Mission: The mission of Brown University is to serve the community, the nation and the world by discovering, communicating and preserving knowledge and understanding in a spirit of free inquiry, and by educating and preparing students to discharge the offices of life with usefulness and reputation. We do this through a partnership of students and teachers in a unified community known as a university-college.
Year founded: 1764
President/CEO: Christina H. Paxson, president
2016 revenue: $976.4 million operating budget
Board of Fellows members:
Christina H. Paxson, fellow and moderator
President, Brown University
Donald C. Hood, secretary (2008-17)
James F. Bender Professor of Psychology, Columbia University
Mark S. Blumenkranz, fellow (2008-19)
H.J. Smead Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Stanford University
Richard A. Friedman, fellow (2013-24)
Head of Merchant Banking Division, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
Laura Geller, fellow (2010-21)
Senior rabbi, Temple Emanuel, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Theresia Gouw, fellow (2012-23)
Founder and managing partner, Aspect Ventures
Robin A. Lenhardt, fellow (2008-19)
Professor of law, Fordham Law School
Samuel M. Mencoff, fellow (2009-20)
Founding partner, co-CEO, Madison Dearborn Partners LLC
Jonathan M. Nelson, fellow (2011-22)
Founder and CEO, Providence Equity Partners LLC
O. Rogeriee Thompson, fellow (2013-24)
Federal judge, United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit
Peter S. Voss, fellow (2010-21)
Private investor and part-time private equity and asset management adviser
Maria T. Zuber, fellow (2009-20)
Vice president for research and E. A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology