Board of Trustees

President of the College

Interim President of the College

Stephen B. Snyder
M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Yale University
Middlebury, VT
See Office of the President

Stephen B. Snyder is the vice president for academic affairs, the dean of the Language Schools, and the Kawashima Professor of Japanese Studies at Middlebury. Snyder joined the Japanese Studies Department in 2005, was named dean of the Language Schools in 2014, and was appointed vice president for academic affairs in 2017. Prior to this appointment as interim president, Snyder served an eight-month term as interim dean of the Middlebury Institute in Monterey, California. He interrupted an academic sabbatical to begin the current appointment, following the conclusion of Laurie L. Patton’s term as the institution’s 17th president at the end of 2024. Snyder will serve as the interim president until June 30, 2025, or the beginning of the 18th president’s term, whichever occurs first. 

Emeriti

Dates indicate year of first election to Board of Trustees and effective date of emeritus status.

Dort A. Cameron III ’67
A.B., M.B.A. (1983, 1998)
Greenwich, CT     

James S. Davis ’66
A.B., L.H.D. (1984, 2007)
Boston, MA

Allan R. Dragone Jr. ’78
A.B., M.B.A. (2008, 2024)
Vero Beach, FL

Churchill G. Franklin ’71
A.B., L.H.D. (1989, 2005)
Cornwall, VT

Frederick M. Fritz ’68
A.B., M.B.A, L.H.D. (1999, 2015)
Hobe Sound, FL

Nancy Coffrin Furlong ’75
A.B. (1994, 2010)
Vero Beach, FL     

Claire Waterhouse Gargalli ’64
A.B., L.H.D. (1987, 2003)
Charlottesville, VA

Robert C. Graham Jr. ’63
A.B. (1992, 2008)
Stamford, CT     

Willard T. Jackson ’51
A.B., M.B.A., LL.D. (1973, 1993)
Cornwall, VT     

William H. Kieffer III ’64
A.B., L.H.D. (1992, 2008)
Boston, MA

Roxanne McCormick Leighton ’67
A.B. (1996, 2012)
Vero Beach, FL

John M. McCardell Jr.
A.B., Ph.D., L.H.D. (1991, 2005)
Beaufort, SC

C. Irving Meeker ’50
A.B., M.D. (1979, 1995)
Scarborough, ME

Patricia Judah Palmer ’57
A.B., L.H.D. (1982, 1997)
Needham, MA

Kimberly Collins Parizeau ’79
A.B., M.B.A. (2003, 2020)
Wellesley, MA

Elisabeth Robert ’78
A.B., M.B.A. (2004, 2020)
Charlotte, VT

Frank W. Sesno ’77
B.A. (1994, 2019)
Washington, D.C.

Deborah G. Thomas ’75
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., (2004, 2020)
Chapel Hill, NC

John R. Tormondsen ’82
A.B., M.B.A. (2002, 2017)
Stamford, CT

J. Edward (Ted) Virtue ’82
A.B. (2005, 2021)
North Palm Beach, FL

Marna C. Whittington
A.B., Ph.D., L.H.D (1999, 2017)
Yorklyn, DE

Linda Foster Whitton ‘80
A.B. (2004, 2020)
Weston, VT

Kendrick R. Wilson III
A.B., M.B.A. (1999, 2015)
Hobe Sound, FL