Rutgers University Board of Governors Inducts 2025–2026 Members

The Rutgers Board of Governors inducted Amy Mansue, outgoing chair of Rutgers Board of Trustees and CEO and president of Inspira Health, to the Rutgers Board of Governors on July 1, 2025. Hollis Copeland, senior managing director at Tigress Financial Partners and Rutgers alumnus, was also inducted for a third term as a Board of Governors officer to begin on July 1.

Mansue joins the Rutgers Board of Governors following several years of service on the Rutgers Board of Trustees and to the state of New Jersey. She previously served as executive vice president and chief experience officer in the RWJBarnabas Health system, deputy commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services and deputy chief of staff to former New Jersey Governor Jim Florio.

She also serves or has served on the boards of several key organizations throughout the region, including the New Jersey State Chamber of Commerce, New Brunswick Development Corp. (DEVCO) and NJ Public Policy Perspectives. Mansue is also treasurer for the National Children’s Hospital Association.

Mansue has earned several awards and distinctions throughout her career, including the Humanitarian of the Year Award from the American Conference on Diversity, the Women of Achievement Award from the Women’s Political Caucus of New Jersey and an honorary doctorate of human letters degree from Montclair State University.

Copeland was elected to the Board of Governors in 2023, following his service on the Board of Trustees since 2004.  He is a Rutgers alumnus and was a member of the Rutgers men’s basketball team in the mid-1970s.

Copeland is a senior managing director and head of equities capital markets at Tigress Financial Partners. He is a member of the National Basketball Retired Players Association and the Screen Actors Guild and has also served on various search committees for executive-level positions at Rutgers.

Rutgers University is governed by the Board of Governors composed of 15 voting members vested generally with the government, control, conduct, management and administration of the university. Historically, the Board of Trustees was the governing body of the university from the time of its founding as Queen’s College in 1766 until the university was reorganized under state law in 1956 – the board now acts in an advisory capacity to the Board of Governors and is comprised of 41 voting members.