University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees
Committee Assignments
(As of July 24, 2026)
Committee on Academic and Student Affairs
Imari K. Paris Jeffries, PhD, Chair
Julie M. Ramos Gagliardi, Vice Chair
Ashley Chamu Charco
José M. Delgado
Travis D. Emerson
Noreen C. Okwara, M.D.
Elizabeth D. Scheibel
Jayne R. Vogelzang
Marcellette G. Williams, PhD
Stephen K. Zrike, Jr., EdD
Stephen R. Karam (Chairman)
Committee on Administration and Finance
Michael V. O’Brien, Chair
David M. Brunelle, Vice Chair
Elizabeth D. Scheibel, Vice Chair
Ashley Chamu Charco
Gerald G. Colella
Travis D. Emerson
Juana B. Matias
Tucker W. Norton
Shalyn V. Peterbark
Joseph C. Sullivan
Steven A. Tolman
Jayne R. Vogelzang
Charles F. Wu
Stephen K. Zrike, Jr., EdD
Stephen R. Karam (Chairman)
Audit and Risk Committee
Elizabeth D. Scheibel, Chair
Kenneth Fiola, Jr., Vice Chair
Tucker W. Norton
Michael V. O’Brien
Charles F. Wu
Stephen R. Karam (Chairman)
Athletics Committee
David M. Brunelle, Chair
Joseph C. Sullivan, Vice Chair
Mary L. Burns
José M. Delgado
Kenneth Fiola, Jr.
Juana B. Matias
Marcellette G. Williams, PhD
Stephen K. Zrike, Jr., EdD
Stephen R. Karam (Chairman)
Governance Committee
Stephen R. Karam, Chair
Mary L. Burns, Vice Chair
Kenneth Fiola, Jr., JD
Elizabeth D. Scheibel
Steven A. Tolman
Compensation Committee
Stephen R. Karam, Chair
Gerald G. Colella, Vice Chair
Mary L. Burns
Marcellette G. Williams, PhD