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What is the Marshall Foundation Board of Directors?

The Foundation board plays an important role in raising money to support the university and also raising awareness of the university and its great work in their communities. Board members provide administrative and financial oversight and help set the strategic direction for the organization.

Members of The Marshall University Foundation Board of Directors are researched and vetted by the membership and ethics committee with the board.

For more information:
Ainslie McKinney
Interim Director of Board Relations & Executive Assistant to the CEO
(304) 696-2828
ainslie.mckinney@marshall.edu

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2023 Marshall Foundation Board of Directors

Current Board Members

Officers

Bernard E. Coston, Chair
A. Sue Zemba, First Vice Chair
Rex Johnson, Second Vice Chair
Barry Burgess, Treasurer
Danny Vance, Secretary

Current Members

Barry Burgess, Yeager
Nancy E. Campbell
Will Carter
Mark A. Chandler
Louis J. Costanzo
Bernard E. Coston
Kathy Eddy, BOG
Diane Ramy-Faulconer
Verna K. Gibson
Robert Hess
William Jackson
Rex W. Johnson
Max Lederer
Norman Mosrie
Charles W. Pace
John Rahal
Steven M. Rubin
Robert R. Simpson Jr.
Brad D. Smith, MU President, Ex Officio
Dr. Joseph B. Touma
Danny Vance
Elizabeth Weisberg
Steve Wellman, MUAA
Marc Williams
A. Sue Zemba

Audit Committee

A. Sue Zemba, Chair
Norman Mosrie, Vice Chair
Barry Burgess
Mark A. Chandler
Kathy Eddy, BOG
Louis J. Costanzo
Marc Williams

Presidents of the Marshall University Foundation

1947-1979

1947-54 – Frank E. Hanshaw
1955-56 – Duncan W. Daugherty
1957 – N.W. “Jack” Yates
1958-61 – Kenneth O. Stettler
1962-63 – Don Leckie
1964 – Lake Polan Jr.
1965-66 – R.J. Payor
1967 – Bob E. Myers
1968 – John L. Brothers
1969-72 – Lake Polan Jr.
1973-75 – Harry Wolfe Jr.
1976 – William G. Powers
1977 – Burt Anderson
1978-79 – Robert W. Simmons

1980-2000

1980-81 – James O. Porter
1982-83 – Kermit E. McGinnis
1984-85 – William F. Agee
1986-87 – William C. Campbell
1988-89 – Noel P. Copen
1990-91 – Phil E. Cline
1992-93 – David Fox Jr.
1994 – Nancy L. Francis
1995-96 – Ronald L. Hooser
1997-98 – Stephen P. Hatten
1999-00 – Ann L. Speer

2001-

2001-02 – Vincent G. Manzi
2003-04 – John Jay White
2005-06 – Monica J. W. Hatfield
2007-08 – Joseph B. Touma
2009-10 – Phyllis H. Arnold
2011-12 – J. Patrick Jones
2013-14 – Joseph M. Gillette
2015-18 – Mark A. Chandler
2019-20 – Lake Polan III
2021-22 – Sharon D. Shaffer
2022-25 – Nancy E. Campbell
2025-Present – Bernard E. Coston