Members of the Board of Trustees
Year of Initial Appointment
Year Current Term Expires
Individual
Professional Affiliation U.S. Bank Executive, retired
Keith Thompson, Chair
2007 2010 2015 2014 2012 2011 2017 2017
9/30/2019 9/30/2022 9/30/2021 9/30/2020 9/30/2017 9/30/2018 9/30/2023 6/30/2018
Ron Erickson, Vice Chair Founder, Chairman of Visualant
Erin Black
Chief Executive Officer, The Memorial Foundation, Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Executive Vice President Alaska Airlines Group, retired Director, Washington State Department of Enterprise Services
Glenn Johnson Chris Liu (1) Robert Nellams Emily Washines Ciara White
Director, Seattle Center
Public Relations Specialist, Yakama Nation Fisheries
Student
(1) Mr. Liu will continue to serve on the Board until the Governor names his replacement. Chair and Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees
Keith Thompson, Chair , was appointed to the Board in 2007 with a current term ending in 2019. Mr. Thompson recently retired from U.S. Bank Private Asset Management, where he had worked since 1990. He previously worked for Kidder Peabody, worked in a general aviation business and was an officer in the U.S. Navy. Mr. Thompson has served on the board of the University Foundation for seven years, and serves on the finance committee for the Eastern Washington University Foundation. Mr. Thompson earned his bachelor’s degree from the University. Ron Erickson, Vice Chair , was first appointed to the Board in 2003 with a current term ending in 2021. Mr. Erickson is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of Visualant, Inc. He was a co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Blue Frog Mobile, Inc., co-founder, Chairman and CEO of GlobalTel Resources, and previously served as Chairman and CEO of eCharge Corporation. Mr. Erickson has a bachelor’s degree from the University, a master’s degree from the University of Wyoming and a juris doctor from the University of California, Davis and is licensed to practice law in the State. University Administration The University is administered by a President, who is appointed by the Board. The President appoints administrative officers to assist in managing the University. Brief resumes for the President and the current administrative officers follow. Dr. James L. Gaudino - President Dr. James L. Gaudino was appointed President of the University effective January 1, 2009. Before joining the University, Dr. Gaudino was the founding Dean of the College of Communication and Information at Kent State University, a college that consists of the Schools of Communication Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication, Library and Information Science, and Visual Communication Design. Dr. Gaudino was previously the Executive Director of the National Communication Association (NCA), a scholarly society of 7,000 members that works to improve instruction and to produce research on topics of both intellectual and social significance related to human communication. While working at NCA, Dr. Gaudino also served as an adjunct professor at George Mason University and George Washington University. Prior to taking the position at NCA, he served on the faculty at Michigan State University’s Department of Advertising. Dr. Gaudino’s research interests include public relations and public opinion formation. Dr. Gaudino holds a Ph.D. in Communications from Michigan State University and a master’s in management from Troy State University. He is a graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and served in the US Air Force in California, Turkey, and Germany. Dr. Katherine P. Frank –Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Life Dr. Katherine P. Frank was appointed Provost and Vice President of Academic and Student Life effective July 1, 2016. Dr. Frank previously was the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Northern Kentucky University, where she oversaw the university’s largest college, which includes a School of the Arts, ten academic departments, and five centers. Prior to that, Dr. Frank was Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indiana University East. During her tenure, she oversaw a restructuring of that institution’s largest school, with ten undergraduate programs, three of which were delivered at campus satellite centers. She also served at Colorado State University-Pueblo for 10 years, serving as Chair of English and Foreign Languages and the Writing Program Administrator. At Pueblo she also was the founding director of the Southern Colorado Writing Project and founding director of the first-year experience program. She earned her B.A. in English from Bates College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington.
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