Board of Trustees

Chairman, Eversource Energy

Thomas J. May '69, Hon. '13 was formerly the chairman and chief executive officer of Eversource Energy from 2012 to 2016. He was previously the chief executive officer of NSTAR and its predecessor company since 1994.

He received a B.S. in business administration/accounting from Stonehill in 1969 and an M.S. in finance from Bentley College in 1980. He is also a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

May is active on various civic boards including Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. He is also a director of the Bank of America Corporation and the Liberty Mutual Holding Company, Inc.

He is a recipient of Stonehill’s 1999 Outstanding Alumnus of the Year Award and is a long-standing member of the College’s President’s Council. A Stonehill trustee since spring 1993, he was elected chair in spring 2007. He resides with his wife, Donna (Jermyn) May '70’, in Westwood, Massachusetts.

Senior Vice President of Real Estate Investments, SALVY Enterprises, LLC

Vicki C. Balsamo '81 is currently the Senior Vice President of Real Estate Investments for SALVY Enterprises, LLC, a privately owned real estate and investment firm based in Massachusetts.

She began her professional career in the employment staffing industry at TAC Worldwide Companies, one of the largest privately held companies in the world. In her 24 years with TAC Worldwide Companies, she rose to the position of Associate Vice President with responsibility for several business disciplines including Real Estate Developments, Legal, Human Resources, Procurement, Logistics and Communications for US and UK operations. In 2000, she was elected to the Board of Directors of TAC Worldwide Companies.

Balsamo's community and philanthropic endeavors include serving organizations like the Balsamo Memorial Charitable Foundation, WeBeatCancer.org, the National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame, Rodman Ride for Kids, the Italian American Police Officers Association and Middlesex County Deputy Sheriffs' Association.

Balsamo received a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stonehill College in 1981. In 2004, she was inducted to the Stonehill College Hall of Fame. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Stonehill College Varsity Club and sits on the Stonehill Women's Basketball Friends Committee. She resides in Newton, Massachusetts.

Assistant Provincial and Steward, Congregation of Holy Cross 
United States Province of Priests and Brothers

Rev. E. William Beauchamp, C.S.C., completed his tenure as the 19th president of the University of Portland, Oregon's Catholic university, in June 2014. The university he led is annually ranked among the best five regional universities in the West, has enjoyed the largest applicant pools and freshman classes in its 120-year history over the last fifteen years, and savors nationally renowned professors, scientific research, and soccer teams. Fr. Beauchamp previously served the University of Notre Dame as executive vice president, and among other duties, was an award-winning professor of business and law.

A native of Detroit, he graduated from the University of Detroit in 1963 with a bachelor's degree in accounting and received an M.B.A. from the same institution two years later. In 1989, he was named the University's Alumnus of the Year, and in 2015 was awarded the Business Leadership Award Lifetime Achievement from the University. In 2019, he was named a Sagamore of the Wabash by the Governor of Indiana.

He received his law degree from Notre Dame in 1975 and practiced law in Michigan before entering Moreau Seminary in 1977. He received his Master of Divinity degree in 1981 and was ordained in April 1982. An active servant to his communities, Fr. Beauchamp is a board member of Holy Cross Family Ministries, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Portland. He is an Assistant Provincial and Steward-Secretary and serves as a member of the Provincial Council for the U.S. Province of Priests and Brothers of Holy Cross. He is also a member of the Finance Council for the Congregation of Holy Cross in Rome.

Investor, Self-Employed

Thomas Bogan ’72 is an investor focused on high growth software opportunities. He previously served as CEO of Adaptive Insights, where he negotiated the 2018 sale of the company to Workday for $1.55 billion. After the sale, he acted as vice chairman of the company until January 2022. Bogan currently serves on the boards of public software companies Workday, Aspen Technology and Catapult Sports, as well as private company Reltio. 

Preceding Adaptive Insights, Bogan was an investor and board member of several highly successful software companies including Citrix Systems, Apptio, Acquia and Rally Software. He was also a partner at Greylock Partners and was president and COO at Rational Software. He previously served as CEO at Avatar Technologies and Pacific Data. He has also served as CFO at SQA and Orange Nassau, Inc., as well as vice president of finance at SCA Services.

