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Office of the President

President: Francesco C. Cesareo, B.A., Cathedral College of the Immaculate Conception, M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University.

Vice President for Mission: Rev. Dennis M. Gallagher, A.A., B.A., Assumption College; M.Div., Weston School of Theology; M.Th., Boston College, 1989. Cand. Ph.D., Boston College.

Executive Assistant for Planning and Programming/Secretary of the Board of Trustees: Janet C. Lambert, A.L.S., Assumption College.

Personal Assistant to the President: Mary H. Bejune, A.S., Becker College.

Campus Ministry

Director of Campus Ministry: Nancy J. Small, B.S. in Management, Boston College; Master of Divinity Church and Society Concentration, Union Theological Seminary; Certificate in Spiritual Direction, Center for Spirituality and Justice.

Assistant Director of Campus Ministry: TBA.

Assistant Director of Campus Ministry: Stephanie McCaffrey, B.A., Washington and Lee University, M.S., Columbia University, M.Div., Weston School of Theology.

Campus Minister: Vacant.

Director of Chapel Music/College Organist: Frank Corbin, B.Mus., Oberlin College; M.Mus., University of Cincinnati; Diploma in Advanced Music Performance Studies, Concordia University, Montreal; D.M.A., Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY.

Associate Minister of Music/Principal Cantor & Conductor of Chapel Choir: Jane M. Shivick, B.A., Assumption College.

Campus Minister: Vacant.

Public Affairs

Director of Public Affairs: Renee Buisson, B.A., Marquette University; M.S., Emmanuel College.

Associate Director of Public Affairs: Elizabeth T. Walker, B.A., Nazareth College of Rochester; M.A., University of New Mexico

Assistant Director of Public Affairs: TBA.

Finance Office

Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration/Treasurer: Christian W. McCarthy, B.A., College of the Holy Cross; MBA, Columbia University.

Executive Assistant to Vice President for Finance and Administration/Treasurer: Laura Lawrence, A.S., Mount Wachusett Community College; B.S., Fitchburg State College.

General Counsel and Assistant to the Executive Vice President: Michael H. Rubino, B.A., Clark University; A.P.C., J.D., Suffolk University; Ed.D., Northeastern University.

Personal Assistant to the Executive Vice President: TBD.

Director of Finance: John F. Kompel, B.S., Nichols College; M.B.A., Anna Maria College.

Controller: Cathleen Cullen, B.A., M.B.A., Assumption College.

Director of Purchasing: Gale M. Racine, B.S., Assumption College.

Senior Staff Accountant: Linda Ducharme, B.S., Nichols College; M.B.A., Assumption College.

Payroll Administrator: Debra Daly, A.L.S., Assumption College.

Business Services

Director of Business Services: Jerome Jay Barilla, L.S.W., B.S., M.B.A., Syracuse University; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Director of Auxiliary Services: John Langlois, B.S., United States Military Academy, West Point; M.B.A., Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

Manager of Central Services: Kimberley Tobojka, B.A., Worcester State College.

Director of Bookstore: Joshua Moore. B.A., Rhode Island School of Design.

Assistant Director of Bookstore: Robin E. Dziczek, B.A., University of New Hampshire.

Voice Communications Manager: Mary Toomey.

Human Resources

Director of Human Resources/Affirmative Action Officer: Grace Leslie Blunt, Esq., B.A., Northeastern University; J.D., Western New England School of Law.

Associate Director of Human Resources: Robin L. Pellegrino, B.A., Worcester State College.

Employee Relations Manager: Vacant.

Human Resources Administrator: Susan Kaufman, A.S., Becker College.

Public Safety

Director of Public Safety: Pehr Bradford Holmes, B.A., Worcester State College; M.B.A., M.A., Anna Maria College; Massachusetts State Police Academy.

Administrative Lieutenant: Keith Hough, A.A.S., B.S., Unity College.

DPS Administrator: Robert Murphy, B.A., Salem State College; M.S., American International College; J.D., Western New England College School of Law; M.S. (Public Administration), Suffolk University.

