Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees is the governing body of Mayo Clinic. It has overall responsibility for the charitable, clinical practice, scientific and educational mission and purposes of Mayo Clinic as set forth in its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws.

As of September 8, 2009, the trustees are:

BRADBURY H. (BRAD) ANDERSON
Brad Anderson joined the board in 2009.
University of Denver; Waldorf College, Forest City, IA;
Anderson joined Best Buy in 1973 and was named vice president in 1981. In 1986, was promoted to executive vice president and was elected to Best Buy's Board of Directors. In April 1991, was promoted to president and chief operating officer. Named vice chairman in 2001 and in June 2002, he assumed the position of CEO. Anderson serves on the following boards — American Film Institute, Best Buy Children's Foundation, General Mills, Minnesota Public Radio, Retail Industry Leaders Association and Waldorf College.

JAMES L. BARKSDALE, CHAIR
James L. Barksdale joined the board in 2001.
University of Mississippi
Various management positions: IBM; Cook Industries; Executive Vice President, COO, Federal Express; AT&T Wireless Services; President and CEO, Netscape Communications Corp., 1994-1999; Founder and partner, The Barksdale Group, 1999-2002; Barksdale Management Corporation, 2002-present.

THOMAS J. (TOM) BROKAW
Tom Brokaw joined the board in 2008.
University of South Dakota; extensive, award-winning national and global reporting with NBC News, 1966-present. Host, Today Show, 1976-1982; anchor, "NBC Nightly News", 1982-2004. Continuing work with NBC as special projects producer and presenter. Author of many articles and acclaimed books, notably The Greatest Generation and Boom: Voices of the Sixties.
Special Correspondent, NBC News.

FRANCE A. CÓRDOVA, PH.D.
France A. Córdova, Ph.D., joined the board in 2008. Stanford University; California Institute of Technology, Loyola-Marymount University; China Agricultural University; Staff Scientist, Earth and Space Science Division - 1979-1989, Deputy Group Leader, Space Astronomy & Astrophysics Group - 1989, Los Alamos National Lab; Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 1989-1996, Department Head of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 1989-1993, Pennsylvania State University; Chief Scientist, NASA, 1993-1996; Professor of Physics and Vice Chancellor for Research, University of California Santa Barbara, 1996-2002; Distinguished Professor of Physics & Astronomy and Chancellor, University of California Riverside, 2002-2007; President, Purdue University, 2007-present; President and CEO, Purdue Research Foundation, 2007-present; serves on several national and state-wide boards and committees.

DENIS A. CORTESE, M.D., PRESIDENT and CEO
Denis A. Cortese, M.D., joined the board in 1997.
Franklin & Marshall College; Temple University School of Medicine;
Mayo Graduate School of Medicine; Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Consultant in Thoracic Diseases, Rochester, 1976-1993; Board of Governors, 1987-1993
Mayo Clinic Jacksonville, 1993-2002: Medical Director, Mayo Health Plan, Inc., 1996-1999; Board of Governors 1996-2002; Chair, 1999-2002
President and CEO, Mayo Clinic (office in Minnesota), 2003-present.

A. DANO DAVIS
A. Dano Davis joined the board in 2001.
Stetson University
Board of Trustees, Jacksonville University; National, Regional and Local Executive Board, Boy Scouts of America;
Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc., 1968-2004; Board of Directors, 1981-2004; President and CEO, 1982-1988; Chair, 1988-2004.

RICHARD L. EHMAN, M.D.
Richard L. Ehman, M.D., joined the board in 2007.
University of Saskatchewan; University of Calgary; University of California, San Francisco; Mayo Clinic; Professor of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant in Radiology-MRI Research, 1985-present; Mayo Clinic Rochester Executive Board, 2002-present; Vice-chair, 2006-present; Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, 2006-present.

LOUIS L. GONDA
Louis L. Gonda joined the board in 2001.
University of Southern California; Woodbury University
Co-founder, International Lease Finance Corporation (ILFC), 1973-1995
Founder with Mrs. Gonda, The Gonda Family Foundation; The Gonda Arts and Education Foundation; The Willows Community School, Los Angeles, Calif.; Founder and Member, United States Holocaust Memorial Council, Washington, D.C.; Co-chair, Firststream Paris, 1999-present
President, Lexington Commercial Holdings, 1995-present.

