Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
Donations deductibleAssociation of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges' network
14 people4 organisationsi14 people and 4 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (14). Violet dotted lines (4) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
14 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 10 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 14 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross A Mugler Chair | Chair & CEO As of 03/25 | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Cathy Havener Greer (also filed as Cathy Greer) | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Cynthia Shapira | Director Until 05/2025 | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| David Wilson | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| E Thomas Sullivan | Director Loa From 03/2025 | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Eleanor Horne | Vice Chair Loa From 12/2024 | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Katherine Sawyer | Vice Chair | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Marie A Sullivan | Director | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Nicole Washington | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Paul Brajcich | Vice Chair | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Ronald C Parker | Director Until 02/2025 | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Shane Jacobson | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Shauna Ryder Diggs | Company secretary | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| William Thompson JR | Director | 2023 | 3 yrs |
Officers and senior leadership
38 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew Lounder | Director of Programs | since 2019 |
| Ben David Rowe | Managing Director Thru 01/2024 | since 2023 |
| Christina Jacobs | Vice President | since 2020 |
| Christopher Moloney | Dir Strategy, Trans, Innov | since 2021 |
| Cristin J Toutsi Grigos | Vice President | since 2023 |
| Cristin Toutsi Grigos | Assoc VP Content Strategy | 2021 |
| Cristin Toutsi-Grigos | Dir. Pub Policy & STR. Comm. | since 2019 |
| David Bass | VP Program Strategy As of 04/25 | since 2023 |
| Deborah Hodge | Chief Information Officer | since 2019 |
| Deborah Seymour | Vice President | 2019 |
| Elizabeth Alvarado | Director of Agb Consulting | since 2019 |
| Ellen Chaffee | Int. President & CEO Until 08/24 | since 2024 |
| Framroze Virjee | President & CEO From 08/24-02/25 | 2025 |
| Gerard Bayani | Director of Accounting | 2025 |
| Helen Leith | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Henry Stoever | President and CEO | since 2020 |
| James Hundrieser | Managing Director | since 2019 |
| John Ottenhoff | Interim COO | 2019 |
| Juliana Laing | Senior Director | 2020 |
| Kenneth Knueven | Managing Director | since 2020 |
| Kristen Hodge-Clark | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Larry Robertson | Vice President | since 2023 |
| Maria Nazareth | Vice President and Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Mark Kelly | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Mary Papazian | Executive VP Until 06/25 | since 2024 |
| Megan Clarke | Associate VP of Marketing & Digital Exp. | 2025 |
| Megann Clarke | Senior Dir, Web & Digital Strategies | since 2023 |
| Merrill Schwartz | Senior Vice President -Until 05/2023 | since 2019 |
| Nancy Steelberg | Marketing Director | since 2024 |
| Patricia Kunkle | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Richard A Beyer | Principal | since 2019 |
| Richard D Legon | President | 2019 |
| Robert Waters | Vice President | since 2020 |
| Roderick McDavis | Principal | since 2019 |
| Rose Gitenstein | Managing Director | 2023 |
| Stephen Abbott | Senior Dir, Partnerships | since 2019 |
| Susan W Johnston | Executive Vice President & COO | 2019 |
| Timothy McDonough | Vice President | since 2019 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Papazian | Executive VP Until 06/25 | 40 | $359k | $50k | |
| Patricia Kunkle | Senior Vice President | 40 | $354k | $40k | |
| Maria Nazareth | Senior VP & Treasurer | 40 | $319k | $75k | |
| Ellen Chaffee | Int. President & CEO Until 08/24 | 39 | $315k | ||
| Christina Jacobs | Senior Vice President | 40 | $313k | $40k | |
| Cristin J Toutsi Grigos | Senior Vice President | 40 | $239k | $51k | |
| Framroze Virjee | President & CEO From 08/24-02/25 | 39 | $227k | $9k | |
| Larry Robertson | Senior Vice President | 40 | $220k | $38k | |
| David Bass | VP Program Strategy As of 04/25 | 40 | $189k | $32k | |
| Andrew Lounder | Associate VP of Programs | 40 | $180k | $24k | |
| Megan Clarke | Associate VP of Marketing & Digital Exp. | 40 | $171k | $18k | |
| Gerard Bayani | Director of Accounting | 40 | $162k | $31k | |
| Nancy Steelberg | Marketing Director | 40 | $152k | $16k | |
| Ben David Rowe | Managing Director | 40 | $103k | $3k | |
| Roderick McDavis | Principal | 1 | $0 | $370k | $65k |
| Ross A Mugler | Chair & CEO As of 03/25 | 7 | $0 | ||
| Paul Brajcich | Vice Chair | 5 | $0 | ||
| Katherine Sawyer | Vice Chair | 5 | $0 | ||
| Eleanor Horne | Vice Chair Loa From 12/2024 | 5 | $0 | ||
| Shauna Ryder Diggs | Secretary | 5 | $0 | ||
| Cathy Havener Greer | Director | 3 | $0 | ||
| William Thompson Jr | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Nicole Washington | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| David Wilson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Marie A Sullivan | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Shane Jacobson | Director | 1 | $0 | ||
| Ronald C Parker | Director Until 02/2025 | 1 | $0 | ||
| Cynthia Shapira | Director Until 05/2025 | 1 | $0 | ||
| E Thomas Sullivan | Director Loa From 03/2025 | 1 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
- EIN
- 840502574
- Address
- 1666 K St Nw Ste 1200, Washington, DC, 20006-1200
- State
- District of Columbia
- Mission
- The association of governing boards of universities and colleges advances higher education as a public good by preparing college, university, and foundation governing boards to fulfill their fiduciary duties and exemplify the highest ideals of trusteeship. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B40C Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1974
- Principal officer
- Ross Mugler (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 August 1952
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 6, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsRoss A Mugler
≥7years on the filingsCathy Havener Greer
≥7years on the filingsEleanor Horne
≥7years on the filingsRonald C Parker
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $25.6m
- Total liabilities
- $10m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $15.6m
- Contributions and grants received
- $2.2m
- Program service revenue
- $13.1m
- Employees
- 53
- Volunteers
- 497
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $16.7m | $15.8m | $923k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Association Of Governing Boards Of Universities And Colleges likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP), corporate registrations (opendata.dc.gov). Licence: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: DC DLCP. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- District of Columbia
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active - In Good Standing
- Formed
- 10 October 1974
- Registered agent
- C T Corporation System (city and state not held)