New Board of Trustees leadership, new trustees announced

In August, Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD, announced new leadership for the University’s Board of Trustees and welcomed six new members.

Diane Duren, BSBA’81, (pictured above, left, with Fr. Hendrickson) was elected as chair, becoming the first woman to serve in the role. She succeeds Nizar Ghoussaini, BS’75, MS’76, who had been chair since 2021. Joining Duren in a leadership role on Creighton’s Board of Trustees as vice chair is Mark Henkels, BSBA’83.

Newly named trustees include Todd Foje, JD, BSBA’87, CEO of Great Plains Communications LLC; Lee Graves, BSBA'80, JD'83, founder and chairman of ELM Companies; Robert Greenwood, BSPHA‘77, owner of Greenwood Pharmacy; Elizabeth Lenke, BSN’86, a licensed therapist working in the nonprofit sector; Ann Schmitt, vice president of enterprise consumer payments at The Walt Disney Company; and Jim Simpson, BA’80, former president of strategic initiatives for Sirius Computer Solutions. Read more about the August Board of Trustees announcements.

In October, Fr. Hendrickson announced the addition of John Graham, chairman and CEO of Sunbelt Holdings, a Phoenix-based real estate firm, as the newest member of the University’s Board of Trustees. Read more about Graham.