Loyola College in Maryland has established a Board of Advisors for its college of arts and sciences, which will take the name Loyola College when the university celebrates its designation change to Loyola University Maryland on Sept. 25.

The Board of Advisors will assist the dean, James Buckley, Ph.D., and the leadership of Loyola College, in communicating the vision, values, and plans of Loyola University Maryland and Loyola College to students, faculty, staff, and administrators.

T. Peter Ruane, Ph.D., ’66, president and CEO of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association, will serve as the Board’s founding chair.

“I am delighted that Dr. Ruane has agreed to be the first chair of this new Board. Dr. Ruane brings to his alma mater long experience in the professional world as well as in Catholic education. His chairmanship will make this an exciting time for the new College,” Buckley said.

Other members of the Board of Advisors are: James P. Daly, Jr., ’76, a managing director at Legg Mason Capital Management, and father of Jimmy Daly, ’09; Gloria A. Flach, ’81, MBA ’85, a vice president and general manager at Northrop Grumman; Geraldine Johnson Geckle, ’74, a vice president of human resources at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Collegeville, Pa., and mother of Chris Geckle, ’12; Eugene I. Kane, Jr., Esq., ’80, who manages his own law office in Washington, D.C.; and Jose D. Vargas, Jr., MD, ’99, who is enrolled in the cardiology fellowship program at Johns Hopkins University.