The Case Western Reserve University Board of Trustees has elected five new members, all of whom are Case alumni.

The newest members of the Case Board of Trustees are James Bildner, Thalia Dorwick, Gregory Eastwood, Samir Jadallah and Ted Schroeder.

"The five distinguished alumni who have joined the board are committed to helping Case become the most powerful learning environment in the world," said Case President Edward M. Hundert. "The face of our board is changing. Our trustees are electing more alumni, people with a broader geographic reach and leaders in various stages of their lives and careers. I am looking forward to working with these dedicated alumni as trustees and will rely heavily upon their guidance and support."

Changes include the median age of board members, which in September 2001 was 69. Today's median age, 59, is 10 years younger. In addition, 76 percent of today's board members are Case alumni, compared to 53 percent in 2001.

"The changes in the makeup of our board are moving us closer to our goal of creating a board that more closely resembles the university itself," Hundert said.

In addition to the five new members, the board also will have a new chair in May. Frank Linsalata, a 1963 graduate of the Case Institute of Technology and a member of the Case board since 1999, will replace Charles Bolton as chair in spring 2004.

Linsalata currently serves as the board's vice chair and is the president of Linsalata Capital Partners.
Newly elected trustee Bildner received his law degree from Case in 1979 after receiving a bachelor's degree in psychology from Dartmouth College. He is president and chief executive officer of Tier Technologies in Boston. In addition, he continues to teach at the Case School of Law.

Dorwick, a Pennsylvania native, received her bachelor's degree in 1966 from Flora Stone Mather College and her doctorate in 1973 in romance languages. She will soon retire as the vice president and editor-in-chief of humanities, social sciences, foreign language and English as a second language at McGraw-Hill Publishing in San Francisco.

Eastwood, from the Detroit area, attended Albion College and received his medical degree from Western Reserve University School of Medicine. For the past decade, Eastwood has been the president of Upstate Medical University of the State University of New York (SUNY) in Syracuse, N.Y. Jadallah attended the Case Institute of Technology. In 1987, he left the school to join Microsoft. Currently, he serves as general partner, managing director of operations and a member of the board of directors at Mohr, Davidow Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm in Menlo Park, Calif.

Schroeder, a native of Dayton, Ohio, received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude in mathematics from the Case Institute of Technology in 1980. He obtained a master's degree in computer engineering in 1983.

In 2001, he co-founded FreeHand Systems, a world leader in the development, manufacture and marketing of electronic accessories to the music industry, as well as a leading Internet-based provider of sheet music and digital files.

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