Kenyon’s Board of Trustees is pleased to welcome six new members from across the country who bring with them a multitude of skills and experience as well as a strong commitment to the mission and values of the College.
Four new at-large trustees will have six-year terms: James B. Clark ’88, Aasem G. Khalil ’96, Adrianne “Adie” R. (Curtner) Kimber ’99 and David A. Olsen ’91 P’27. The board is also delighted to add new parent trustee Dr. Al Mollabashy P’28 and new alumni trustee Gabriel “Gabe” Esbizaro Rodrigues ’05, each for four-year terms.
The board’s Governance and Nominating Committee recommended the candidates, who were approved by the full board at its April meeting. They joined the board beginning July 1.
The new trustees include Kenyon graduates from across the years — including several stellar athletes who won NCAA titles and others who graduated with academic distinction — as well as parents of current students.
New At-large Trustees
James B. Clark ’88
Clark, a former partner at Goldman Sachs and at Pine River Capital Management, currently serves as the CIO of Acorn Advisory Capital, a New York-based family office.
Clark received a bachelor of arts in economics from Kenyon, where he graduated cum laude and with high honors. He completed a senior exercise with distinction and was part of Delta Phi fraternity. As an alumnus, he volunteered with the Career Development Office, established a need-based scholarship in 2010, and was named to Kenyon’s Fifty Under 50 cohort as part of the We Are Kenyon campaign.
Clark has a masters of business administration in finance and statistics from the University of Chicago and is a former board member of Scenic Hudson and the Scenic Hudson Land Trust in New York.
Aasem G. Khalil ’96
Khalil, who is returning to the board after serving as an alumni trustee from 2020-2024, is a partner at Goldman Sachs, where he also serves as global head of investment banking client services, global head of the cross markets group, and head of the Dallas office. He is a member of the Dallas Stars NHL hockey team ownership advisory group as well.
At Kenyon, Khalil earned a bachelor of arts in political science, completed a senior exercise with distinction, and was a captain of the football team. He was a four-year letter winner on the baseball team and a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Later, he was named to Kenyon’s Fifty Under 50 cohort as part of the We Are Kenyon campaign.
Khalil’s civic activities include serving as a trustee for the Dallas Museum of Art and on the president’s advisory board at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He is a member of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce board class of 2020 and a former trustee at the Calhoun School in New York City.
Adrianne “Adie” R. (Curtner) Kimber ’99
Kimber currently serves as a volunteer lobbyist and youth team mentor with Citizens’ Climate Lobby and previously worked as principal consultant for Incident Power Consulting, specializing in solar power.
She received a bachelor of arts in physics from Kenyon, where she graduated magna cum laude and was a member of the women’s swimming and diving team. A three-time All-American, Kimber won an NCAA title in the 200-yard medley relay in 1999. As an alumna, she has been a member of the Kenyon Network.
Kimber has a master of science in civil engineering from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is a community volunteer, focused on forestry and wildfire safety, and a past treasurer for the PTA Hawaii Congress.
Her spouse, Sheldon A. Kimber, is a member of Kenyon’s Class of 1999.
David A. Olsen ’91 P’27
Olsen serves as president and chief investment officer of Jump Trading, a research-driven quantitative trading firm. In 2023, he was appointed to a two-year term on the federal government’s Global Markets Advisory Committee, and his past positions include roles at J.P. Morgan, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Olsen has a bachelor of arts in economics from Kenyon, where he was a member of the football team and Beta Theta Pi fraternity, and co-hosted “MoneyWeek,” a weekly business-focused radio show on WKCO. He was named to Kenyon’s Fifty Under 50 cohort as part of the Our Path Forward to the Bicentennial campaign.
His civic activities include past roles serving as treasurer of Little Red School House and Elisabeth Irwin High School; board member for Esperanza NY, Inc., which worked with court-involved youth; and president’s council member for The Acceleration Project (TAP), a nonprofit focused on helping under-resourced small businesses grow.
His spouse, Dr. Brigitte Kerpsack Olsen, is a member of Kenyon’s Class of 1991, and son Lars Olsen is a member of the Class of 2027.
New Alumni Trustee
Gabriel “Gabe” Esbizaro Rodrigues ’05
A native of Brazil, Rodrigues is chief financial officer for Latin America at Netflix, which he joined in 2019 as vice president of strategy, planning and analysis. Previously, he had positions with businesses such as Deloitte, MacAndrews & Forbes, and Davenport & Company.
Rodrigues received a bachelor of arts from Kenyon, graduating with honors in economics and high honors in modern languages and literatures for Spanish. He had a distinguished career as a member of the men’s swimming and diving team, which won a national title each year he was on the squad. A 15-time All-American, Rodrigues was part of three NCAA title-winning relay teams and received the Jess Willard Falkenstein Award for the outstanding scholar athlete who exemplifies leadership and integrity.
A member of Phi Beta Kappa, Rodrigues has a masters of business administration from Duke University.
New Parent Trustee
Dr. Al Mollabashy P’28
Mollabashy is an orthopedic oncologist currently serving as vice chief of orthopedic surgery, as well as medical director of musculoskeletal oncology and complex reconstruction, at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
He has a bachelor of arts in biology from DePauw University and a medical degree from Indiana University.
His daughter Kiana Mollabashy is a member of the Class of 2028, and he is a member of the Kenyon Parents Council.