Undergraduate Admissions

Vice President for Enrollment Management: Evan E. Lipp, B.A., Marietta College; M.A., Western Michigan University.

Dean of Enrollment: Kathleen M. Murphy, B.A., St. Joseph's College; M.A., Assumption College.

Project Manager: Mary R. Bresnahan, B.A., Dickinson College; M.A., Assumption College.

Director of Admissions: Mario J. Silva Rosa, B.A., Worcester State College; M.A., C.A.G.S., Assumption College.

Associate Director of Enrollment Management/Coordinator of Alumni Admissions: Karen Puntillo, B.A., Assumption College; M.B.A., Clark University.

Director of Technology for Enrollment Management: Karen Amaral, B.A., Assumption College

Assistant Director of Admissions: Mark C. Cleland, B.A., Assumption College.

Admissions Counselor: Yavuz Kiremit. B.A., Worcester State College.

Admissions Counselor: Michel Perron, B.A., M.A., Assumption College; C.A.G.S., Worcester State College.

Admissions Counselor: Sarah Neithercut, B.A., Assumption College.

Admissions Counselor: Allison Sherlock, B.A., Assumption College.

Assistant Director of Admissions: Justin Smith, B.A., Assumption College.

Assistant Director of Admissions: Elizabeth J. Vestal, B.A., Assumption College.

Financial Aid

Director of Financial Aid: Linda Mularczyk, B.S., Atlantic Union College.

Associate Director of Financial Aid: Kendra A. Lemire, B.A., Curry College.

Assistant Director of Financial Aid: Robin Vario, B.S., Worcester State College.

Assistant Director of Financial Aid: Arlene L. Tatro, A.L.S., Assumption College.

Institutional Advancement

Vice President for Institutional Advancement: Thomas E. Ryan, A.B., College of the Holy Cross.

Director of Development: Elizabeth I. Howland, B.S., University of Vermont, M.A., University of Connecticut.

Associate Director of Major Gifts and Planned Giving: Melanie Demarais, B.A., St. Michael's College.

Director of Stewardship & Special Events: Linda B. Burlingame Rosenlund, B.A., Assumption College.

Director of Annual Giving: Timothy E. Martin, B.S., Fairfield.

Associate Director of Annual Giving: Debra Konicki, B.S., Providence College.

Assistant Director of Annual Giving: Amy E. Logue, B.A., M.B.A., Assumption College.

Director of Advancement Services: F. Ann Lewis, B.A., University of Connecticut; B.S., Central New England College of Technology.

Director of Research: Phyllis Estus, B.A., Assumption College.

Prospect Researcher: Amy H. Sacco, B.A., Assumption College.

Director of Development Publications/Editor of Assumption College Magazine: Troy Watkins, B.A., Curry College; M.A., Rowan University.

Alumni Relations

Director of Alumni Relations: Diane Laska-Nixon, B.A., Assumption College.

Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs: Katy Gloshinski, B.A., Worcester State College; M.A., Fairfield University.

Student Affairs

Vice President for Student Affairs: Catherine M. WoodBrooks, B.S., University of Maine–Farmington, M.Ed., University of Maine–Orono, Ph.D., Ohio State University.

Dean of Campus Life: Nancy P. Crimmin, B.A., Stonehill College, M.S., Springfield College, Ed.D. Johnson and Wales and University.

Dean of Students: Robert G. Ravenelle, B.A., M.B.A., Assumption College.

Director of Judicial Affairs: Francine Perry, B.A., Sacred Heart University, M.A., Assumption College.

Athletics

Director of Athletics: Theodore S. Paulauskas, A.B., M.A., Assumption College.

Associate Director of Athletics: Peter J. Gardula, B.A., University of Maine; M.Ed., Springfield College, M.B.A., Assumption College.

Associate Director of Athletics: Joi Irby, B.A., Georgetown University, M.S., University at Albany.

Assistant Director of Athletics for Sports Medicine: Sandra Morgrage, ATC, LAT, B.S., Colby-Sawyer College, M.S., Bridgewater State College.

Head Men's Basketball Coach: Sergio Debari, B.A., M.A., Assumption College.

