The University of Tulsa Board of Trustees serves a vital role by outlining UTulsa’s long-term plans and providing leadership for one of the country’s top institutions of learning.
The board gains strength from its diversity with UTulsa trustees that come from many different personal and professional backgrounds. The board is comprised of alumni as well as friends of the university who recognize TU’s significance on the city, state, and national level.
Current trustees
Carol Adelson
Community Volunteer
Tom Bloomfield
Managing Partner, Don Thornton Automotive Group
Brad Carson
President, The University of Tulsa
Mike Case
CEO, Case & Associates Properties Inc.
David Charney
Owner, Charney Properties Inc.
Keith Colgan
Former CEO of Nextwire, LLC
Michael Epps
Vice President, Zayo Group
Robyn Ewing
Managing Director, Etribe LLC
John Forrest, M.D.
Regional Chief Medical Officer, Ascension St. John Health System (retired)
John Whittington Franklin
Founder, Franklin Global, LLC
David Harris
Chief Corporate Development Officer, Devon Energy Corp.
Deanne Dutton Hughes
Director of IT Systems, McElroy Manufacturing, Inc.
Dana Kuehn
Associate Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court
Marcia MacLeod
CEO, M3 Consulting
Mark Marra
Cmark Investments, LLC
Frauke Petersen
Owner, FJTE Consulting
Antonio Pietri
President & CEO, AspenTech
Byron Sanders
CEO, Arete Health
Jana Shoulders
Mariner Wealth Advisors
Robert Thomas Jr.
Chief Investment Officer
Suzanne Warren
The William K. Warren Foundation
Dana S. Weber
President/CEO, Webco Industries Inc.
Randi Wightman
Community Volunteer
David C. Zenthoefer
CEO, MIRATECH
Ex officio members
Alumni National Association President
Thomas Porter
Land Negotiator Advisor, Oxy
Faculty Senate President
David Tingey
Associate Professor of German
Faculty Senate Vice President
Akhtar Ali
Professor of Biological Science
Student representatives
Michael Combs
President, Student Association
Sophia Zoellner
Vice President, Student Association