The Board of Trustees includes five new members with longstanding ties to Whittier College. Vincent Daigneault ’85, Peter Feinberg ’82, Joyce Mullenbach ’77, and James Parks previously served as trustees and were re-elected to full terms through June 30, 2027. Rachel Rice ’96 was elected for the first time.
1 » Vincent J. Daigneault ’85 received his degree in business administration. He joined Morgan Stanley in 1988 and is now a senior vice president. Founding president of the Whittier College Purple & Gold Athletic Group, Daigneault has served on the boards of the Whittier Host Lions Club, Whittier Area Chamber of Commerce, and as president of the Whittier Exchange Club.
He chairs the Whittier Host Lions Memorial Scholarship Fund.
2 » Peter E. Feinberg ’82 received his degree in finance and rose from clerk to partner at Oppenheimer & Co., Inc. He founded biotech company Bridge Bio and real estate holding company North Coast Partners.
He has served as a trustee and chairman of the board for the Winston School in Short Hills, New Jersey, founded the Feinberg Family Children’s Development Center in Israel, and is a board member of AFU CAT ORG 669, which benefits IDF Search and Rescue veterans.
3 » Joyce M. Mullenbach ’77 received her degree in business administration and an MBA from Pepperdine University. She retired as the deputy chief of launch systems at the Space & Missile Systems Center, a subordinate unit of the U.S. Air Force. Mullenbach formerly served as executive director of Samaritans International, manager of corporate services for American Honda Motor Company, and vice president of institutional markets for Union Bank. A member of the Thalian Society and past Poet Council member, Mullenbach also received the Poet Award for Service to the College.
4 » James R. “Jim” Parks earned his business administration and taxation degrees from the University of Southern California. He has served as an associate professor at California State University, Los Angeles, a member of the board of advisors of USC’s Marshall School of Business, and on the boards of California State University, Northridge, California Council on Economic Education, Autry National Center of the American West, and Whittier Trust. He is the executive director of the Los Angeles branch of business services firm CBIZ MHM, L.L.C.
5 » Rachel Homel Rice ’96 received her degree in theatre arts, her master’s in curriculum and instruction from San Diego State University, and a doctorate in leadership studies from the University of San Diego. In addition to her roles as adjunct faculty at USD and SDSU, she has spent more than two decades in the San Diego Unified School District as a teacher and vice principal. Rice serves as chair of the Whittier College Alumni Board and previously served on the Alumni Engagement Committee.