Assistant Men's Basketball Coach: Alfonso Payne, B.S., M.H.R.M., Franklin Pierce College.

Head Women's Basketball Coach: Kerry Phayre, B.A., Providence College.

Associate Women's Basketball Coach: Susan Cahill, B.S., St. Michael's College.

Head Football Coach: Adam Fuller, B.S., Sacred Heart University; M.S., Wagner College.

Assistant Director of Athletics for Media Relations: Steve H. Morris, B.A., Assumption College.

Athletic Trainer: Michael Taylor, B.A., Bridgewater State College.

Faculty Athletic Representative to the NCAA: Kevin L. Hickey, A.B., M.A., Boston University; M.A. Arch. in Environmental Planning, Harvard University.

Assistant Director of Athletic Operations: James Mullen, B.A., Assumption College.

Athletic Trainer: Krystle Robleski, B.S., University of Vermont.

Athletics Equipment Manager: Michael Rodier, B.A., Assumption College.

Multicultural Affairs

Director of Multicultural Affairs: Brenda Safford, A.A., Quinsigamond Community College, B.A., M.A., Assumption College.

Graduate Assistant for Multicultural Affairs: Charlaine St. Charles, B.A., Assumption College.

Community Volunteer Services/Reach Out Center

Coordinator of Community Volunteer Services/Reach-Out Center: Carleen Roy-Butler, B.A., St. Michael's College, M.S., University of Rhode Island.

Graduate Assistant for Community Volunteer Services: Charlaine St. Charles, B.A., Assumption College.

Recreational Sports

Director of Recreation/Plourde Center Manager:

Assistant Recreational Sports Director/Intramural Coordinator: Patrick Guerette, B.S., M.Ed., University of Maine-Orono.

Assistant Director of Recreation/Facility Manager: Scott Butch, B.A., University of Maryland, M.S., University of New Hampshire.

Residential Life

Associate Dean of Campus Life/ Director of Residential Life: Conway C. Campbell, B.A., University of Connecticut; M.Ed., University of Massachusetts - Lowell.

Associate Director of Residential Life: Joseph T. Zito, B.A., M.A., Assumption College.

Resident Director, Alumni Hall: Aaron Sequeira, B.S., Newbury College.

Resident Director, The Hill: David J. Kwag M.B.A., Assumption College, B.S., Bryant College.

Area Coordinator, The Valley: Briana Sevigny, B.A., University of New Hampshire, M.S., Central Connecticut State University.

Resident Director, Desautels Halls: Rachel Rude, B.A., Assumption College.

Resident Director, Wachusett Hall: Erin Litchfield, B.A., Bridgewater State College, M.A., University of Central Florida.

Resident Director, Living and Learning Center: Kate DeAngelo, B.A., University of Massachusetts Amherst; M.E., North Carolina State University.

Resident Director, Worcester Hall: Natonia Trammell, B.A., Clark Atlanta University, M.A., Cambridge College.

Area Coordinator, North, South and West Halls: Beatriz Patino-Mancuello, B.A., Connecticut College, M.A., Assumption College.

Resident Director, Salisbury Hall: Heather MacMillan B.A., Assumption College.

Student Activities

Associate Dean of Campus Life/ Director of Student Activities: Eric Charles Swindle, B.S., American International College, M.S. Central Connecticut State University.

Assistant Director of Student Activities: Sara Swillo, B.A., College of the Holy Cross. M. Ed., Springfield College.

Graduate Assistant for Student Activities: Erica Mandeville, B.A., Assumption College.

Student Development & Counseling Center

Dean of Student Development: Neil Ryan Castronovo, B.A., M.A., Catholic University; M.A.T., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University. Study: Boston Institute for Psychotherapy.

Associate Director of Student Development/Personal Counseling: Marta L. Carlson, B.A., Providence College, M.A., Lesley College, Ph.D., Syracuse University.

Co-Director of Career Services: David J. Kowalczyk, B.A., M.Ed., Westfield State College; C.A.S., Springfield College.

Co-Director of Career Services: Carol A. McGuiggan, B.S., Worcester State College; M.A., Anna Maria College.

