Meet the Speaker: John Veihmeyer ’77

John B. Veihmeyer, retired chairman of KPMG International, began serving as chair of Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees in June 2024. He also serves as Fellows of the University — the 12-member body of lay people and priests from the Congregation of Holy Cross who elect the Trustees, adopt and amend the bylaws and are specifically charged with maintaining Notre Dame’s Catholic character.

Veihmeyer, who joined the University’s Board of Trustees in 2017, is a 1977 graduate of Notre Dame and makes his home in Potomac, Maryland. He currently serves on the board of the Ford Motor Company, and chairs the boards of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) and Catholic Charities of Washington, D.C. Veihmeyer and his wife, Beth, a Saint Mary’s College graduate, have three children — a Notre Dame graduate, a Saint Mary’s graduate and a Xavier University graduate.

Notre Dame’s Board of Trustees was established in 1967 when governance was transferred from the Congregation of Holy Cross to a two-tiered board of lay and religious Trustees and Fellows.