board of trustees
noun
1.
an appointed or elective board that supervises the affairs of a public or private organization:
the board of trustees of the university; the art museum's board of trustees.
Origin
1800-10
Examples from the web for
board of trustees
The theater's
board of trustees
has formed a committee to select new top leadership for the theater.
He is also chairman of the executive committee of its
board of trustees
.
As the family has grown, so has the
board of trustees
and the scope of the grants.
They installed a new
board of trustees
who brought in the new, moderate imam.
The mayor may appoint a single member of the
board of trustees
to be commissioner of the village police department.
One motivation of the
board of trustees
, clearly, is to try to contain the school's exposure to civil lawsuits.
Turner will also work with local, state and federal officials and provide logistical support to the
board of trustees
.