Director of Alcohol & Drug Education: Tracey Pakstis-Claiborne, M.Ed., University of South Carolina; B.S., Babson College.

Coordinator of Career, Academic, Lifetime Learning Skills (CALLS) Program:
Suellen M. Lazarek, B.A., Assumption College, M.A., Boston College.

Personal Counselor: Melissa Gardner, B.Mus., Hunter College; M.A. (Music Performance), Hunter College; M.A. (Counseling), Alliance Graduate School of Counseling.

Student Health Services

Director of Student Health Services: Christine Zanfini Parker, B.A., University of Rhode Island, M.A., Emerson College.

Assistant Director of Student Health Services/Nurse Practitioner: Lisa Boucher, B.S.N., University of Massachusetts–Dartmouth, M.S., University of Massachusetts–Worcester; A.P.R.N., B.C., A.N.P., American Nurses Credentialing Center.

Nurse Practitioner: TBA

Academic Affairs

Interim Provost/Academic Vice President: Frederick F. Travis, B.S., M.A. University of Mississippi; Ph.D., Emory University.

Executive Assistant to Provost/Academic Vice President: Lorrie McCarty, The Salter School.

Dean of the College: Mary Lou Anderson, B.A., Anna Maria College; M.A., Assumption College; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Director of Institutional Research and Planning: Stuart J. Munro, B.A., M.A., University of Alberta; Cand. Ph.D., Boston College.

Dean of Undergraduate Studies: Eloise Knowlton, B.A., William Jewell College; M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., Syracuse University.

Associate Dean for the First Year: Jennifer Klein Morrison, B.A., University of Pennsylvania, M.A., Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D., Yale University.

Director of Grant Development: Landy C. Johnson, B.A., University of Chicago; M.P.A., Ph.D., Clark University.

Academic Support Center

Director of the Academic Support Center: Allen A. Bruehl, B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Antioch University; Cand. Ph.D., Northeastern University.

Reading and Learning Specialist: Amy Hurley, B.A., M.A, Assumption College.

Director of Disabilities Services: Sharon DeKlerk, B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, M.P.A., Clark University.

Community Service Learning

Coordinator of Community Service Learning: Susan Hayes, B.A., University of Rhode Island.

Continuing Education

Dean of Continuing Education: TBA

Assistant Dean of Continuing Education: Brian P. Bercier, B.A., M.A., Assumption College.

Academic Counselor for Continuing Education: Theresa Coolberth, B.A., Assumption College.

Associate Director of Career Services for Graduate Studies: Patricia Paolucci, B.A., Boston College; M.B.A., Simmons School of Management.

Graduate Studies

Director of Graduate Enrollment Management and Services: Adrian O. Dumas, B.A., M.B.A., Clark University.

Assistant Director of Graduate Studies: Daniel Provost, B.S., Framingham State College.

Information Technology

Interim Director of Information Technology: Dawn R. Thistle, B.Mus., Oberlin College; M.Mus., New England Conservatory; M.S., D.A., Simmons College.

Associate Director of Information Technology/ Director of User Support: Mimi Royston, B.A., Assumption College; M.B.A., Assumption College.

Director of Applications: Dana Giampa, B.S., University of Massachusetts.

Director of Network and Server Operations: Thomas Haley, B.S., University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Manager of Database Systems: John Flynn, B.S.M.E., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, M.B.A., Nichols College.

Applications Analyst: Jin DelPrato, B.A., Beijing University; M.B.A., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.S., Pace University

Web Developer: Michael Murray, B.A. Assumption Colege

Web Systems Programmer: Ming Sun, M.S., Computer Science UMass Dartmouth.

Systems Manager and Programmer: Benjamin Goodwin, A.S., Vermont Technical College.

Network and Server Administrator: Robert Lavner, B.S., Bridgewater State College.

Computer Classroom and Lab Manager/Network Analyst: Jeffrey Logee, B.A., Assumption College.

Desktop Support Manager: Mark Brooks, B.S.E.E., University of Maine.

Instructional Technology Manager: Lynn Cooke, B.S., M.S., Tufts University.

