Six new members joined the Boston University Board of Trustees in September, and another joined in December. The newcomers have expertise in a range of fields, including business, engineering, education, journalism, and philanthropy.

Newly elected to the board are William Bloom (CGS’82, Questrom’84), who is a principal of the private investment company Jamacha LLC and who had been an ex officio trustee as chair of the Board of Overseers; Ahmass Fakahany (Questrom’79), chief executive of the Altamarea Group and a former member of the Board of Overseers; Kenneth Z. Slater, principal of the asset management firm Tremont Partners LLC; and Malek Sukkar (ENG’92), chief executive officer of Averda International; and Kevin Merida (COM’79), editor-in-chief at ESPN’s The Undefeated.

Others joining the board are educator Ruth A. Moorman (CAS’88, SED’89’09), who is taking an ex officio seat as incoming chair of the Board of Overseers, and J. Robb Dixon, a Questrom associate professor of operations and technology management, who holds an ex officio seat by virtue of being chair of the University Faculty Council.

All of the new trustees except Dixon, whose term started when he became Faculty Council chair in June, were elected in April and began their terms in September. At the same time, outgoing board chair Robert Knox (CAS’74, Questrom’75) and trustees Elaine Erbey (SED’72), Robert Hildreth, Ronald Garriques (ENG’86), Stuart Pratt (CAS’69), and Richard Shipley (Questrom’68,’72) completed their terms as trustees. Knox, Pratt, and Shipley were elected Trustees Emeriti for their long and distinguished service to the University and will also serve as University overseers.

Three new members have been elected to the Board of Overseers: Philip Libin, a managing director and general partner of General Catalyst Partners, a Cambridge, Mass.–based venture capital firm that has invested in such notable start-ups as Snapchat, Airbnb, and Kayak; Lisa Ann Wong (CAS’00, GRS’00), mayor of Fitchburg, Mass., for four consecutive terms, from November 2007 to January 2016; and James Stergios (CAS’85, UNI’03), executive director of the Pioneer Institute, a Boston-based, nonpartisan, privately funded research organization that advances public policy solutions based on free market principles.

At the Board of Trustees September meeting, Kenneth J. Feld (Questrom’70) officially began his term as chair. Feld, who had been board vice chair since September 2014, chairs the $1.5 billion Campaign for Boston University and is one of the University’s most generous benefactors.

“It’s an honor to serve this incredible community of students, scholars, alumni, and friends as chairman of the board,” Feld says. “I hope to build upon the extraordinary work of my predecessors, Bob Knox and Alan Leventhal (Hon.’09), to meet the challenges and opportunities facing Boston University in the future.”

Feld reported at the September meeting that trustee Richard D. Reidy (Questrom’82) was elected vice chair of the Board of Trustees, and overseer William A. Kamer (LAW’78) vice chair of the Board of Overseers.

“Boston University is fortunate to share in the outstanding leadership and expertise of these new board members and officers,” Feld says. “We look forward to working with them to expand the University’s reputation as a global center for excellence in higher education and research.”

Michael S. Goldberg can be reached at michaelscottgolberg@gmail.com.