When Virginia Governor Mark Warner (D) appointed me to the Board of Visitors of the College of William & Mary in 2005. I was not surprised to be the first openly gay trustee in the university’ s three centuries of existence. But I was most surprised to learn that I could find virtually no other openly gay or lesbian member of the boards of public universities across the nation. Eventually I discovered there were openly gay or board members at regional universities in Illinois and Michigan. The only other public trustee I could find was my friend Roberta Achtenberg, then on the California State University board of regents before resigning to accept a federal appointment. That appeared to be the net representation for public universities, with little added progress since my appointment nine years ago. Private universities and colleges have done somewhat better, although I have found no formal data about it.