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Trustees committee approves leadership slate and multiple trustee nominations
Summary
The Governance, Nominating and Trusteeship Committee approved minutes, reendorsed board leadership for 1-year terms beginning July 1, 2026, adopted updated criteria for electing term trustees, and recommended multiple term and emeritus trustee candidates and two UPMC board directors; the resolutions will go to the full Board on May 7.
Pete Varischetti, chair of the Governance, Nominating and Trusteeship Committee of the University of Pittsburgh Board of Trustees, opened a public meeting and led the committee in approving a package of governance actions, including leadership re-elections and several trustee nominations.
The committee approved the minutes of its July 7, 2025 meeting. It then presented and approved a resolution recommending the re-election of John J. Verbanic as chair and Lisa A. Golden as vice chair for one-year terms beginning July 1, 2026; the motion passed with two abstentions recorded in the transcript but the abstaining…
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