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. 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: Executive, Capital Projects
Treasurer
Edward L. Sherr
Senior Vice President, Carl P. Sherr & Co. LLC
Committees: 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 M.Ed. ’68
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
Keith E. Blanchette ’98, CPA
Partner, Stolberg, Ebbeling & Blanchette, LLP
Committees: Audit, Executive
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: Endowment & Trust
John P. Brissette ’88
Account Executive, Braley & Wellington Insurance
Committee: Capital Projects
Mary Burke Fallon
Retired Elementary Teacher
Committee: Planned Giving
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
Committee: 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 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, M.Ed. ’58, Ed.D.
Educational Consultant
Committees: Executive, Capital Projects
Maryanne H. Hammond ’69, M.Ed. ’72
Retired Educator
Committee: Planned Giving
Kenneth P. Heekin
Retired - Vice President of Development, WSC
Committees: Nominating, Executive
Brendan J. King, Esq.
Attorney, Estate Preservation Law Offices
Committee: Planned Giving
Charlotte Z. Klein ’75
President, Charlotte Klein Dance Centers, Inc.
Committees: Capital Projects, Planned Giving
George P. Leasca ’77
Vice President of Investments, Smith Barney
Committees: Endowment & Trust, Planned Giving
Janet Wilson Moore, Esq.
Attorney, Mirick O'Connell
Committees: Planned Giving, Nominating
Daniel J. Mastrototaro
Vice President of Business Development, Hanover Insurance Group
Committee: Nominating
Vincent V. Nieroda ’68
President, American European Insurance Group
William F. O'Neil, M.Ed. ’63, Ed.D.
Retired - President Massachusetts College of Art
Committees: Executive, Planned Giving, Audit
David H. Quist, Ed.D.
Retired Educator, WSC
Committee: Planned Giving
H. David Richer
CEO, Fairlawn Rehabilitation Hospital
Committee: Audit
Robert J. Spain, Jr. ’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: Endowment & Trust
Steven J. Ward ’76
Director of Public Health, Town of Watertown
Committee: Audit