About the Foundation
Give to WSUWSU Foundation Board of Directors
The Board of Directors serves as the governing board for the WSU Foundation and has fiduciary responsibility for the general business and affairs of the WSU Foundation, including oversight of the Foundation’s property, assets, and policies.
The WSU Foundation welcomes nominations for new volunteers. Typically, nominees are evaluated by the Foundation’s Nominating Committee in the spring, recruited over the summer, and attend their first meeting in the fall. Know someone who might be interested? Nominate them here. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Board Relations Team at wsuf.board@wsu.edu.
Board of Directors Executive Committee
| K. Duane Brelsford ’81 Past Chair, WSU Foundation President & CEO Corporate Pointe Developers Pullman, WA | Scott Carson ’72 Past Campaign Chair, WSU Foundation Investment Committee Vice Chair Boeing Company (Retired) Federal Way, WA |
| Mike Connell ’85 ex officio Acting VP WSU Advancement & CEO, WSU Foundation Pullman, WA | Lisa King ’08 Chair/President, WSU Foundation Hudson Bay Insulation (Retired) Snoqualmie, WA |
| John C. Minge ’83 Chairman and President (Retired) BP America, Inc. Anchorage, AK | Linda Nihoul ’71 Audit Committee Chair, WSU Foundation Certified Financial Planner (Retired) AGP Wealth Advisors Spokane, WA |
| Laura Powell ex officio Regent, Washington State University Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Retired) Richland, WA | Kirk H. Schulz, Ph.D. ex officio President, Washington State University Pullman, WA |
| Bill Ward ’66 Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair President (Retired) Micro-Rent Corporation Scottsdale, AZ | Eugene J. Voiland ’69 Investment Committee Chair, WSU Foundation Voiland Enterprises, LLC Bakersfield, CA |
Board of Directors
| Bruce Amundson ’75 Director of Communications (Retired) Weyerhaeuser Seattle, WA | Elizabeth A. Cowles Chairman Cowles Publishing Company Spokane, WA |
| Jim Coughlin ’79 Founding Principal, Coughlin Porter Lundeen, Inc. (Retired) Sun Lakes, AZ | Bob Crist ’89 Owner Crist Marketing and Consulting University Place, WA |
| Shari L. Freidenrich ’82 Treasurer-Tax Collector County of Orange Huntington Beach, CA | Vicki Gordon Owner Gordon Brothers Cellars, Inc. Pasco, WA |
| Mike Hambleton ’71 Owner Hambleton Orchards Wenatchee, WA | Lewis Lee ’88 CEO & Global Head Aon IP Solutions Group Spokane, WA |
| Dave McGoldrick ’65 Attorney and Partner Morton McGoldrick Anderson Island, WA | Glenn Osterhout ’82 Cetera Advisor Network Bellevue, WA |
| Molly Philopant ’76 Member-at-Large, Audit Committee Vice Chair, WSU Foundation Olympia, WA | Gary Schneidmiller ’71, ’73 Secretary, WSU Foundation Owner, Coldwell Banker Schneidmiller Realty Post Falls, ID |
| Shelly Spangler ’07 ex officio WSU Alumni Association President SCL Health, Saint Joseph Hospital Denver, CO | Jack Thompson ’78 CrossCountry Mortgage Seattle, WA |
