Board of Directors
The Tower Foundation provides a means, through membership on the Board of Directors,
to engage prominent alumni and citizens in the life of the university. Board members
play a critical role in shaping the philanthropic strategy and work closely with the
university to reach out to other graduates and businesses in the community to build
commitment and funding for San Jose State.
Tower Board of Directors
Tower Board of Directors is composed of a maximum of 43 community members, many of whom must be SJSU alumni. Members are elected to three-year terms. Officers of the Board are elected by the membership and serve one-year terms.
Four ex officio members, including the San Jose State president and Chair of the Academic Senate, serve on the Tower Board of Directors. The board meets four times a year.
Board Committees
The Board's five committees, Executive, Finance and Investment, Audit, Development, and Nominating and Governance, advise the Foundation on campaign development, investments, public relations and long-range planning.
It is the responsibility of each board member to take a leading philanthropic role by making annual contributions to SJSU. Four ex officio members, including the San Jose State president and Chair of the Academic Senate, serve on the Tower Board of Directors. The board meets four times a year.
Board of Directors 2025 - 2026
* Founding Member
- Cynthia Teniente-Matson, Ed.D.
President, SJSU - Jeff Ricci '86
Chairman - Wanda Hendrix* '77, '94
Treasurer - Judy Nagai, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer - John W. Baird, Ph.D.
- Phillip R. Boyce* '66, '17 Honorary Degree
- Stephen Caplan* '65
- Vincent J. Del Casino, Jr., Ph.D.
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs - Carol Dixon
- James Ernest
Athletics Directors Council - Eric Kelly '80
- Tabitha Hart
Chair of SJSU Academic Senate - Janikke Klem '97
- Mark Lazzarini '84
- Scott Lefaver, DPA '68, '72, '75
- Timothy Li
- Erica Lockheimer '00
- Linda Morasch '83
- Stan Nosek
Interim Vice President, Administration and Finance/CFO - Edward A. Oates* '68
- Mark Pasquale '84
- Sivagami Subramanyan
Student Representative - Kevin Swanson '87
- Stan Vuckovich
- Rashad Wiley
Alumni Board President
Emeriti Directors
- William Barton, Sr. '67 ✞
- Dana Ditmore* ✞
- Les Francis* '65, '66
- Constance Moore '25 Honorary Degree
- Gary Radine
- Peter Ueberroth* '59, '86 Honorary Degree
- Colleen B. Wilcox, Ph.D.
✞ Posthumous
General Counsel
- Hopkins and Carley