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 2024-2025 Academic Year

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

Deli Smith
Student Trustee
Appointed 7/1/2024
Term Expires: 6/30/2025
Hometown: Olive
Trustees Emeriti
Peter L. Berger
Karen Clark Adin
Françoise C. Dunefsky
John H. Dwyer, Sr.
John E. Finch
Rod P. Futerfas
Karen Clark Adin
Françoise C. Dunefsky
John H. Dwyer, Sr.
John E. Finch
Rod P. Futerfas
Alan Lomita
Susan M. McConekey
George Rusk, Jr.
David H. Rylance
Gabriel F. Sottile
William L. Spearman
John J. Wadlin
Susan M. McConekey
George Rusk, Jr.
David H. Rylance
Gabriel F. Sottile
William L. Spearman
John J. Wadlin