Beverly P. Ryder joined the Claremont Graduate University Board of Trustees in 2003. She was appointed Board of Trustees Vice Chair in 2018.
Now retired, Ryder began her career at Edison International in 1996 as the corporate secretary before becoming vice president of community involvement of Southern California Edison, a subsidiary of Edison International, in 2000. She served as special assistant to the chairman and chief executive officer of Edison International and Southern California Edison from 1995 to 1997. Prior to that, she was the director of strategic alliances for a Southern California Edison energy solutions pilot.