{"id":4419,"date":"2023-10-20T21:45:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T21:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagewp.westernu.edu\/university\/?page_id=4419"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:07:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T21:07:32","slug":"bot-aldrich","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/governance\/board-of-trustees\/bot-aldrich\/","title":{"rendered":"BOT Aldrich"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"hero-secondary\">\n  <div class=\"relative bg-black\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"adhere object-cover\" src=\"\/media\/university\/050323-pomona-campus-from-hec-001.jpg\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"100vw\" alt=\"A tropical courtyard with palm trees.\">\n      <div class=\"adhere gradient-overlay\"><\/div>\n        <div class=\"relative container pt-56 md:pt-112 pb-144 md:pb-192\">\n      <div class=\"md:flex md:justify-between px-12\">\n        <div class=\"sm:w-8\/12 md:w-6\/12 xl:w-5\/12 px-12\">\n                      <div class=\"mb-20\">\n              <div class=\"block font-sans font-bold text-14 text-white leading-130\">\n  <span class=\"inline-block\">\n    <a href=\"\/\" class=\"block hover:underline\">WesternU<\/a>\n  <\/span>\n      <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">About WesternU<\/a>\n          <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/governance\/\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">Governance<\/a>\n    <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/governance\/board-of-trustees\/\" class=\"inline-block hover:underline\">Board of Trustees<\/a>\n    <span class=\"inline-block mx-6\">\/<\/span>\n    <span class=\"inline-block\">Daniel G. Aldrich<\/span>\n  <\/div>            <\/div>\n                                        <h1 class=\"t-h1-sans  text-white\">Daniel G. Aldrich<\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"tertiary-nav\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n        <nav class=\"relative mx-24 py-10 px-20 rounded-b-5 md:rounded-b-8 bg-gray shadow-md mb-40\">\n      <ul class=\"grid lg:grid-cols-[1fr_auto_1fr_auto_1fr_auto_1fr] lg:gap-x-16 lg:justify-items-center lg:text-center\"> <!-- 4 columns layout, 1 column in mobile -->\n                            <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/governance\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Governance<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/governance\/board-of-trustees\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Board of Trustees<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/governance\/president\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">President<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mt-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/governance\/ueot\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">University Executive Operations Team<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/governance\/deans-council\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Deans\u2019 Council<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"\/university\/governance\/academic-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Academic Senate<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/governance\/staff-council\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Staff Council<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                                              <div class=\"vertical-line hidden lg:block w-1 invisible bg-red mb-8\"><\/div>\n                                      <li class=\"my-8\">\n            <a class=\"text-16 font-normal leading-130 tracking-20 text-black hover:text-red hover:underline transition-default\" href=\"\/students\/student-government\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Government Association<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n                        <\/ul>\n    <\/nav>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<section class=\"relative my-48 md:my-72\">\n  <div class=\"container\">\n    <div class=\"lg:flex px-12 lg:justify-center\">\n      \n      \n                  \n                  \n      <div class=\"w-full px-24 wysiwyg-content xl:w-10\/12 2xl:w-9\/12\">\n        <h2><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3317 alignleft\" src=\"\/media\/university\/images\/board-of-trustees\/aldrich.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Daniel G. Aldrich III, Trustee\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" \/>Daniel G. Aldrich, PhD<br \/>\nMember, Board of Trustees<\/h2>\n<p>Dr. Daniel Aldrich is the co-founder of Molecule USA, Inc., and consultant for the University of California, Irvine\u2019s $2 billion capital campaign. Dr. Aldrich has spent much of his career in higher education supporting and leading advancement endeavors at the University of California, Irvine, the University of California Riverside and the University of California, Santa Cruz. He holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in agriculture from UC Davis, a master\u2019s cognate in Public Administration from UCLA and a Ph.D. in Educational Administration from UCLA.<\/p>\n\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":246,"featured_media":0,"parent":82,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4419","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4419"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6274,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4419\/revisions\/6274"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/82"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westernu.edu\/university\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}