Board of Trustees
Southwestern University's Board of Trustees has the responsibility for the system of governance, academic life, student life, and the fiscal affairs of the University. They act as the policy making body of the University and through its own actions regulate to make its policies effective. The President then acts to administer and implement the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees.
The Board is comprised of not more than fifty (50) Trustees, three-fifths (3/5) of whom must be members, serving the six annual conferences, of The United Methodist Church. Current Members include
Central Texas Conference
Kay Granger
Fort Worth (2011)
Michael McKee
Hurst (2012)
J. Eric McKinney '72
Georgetown (2012)
North Texas Conference
Lisa Barrentine
Addison (2013)
W. Mark Craig
Dallas (2013)
Robert W. Dupuy '69
Dallas (2013)
Ronald D. Henderson
Dallas (2010)
Northwest Texas Conference
John S. Curry '70
Pampa (2013)
Namiqa A. Shipman
Big Spring (2012)
Rio Grande Conference
Martin Aleman, Jr. '68
Austin (2012)
Roberto L. Gómez '69
Mission (2013)
Southwest Texas Conference
David J. McNitzky '77
San Antonio (2013)
Laura Merrill '84
Wimberley (2012)
Robert T. Rork '62
San Antonio (2011)
Robert C. Scott
San Antonio (2013)
Texas Conference
L. James Bankston '70
Houston (2013)
Charles R. Millikan '68
Pearland (2013)
Stephen G. Tipps
Houston (2013)
James V. Walzel
Houston (2013)
Elected at Large
Douglas M. Benold '44
Georgetown (2013)
Roy H. Cullen
Houston (2010)
Thomas A. Forbes '71
Austin (2013)
James W. Foster '72
Houston (2013)
Jack Garey
Georgetown (2010)
Robert H. Graham
Houston (2010)
Larry J. Haynes '72
Dallas (2013)
Robert W. Karr '71
Essex, Conn. (2010)
Bart C. Koontz
San Antonio (2012)
R. Griffin Lord
Belton (2010)
Helen E. Black McAllister '49
San Antonio (2010)
Barbara P. Neely '77
Fort Worth (2013)
Ernesto Nieto '64
Maxwell (2011)
Pete A. Sessions '78
Dallas (2011)
Donald W. Underwood '70
Plano (2010)
Robert Wunsch
Austin (2011)
Supplemental
Red McCombs '49
San Antonio (2011)
Merriman Morton '63
Austin (2011)
Honorary
Bobby Smith Cohn
Houston (2009)
Recent Graduates Elected By The Board
C. Preston Hollis '09
Austin (2011)
Doak M. Worley IV '08
Austin (2010)
Ex Officio Members
W. Earl Bledsoe
Bishop, North Texas Annual Conference, Dallas
James E. Dorff
Bishop, Southwest Texas and Rio Grande Annual Conferences, San Antonio
Janice Riggle Huie
Bishop, Texas Annual Conference, Houston
J. Michael Lowry
Bishop Central Texas Annual Conference, Fort Worth
D. Max Whitfield
Bishop, Northwest Texas and New Mexico Annual Conferences, Albuquerque, NM
Jake B. Schrum '68
President, Southwestern University, Georgetown
Elected By The Association Of Southwestern University Alumni
Ann Tyrrell Cochran '72
Houston (2010)
Steven A. Raben '63
Houston (2012)
