Eugene Driker

Richard Bernstein

John Davis

Julie Miller

The Wayne State University Board of Governors unanimously elected Eugene Driker and Richard Bernstein to one-year terms as the board’s chair and vice chair, respectively.

The eight-member board re-elected the two at its Jan. 30 meeting. Driker was recently elected to an eight-year term which runs through 2014 and Bernstein is currently serving an eight-year term which runs through 2010.

Driker, one of the founders and a senior member of the law firm Barris, Sott, Denn & Driker, P.L.L.C., has been one of WSU’s most dynamic supporters while also volunteering in cultural and charitable activities throughout Detroit and its Jewish community. A graduate of Wayne State University earning bachelor's and law degrees, he has maintained close ties to his alma mater as a member and vice chair of the Wayne State University Foundation Board of Directors, president of the Law Alumni Association and a member of the Law School’s Committee of Visitors. He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 2001 by Wayne State University. Driker is also the current Chair of the Wayne State University Presidential Search Committee.

Bernstein works as a trial attorney, who represents victims of personal injury or disability discrimination. He also is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Michigan, and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He earned a Juris Doctor degree from the Northwestern University School of Law. Bernstein created and hosts the CBS-Detroit television segment called "Making a Difference," which highlights exemplary community service programs. In addition, he is a contributing editorial columnist to the Detroit News and the Detroit Free Press. He has been honored as a “Michiganian of the Year” by the Detroit News, one of Crain’s Detroit Business’ “40 Under 40” and has won a myriad of awards. Bernstein is a member of the Wayne State University President Search Committee.

John L. Davis, of Detroit, and Oak Park resident Julie H. Miller also received unanimous votes to one-year terms as 2008 board officers .
Davis, re-elected treasurer of the board, has been an administrative officer to the Board of Governors since 1993. He is vice president, treasurer and chief financial officer at Wayne State.

Miller, re-elected secretary to the board, has been an administrative officer to the Board of Governors since 2001. She is secretary of the university and senior executive assistant to the president.

Wayne State University’s Board of Governors is one of three university governing bodies in Michigan (including the University of Michigan and Michigan State University) that has constitutional independence. Its members, who serve eight-year terms, are elected by voters throughout Michigan.

Wayne State University is a premier institution of higher education offering more than 350 academic programs through 11 schools and colleges to more than 33,000 students in metropolitan Detroit.