Bogan graduated from Stonehill College in 1972 with a degree in accounting. He has remained active in the College’s alumni community, having served as part of the Alumni Career Network, the W.B. Mason Forum and Reunion Class Committee. Thomas F. and Kathleen A. Bogan Hall, Stonehill’s apartment-style senior housing complex, is named after the alumnus and his wife. 

Bogan graduated in 1968 from Archbishop Williams High School in Braintree, Massachusetts. He currently lives in LaQuinta, California. 

Co-Founder Waverly Partners Inc.

Patrick D. Burke '84 co-founded Waverly Partners, Inc., in 1995 for the purpose of acquiring, improving and operating specialty manufacturing businesses. Waverly’s holdings have served the electronics, aerospace, medical, fuel cell, and petrochemical industries, among others. 
Prior to founding Waverly, Burke held leadership positions in manufacturing and served as a manager for Andersen Consulting in their information systems and manufacturing productivity practice areas. 
In addition to serving on boards of Waverly’s investments, Burke serves as an advisor for startup ventures and on not-for-profit boards in the Philadelphia region focused on education and the arts. 

Burke is a graduate of Stonehill’s 3+2 engineering program with the University of Notre Dame. He received a B.A. degree from Stonehill in 1984 and a B.S. in electrical engineering from Notre Dame in 1985. 

Burke was elected a Stonehill trustee in 2010. He resides with his wife Patricia and three daughters in Wayne, Pennsylvania, and spends summers in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

When he took office on July 1, 2013, Rev. John Denning, C.S.C. became the tenth president in Stonehill’s 65-year history. Formerly the Vice President for Student Affairs at the College, Fr. Denning succeeded Rev. Mark T. Cregan ’78, C.S.C. who stepped down in June 2013 after 13 successful years of leading the College.

As he began his tenure, Fr. Denning, 53, said, “I am honored and humbled at the opportunity to lead Stonehill. I believe in the wonderful story of this College. Its mission provides each student with a learning experience that transcends the classroom for the good of the broader community and fosters a hunger to build a more just and compassionate world.”

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Chairman (Retired), Wolf & Company, P.C.

Daniel P. DeVasto '70, P'94 has been a member of Wolf & Company, P.C., one of the largest regional accounting and consulting firms in New England, since 1978. He was elected the firm's president and chief executive officer in 1998 and elected to chairman in 2012. He served as chairman until his retirement in December 2013.

With over 40 years of experience as a Certified Public Accountant, DeVasto is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants and past chairman. He is also a past member of the AICPA Council, a past member of the Board of Directors of PKF North America, and past chair.

Elected to the College’s Board of Trustees in spring 2004, DeVasto received a B.S.B.A. degree with a major in accounting from Stonehill in 1970 and has been actively involved in alumni affairs activities since his graduation. The recipient of the College's Alumni Service Award in 1989, he is a member of the Alumni Council, President's Council, and the Visiting Committee on Business Administration. 

He is a past president of the Alumni Council, a past division chairperson of the Alumni Fund, and an Alumni Phonathon volunteer. He has also served on the Alumni Auction Committee, the Reunion Committee, the Alumni Career Network, Career Services Committee and as an alumni representative on the College's Board of Fellows. 
The father of two daughters, he resides with his wife, Katherine, in Bonita Springs, Florida. Two brothers, one sister and one daughter are also Stonehill alumni.

Managing Director, Head Trader, Lone Pine Capital

Brian Doherty ’94 is the Head Trader and a member of the Management Committee at Lone Pine Capital LLC, a privately held investment firm with over $25 billion under management. 

Doherty began his career in the financial services industry in 1993 as an intern at Putnam Investments, working for Frank Mullin (former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Stonehill College). In 1997, he became the Assistant Director, European Equity Sales Trading, at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Securities Ltd., London. He returned to Putnam in 1999 as Senior Vice President, Manager of International Equity Trading, and later served as Managing director, Equity Sales Trading, at Deutsche Bank AG, London. He joined Lone Pine Capital in 2006.

