Board of Governors Elects Officers

The Truman Board of Governors elected new officers during the Feb. 18 meeting that took place on campus.

Ruth Mach of St. Louis was elected president of the Truman Board of Governors. Randa Rawlins of Columbia, Mo., was selected vice president and Mark Wasinger of Hannibal, Mo., was selected as secretary.

Mach is retired after 20 years of service as principal of Meramec Elementary School in the Clayton, Mo., School District. She is now serving as an elementary assistant superintendent with the St. Louis Public Schools and working part-time for the Clayton School District as a specialist in the Human Resources department. A graduate of Truman State University, she earned her master’s degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and her doctorate from Saint Louis University.

Rawlins is general counsel at Shelter Insurance Companies in Columbia, Mo. She was a Pershing Scholar at Truman, graduating summa cum laude in 1979. She received her juris doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law in 1982. She serves on the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges Council of Board Chairs.

Wasinger is a partner in the law firm of Wasinger, Parham, Morthland, Terrell and Wasinger, L.C. in Hannibal, Mo. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree and Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1980. He received his juris doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1983.