Erika Geeter, '89: Boston University Board of Trustees Secretary will be Replaced by Erika Geetter
Todd Klipp Calls It a Career, After 34 Years at BU
Love for a pair of young grandchildren who live far away is hastening the end of Todd Klipp’s decades-long career at BU. Klipp—senior vice president, senior counsel, and Board of Trustees secretary—is retiring after 34 years.
Erika Geetter, who succeeded Klipp five years ago as vice president and general counsel, the University’s top legal officer, will become the board’s secretary with its September 13 meeting. In that role, she will coordinate meetings of the board and its committees, act as liaison between the trustees and the University community, and manage the Trustees office.
With Geetter adding to her duties, Crystal Talley, an associate general counsel since 2004, has been promoted to deputy general counsel as of July 1. She will oversee day-to-day administration of the general counsel’s office. In 2015, Talley was named BU’s inaugural associate vice president for compliance, serving in the position until November 2016.
“Erika Geetter is well suited to become the next secretary of the board after being mentored by Todd,” Feld says. “She has earned her stripes as vice president and general counsel. Most recently she was instrumental in leading the teams working on the successful Wheelock College merger with Boston University.”
Brown says Geetter “has the confidence of all of the senior leadership in this important role in the governance of the University.”
As chief legal officer, Geetter has practiced law in the areas of compliance; academic and faculty affairs; employment, benefits, and labor relations; student affairs; and governance and trustee matters.
“The array of legal issues confronting large private research universities in recent years has become increasingly complex,” Geetter says, including issues of “sexual misconduct, free speech, and myriad forms of regulatory compliance.”
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