Doherty received a B.S. in business administration from Stonehill in 1994. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.

A native of Braintree, Massachusetts, Brian and his wife Laurie live in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, with their three children, Sean, Megan and Ava.

President, University of Notre Dame

Rev. Robert A. Dowd, C.S.C., took office as the University of Notre Dame’s 18th president in 2024. A native of Michigan City, Indiana, Fr. Dowd graduated from Notre Dame in 1987, earning a bachelor’s degree in psychology and economics, and entered Moreau Seminary in the fall of that year. During his time in the seminary, he asked to be assigned to East Africa and spent 18 months there. After professing final vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1993 and being ordained a priest in 1994, he worked in Campus Ministry at Notre Dame, serving as associate rector of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart and as an assistant rector in one of the University’s residence halls.

He began his graduate studies at UCLA in 1996, earning an M.A. in African studies in 1998 and a doctorate in political science in 2003. In 2004, Fr. Dowd joined Notre Dame’s political science department as a member of the faculty. Specializing in comparative politics, his research has focused on how Christian and Islamic religious communities affect support for democratic institutions, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. He has published articles in leading academic journals and a book with Oxford University Press.

Prior to being elected president, Fr. Dowd served as vice president and associate provost for interdisciplinary initiatives, was a member of the President’s Leadership Council, and oversaw several institutes, centers, and other academic units. Dowd also served as religious superior of the Holy Cross community at Notre Dame.

He was previously an assistant provost for internationalization with Notre Dame International, where his primary responsibilities included overseeing the Dublin Global Gateway and Kylemore Abbey Global Centre in Ireland and the São Paulo Global Center in Brazil, and establishing an office in Nairobi, Kenya, to promote and support Notre Dame’s research and educational partnerships in Africa.

He is the founder of Notre Dame’s Ford Program in Human Development Studies and Solidarity, which, in keeping with Catholic Social Teaching, is dedicated to forging community-engaged research partnerships in the Global South. He is a fellow of the Ansari Institute for Global Engagement with Religion, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, and the Nanovic Institute for European Studies in the University’s Keough School of Global Affairs.

Fr. Dowd’s research has focused on African politics, identity politics, and religion and politics. His research has also explored the effects of religious beliefs and institutions on the integration of migrants/refugees in Europe and the effects of faith-based schools on citizenship and civic engagement in Africa. He is the author of the book Christianity, Islam, and Liberal Democracy: Lessons from Sub-Saharan Africa.

Since 2020, Fr. Dowd has served as a Fellow and Trustee of the University. He has also ministered to students on campus for many years as a priest-in-residence in Dillon, St. Edward’s, and Cavanaugh Halls. Fr. Dowd also serves as a board member of Brother Andre Hospital in Nairobi.

President, The Drew Company

John Drew ’65 is founder and president of The Drew Company, a Boston-based real estate management and development company. He serves as chairman of Trade Center Management Associates, which manages the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., and the World Trade Center Dublin. He has been a member of the World Trade Centers Association since 1985 and currently serves on the board as vice chairman. He is also the developer and past chairman of the Seaport Companies: Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center Boston, Seaport East and Seaport West.

In 2002, Drew was appointed by the Principality of Monaco to serve as Honorary Consul of the Consulate of Monaco, overseeing the New England states and served as Consul until 2013. He also advises the U.S. Department of Commerce in his role as chairman of the United States Northeast District Export Council, Massachusetts region.

Prior to founding his firm, Drew served as director of Federal Relations for the City of Boston. During that time, he was responsible for the creation of the “Boston Plan,” a redevelopment plan for the city. In recognition of this achievement, the Boston Jaycees named him one of its “Ten Outstanding Young Leaders.”

Drew serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, Stonehill College, Cathedral High School in Boston, and former Chairman and current Executive Committee Member of the Board for the Boston Municipal Research Bureau. He also served as chairman of the Boston 2000 Commission, having been appointed by the Mayor of Boston.

