The Mount St. Mary’s Board of Trustees elected Richard P. Miller, C’74, to serve as chair of the board and Paul J. Chew, C’89, as vice chair.
Miller, who succeeds Gracelyn McDermott, C’93, is the retired president and CEO of Virtua Health. He previously served as vice chair and secretary of the board and delivered the commencement address and received an honorary doctorate in humane letters in 2017. Miller has long demonstrated his commitment to his university and local communities and has served on the boards of several community health organizations, including the New Jersey Hospital Association, the American Heart Association and the March of Dimes of Southern New Jersey. Miller lives in New Jersey and South Carolina with his wife Mary Lee; they have two adult daughters.
His many accolades and awards include Human Resources CEO of the Year by the HR Department of the Year Awards; the CEO IT Achievement Award from Modern Healthcare magazine; Healthcare CEO of the Year by the Philadelphia Business Journal; and the New Jersey Business Hall of Fame Lifetime Achievement Award from New Jersey Junior Achievement.
Chew, chief investment officer at Brown Advisory, is responsible for leading the firm’s internally managed investment strategies and its open-architecture and asset-allocation efforts. Before attending graduate school, Chew worked as a cash manager in the international asset management department of JPMorgan. While completing his MBA, he worked as a research associate for a finance professor specializing in asset allocation.
Chew received a Bachelor of Science in finance and economics from Mount St. Mary’s in 1989. He earned a Master of Business Administration from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in 1995.
“I am excited to continue working with Rich and Paul in their new leadership roles on the university’s opportunities to continue to flourish. They are accomplished business leaders, proud alumni and deeply devoted supporters of the Mount’s mission and our students,” said President Jerry Joyce, Ph.D. “All of our trustees bring diverse and valuable perspectives, experiences and expertise to help move us into the future with confidence, strength and vision.”
Houelda Saad, general counsel, compliance officer and privacy officer at URAC, is the new secretary of the Board, and David M. DiLuigi, C’92, head of U.S. markets for the Wealth division of Wilmington Trust, is now treasurer of the Board.