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: Newport News, VA
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