RIT names two new members to its board of trustees

RIT has appointed two new members to its board of trustees.

Jon Budington ’91 (graphic communications) has decades of experience blending creativity with technology and sustainability. As president and CEO of More Vang, a marketing and advertising agency that provides web development, printing services, technology solutions, software products, and data processing tools, he has helped transform the printing company into a creative, software-building, data-focused, automated print and direct response business.

In 2016, Budington developed Mythos, a software platform designed to capture impact stories created through philanthropic giving. Budington is also on the board of LIFT, a national pro-equity organization that supports families on their journeys out of poverty, and he is the former president and CEO of Global Printing, Inc. He was inducted into the Printing Industry Hall of Fame in 2014.

At RIT, Budington has served as a member of the President’s Roundtable and the College of Engineering Technology’s National Council and Dean’s Advisory Board. He is also a founding member of RIT’s Sentinel Society. In his role on RIT’s Board of Trustees, Budington will serve on the Undergraduate Education and Student Success committee.

Nick Schneider ’10 BS/MS (mechanical engineering) is managing director and partner at Boston Consulting Group, a business strategy and global management consulting firm that works with clients in the areas of innovation and product development, marketing and sales, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, change management, corporate development, and finance. In his role, he focuses on large-scale change, growth technology, customer success, and sales/post-sale-go-to-market effectiveness. He also partners with senior executives to lead programs for both Fortune 100 clients and early-stage growth tech companies to drive strategic growth outcomes and manage large-change programs.  Prior to this, he worked at an artificial intelligence legal tech startup company.

Schneider is past president of RIT’s Alumni Association, which enabled him to also serve on the Board of Trustees. He was also a member of the Presidential Search Committee in 2016, and is on the Presidential Search Committee this year charged with hiring President Munson’s successor. He is also a member of RIT’s Sentinel Society. In his role on RIT’s Board of Trustees, Schneider will serve on the Research, Graduate Education, and Faculty Excellence committee.

Schneider earned a Ph.D. in nanotechnology from the University of Pennsylvania, where he focused on applications in energy storage; metallurgical process efficiency; low-cost, long-cycle life batteries; in situ electrochemistry; and radiation- induced phenomena in liquids. He has written several peer-reviewed scientific publications and co-authored papers with collaborators and mentees.

Budington and Schneider will each serve four-year terms on the board.

The RIT board has 44 active trustees and 29 trustees of emeritus status.