The Board of Directors of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities (NAICU) has appointed Wittenberg President Michael L. Frandsen, Ph.D., to serve on the Board’s Committee on Tax Policy. Frandsen was recommended by C. Todd Jones, president and general counsel of the Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Ohio (AICUO). He will serve a three-year term.
“I believe President Frandsen will bring exceptional leadership and insight to this Board committee,” Jones said. “His past service as a CFO at two liberal arts institutions, strategic planning experience, and big-picture thinking, especially as it relates to the financial pressures facing higher education, will all be invaluable to the work of the Committee on Tax Policy.”
NAICU, the only national organization solely focused on representing private, nonprofit higher education on public policy issues in Washington, D.C., was founded in 1976. There are four policy committees of the NAICU Board with the Committee on Tax Policy being responsible for setting the Association’s policy agenda for current and future issues in the areas of tax policy, immigration reform, and the Department of Labor’s overtime rules. The primary tax policy issues include both the federal student and family tax benefits, as well as college and university endowments, and charitable giving incentives. Immigration issues include the DACA program, Dream Act legislations, and issues affecting international students and faculty post 9-11.
Frandsen will bring considerable expertise to the committee, including serving as the vice president and chief financial officer at Oberlin College and Albion College prior to assuming the Wittenberg presidency in 2017. Additionally, Frandsen’s background includes more than 10 years in corporate finance working for several global companies.
President Frandsen’s “insight and expertise will be extremely helpful to us,” said NAICU President Barbara K. Mistick, adding that she is delighted to invite him to serve in this capacity.
Frandsen will attend his first meeting of the Committee on Tax Policy on April 22-24 in Miami, Florida.
