Board of Trustees Election 2012
PLEASE NOTE: This is the “Three Questions” site from the 2012 Board of Trustees election. For the 2014 site, please go to https://pennstatermag.com/bot2014. It will be live on or before April 3, 2014.
With 86 candidates for the three open alumni seats on the Board of Trustees and such high interest in this year’s election, we think it’s important to give alumni a way to learn how the candidates stand on some of the important issues Penn State faces. So we asked three questions of each of the candidates:
3. What form should Penn State’s land-grant mission take in the 21st century?
Seventy-one of the candidates responded to our request. You can find their answers to the questions—along with additional biographical information and links to the candidates’ official position statements—by clicking on the candidates’ names below. (They are listed in ballot order.) You can also browse responses by question by clicking on each of the questions above.
Voting starts Tuesday, April 10, and runs through 9 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time Thursday, May 3. Alumni Association members and anyone who has donated to the Penn State Fund within the past two years should receive an email with voting credentials. To request a voting link, contact the Board of Trustees Office at BOT@psu.edu and provide your full name (at time of graduation), year of graduation, college/major, current mailing address, and current email address.
| 1. Matthew J. Lisk
10. David E. Robbins 11. Martin R. Davis 14. Amy L. Williams 22. Anne Riley 25. Joshua D. Fulmer 26. Jayne E. Miller 27. Sam Y. Zamrik 29. Jefrey F. Wall 30. Stella M. Tsai 31. Scott K. Munroe 33. Barry M. Simpson 37. John W. Diercks 40. David L. Roush 41. David A. Dell 43. Jonathan Mills |
44. Gregory S. “Sandy” Sanderson45. Rudolph K. Glocker
47. Lisa W. Witzig 50. Scott O. Fozard 52. Barbara L. Doran 54. Ben Novak 57. Seth T. Walizer 58. Joseph C. Korsak 60. Marlene “Myke” Atwater Triebold 62. Ryan M. Bagwell 63. John J. Mika 67. Richard J. Puleo 70. Kyle B. Heffner 71. Thomas R. Davis 72. Matthew J. Sliwa 73. James P. Brandau 76. Jack F. Beiter 78. Mark S. Connolly 80. Casey A. Coyle 81. Andrew Tellep 83. Gregory H. Wolf 84. John P. Rodgers 86. Darlene R. Baker |
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4. Scott Kimler | April 9, 2012 at 1:21 pm
More homework for alumni. It is difficult to evaluate all candidates based on essay questions (especially 86, with less than a day till ballots open). Use the “Super Table” as a jumping off point (interactive, sortable table of all 86 candidates. Sort on a variety of metics. Learn more about the candidates – quickly – to make an informed voting choice).
http://psu-rebot.org/index.php/psu-bot-super-table
5. Mick | April 10, 2012 at 9:15 am
It is a shame but these 3 will not have much effect on the BOT. What needs to be done is have the current board members gone…now. On the latest donation request from Penn State, I put no more donations until the BOT was gone. I got a letter back saying they would pass my sentinments along and remove me from the mailing list. Economic boycott is the only real effective way to affect change.
6. PSU-ReBOT | April 10, 2012 at 10:06 am
Mick – You may want to have a closer look at the work that PSU-ReBOT is doing. It is our mission to reform the Penn State Board of Trustees.
7. Steve '69 in VA | April 10, 2012 at 12:37 pm
I have one question to ask them … will you voice your opinion when you disagree with a proposed “unanimous” vote? I still can’t believe every member of the BOT wanted to fire JoePA but that they were “bullied” into doing so! Will our new members follow suit? Reform to the Penn State Board of Trustees can’t happen fast enough for me.
8. Mark E. Bowers (EMS '84) | April 10, 2012 at 3:31 pm
Here are some questions for them: 1) How would you create more openness and transparency between the BoT and Penn State students and alumni? 2) Do you consider it fair that Penn State alumni only get to have three (3) seats on the BoT? 3) Would you consider removing all of the existing members of the BoT and elect all new members to the BoT?
Go to: http://www.psu-rebot.org http://www.ps4rs.org
9. Chuck (EE'67) | April 18, 2012 at 3:14 pm
The list of 85 looks like the attendance list at a narcissist convention. There are more lawyers in here than at a New Jersey car wreck. We need people on this board who are confident in their knowledge and don’t cower to people of higher powers. We don’t need another bunch of people who get their facts from Faux news.
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