trustees
They oversee institutions
Trustees are people entrusted with responsibility for something on behalf of others.
In law, trustees manage property or assets held in trust for beneficiaries: The trustees oversee the scholarship fund.
Institutions like universities, hospitals, and foundations are governed by boards of trustees who set policy and ensure the organization fulfills its mission.
Designated asset receiver
- executorAppointed estate manager
- estateProperty and grounds
- probateWill validation proceedings
- fiduciaryAgent bound by loyalty
bequest · inheritance · will · settlor · testator · codicil · endowment · heir
Flat rigid panel
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- bylawsOrganization's internal regulations
quorum · resolution · chairperson · voting · committee · term-limit · appointment · removal
Protective caretaker of another
- protectorOne who safeguards others
- custodianGuardian of a place
- caretakerOne who maintains property
- conservatorArtifact preservation expert
steward · warden · keeper · safeguard · preservation · ward · dependent · minor
Higher education institution
- hospitalMedical treatment facility
- museumPublic exhibit space
- libraryBook collection or building
- charitableGiving to those needing
foundation · endowment · regent · governor · overseer · advisory · nonprofit · educational
beneficiary
Designated asset receiver
fiduciary · bequest · inheritance · will · settlor · testator · codicil · endowment · heir · legacy
board
Flat rigid panel
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- stewardshipResponsible care of entrusted things
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
bylaws · quorum · resolution · chairperson · voting · committee · term-limit · appointment · removal · vacancy
guardian
Protective caretaker of another
conservator · steward · warden · keeper · safeguard · preservation · ward · dependent · minor · incapacitated
university
Higher education institution
charitable · foundation · endowment · regent · governor · overseer · advisory · nonprofit · educational · ecclesiastical
- governancegovernance, government, democracy, vote, parliament
- governing bodiesgoverning body, governing council, senate, board of directors, parliament
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- helpersnurse, helper, volunteer, aide, assistant
- Governance Bodiesboard of directors, management boards, executive committees, steering committees, advisory councils
- local politicstown council, city councils, town meeting, mayors, alderman
trusteesbeneficiaries
Those who receive advantages
grantors · heirs · recipients · wards · cestui que trust
trusteesemployees
Paid staff members
rank and file · subordinates · staff · students · inmates
- trusted friendDependable close companion
- trusted allyReliable supportive companion
- tried and trustedProven through repeated use
- trusted sourceVerified provider of information
- board of trusteesBody overseeing an institution
- can't be trusted
trusted, trustee, entrusted, mistrusted, distrusted, untrusted