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 August 28, 2008, the trustees are:

Mayo Clinic Board of Trustees Charter

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

GEORGE B. BARTLEY, M.D., VICE PRESIDENT
George B. Bartley joined the board in 2002.
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; Ohio State University College of Medicine; Mayo Graduate School of Medicine; Wright State University School of Medicine; Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant, Ophthalmology, Rochester, 1986-2002; Chair, Department of Ophthalmology, 1992-2001; Board of Governors, 2000-2002
Chair, Board of Governors (Florida), 12/2002-2005; CEO 2006-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 joined the board in 2008. Stanford University; California Institute of Technology, Loyola-Marymount University; China Agricultural University; Staff Scientist, Earth and Space Science Division - 1979-89, Deputy Group Leader, Space Astronomy & Astrophysics Group - 1989, Los Alamos National Lab; Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics 1989-96, Department Head of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 1989-93, Pennsylvania State University; Chief Scientist, NASA, 1993-96; 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., CEO and PRESIDENT
Denis A. Cortese 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., 1996-99; Board of Governors 1996-2002; Chair, 1999-2002
President and CEO, Mayo Clinic (office in Minnesota), 2003-present

SENATOR THOMAS A. DASCHLE
Thomas A. Daschle joined the board in 2006.
South Dakota State University
United States Air Force Strategic Air Command, 1969-1972; Senate aide, 1973-1978; U.S. House of Representatives (D-S.D.), 1978-1986; U.S. Senate, 1986-2005; Senate Minority Leader, 1994-2001; Senate Majority Leader, 2001-2003. Served on Agriculture, Veterans Affairs, Indian Affairs, Finance and Ethics committees. Currently Distinguished Fellow, Center for American Progress; Visiting Professor, Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute; Special Policy Advisor to the law firm of Alston & Bird.

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 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.

GLENN S. FORBES, M.D., VICE PRESIDENT
Glenn S. Forbes, M.D. joined the board in 2006.
Yale University Medical School; Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Consultant, Diagnostic Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 1977-present; Vice-Chair, Mayo Clinic Rochester Board of Governors; Chair, Personnel Committee and Management Oversight Group. Past President and CEO, Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, Mayo Health System; past Chair, Department of Radiology.
CEO, Mayo Clinic Rochester, 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

ROY A. HERBERGER JR., PH.D.
Roy A. Herberger 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, 1992-93; 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, Executive Board, 2002-present

JACK P. LEVENTHAL, M.D.
Jack P. Leventhal 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

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, 2000-2/2006; President and CEO, The Paley Center for Media, 3/2006-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 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

KERRY D. OLSEN, M.D.
Kerry D. Olsen 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.

FRANKLYN D. PRENDERGAST, M.D., PH.D.
Franklyn D. Prendergast joined the board in 1992.
Oxford University; University of West Indies; Mayo Graduate School; University of Minnesota; Professor, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine; Edmond and Marion Guggenheim Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Consultant in Pharmacology, 1980-present; Chair, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1985-1988; Board of Governors, 1989-1996; Director for Research, 1989-1992; Director, Mayo Cancer Center, 1994-2006; Director, Center for Individualized Medicine Research, 2006-present

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 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.

NINA M. SCHWENK, M.D., VICE PRESIDENT
Nina M. Schwenk 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 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
Victor F. Trastek 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-; 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 in Scottsdale, 1999-2001; Mayo Clinic in Arizona Executive Board, 1999-present; Chair, 6/2002-2005; CEO, 2006-present

SHIRLEY A. WEIS, CAO and VICE PRESIDENT
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 of Arizona: Chair, Division of Managed Care, 1999-2000; Vice Chair, Administration, 2001-2006; Member and secretary, Executive Board, 2004-2006
Chief Administrative Officer, 2007-present

Emeritus Public Trustees