Richard Sands Elected to RIT’s Board of Trustees

Richard Sands, chairman, CEO and president of Constellation Brands Inc., will help further the momentum of one of the leading technology universities in the United States. Sands is among the newest members of the Board of Trustees at Rochester Institute of Technology. His election came at the board’s most recent meeting Nov. 14-15.

After joining Constellation Brands in 1979, Sands was promoted to president and chief operating officer seven years later. With his appointment as CEO in 1993, he assumed management of Constellation Brands’ domestic and worldwide operations. Sands is also chairman of the Norman Howard School Foundation, an organization which promotes early intervention for children with learning disabilities.

A resident of Brighton, N.Y., Sands holds a B.A. degree in psychology from the University of Vermont and earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of North Carolina.

Internationally recognized as a leader in imaging, technology, fine and applied arts, and education of the deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology enrolls 15,000 full- and part-time students in more than 250 career-oriented and professional programs, many of which are unique and enjoy worldwide recognition. Its cooperative education program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation.

For the past decade, U.S. News and World Report has ranked RIT as one of the nation’s leading comprehensive universities. RIT is also included in Yahoo Internet Life’s Top 100 Wired Universities, Fisk’s Guide to America’s Best Colleges, as well as Barron’s Best Buys in Education.