The responsibility of governing the University of Miami belongs to the Board of Trustees, which now operates under the direction of Marta S. Weeks. The first woman in University history to chair the Board of Trustees, Weeks succeeds Dean C. Colson, J.D. ’77, whose leadership is evident in the success of the University’s billion-dollar-plus Momentum fundraising campaign.

Weeks and her late husband, L. Austin Weeks, have been longtime University friends and philanthropists. Over the years they have provided significant gifts to the Frost School of Music, the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, the Miller School of Medicine, and the School of Nursing and Health Studies, among other areas.

Weeks has served on the University of Miami Board of Trustees since 1983. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Stanford University and a master’s degree from the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.

“She takes the reins at a remarkable point in the University’s history,” says University President Donna E. Shalala. “She is also an exceptional philanthropist and has set a great example for others.”