University Times

Two alumni have been nominated to serve as Pitt trustees.

•  Tracey T. Travis, a 1983 Pitt graduate in industrial engineering, is senior vice president of finance and chief financial officer at Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

• H. Lee Noble, a 1962 graduate in chemistry, is retired executive vice president of Bayer Corp. and served as a Pitt commonwealth trustee, 1998-2010.

The full board is expected to act on these nominating committee recommendations tomorrow, June 25.

In 2005, Travis was named to her current position at Polo Ralph Lauren, an apparel and lifestyle products company, charged with responsibility for the company’s worldwide corporate finance operations, including accounting, financial planning and analysis, treasury, taxes and business development. Travis’s responsibilities subsequently were expanded to include investor relations and information technology.

Noble, who retired after 25 years at Bayer, served as board chair for Deerfield Urethane, a Bayer subsidiary, and president of the Bayer Polymer Division, where he doubled sales to $2 billion, completed four major acquisitions and oversaw capital projects of more than $1.2 billion. He currently serves as chair of the board of directors for Fluorous Technologies, a provider of proprietary technology for the drug discovery and development industry, and as the chief executive officer of Noble Consulting, which specializes in strategic planning, the financing of start-up companies and mergers and acquisitions.