The Worcester State Foundation, Inc., in conjunction with the Office of Institutional Advancement, is responsible for increasing awareness of WSC’s excellence, promoting the importance and vitality of the College, raising private gifts to support the College’s mission, and serving as ambassadors for the College. Through its Board of Directors, the Foundation develops, fosters, and cultivates relationships with external constituencies, including alumni, friends, business leaders, private foundations, and residents of the Worcester area and beyond. The Board governs the use of Annual Fund contributions and assists with the execution of the Opportunity for a Lifetime campaign. For more information, contact 508-929-8033.
President
David E. Bedard ’74
President, Bedard Industries
Committees: Executive, Planned Giving, Capital Projects
Vice President
Mary C. Ritter
Vice President of Strategy and Planning, Fallon Community Health Plan
Committees: Executive, Marketing /Public Relations
Vice President
Gregg H. Rosen ’86
President, NES Group
Committees: Capital Projects, Executive
Treasurer
Edward L. Sherr
Senior Vice President, Carl P. Sherr & Co. LLC
Committee: Executive, Endowment & Trust
Assistant Treasurer
Kathleen M. Eichelroth
Vice President of Administration and Finance, WSC
Committee: Audit
Clerk
Thomas M. McNamara ’94
Vice President of Institutional Advancement, WSC
Committee: Endowment & Trust
George H. Albro ’65
Retired Educator
Committees: Audit, Marketing/Public Relations
Mary K. Alexander
Professor Emeritus of Nursing, WSC
Committee: Planned Giving
Janelle C. Ashley, Ph.D.
President, Worcester State College
Committee: Capital Projects
Lee J. Beaudoin ’73
Consultant, LJB & Associates Inc.
Committee: Nominating
Keith E. Blanchette ’98, CPA
Partner, Stolberg, Ebbeling & Blanchette, LLP
Committee: Audit
Jean M. Borgatti, Ph.D.
Research Associate for Visual & Performing Arts, Clark University
Committee: Planned Giving
Stephen J. Bostic ’77, M.Ed. ’86
Senior Regional Vice President, TD Banknorth
Committees: Executive, Marketing/Public Relations
Craig A. Bovaird ’77
President, Built-Rite Tool and Die, Inc.
Committee: Capital Projects
John P. Brissette ’88
Account Executive, Braley & Wellington Insurance
Committee: Capital Projects
Jill C. Dagilis ’78 Director, Worcester Community Action Council
Committee: Marketing/Public Relations
Andrew Davis President, Davis Advertising
Committee: Marketing/Public Relations
Gene J. DeFeudis
Committees: Capital Projects
Julia Dvorko, Ph.D.
Central Massachusetts Program Director, Massachusetts Export Center
Committee: Marketing/Public Relations
Monica Escobar Lowell
Vice President of Community Relations, UMass Memorial
Health Care, Inc.
Committee: Nominating
James C. Garvey
Committee: Capital Projects
James D. Glickman
Principal, Glickman Kovago & Co.
Committee: Capital Projects
Lillian R. Goodman, Ed.D.
Professor Emeritus on Nursing, WSC
Committee: Planned Giving
Richard E. Greene ’54, Ed.D.
Educational Consultant
Committees: Executive, Capital Projects
Kenneth P. Heekin
Retired - Vice President of Development, WSC
Committee: Nominating, Executive, Capital Projects
Gregory O. Hunter ’84
Area Vice President, Arthur J. Gallagher Risk
Management Services, Inc.
Committee: Capital Projects, Marketing/Public Relations
Brendan J. King, Esq.
Attorney, Estate Preservation Law Offices
Committee: Planned Giving
Charlotte Z. Klein ’75
President, Charlotte Klein Dance Centers, Inc.
Committee: Capital Projects, Planned Giving
George P. Leasca ’77
Vice President of Investments, Smith Barney
Committees: Endowment & Trust, Planned Giving
Peter M. Mantegazza
New England Regional Vice President, Healthsouth Corp.
Committees: Endowment & Trust
Robert K. McCann ’80
Vice President of Commercial Lending, Marlborough Savings Bank
Committee: Endowment & Trust
Howard D. McGinn ’83
President, Academic Solutions Corp.
Committee: Marketing/Public Relations
Janet Wilson Moore, Esq.
Attorney, Mirick O'Connell
Committee: Planned Giving, Nominating
Vincent V. Nieroda ’68
President, American European Insurance Group
Committee: Capital Projects
William F. O'Neil ’63, Ed.D.
Retired - President Massachusetts College of Art
Committees: Planned Giving, Audit, Executive
David H. Quist, Ed.D.
Retired Educator, WSC
Committee: Planned Giving
Robert J. Spain ’78
Town Manager, Millbury, MA
Committee: Marketing/Public Relations
George W. Tetler III, Esq.
Partner – Attorney, Bowditch & Dewey
Committees: Nominating, Endowment & Trust
Richard E. Thomas
Vice President, Millbury Credit Union
Committee: Capital Projects, Audit
Steven J. Ward ’76
Director of Public Health, Town of Watertown
Committee: Audit