The Arch Foundation for the University of Georgia has elected Susan C. Waltman of Pelham, New York, to its board of trustees.
Waltman is executive vice president and general counsel for the Greater New York Hospital Association, which represents more than 250 public and not-for-profit hospitals and continuing care facilities. In that capacity, she is responsible for overseeing GNYHA’s activities in legal, regulatory and professional affairs on behalf of its members, with a focus on quality and patient safety, corporate compliance and emergency preparedness and response activities. She earned a bachelor of arts degree in sociology from UGA in 1973 and a master of social work degree from UGA in 1975 before earning her juris doctor degree from Columbia University School of Law.
Waltman has been an advisory trustee to the Arch Foundation since 2008, serving on the investment committee as well as the development and public affairs committee. She also serves on the Board of Advisors to the UGA College of Public Health and the UGA Honors Program. She succeeds former Arch Foundation trustee Frederick E. Cooper of Atlanta, who has been appointed to the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.
The Arch Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation that provides UGA with volunteer leadership and assistance in fundraising and fiduciary care for the foundation assets.