
Lou Manzione ChE’75 (Alumni Trustee)
Cristina Aguirre Ross AR’81 (Alumni Trustee)
Robert Tan AR’81 (Alumni Trustee)
Carol Wolf A’84 (Alumni Trustee)

Appointed Committees

Compensation 

Jamie Levitt, Chair
Pamela Flaherty
Aftab Hussain ME'97 (Alumni Trustee)
Malcolm King EE’97
 

Free Education

Carol Wolf A’84, Chair (Alumni Trustee) 
Elias Dills AR'24 (Student Trustee)
Malcolm King EE’97
Robert Tan AR'81 (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.