Open Menu Close Menu Open Search Close Search

Home / Bylaws / Executive Committee

Executive Committee

BYLAWS OF TRUSTEES OF TUFTS COLLEGE
Amended by the Board of Trustees May 22, 2021

Article V

COMMITTEES AND BOARDS OF ADVISORS

5.1 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

5.1.1 There shall be an Executive Committee of not less than six nor more than ten Trustees, including the Chair of the Board of Trustees, the Vice Chairs, the President of the University and such other Trustees as shall be appointed at each annual meeting of the Board of Trustees by the Chair of the Board of Trustees, subject to ratification by vote of the Board of Trustees. The members of the Executive Committee shall serve for one year or until their successors shall be duly appointed. The number of Trustees to be appointed to the Executive Committee shall be fixed by the Board of Trustees at any annual meeting and when so fixed, shall continue until changed at a subsequent annual meeting. A majority of the number of Trustees so fixed as constituting the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum and the committee shall adopt such rules for the conduct of its business as it shall deem advisable.

5.1.2 In the intervals between meetings of the Board of Trustees, the Executive Committee shall have and exercise the authority of the Board in the management and execution of the affairs of the Corporation in all matters except those with respect to which authority is given in these Bylaws to the Administration and Finance Committee and except those which pursuant to law or Sections 2.2.1, 2.3, 2.7, 5.6.4, 11.1 and 13.1 of these Bylaws require the vote of the Board of Trustees.

5.1.3 The Executive Committee shall have general oversight of the human resources policies of the University. The Executive Committee shall vote on behalf of the University all shares of capital stock owned by the University in subsidiary corporations of the University for the election of such persons as Directors of these corporations as the Executive Committee shall determine after receiving and considering the recommendations of the President of the University with respect thereto.