Alumni Trustees

Your voice on the Board of Trustees

IU alumni elect three of IU’s nine trustees and each alumni trustee serves a three-year term.

The Board of Trustees is IU’s governing body, its legal owner, and final authority. It is composed of nine experienced leaders, from a variety of backgrounds, whose stewardship ensures a strong future for Indiana University.

If you have any questions about the governance of IU, or would like to offer ideas for improving your university, contact the Board of Trustees.

Help shape IU’s future

If you graduated from IU, you have a say in how the university is run. How? By letting a trustee know what is on your mind, by voting in the annual trustee election, or by running for trustee yourself.

Share your ideas and vision for the Alumni Association. Reach out to the elected members of the Board of Trustees on issues that are important to you. Contact an alumni-elected trustee.

Any graduate of IU is eligible to vote in the annual trustee election. Learn more about voting in the trustee election.

Any graduate of IU is eligible to stand as an alumni candidate for the IU Board of Trustees. To request a nomination packet, or for more information on running as alumni trustee, contact Amy Cope, alumni trustee election coordinator via email at truselec@indiana.edu or phone at 812-855-6610.

Alumni Trustees

Jeremy A. Morris

Degrees:: BA'05, MS'07, JD'14
Email:: bdot@iu.edu

Indianapolis, Ind.

Appointed to board in 2021
Current term: 2021-2024

Trustee Morris is an experienced trial attorney and has conducted over 15 complex felony jury trials in both state and federal court. Currently, Trustee Morris is Senior Counsel for Taft in Indianapolis. He is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Iibada Dance Company, is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, which was founded on the campus of Indiana University in 1911. Additionally, Trustee Morris serves as a tutor with School on Wheels for children experiencing homelessness.

Donna B. Spears

Degrees:: AS’78, BS’79, MPA’81
Email:: bdot@iu.edu

Richmond, Ind.

Appointed to board in 2018
Current term: 2021-2023

Trustee Spears is a broker associate at Coldwell Banker Lingle Real Estate in Richmond. She served on the IU East Board of Advisors in 1992; served two terms on the IU Alumni Association Executive Council; and was the national chair of the IU Alumni Association Board of Managers in 2009. Spears was awarded the IU Alumni Association's Gertrude Rich Award in 2006 and the IU East Chancellor's Medallion in 2016.

Vivian Winston

Degrees:: BS’78, MBA’90
Email:: bdot@iu.edu

Bloomington, Ind.

Appointed to board in 2022
Current term: 2022-2025

Trustee Winston has worked as both staff and faculty at IU, most recently as a lecturer in the Kelley School of Business. She has received numerous teaching awards, including the 2015 Trustee Award, the William Panschar Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award in 2016, the Disability Services Faculty Award in 2017and seven Alpha Psi Teaching Awards. Winston was named a Fettig/Whirlpool Distinguished Lecturer in 2017. She earned her bachelor's degree in 1978 and her Master of Business Administration in 1990.

Alumni Trustees

Your voice on the Board of Trustees

Help shape IU’s future

Contact an alumni member of the Board of Trustees

Vote for an alumni member of the Board of Trustees

Run for alumni trustee

Alumni Trustees

Jeremy A. Morris

Donna B. Spears

Vivian Winston

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