We would potentially have a much larger audience and much larger membership participation.

It's important to get the process going now.

We don't carry the baggage, the historical conflicts. We have this fresh ability to reinvent the culture of how the board operates.

Anyone who is pointing to any one person, saying 'It's your fault,' that's ridiculous.

It's a project that's been in the works for several years and it's a project that we are determined to see through to fruition.

This is not a trend we are seeing at Hopkins, in fact our alumni participation has actually increased over the past three years.