Robert R. Ziek Jr. Re-elected to Clarkson University Board of Trustees
Potsdam, NY (10/07/2020) — Robert R. Ziek Jr, Clarkson University class of 1978, has been re-elected to the Clarkson University Board of Trustees. He will serve on the Financial Affairs and Academic Mission committees.
Ziek was first elected to the Clarkson University Board of Trustees in February 2010 and served two terms ending October 2019. He served on the Executive, Compensation, Alumni Relations and Internal Affairs Committees. He was also the Chair of the External Affairs Committee and Development Committee and served as Vice Chair of the Board. He is also a trustee for the Beacon Institute subsidiary.
He is an active angel investor with the Queen City Angels, a 130-strong angel investment organization in the Cincinnati region. In that role, he serves on multiple screening and due diligence teams and actively mentors start-up teams. He also serves as a volunteer coach for the Flywheel Social Enterprise Accelerator in Cincinnati.
Ziek also serves on several non-profit boards in the Cincinnati area and had led various non-profit board committees in the areas of finance & budget, technology, marketing, strategic planning, and development.
He also currently serves on the Clarkson Reh School and Engineering-Management Advisory Councils.
Ziek received his bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering from Clarkson University in 1978 and his master of business administration (MBA) with a Marketing Concentration, from Xavier University in 1983.
As a private, national research university, Clarkson is a leader in technological education and sustainable economic development through teaching, scholarship, research and innovation. We ignite personal connections across academic fields and industries to create the entrepreneurial mindset, knowledge and intellectual curiosity needed to innovate world-relevant solutions and cultivate the leaders of tomorrow. With its main campus located in Potsdam, N.Y., and additional graduate program and research facilities in the New York Capital Region, Beacon, N.Y., and New York City, Clarkson educates 4,300 students across 95 rigorous programs of study in engineering, business, the arts, education, sciences and health professions. Our alumni earn salaries that are among the top 2.5% in the nation and realize accelerated career growth. One in five already leads as a CEO, senior executive or owner of a company.
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