Board of Trustees

SUNY Ulster is governed by a 10-member board of trustees made up of community leaders appointed by the Governor of New York or the Ulster County Legislature to serve the College, as well as a student trustee.

Deborah Briggs

Chair

Appointed: 10/29/2018
Term Expires: 6/30/2025
Hometown: Ellenville
County Appointment

Timothy Sweeney

Vice Chair

Appointed: 9/2021
Term Expires: 6/30/2027
Hometown: Stone Ridge
County Appointment

Victoria St. John-Gilligan

Secretary

First Appointment: 1/01/2010
Reappointed: 11/30/2016
Term Expires: 6/30/2030
Hometown: Kingston
County appointment

Anna M. Brett

Appointed: 12/1/2012
Reappointment: 9/2018
Term Expires: 6/30/25
Hometown: Kingston
County appointment

Rev. Gregory Simpson, Ph.D.

Appointed: 12/2021
Term Expires: 6/30/2027
Hometown: Hurley
County Appointment

Bryant "Drew" Andrews

Appointed: 12/2023
Term Expires: 6/30/2024
Hometown: Kingston
Governor's Appointment

Robert R. Jacobsen, Esq.

Appointed: 12/2023
Term Expires: 6/30/2024
Hometown: Kingston
Governor's Appointment

Gunnar Bednarz

Student Trustee

Appointed 7/1/2025
Term Expires: 6/30/2026
Hometown: Cottekill

Trustees Emeriti

Karen Clark Adin
Françoise C. Dunefsky
Rod P. Futerfas

Alan Lomita
Susan M. McConekey
George Rusk, Jr.
David H. Rylance
Gabriel F. Sottile
William L. Spearman
John J. Wadlin

Board of Trustees' Policy Manual