The UConn Board of Trustees has been an integral part of UConn’s fabric since its founding.
The Board of Trustees has jurisdiction over UConn, including all of its colleges and other units, and has a responsibility to serve UConn by making the best possible decisions regarding the University as a whole. The Board of Trustees’ main responsibilities are to elect UConn’s president, adopt an annual financial plan of operation, enhance student life, and establish degrees to be awarded.
The Board of Trustees is comprised of 21 UConn alumni members who demonstrate farsighted vision and dedicated leadership:
- 12 appointed by the governor
- Two elected by alumni; each serve a four-year term and represent the voice of all UConn alumni
- Two elected by students
- Five ex-officio members, including the governor and the commissioners of agriculture and education
View the Alumni Trustee Election process
Current Alumni Trustees
UConn graduates elect two alumni trustees to each serve a four-year term on the Board of Trustees and become the elected voice of all UConn alumni.
Bryan Pollard
Bryan K. Pollard ’85 (CLAS) was elected to serve the 2019-2023 term and was reelected for a second four-year term in 2023. Bryan is an Associate General Counsel for Operations for the United Technologies Corporation (UTC) in Farmington, Connecticut, and has been with UTC since 1995. He served as president of the UConn Alumni Association in 1999-2000 and was a member of its Board of Directors from 1994-2000. He was a member of the organization’s committees on Diversity and Opportunity, Insurance, and Building Names.
Diane Whitney
Diane W. Whitney ’85 JD was elected to serve from 2025 to 2029. Whitney earned her juris doctorate from UConn Law and has taught as an adjunct faculty member at UConn Law, ran the Special Program in Law, and served as the pre-Law advisor in Storrs for six years. She has served as a board member, and frequent chair, of many civic organizations, including Greater Hartford Legal Aid, the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame, and the UConn Law School Foundation. Whitney has also been the James W. Cooper Fellow of the Connecticut Bar Foundation and named as Connecticut’s “Lawyer of the Year” in Environmental Law by Best Lawyers in 2018, among numerous other legal accolades.