Excelsior University Board of Trustees
The Excelsior University Board of Trustees is the governing body for Excelsior. The board comprises individuals from across the United States who are prominent in the fields of business, education, government, and the professions.
Matt Loeb
Chair, Board of Trustees
Matt Loeb is a purpose-driven, strategic and digitally savvy executive and board director with more than 30 years of global leadership experience. He is CEO and principal of Optimal Performance Seekers LLC.
Kent A. D. Clark
Treasurer, Board of Trustees
Kent A. D. Clark is an experienced chief executive officer and military veteran certified in board and advisory work across the spectrums of cybersecurity, governance, finance, audit, strategic planning, and development for both for-profit and nonprofit organizations.
David Baime
David Baime is the senior vice president for government relations and policy analysis for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC). He previously served as director of education funding for the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and as assistant director of government relations for the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Earl Buford
Earl Buford is president of CAEL, where he oversees the national nonprofit organization’s work to improve education-to-career pathways for adult learners. He leads CAEL’s mission of providing solutions to promote sustainable and equitable economic growth in collaboration with workforce and economic developers, post-secondary educators, employers, industry groups, foundations, and other mission-aligned groups.
Jennifer Gentry
Jennifer Gentry serves as Central Division Chief Nursing Officer for Providence St. Joseph Health-Oregon.
Daniel Greenstein
Daniel Greenstein is the CEO of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, the state’s public university system serving around 90,000 students.
Karen Kocher
Karen Kocher is Microsoft’s global general manager of 21st Century Jobs, emphasizing powering the planet through sustainable individual employability and organizational strategic talent pipelines.
Jeanne Meister
Jeanne Meister executive vice president, Executive Networks, and was a founding partner of Future Workplace, an HR advisory and research firm. She is the best-selling author of four books—two on the launch and expansion of corporate universities and two on the future of work.
Clar Rosso
Clar Rosso is the CEO of Rosso Strategic Advisors LLC, a global professional services firm that drives value and results for nonprofit, public, and private sector organizations by developing targeted strategies and execution plans focused on transformation and growth in AI, cybersecurity, associations, financial services, nonprofits, government, and technology.
Rose Wang
Rose Wang is a serial entrepreneur and is the founder of Binary Group, an IT consulting firm providing enterprise solutions.
David Kwabena Wilson
David Wilson is the 10th inaugurated president of Morgan State University—Maryland’s preeminent public urban research university.
Ex Officio Trustees
Tony Spearman-Leach
Tony Spearman-Leach is director of development and philanthropy at the National Academy of Public Administration. He has been a member of the Alumni Leadership Council at Excelsior University since 2021 and became president of the Excelsior University Alumni Association and its Alumni Leadership Council in July 2023.
Chair Emeriti
Helen Benjamin
Helen Benjamin was chancellor of the Contra Costa Community College District from 2005 until her retirement in December 2016. Her District career began in 1990 when she joined Los Medanos College as dean of language arts and humanistic studies and related occupations.
Don Dea
Don Dea is a recognized author on the internet/digital, association strategy, online education, digital transformation, GBT, and technology deployment.
Jerry Neff
Jerry Neff (ARNGUS, Ret.) enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard in May 1960, at the age of 18, and soon after also set off on a banking career.
Richard Yep
Richard Yep is CEO of Ocean Vista Advisors in Alexandria, Virginia.Trustee Emeriti
William G. Harris
William G. Harris serves as the CEO of the Association of Test Publishers (ATP), the leading international organization for publishers of assessment programs.
Mary O'Connor
Mary O'Connor is a professor of nursing at Notre Dame of Maryland University where she teaches RN to BSN and MSN courses. She also works per diem in nursing administration as a nursing supervisor at Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie, Maryland.
Jean Smith
Jean Smith is a former vice president of Chase Community Development Corporation and has worked in the banking and financial industry since 1978.
Pamela Tate
Pamela Tate is Past President & CEO, The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL).
