Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
Voting Officers:
Chris Gabrieli, Chair
Harneen Chernow, Vice Chair
Danielle Allen, Ph.D.
Dr. Lisa B. Battaglino (State University Trustee Representative)
Mary Burns (University of Massachusetts Trustee Representative)
Veronica Conforme
Alex Cortez
Mike Hannigan (Student Voting Member)
Francesca Purcell
Marjorie Ringrose
Shannon Rudder
Bill Walczak (Community College Trustee Representative)
Stephen Zrike (Ex Officio, Secretary of Education)
Non-Voting Officers & Advisors:
Noe Ortega, Ph.D., Ex Officio, Commissioner of Higher Education
Hannah Rosenkrantz
Worcester State University Board of Trustees
Lisa M. Colombo ’87, Chair
Darnell J. Dunn, Vice Chair
Lawrence M. Sasso ’90, M.S.M. ’13, Vice Chair
Monica Aryitey, Esq.
Kelly D. Brissette
Mary E. Foley ‘94
Kristen M. Garvey
Amy L. Peterson ‘03
Maureen Power, M.Ed, '05
Kai Rahilly '27
Jacob A. Sanders
Presidents of Worcester State University
Elias Harlow Russell 1874-1909
Francis Randsom Lane 1909-1912
William B. Aspinwall 1912-1939
Clinton E. Carpenter 1940-1946
Eugene A. Sullivan 1947-1970
Robert E. Leestamper 1970-1975
Joseph J. Orze 1975-1982
Philip D. Vairo 1982-1991
Kalyan K. Ghosh 1992-2002
Janelle C. Ashley 2002-2011
Barry M. Maloney 2011-