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.

Officers & Members for the 2025-2026 Academic Year 

 

Robert R. Jacobsen, Esq.

Chair

Appointed: 12/2023
Reappointed: 10/2025
Term Expires: 6/30/2024/2031
Hometown: Kingston
Governor's Appointment

 

 

Tim Sweeney

Timothy Sweeney 

Vice Chair

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

 

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Victoria St. John-Gilligan

Secretary

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

 

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Bryant "Drew" Andrews

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

 

 

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Gunnar Bednarz

Student Trustee

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



 

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Anna M. Brett

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

 

Deborah Brigs

Deborah Briggs

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

 

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Dennis M. Doyle

 

Appointed: 10/2025
Term Expires: 6/30/2026
Hometown: Tillson
Governor's Appointment

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Rev. Gregory Simpson, Ph.D.

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

 

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