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June 23, 2011

2 new trustees nominated

Two Pitt alumni last week were nominated to serve on the Pitt Board of Trustees.

Roberta A. Luxbacher (Engineering 1978), vice president of global industrial and wholesale, ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing Co. of ExxonMobil Corp., and Thomas E. Richards (Arts and Sciences 1976), president, chief operating officer and executive committee member of CDW LLC, were recommended by the trustees’ nominating committee.

The full board is expected to act on the committee’s recommendations tomorrow, June 24.

As an undergraduate, Luxbacher was a University Scholar. She joined Exxon in 1978, the same year she earned her BS in chemical engineering from the Swanson School of Engineering, where she now serves on the board of visitors.

In her current position, Luxbacher is responsible for global fuel sales, marketing and operations for industrial, commercial and wholesale customers in more than three dozen countries.

Richards is responsible for sales, advanced technology services, marketing, product and partner management and e-commerce at CDW, a provider of technology products and services to business, government, education and the health care sector.

He earned his BA in economics at Pitt in 1976 and his MS in management at MIT in 1991. During his undergraduate years, Richards was a member of the men’s basketball team and at the time of his graduation was ranked 11th on Pitt’s all-time scoring list.

He has served as a member of the School of Information Sciences board of visitors and as a director-at-large of the Pitt Alumni Association.


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