RIT Board of Trustees adds three members

RIT added three members to the Board of Trustees at its recent July meeting. There are now 53 active members on the board, as well as 26 emeriti and honorary board members. The new members are:

Nancy Hathaway Burke: Burke has been elected by the members of RIT's Women's Council to serve as the representative on the board. She is a past president of Women's Council and served as a trustee from 2000 to 2002. Nancy and her husband, Joe, have been active in the Nathaniel Rochester Society for several years. She was a partner in a business venture and formerly worked in human resources at Harris Corporation/RF Communications. Burke is a graduate of William Smith College with a bachelor's of science degree in psychology.

David Burns: Burns was named president and CEO of Gleason Corporation in 2002, after serving 24 years within the company. Prior to taking the CEO post, he was president and chief operating officer for two years. Burns is a vice chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association for Manufacturing Technology. He is also a member of the Council of the College of Business at RIT. Burns has a bachelor's degree in economics from St. John Fisher College as well as an MBA from the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business Administration.

James Macfadden: Macfadden is president and CEO of Macfadden & Associates Inc., an information technology firm that primarily serves federal government clients. The company is based in Silver Spring, MD. Macfadden is also the current president of the National Deaf Business Institute and on the Board of Associates at Gallaudet University. Macfadden earned a bachelor of arts in economics from Gallaudet University.