Training Specialist: Carmella Murphy; B.S., Assumption College.

Information Technology Support Hub Manager: Thomas St. John, B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art; M.A., C.A.G.S., Assumption College.

Information Technology Support Hub Coordinator: Christopher Naples, B.A., Assumption College.

Library Services

Director of Library Services: Dawn R. Thistle, B.Mus., Oberlin College; M.Mus., New England Conservatory; M.S., D.A., Simmons College.

Associate Director of Library Services/Head of Access Services: Janice A. Wilbur, A.B., Worcester State College; M.L.I.S., University of Rhode Island.

Head of Reference & Instructional Services: Carole Myles, B.A., Trinity College of Vermont; M.S., Simmons College.

Reference Instructional Services Librarian: Callie Curran, B.A., Villanova University; MLS, University of Pittsburg, School of Information Sciences.

Reference Librarian: Vacant.

Senior Cataloger/Reference Librarian: Elizabeth Maisey, B.A., Bridgewater State College; J.D., New England School of Law; M.S., Simmons College.

Cataloger/Reference Librarian: Mary Brunelle, B.A., Assumption College; M.S., Simmons College.

Systems Librarian: Laurie Welling, B.A., University of Denver, M.L.S. Texas Women's University.

Media Services

Director of Media Services: Ted H. Haley, B. A., University of Massachusetts-Amherst; M.B.A., Assumption College.

Media Services Supervisor: Thomas E. Burke, B.A., Franklin Pierce College; M.A., Assumption College.

Registrar

Registrar: David W. Aalto, B.S., Boston University.

Rehabilitation Services

Director, Regional I Rehabilitation Continuing Education Program (RCEP): Thomas P. McCarthy, B.A., M.Ed., Boston College; Sc.D., Boston University, 1997.

Associate Coordinator of RCEP: Mary Ann Bedick, B.A., Slippery Rock State College; M.Ed., Northeastern University.

Project Assistant/IT Counselor: Robert Bureau, B.A., M.Ed., University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Associate Coordinator of RCEP: Mark Stewart, B.A., University of Rhode Island; M.A./C.A.G.S., Assumption College.

Visual Resources

Visual Resources Curator: Mary Wood, Lecturer in Art History (2007). B.A., Assumption College; M.A., University of Massachusetts: Amherst, 2007. (Adjunct)

Academic Programs/Chairs/Directors

Art and MusicMichelle Graveline
Business StudiesJoseph Foley
Economics and Global StudiesKevin Hickey
EducationCathleen Stutz
Coordinator of Elementary and Secondary Education Programs: Deborah Zern, B.S., Boston University; M.S., State University of New York at New Paltz..
EnglishDavid Thoreen
HistoryKenneth Moynihan
Human Services and Rehabilitation StudiesSusan Scully-Hill
CSPD Coordinator/Lecturer: Arthur Pearson, B.A., Northeastern University; M.Ed., Boston College; C.A.G.S., Northeastern University.
Clinical Coordinator: Susan Sabelli, B.A. Merrimack College; M.A./C.A.G.S., Assumption College.
Mathematics and Computer ScienceJoseph Alfano
Modern and Classical Languages and CulturesDonna Kercher
Natural SciencesSteven Theroux
Lab Coordinator/Technician: Darlene Thornton, B.S., Worcester State College.
PhilosophyLouise Carroll Keeley
Political ScienceDaniel Mahoney
PsychologyPeter Toscano
Sociology and AnthropologyRichard Gendron
TheologyRev. Stephen Torraco

Institutes

Aaron T. Beck Institute for Cognitive Studies Director: Leonard A. Doerfler, Ph.D.

Ecumenical Institute Director: Gavin Colvert, Ph.D.

French Institute Director: Leslie P. Choquette, Ph.D.

Institute for Human Services and Rehabilitation Studies Director: Susan Scully-Hill, Ph.D.

National Catholic Center for Student Aspirations (NCCSA) Director: Kristin Melley, A.B., Wheaton College; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School.

Worcester Institute for Senior Education (W.I.S.E.) Director: Brian P. Bercier, B.A., M.A., Assumption College.