R. SCOTT GORMAN, M.D.
R. Scott Gorman, M.D., joined the board in 2009.
University of Colorado School of Medicine; residency in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine, University of Arizona. Dr. Gorman was a faculty member of the University of Arizona for ten years (honored as the university's Clinical Educator of the Year) and joined Mayo Clinic in 1997. Vice Chair, Mayo Clinic Arizona Executive Board; Medical Director of Contracting and Payer Relations, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center Program in Health Care Disparities, and MMSI, Mayo's third-party insurance administrator. Past chair, Clinical Practice Committee and Personnel Committee, Mayo Clinic Arizona. Past Medical Director, Mayo Health Plan Arizona. Member, Arizona Medical Association's Legislative Committee. Dr. Gorman's specialty interests include bariatric medicine and infectious diseases. He helped develop and direct Leadership in Managed Care, a residency elective. He is the author of "The Mayo Managed Care Primer," which provides information on issues related to managed care. Member, Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, 2009-present.

ROY A. HERBERGER JR., PH.D.
Roy A. Herberger Jr., Ph.D., joined the board in 2006.
University of Texas, Austin; University of Colorado, Boulder
University of Southern California, Los Angeles: Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Graduate School of Business, 1973-1982; Director of International Business Education and Research Program, 1976-1982; Dean, Edwin L. Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 1982-1989; President, Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management, Glendale, Ariz., 1989-August 2004.

JEFFREY O. KORSMO
Jeffrey O. Korsmo joined the board in 2004.
St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn.; Purdue University - Krannert Graduate School of Management, West Lafayette, Ind.
Various administrative assignments, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, 1983-1987
Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville: Patient Accounts Manager, 1987; Chief Financial Officer, 1988-1991; Assistant Administrator, St. Luke's Hospital, 1991-1992
Returned to Rochester: Administrative Services, 1992-1993; Division Chair, Medical Revenue Systems, 1993-1994 and Rochester Management Accounting, 1994-1998;
Chief Financial Officer, Finance Department Chair, 1999-2001;
Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary, Rochester Executive Board, 2002-2008;
Executive Director, Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center, 2009-present.

JACK P. LEVENTHAL, M.D.
Jack P. Leventhal, M.D., joined the board in 1997.
Brandeis University; Boston University; University of California Davis Medical Center
Faculty, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1979-1986; Staff, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, 1979-1986; Section Chair, 1982-1986; Department Chair and Director, Executive Health Program, 1983-1986; Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, 1987-present; Chair, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, 1993-2001; Executive Board, 2004-present.

DAWN S. MILLINER, M.D.
Dawn S. Milliner, M.D., joined the board in 2009.
Temple University School of Medicine; residency in Internal Medicine and subspecialty training in Nephrology, Mayo Clinic Rochester; Mayo Foundation Scholar for advanced training in Pediatric Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles. Professor of Medicine and Professor of Pediatrics, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. Chair, Division of Pediatric Nephrology, 1993-2002. Medical Director, Mayo Eugenio Litta Children's Hospital, 1995-1999; MacMillan Scholar, 1999-2000. Chair of Clinical Practice Committee, Rochester, 1999-2003. Chair, Clinical Practice Committee, Mayo Clinic, 2005-present. Member, Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, 2009-present. Dr. Milliner is active in clinical practice, research and education related to pediatric stone disease, oxalate and primary hyperoxaluria.

PATRICIA E. MITCHELL
Patricia E. Mitchell joined the board in 2002.
University of Georgia
Local broadcast television, 1972-1979; Correspondent, substitute anchor, "NBC Today Show," 1979-1982; Founder, VU Productions, 1983; President, CNN Productions and Time Inc. Television, 1992-2000
President and CEO, Public Broadcasting Service, 2000-2006; President and CEO, The Paley Center for Media, 2006-present.

MARILYN CARLSON NELSON
Marilyn Carlson Nelson joined the board in 2005.
Smith College; Sorbonne; Paris, France; Institute des Hautes Etudes Economiques Politiques, Geneva, Switzerland
Past owner and Chair: Citizens State Banks of Waterville and Montgomery, Minn.; Chair, National Women's Business Council (Presidential appointment), 2002-present; Named 2002 Minnesotan of the Year; Carlson Companies, 1968-present;
Currently, Chair of the Board, President and CEO.

