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The University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees have established a search committee to conduct a national search for a new president of the University of Massachusetts. The committee is expected to hold its first meeting in the coming weeks. The committee is chaired by UMass Board of Trustees Vice Chairman James J. Karam and includes UMass faculty members, trustees, alumni, and business and community leaders. Chairman of the search Committee: James J. Karam, UMD '71 President and CEO, First Bristol Corporation Vice Chair, University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees Chair, Committee on Administration and Finance Vice Chairman: Henry M. Thomas, III President & CEO Urban League of Springfield, Inc. University of Massachusetts Trustee Chair, Committee on Academic and Student Affairs Michael Carter, PhD Professor and Chair Economics Faculty Representative to the Board of Trustees University of Massachusetts Lowell Mari Castaneda, PhD Distinguished Professor Department of Communications, University of Massachusetts Amherst Edward W. Collins, Jr. International Representative of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) University of Massachusetts Trustee
John A. DiBiaggio, DDS Chair, Compensation Committee Vice Chair, Committee on Academic and Student Affairs
Maria D. Furman, UMD '76 Robyn Hannigan, PhD Professor and Chair, Environmental, Earth and Ocean Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics University of Massachusetts Boston Charles J. Hoff, UML '66 Retired Chairman, CEO and Owner, Universal/Univis Inc. Director, Hoff Family Partnership Philanthropist Former UMass Trustee Philip W. Johnston, UMA '68 President, Philip W. Johnston Associates University of Massachusetts Trustee Chair, Committee on Science, Technology & Research Vice Chair, Governance Committee Laura King Student, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Ruben J. King-Shaw Jr. Chairman and CEO, Mansa Equity Partners Inc. Vice Chair, University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees Chair, Governance Committee Vice Chair, Compensation Committee Winston Langley, PhD Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston Professor of Political Science and International Relations Craig C. Mello, PhD Nobel Laureate Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator and Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School Kathy Miraglia, EdD, UMA '06 Professor and Chair Art Education University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Kerri E. Osterhaus-Houle, MD, FACOG, UMW '99 Partner, Women's Health of Central Mass University of Massachusetts Trustee Vice Chair, Committee on Science, Technology & Research S. Paul Reville Secretary of Education Commonwealth of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts Trustee Mark E. Russell, UML '83, UMA '85 Vice President of Engineering, Technology and Mission Assurance, Raytheon Co. Robert K. Sheridan President & CEO, Savings Bank Life Insurance of Massachusetts Chairman, University of Massachusetts Building Authority Former UMass Trustee Stephen P. Tocco President and CEO, ML Strategies University of Massachusetts Trustee Marcellette G. Williams, PhD Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, and International Relations, University of Massachusetts Former Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor of English and Comparative Literature, University of Massachusetts Amherst Contact: Robert P. Connolly, 617-548-0238 |
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