Board Of Trustees Of The Catholic University Of America
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Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S. ...
have the ultimate responsibility for governance and sole responsibility for fiscal affairs of the university. The bylaws and civil charter limit the board to no more than 50 members, of whom 24 must be
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s. The
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, who serves as chancellor of the university, and the president of the university serve as ''
ex officio An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term '' ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by right ...
'' members. Members serve terms of four years, and typically do not serve more than three consecutive terms. Normally, all the cardinals who serve as bishops of U.S. dioceses are members of the board.


Committees

The executive committee is composed of the chairman of the board, the chancellor, the president, and the chairmen of standing committees on academic affairs, audit, development, finance, student life, trusteeship and university seminary, and three other at-large members elected by the membership. Non-voting membership in certain standing committees is extended to duly appointed members of the administration, faculties, and staffs, to undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students, and to externs.


Members

As of September 2, 2021, the board of trustees at The Catholic University of America was composed of 45 members: *Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila, Denver, Colo. *Richard Banziger, New York, N.Y. *Lawrence J. Blanford, Naples, Fla. *Lee Ann Joiner Brady, Skillman, N.J. *Bishop
Michael F. Burbidge Michael Francis Burbidge (born June 16, 1957) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the bishop of the Diocese of Arlington in Virginia since 2016. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadel ...
, Arlington, Va. *Joseph L. Carlini, Chairman, Malvern, Pa. *Bishop Octavio Cisneros, Brooklyn, N.Y. *
William E. Conway Jr. William E. "Bill" Conway Jr. (born August 27, 1949) is an American billionaire businessman, investor and philanthropist. Conway serves as Co-Executive Chairman of the Board, Founder of the The Carlyle Group, Carlyle Group. He also serves as Ch ...
, McLean, Va. *Cardinal
Blase J. Cupich Blase Joseph Cupich ( ; March 19, 1949) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, a cardinal who serves as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Cupich was ordained a priest there in 1975. He was named ...
, Chicago, Ill. *Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Houston, Texas *Cardinal
Timothy M. Dolan Timothy Michael Dolan (born February 6, 1950) is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the tenth and current Archbishop of New York, having been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009. Dolan served as the president of the United S ...
, New York, N.Y. *Sister
Janet Eisner Sr. Janet Eisner is the President Emerita of Emmanuel College. During her presidency, she was the longest currently serving female president of a college in the United States, as well as the longest-serving president of a Catholic college or un ...
, S.N.D., Boston, Mass. *Bishop
Daniel E. Flores Daniel Ernesto Flores (born August 28, 1961) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been the Bishop of Brownsville in Texas since December 2009. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan f ...
, Brownsville, Texas *
John H. Garvey John Hugh Garvey (born in Sharon, Pennsylvania, September 28, 1948) was the 15th president of the Catholic University of America. Trained as a lawyer, Garvey assumed this position in 2010. Education John H. Garvey attended the University of No ...
, President, Washington, D.C. *Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, Los Angeles, Calif. *Cardinal
Wilton Daniel Gregory Wilton Daniel Gregory (born December 7, 1947) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who is the Archdiocese of Washington, archbishop of Washington, US. Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal on No ...
, Washington, D.C. (Chancellor of The Catholic University of America) * Frank J. Hanna III, Atlanta, Ga. *Stephen J. Kaneb, South Hampton, N.H. *Archbishop
Joseph Edward Kurtz Joseph Edward Kurtz (born August 18, 1946) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, Archdiocese of Louisville in Kentucky from 2007 to 2022. He previously ...
, Louisville, Ky. * Leonard A. Leo, McLean, Va. *Archbishop William E. Lori, Baltimore, Md. *William P. McInerney, Franklin Lakes, N.J. *Michael J. Millette, New Rochelle, N.Y. *James Moye, Fairfield, Conn. * Mark A. Murray, Grand Rapids, Mich. *Anne E. O'Donnell, M.D., Arlington, Va. *Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, O.F.M. Cap., Braintree, Mass. * E. Jeffrey Rossi, Esq., Warren, Ohio *Monsignor Walter R. Rossi, Washington, D.C. (Rector of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception) *Catharine Murray Ryan, Pittsburgh, Pa. *Enrique Segura, Washington, D.C. *Victor P. Smith, Esq. Indianapolis, Ind. *Cardinal
Joseph W. Tobin Joseph William Tobin, CSsR, (born May 3, 1952) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. A member of the Redemptorist order, he has been the archbishop of Archdiocese of Newark in New Jersey, since 2017. He previously served as the ...
, C.Ss.R., Newark, N.J. *Monsignor Peter J. Vaghi, Bethesda, Md. *Michael P. Warsaw, Birmingham, Ala. *Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, Washington, D.C. * Lawrence J. Morris, Secretary of the Board, Springfield, Va.


References

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