ROBERT E. NESSE, M.D.
Robert E. Nesse, M.D., joined the board in 2004.
St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn.; Wayne State University, School of Human Medicine, Detroit, Mich.
Consultant in Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Rochester, 1980-present; Member, Board of Governors, 1996-2003; Vice Chair, 1999-2003; Chair, Administrative Committee of the Board, 1999-2001; President and CEO, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare (Mayo Health System), La Crosse, Wis., 2004-present.

JOHN H. NOSEWORTHY, M.D., PRESIDENT and CEO-Elect
John H. Noseworthy, M.D., joined the board in 2009.
Dalhousie University; Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada; University of Western Ontario; Harvard Medical School; Professor of Neurology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Consultant, Department of Neurology, 1992-present; Department Chair, 1997-2006; Editor-in-Chief, Neurology, 2007-2009; Vice Chair, Mayo Clinic Rochester Executive Board, 2006-2009; Medical Director for Development, 2006-2009. President and CEO-elect, Mayo Clinic, 2009-present.

KERRY D. OLSEN, M.D.
Kerry D. Olsen, M.D., joined the board in 2007.
Northwestern University; Mayo Medical School; Mayo Graduate School of Medicine; University of Minnesota; Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary; Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, 1981-present; Chair, Division of Head and Neck Surgery; Mayo Clinic Rochester Executive Board, 1998-2005; Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, 2006-present.

RONALD L. OLSON
Ronald L. Olson joined the board in 2004. Drake University; University of Michigan; Oxford University (Ford Foundation Fellowship) Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, 1967; Clerk, U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. Circuit, 1968; Has practiced law with the law firm now known as Munger, Tolles & Olson, specializing in commercial litigation and corporate counseling, including corporate governance from 1968-present.

AULANA L. PETERS
Aulana L. Peters joined the board in 2007.
College of New Rochelle (N.Y.); University of Southern California
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, 1973-1984 and 1988 until retirement in 2000.
Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 1984-1988; Member, Public Oversight Board, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, 2000-2002; Serves on the International Public Interest Oversight Board for Auditing and Professional Ethics and the United States Comptroller General's Accountability Advisory Panel.

HUGH B. PRICE
Hugh B. Price joined the board in 2000.
Amherst College; Yale Law School
Executive Director, Black Coalition of New Haven, 1968-1970; Partner, Cogen, Holt & Associates, 1970-1075; Editorial Board, The New York Times, 1978-1982; Senior Vice President, WNET/Thirteen, 1982-1988; Vice President, The Rockefeller Foundation, 1988-1994; President, National Urban League, 1994-2003; Senior Advisor, Piper Rudnick LLP, New York, N.Y., 2004-2005; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution, 2006-present.

LEE R. RAYMOND, PH.D.
Lee R. Raymond, Ph.D., joined the board in 2006.
University of Wisconsin; University of Minnesota
Joined Exxon Corporation 1963 and held various management positions in domestic and foreign operations; Director since 1984 and President since 1987; Chair of the Board and CEO from 1993 until its merger with Mobil Oil Corporation in 1999; Chair of the Board and CEO, ExxonMobil Corporation, 1999 until retirement in 2005.

WILLIAM C. RUPP, M.D., VICE PRESIDENT and CEO
William C. Rupp, M.D., joined the board in 2009.
Dartmouth College; University of Minnesota Medical School; residency, Internal Medicine, and fellowship, Medical Oncology, University of Cincinnati. Dr. Rupp became CEO of Mayo Clinic Florida in November 2008. He came to Jacksonville from Luther Midelfort-Mayo Health System, where he had spent 20 years, 11 of them as President and CEO. He also served five years as President and CEO of Immanuel St. Joseph's-Mayo Health System in Mankato, MN. He is a faculty member of the Institute for Health Care Improvement. Dr. Rupp has extensive experience in quality, change management, safety and team building. Member, Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, 2009-present.

