Five candidates, including three former Nittany Lion football players, will be on the ballot for three alumni-elected seats on the Penn State Board of Trustees this spring.
Incumbents Alvin de Levie, Brandon Short and Steven Wagman, along with Matt McGloin and Carl Nassib, received the required 250 nominations between Jan. 15 and Feb. 25 to appear on the ballot. Ballot positions were determined by drawing on Friday, according to a university news release
Short, Wagman and Nassib are running as a slate, and de Levie and McGloin have partnered for their own slate.
Ballots will be available to university alumni beginning April 10 and voting will be open until 9 a.m. EDT on May 2. Alumni who requested and received a ballot for the nomination phase of the election will automatically receive the election ballot by email. The ballot also will be accessible to alumni at PennStateVotes.com on or after April 10.
Nine of the 38 Penn State Board of Trustees members are elected by alumni to staggered three-year terms, with three seats up for election each year.
Following are each of the 2024 candidates in the order they will appear on the ballot along with brief biographical information. Full candidate biographical information and position statements are available on the Board of Trustees website.
• Brandon Short, a 1999 graduate with a degree in marketing from the Smeal College of Business, is seeking a third term on the board. An All-American and two-time captain for the Penn State football team, Short played for seven years in the NFL. After earning an MBA from Columbia University, he worked in real estate investment and Middle East banking for Goldman Sachs, served as mergers and acquisitions director at Round Hill Capital in London and, since 2021, has been a portfolio manager for PGIM Real Estate. He is currently vice-chair of the Board of Trustees Committee on Equity and Human Resources. Short resides in Edgewater, New Jersey.
• Steven B. Wagman, a 1982 graduate with a degree in health planning/policy and administration, is running for a second term on the board. He has had a 40-year career with Siemens, where he has been vice president of the company’s healthcare division and is currently the National Healthcare Business Leader for Siemens Smart Infrastructure, North America. Wagman previously served as president of the Penn State Alumni Association and spent nine years on Alumni Council. He currently chairs the Board of Trustees Committee on Academic Affairs, Research and Student Life and serves on the Executive Committee. He resides in Blue Bell, Montgomery County.
• Matt McGloin is a 2012 graduate with a degree in broadcast journalism. He went from walk-on to starting quarterback for the Nittany Lion football team, setting records for career passing touchdowns and single-season passing yards. McGloin spent seven years playing in the NFL and XFL and founded the Matt McGloin Foundation to support the health and well-being of children, young adults and veterans. In November, McGloin was elected to the three-member Lackawanna County Board of Commissioners. He resides in Waverly, Lackawanna County.
• Alvin de Levie, a 1973 graduate with a degree in political science, is seeking a second term on the board. He was born and raised in State College, and after graduating from Penn State earned a law degree from Villanova University. He founded the Law Offices of Alvin de Levie, with locations in State College and Philadelphia, and has handled civil cases throughout Pennsylvania. De Levie currently chairs the Board of Trustees Committee on Legal and Compliance and serves on the board’s Executive Committee. He resides in State College.
• Carl Nassib is a 2015 graduate with a degree in biology. Starting out as a walk-on for the Penn State football team, he became an All-American defensive end, winning the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, Nagurski and Lombardi awards in his final season. He spent seven years in the NFL, making history in 2021 when he became the league’s first openly gay active player. After retiring in 2023, he founded a tech start-up, Rayze, to connect nonprofits with young philanthropists, and serves on the board of the United Way of Chester County. He resides in West Chester
WPSU will host an alumni trustees candidate forum at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 13, via livestream. The forum also will be archived for later viewing.
