The Trustees of Princeton University is a 40-member board responsible for managing Princeton University's $37.6 Billion endowment (2021), real estate, instructional programs, and admission. The Trustees include at least 13 members elected by alumni classes, and the Governor of New Jersey and the President of the university as ex officio members.
The Trustees' mission and responsibilities stem from the original Charter of the college, written in 1746. The Trustees oversee the budget of the university through the Princeton University Investment Company (PRINCO). Notable recent policy decisions include implementing the residential college system, accepting coeducation, and increasing the size of the undergraduate student body.
Unlike most other governing boards of universities, the Trustees of Princeton University is chartered as a 40-member corporation in its own right that has the authority to establish and govern Princeton University and to grant degrees in the same. This is similar to most of the oldest universities and colleges in the United States (including all of the Ivy League universities except for Cornell University), such as the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Yale Corporation.
Officers of the Board[1]
Ex officio[1]
Members of the Board[1]
| José B. Alvarez | Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School | Class of 1985 |
| Amy Alving | Engineer | Class of 1988 |
| A. Scott Berg | Writer | Class of 1971 |
| Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo | Professor & Chair, Dept. of Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Professor of Medicine; Vice Dean of Population Health and Health Equity, University of California, San Francisco | Class of 1987 |
| Joshua B. Bolten | President and CEO, Business Roundtable | Class of 1976 |
| Katherine B. Bradley | Founder and chair, CityBridge Education | Class of 1986 |
| Sumir Chadha | Managing Director, WestBridge Capital | Class of 1993 |
| Beth F. Cobert | CEO, Skillful, A Markle Initiative | Class of 1980 |
| Azza C. Cohen | Independent Filmmaker | Class of 2016 |
| Blair W. Effron | Co-founder Centerview Partners | Class of 1984 |
| Henri R. Ford | Dean, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine | Class of 1980 |
| Laura L. Forese | EVP and COO, New York-Presbyterian | Class of 1983 |
| Heather Gerken | Dean and Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, Yale Law School | Class of 1991 |
| C. Kim Goodwin | CEO and Chief Investment Officer, Avanico Holdings, LLC | Class of 1981 |
| Paul G. Haaga Jr. | Former Chairman, Capital Research and Management Company | Class of 1970 |
| Philip U. Hammarskjold | Co-Chief Executive Officer, Hellman & Friedman LLC | Class of 1987 |
| Brent L. Henry | Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C. | Class of 1969 |
| Robert J. Hugin | Retired Chairman and CEO, Celgene Corporation | Class of 1976 |
| Myesha Jemison | Management Development, McMaster-Carr | Class of 2018 |
| Kimberly H. Johnson | Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Fannie Mae | Class of 1995 |
| Derek C. Kilmer | U.S. Representative of Washington's 6th congressional district | Class of 1996 |
| Ann Kirschner | Dean Emerita, Macaulay Honors College at The City University of New York | Class of 1978 |
| Melanie C. Lawson | Reporter and Anchor, KTRK-Television | Class of 1976 |
| Anthony H.P. Lee | Director, Aberon Pty Ltd. | Class of 1979 |
| Laura Bilodeau Overdeck | Founder and President, Bedtime Math | Class of 1991 |
| Bob Peck | Managing Director, FPR Partners | Class of 1988 P20 |
| Thomas S. Roberts | Founder and CEO, Equality Asset Management | Class of 1985 |
| Craig M. Robinson | Vice President of Player Development, New York Knicks | Class of 1983 |
| Louise S. Sams | Retired Executive VP & General Counsel, Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. | Class of 1979 |
| Terri Sewell | U.S. Congresswoman | Class of 1986 |
| Brad Smith | President and Chief Legal Officer, Microsoft | Class of 1981 |
| Marco A. Tablada | Managing Partner, Wiborg Capital LLC | Class of 1993 |
| Achille Tenkiang | International Arbitration Legal Assistant, White and Case LLP | Class of 2017 |
| Sarah Varghese | Business Analyst, McKinsey Digital | Class of 2019 |
| Peter Wendell | Founder, managing director, Sierra Ventures; Faculty, Stanford Business School | Class of 1972 |
| C. James Yeh | Senior Managing Director, Citadel Investment Group LLC | Class of 1987 |
| Anthony Yoseloff | Co-Executive Managing Member, Davidson Kempner Capital Management | Class of 1996 |