# Meet the University of Phoenix board of trustees

## Independent trustees

**Celestino Fernández, Ph.D. – Chair**Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Consultant  
University of Arizona

**Everette J. Freeman, Ed.D. – Vice Chair**  
President Emeritus  
Community College of Denver

**Sean P. “Jack” Buckley, Ph.D.**  
Chief People and Systems Officer  
Roblox Corporation

**Nicholas B. Dirks, Ph.D.**  
President, Chief Executive Officer  
New York Academy of Sciences

**Ruth Williams-Brinkley**  
Managing Director  
RWB Advisory Services  
Retired President  
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of the Mid-Atlantic States

## Other trustees

**Theodore Kwon**Partner  
Apollo Global Management, Inc.

**Chris Lynne**  
President  
University of Phoenix

**Anthony W. Miller**  
Managing Partner  
Excolere Equity Partners  
Former Deputy Secretary and Chief Operating Officer  
U.S. Department of Education

**Martin H. Nesbitt**Senior Partner, Co-Chairman, and Co-CEO  
The Vistria Group, L.P.

## Meet President Chris Lynne

The Office of the President is responsible for ensuring that students are well served in every aspect of their education and that the University of Phoenix achieves its [Mission and Purpose](https://www.phoenix.edu/about/mission-purpose.html) through the management of financial, human and physical resources.

[Read more about Chris Lynne](/about/leadership/chris-lynne.html)
## Related links

[About Us](/about.html)

[Mission & Purpose](/about/mission.html)

[Technology in the Classroom](/about/classroom-technology.html)

[Equity and Diversity](/equity-and-diversity.html)