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Governing Body: Board of Trustees

Board of Trustees

The Lasell University Board of Trustees is the elected governing body responsible for the proper legal, managerial, and financial stewardship of the University. The Board is responsible for preserving the University’s mission, approving and reviewing long-range plans, financial operations, educational programs, physical plant, and ensuring adequate resources for the preservation and advancement of the institution.

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Rena Clark
Jamaica Plain, MA
Affiliation: Chair/Student Experience Committee; Managing Partner & Co-founder, Laurel Oak Capital Partners; former Partner, Gennx360 Capital Partners; former VP of Corporate Philanthropy, The Kraft Group; Managing Director MBA Program, Harvard Business School

Gerry DeRoche

Gerry DeRoche
Shirley, MA
Affiliation: Chair of the Board; former Chief Executive Officer (retired), NEADS (Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans), Princeton, MA

Susan Rinklin Dunne

Susan Rinklin Dunne '82
North Palm Beach, FL
Affiliation: former headhunter for Quantum Management Services, New York, NY; supporter of Student Sponsor Partners; former Lasell University Overseer

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Carlos Fonseca
South Salem, NY
Affiliation: EVP Chief Marketing & Experience Officer, USALLIANCE Financial, New York, NY

Lori Hindle

Lori Hindle
Hull, MA
Affiliation: Vice-Chair of the Board; Chair/Board Development Committee;  Chief Operating Officer, Division of Occupational Licensure, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, MA

Greg Holman

Gregory M. Holman
Kinnelon, NJ
Affiliation: Chief Administrative Officer, TruStage Insurance; previously held senior titles at American Express, MetLife, Nationwide, and Bank of America during a career in the insurance and financial services industry spanning more than two decades

Keon Holmes

Keon Holmes
Needham, MA
Affiliation: Immediate Past Chair of the Board; Managing Director, Cambridge Associates LLC, Boston, MA

Brad Kates

Brad Kates
Wayland, MA
Affiliation: Chair/Enrollment Committee; CEO of Opinion Dynamics

Mercedes Kelemen

Mercedes Kelemen
Darien, CT
Affiliation: Chief People Officer, Vesta; HR leadership consultant; former Director of HR, Travelex America, Inc.

Debby Mahony

Debby Mahony '67
Sarasota, FL
Affiliation: Chair/Advancement Committee; Retired pediatric nurse practitioner; Former faculty member at UMass Boston, Boston College, MGH Institute of Health Professions

Linda Maguire

Linda Cox Maguire P'10
Concord, MA
Affiliation: Background in college admissions, holding senior positions at Boston College and Simmons College; former Executive Vice President and CEO of Maguire Associates, a nationally recognized enrollment consulting firm, assisting schools, colleges, and graduate schools across the US and overseas; active Board member for United Cerebral Palsy of MetroBoston and Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, and formerly at Maguire Associates in Concord, MA

Joe Maraia

Joe Maraia
Cohasset, MA
Affiliation: Clerk of the Board; Partner, ArentFox Schiff, LLP, Boston, MA

John McKenna

John McKenna
Dover, MA
Affiliation: Chair/Strategic Planning Committee; Retired; former Vice President of Finance, Verde Farms, LLC; held several senior leadership roles with PepsiCo and Pepsi over a 20-year span

Laurie Samuels Pascal

Laurie Samuels Pascal
Newton, MA
Affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health; President, Pascal Coaching and Consulting, LLC

Ubin Pokharel

Ubin Pokharel
Concord, MA
Affiliation: Founder, UB Ventures LLC, providing consulting services and capital investment to startups in the healthcare, education and financial sectors; Chairman, BRP Group

Karl Vasiloff

Heidi Hanson Raffone '83
Mashpee, MA
Affiliation: Former special events coordinator for Seven Up Bottling Corporation; former sales representative for New England Coin-Op

Karl Vasiloff

Victoria Rakov
Weston, MA
Affiliation: Owner, V.A. Rakov Consulting; strategic advisor and executive coach with more than 20 years of experience assisting organizations and individuals navigate periods of major change; former freelance portrait photographer

Peter Schulte

Peter Schulte
New York, NY
Affiliation: Treasurer of the Board; Chair/Finance Committee; Managing Partner, CM Equity Partners, New York, NY

Karl Vasiloff

Karl Vasiloff
Cotuit, MA
Affiliation: Former Senior Partner at Zelle LLP and Managing Partner of Zelle’s Boston office; currently Of Counsel to Sanzone & McCarthy, LLP

Karl Vasiloff

Judith Wittenberg
Newton, MA
Affiliation: Trustee, Davis Educational Foundation