Board of Trustees at Aquinas College
The Aquinas College Board of Trustees is a dynamic group of active and dedicated community
leaders whose expertise ranges from education and religion to finance and law to business
and communication. Through its careful stewardship of College policy, property, strategic
planning and fiscal affairs, the Board of Trustees is committed to advancing the mission
and values of our Catholic and Dominican educational community. The College’s enduring
connection to the Grand Rapids Dominican Sisters is evidenced by their representation
on the Board and service as Trustees of the College.
To contact the Board of Trustees, please contact Kendall Pavano at (616) 632-2881
or kch001@aquinas.edu.
Officers
John Lowery
Chair
President
Applied Innovation
Grand Rapids, MI
Vice Chair
Regional President
Fifth Third Bank
Grand Rapids, MI
Marcie Hillary '97
Chair Emerita
Senior Vice President, Community Relations
Hospice of Michigan
Grand Rapids, MI
Treasurer
Vice President of Global Tax
Steelcase, Inc.
Grand Rapids, MI
Trustees
Dr. Matt Biersack
Chief Medical Officer
Mercy Health Saint Mary's
Grand Rapids, MI
Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids
Grand Rapids, MI
Conor Dugan
Senior Counsel
Warner Norcross + Judd LLP
Grand Rapids, MI
Michael Gagnon '14
Senior Marketing Manager
Stryker
Portage, MI
Rick Heuvelman '79
Operations Manager
Foundations Building Materials
Grand Rapids, MI
Margaret Kennedy
Director
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Grand Rapids, MI
CEO, Co-Founder
Orion Infrastructure Capital
New York, NY
Dr. Andola Mathis
Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Advantage Health Physician Network
Grand Rapids, MI
Thomas McGovern
Chief Operating Officer
Rockford Construction
Grand Rapids, MI
Sr. Nathalie Meyer '58, '66
Dominican Sisters ~ Grand Rapids
Vice President
Northern Trust
Grand Rapids, MI
President
Catholic Theological Union
Chicago, IL
Hilary Roelofs '01
Chief Financial Officer
Greenville Partners LLC
Robert Woodhouse, Jr. '77, MM '92
President
Restoration Technology, Inc.
Grand Rapids, MI