Stephen R. Karam
Chairman
Chair, Compensation Committee;
Governance Committee
Principal
Karam Financial Group (Fall River)
Hometown: Fall River, MA
Exp. 2027
Mary L. Burns
Vice Chair
Vice Chair, Governance Committee
Chair, UMass Building Authority
Principal
Splash Media Group Boston, LLC (Boston)
Hometown: Lowell, MA
UMass Lowell '84 B.S.
Exp. 2026
David M. Brunelle
Chair, Athletics Committee; Vice Chair, Committee on Administration and Finance
Hometown: Paxton, MA
Exp. 2029
Ashley Chamu Charco
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Political Science and Legal Studies
Hometown: Randolph, MA
Exp. 2027
Gerald G. Colella
Vice Chair, Compensation Committee
Hometown: Seabrook, NH
UMass Lowell ‘78 B.S., Hon. ‘19
Exp. 2029
José M. Delgado
Hometown: Springfield, MA
UMass Amherst '18 M.B.A.
Exp. 2028
Travis D. Emerson
University of Massachusetts Boston
Exercise and Health Science
Hometown: Leeds, MA
Exp. 2027
Kenneth Fiola, Jr., JD
Vice Chair, Audit and Risk Committee
Executive Vice President
Bristol County Economic Development Consulting Group (BC EDC)
Hometown: Fall River, MA
UMass School of Law '95 J.D.
Exp. 2030
Juana B. Matias, JD
Hometown: Boxford, MA
UMass Boston '09 B.A.
Exp. 2027
Tucker W. Norton
Voting Student
University of Massachusetts Lowell
Marketing
Hometown: Concord, MA
Exp. 2027
Michael V. O'Brien
Chair, Committee on Administration and Finance
Executive Vice President
WinnCompanies (Boston)
Hometown: Southborough, MA
UMass Amherst '88 B.S.
Exp. 2026
Noreen C. Okwara, M.D.
Internal Medicine
Riverside Health (Virginia)
Hometown: Lowell, MA
UMass Boston '12 B.S.
UMass Medical School '17 M.D.
Exp. 2028
Imari K. Paris Jeffries, PhD
Chair, Committee on Academic and Student Affairs
Executive Director
Embrace Boston (Boston)
Hometown: Boston, MA
UMass Boston '97 B.A., '99 M.Ed., '03 M.A., '23 Ph.D.
Exp. 2026
Shalyn V. Peterbark
Voting Student
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
J.D. Candidate, Law School
Hometown: Danvers, MA
Exp. 2027
Julie M. Ramos Gagliardi, MBA
Vice Chair, Committee on Academic and Student Affairs
Director of Programs
SouthCoast Community Foundation (New Bedford)
Hometown: Somerset, MA
UMass Dartmouth '87 B.S.
Exp: 2029
Elizabeth D. Scheibel, JD
Chair, Audit and Risk Committee
Vice Chair, Committee on Administration and Finance
Legal Consultant
Hometown: South Hadley, MA
Exp. 2026
Joseph C. Sullivan
Vice Chair, Athletics Committee
Hometown: Braintree, MA
UMass Amherst '81 B.A.
Exp. 2028
Steven A. Tolman
Hometown: Boston, MA
UMass Boston '99 B.A.
Exp. 2027
Jayne R. Vogelzang
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
M.D.-Ph.D. Candidate
Hometown: Worcester, MA
Exp. 2027
Marcellette Gaillard-Gay Williams, PhD
Hometown: Lansing, MI
UMass Amherst Hon. '22
Exp. 2030
Charles F. Wu, MBA
Executive Fellow
Harvard Business School (Boston)
Hometown: Portsmouth, NH
Exp. 2026
Stephen K. Zrike, Jr., EdD
Secretary of Education
Executive Office of Education
Hometown: Andover, MA
Ex-officio
Zunilka Barrett
Secretary, Board of Trustees