Rockhurst University’s Board of Trustees recently welcomed six new members. These new trustees, five of whom were elected for three three-year terms, will add valuable expertise to the 32-member board. Two positions are reserved for recent alumni, who serve a single two-year term.

The Rev. Larry Biondi, S.J.	Denny Hogan, ’70	Duane Lock, ’01 EMBA	Marny Donnelly Sherman, ’75	Denny Thum, ’74	Patrick Wank, ’05, ’06 MBA

The Rev. Larry Biondi, S.J., is president of Saint Louis University. During his tenure, he has been instrumental in modernizing and revitalizing the campus, increasing the university’s academic standards, completing two significant capital campaigns, and increasing the university’s endowment by $820 million. Fr. Biondi holds a master’s degree in linguistics and a doctorate in sociolinguistics from Georgetown University, three degrees from Loyola University Chicago and a licentiate in sacred theology from the Jesuit School of Theology in Chicago.

Denny Hogan, ’70, is a partner at Pansing Hogan Ernst & Bachman LLP, a full service law firm in Omaha, Neb. His practice areas include real estate and commercial law, zoning and development law and sanitary and improvement districts. Hogan holds a law degree from Creighton University and is a member of the Omaha Bar Association and the Nebraska State Bar Association.

Duane Lock, ’01 EMBA, is president of the Lock Group, an energy consult- ing and risk management firm serving businesses throughout Texas. He is a member of the Council of Advisors for Energy, based in New York, which consults for investment banking firms on matters related to energy policy, market structure and regulation. Lock holds a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Southern Mississippi and is a member of Rockhurst’s Executive Fellows MBA Class of 2001.

Marny Donnelly Sherman, ’75, is an active member of the community, serving on the boards of directors for both Ozanam and St. Paul’s Episcopal Day School. She worked in the telecommunications and real estate industries before deciding to focus her full-time efforts on her family and the community.

Denny Thum, ’74, is executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Kansas City Chiefs. Thum, who has been with the franchise since 1974, previously served as executive vice president and assistant general manager of the Chiefs organization. Thum has served on the University’s Alumni Board of Directors and was honored as Rockhurst’s 2006 alumnus of the year for outstanding achievement. He is on the board of directors for the St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation, and takes a hands-on role with a number of other charitable causes.

Patrick Wank, ’05, ’06 MBA, is serving in one of the two board positions for recent alumni. Wank is general manager of Hennessey Sheet Metal Inc., in Kansas City, Kan. He received both a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from Rockhurst. As an undergraduate, Wank was a freshman orientation leader and coordinator, a member of the Greek Risk Management Committee and president of the Tau Kappa Epsilon—Kappa Nu Chapter.