Board of Trustees gains new members
Indianapolis community leaders Christopher Doehring, Adolf Hansen and David Resnick will join the University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees.
The new members will be officially inducted into board membership the day of the board’s May 20 meeting.
The 36-member board meets three times annually, in October, February and May. Members hold four-year terms. There are no term limits.
“The time, energy and resources that they [the Board of Trustees] dedicate to our campus really is outstanding,” President Beverley Pitts said. “They take their role at the university very seriously.”
Pitts went on to explain that the board strives for balance in its membership. Gender, racial and religious diversity are valued.
Board members come from a wide variety of different professions and backgrounds and offer unique perspectives.
Doehring, known to his friends as Topper, will join the board from a health professional background. He is currently vice president of medical affairs at St. Francis Hospital.
A Johns Hopkins alumnus, he is engaged in the Indianapolis community and currently serves on the Indiana Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Health Care Service.
“Because our campus is so strong in the area of health professions, and we have so many students pursuing those majors, we like to have the voices of health care professionals on the board,” Pitts said.
Hansen, who has a background in the United Methodist Church, is no stranger to the UIndy campus. He served as both an assistant professor and the chair of the department of philosophy and religion at UIndy from the early 1970s to the early 1980s.
He is a widely published author and has demonstrated leadership in both higher education and in ministry. Hansen recently stepped down from the position of theologian-in-residence at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, which has more than 5,500 members.
Resnick, whose daughter is a current UIndy student, is the managing partner at Katz, Sapper and Miller.
An Indiana University graduate, Resnick is also chairman of the board of the United Way of Central Indiana and the treasurer of WFYI, an Indianapolis public broadcast channel.
His involvement in the community also includes positions on the board of the Jewish Family and Children’s services and the American Cancer Society.
None of the three newest additions to the board are UIndy alumni, but the board’s bylaws dictate that it be comprised of 30 percent UIndy alumni. Also required is that the United Methodist Church be represented.
Both of these requirements are currently met, as are all other bylaws of the board.
“We are looking forward to welcoming the new members to the Board,” said Board of Trustees Chairman Robert Wingerter. “We really look for people who don’t want to just open their checkbooks for the university but want to become actively involved in the campus.”
To view a full list of the University of Indianapolis Board of Trustees members, visit the website at: www.uindy.edu/admin/trustees/index.php.