NINA M. SCHWENK, M.D., VICE PRESIDENT
Nina M. Schwenk, M.D., joined the board in 2003.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; McGill University; Mayo Graduate School of Medicine; Assistant Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant, Area General Internal Medicine, 1983-present; Division Chair, 1992-1998; Board of Governors, 1998-2005; Vice Chair, 2003-2005; Chair, Personnel Committee, 2003-2004; Vice Chair, Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, 2006-present.

CRAIG A. SMOLDT
Craig A. Smoldt joined the board in 2003.
University of Colorado, Boulder; University of Vienna, Austria; Cornell University Johnson Graduate School of Management
Captain, U.S. Army Medical Corps; Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Systems & Procedures, 1970-1974; Section Head, 1982-1987; Division of Education, 1974-1982; Chair, Systems Support Services, 1987-1993; Chair, Facilities & Systems Support Services, 1993-2005; Board of Governors, 1996-2004; Chair, Facilities and Support Services, 2005-present.

ANNE M. TATLOCK
Anne M. Tatlock joined the board in 2002.
Vassar College; New York University
Smith Barney & Company: First Vice President, 1962-1994
Fiduciary Trust International: Senior Vice President 1984-1985; Executive Vice President, Director 1985-1994; President 1994-1999; CEO and President, 1999-2000; Chair and Chief Executive Officer, 2000-2006; Franklin Resources (parent company, Fiduciary Trust): Vice Chair, Director, 2001-2006.

VICTOR F. TRASTEK, M.D., VICE PRESIDENT and CEO
Victor F. Trastek, M.D., joined the board in 2002.
Northwestern University; University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mayo Graduate School of Medicine; Toronto General Hospital
Consultant in Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 1986-present; Head, Section of General Thoracic Surgery, 1993-1998; Chair, Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1996-1998; Chair, Division of Thoracic Surgery 1999; Chair, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, 1999-2001; Arizona Executive Board, 1999-present; Chair, 2002-2005; Member, Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, 2002-present; Vice President and CEO, Mayo Clinic Arizona, 2006-present.

SHIRLEY A. WEIS, VICE PRESIDENT and CAO
Shirley A. Weis joined the board in 2004.
Michigan State University, East Lansing; Aquinas College, Grand Rapids, MI
Nurse, Midland (Mich.) Hospital Center, 1975-1977; Emergency Department Coordinator, Ingham Medical Center, Lansing, MI, 1977-1979; Manager, Emergency and Outpatient Services, Lansing General Hospital, 1979-1984; Blue Care Network, Lansing, Mich.; Medical Administrator, 1985-1991; Director of Operations, 1992-1994; Chief Operating Officer, 1995
Mayo Clinic Rochester: Mayo Management Services, Inc., Executive Director, 1995-1999; Department of Managed Care: Vice Chair, 1997-1999, Chair, 1999-2000;
Mayo Clinic Arizona: Chair, Division of Managed Care, 1999-2000; Vice Chair, Administration, 2001-2006; Member and secretary, Arizona Executive Board, 2004-2006; Member, Mayo Clinic Board of Governors, 2004-present; Secretary, 2007-present;
Chief Administrative Officer, 2007-present.

ELIAS A. ZERHOUNI, M.D.
Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D. joined the board in 2009.
University of Algiers School of Medicine, 1975. Johns Hopkins University: residency in diagnostic radiology, 1978; assistant professor, 1979; associate professor, 1985. Eastern Virginia Medical School, Department of Radiology and DePaul Hospital: 1981-1985. Johns Hopkins University: professor of radiology and professor of biomedical engineering, 1992; chairman, radiology department, 1996; executive vice dean of school of medicine and vice dean for research. Consultant to White House in Reagan Administration, 1985 and consultant to World Health Organization, 1988. National Cancer Institute Board of Scientific Advisors, 1998-2002. Member, National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine, 2000 to present. Appointed by President George W. Bush as 15th director of National Institutes of Health, 2002-2008; established research program in obesity; advocated for reduction of health care disparities; emphasized personalized, predictive and preemptive focus in health care. Trustee, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), 2009 to present. Recipient of Gold Medal, American Roentgen Society and two Paul Lauterbur Awards; more than 150 peer-reviewed publications; 8 patents.

Emeritus Public Trustees