Drew received an undergraduate degree from Stonehill College, a master’s degree from Boston University, and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Newbury College. His civic commitments include Chairman Emeritus for Caritas Christi Health Care System in Boston, and Chairman of “A Better City,” an organization of business leaders working to ensure Boston’s future competitive advantage.

Head of Strategy and Business Operations, Google

Meaghan Eichmann '05 is the head of Strategy and Business Operations for Google Store, Google’s global e-commerce business for consumer hardware.

Eichmann began her career in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers in San Francisco. She left PwC to pursue an M.B.A. Upon graduation, she joined Target’s Finance Leadership Development Program, rising to a Finance Director position during her tenure. She joined Google in 2018, and has held various roles in Finance, Strategy and Operations. She is passionate about mentorship, recruiting and diversity, equity and inclusion and holds several leadership roles at Google focused in these areas.

Eichmann serves on the Leadership Council for the Positive Coaching Alliance, a national organization that provides research-based training and resources for coaches, parents, athletes and leaders to ensure a positive youth development experience in all communities across the United States. She has been active in youth sports for more than two years as a volunteer coach of youth lacrosse, soccer and by supporting non-for-profits such as Girls on the Run. Before joining the Board of Trustees, she served on the President’s Advisory Council for Stonehill College.

Eichmann graduated from Stonehill College in 2005 with a B.S. in accounting. At Stonehill, she was a recipient of the Coughlin Memorial Scholarship Fund, won two NCAA Championships as a member of the women’s lacrosse team and was later inducted to the Stonehill College Athletic Hall of Fame. She later received an M.B.A. from Boston College. She is a native of Hingham, Massachusetts.

After many years living in San Francisco, Eichmann now lives with her husband Patrick ’04, and three daughters in Darien, Connecticut.

Educational Consultant

Elizabeth Hayden '76, P'04 is currently researching family health and well-being.  Her emphasis is finding the best practices for raising healthy children and appropriate delivery systems for that knowledge.

Most recently, she has worked as the Curriculum Coordinator at Nativity Prep in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. She formerly was a fifth-grade mathematics teacher at Harvard Elementary School in Harvard, Massachusetts. Born and raised in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, she received a B.A. degree in child development from Stonehill in 1976 and was awarded an M.Ed. degree from Lesley University in 1997.

She married her Stonehill classmate, James E. Hayden ’76, at the Holy Cross Center Chapel at Stonehill in 1976. Vice president and chief financial officer of Netegrity, Inc. in Waltham, Massachusetts, he was killed on September 11, 2001, in the crash of the second hijacked plane, United Airlines Flight 175, that struck the World Trade Center in New York City.

In a Month’s Mind Mass in St. Mary’s Chapel on October 10, 2001, Liz Hayden in her eulogy, entitled “The Making of a Person,” traced the couple’s involvement with the College over the years and paid tribute to her late husband and the lasting influence of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and Stonehill.

She was a featured speaker to over 125 Stonehill student leaders in August 2004 at The James Hayden Leadership Seminar, a two-day event devoted to cultivating leadership, team building, and interpersonal skills. She spoke to the student leaders about the importance of Christian leadership in her family. 

Her op-ed article, entitled “Transcending the Evil That Men Do” appeared in the March 31, 2006, edition of The Boston Globe and opposed the call for the death penalty for any terrorists who plotted the 9/11 attacks against the United States.

A Century Club member for many years and a President’s Council’s member since 2002, she was elected to a three-year term on the Alumni Council in 2004. In 2006, she was appointed Alumni Council Treasurer. She is also a member of the Alumni Council Academic Committee.

She is the mother of two children. Her daughter, Elizabeth K. (Hayden) Klueznick, is a 2004 Stonehill alumna. Her son, John, graduated from the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.

President, Resources Management Corp.

Michael W. Herlihy '83, P'05 became a partner in Resources Management Corp., a registered investment advisor in West Hartford, Connecticut, in 2004.

In 1999, he was the founding CEO of InsurBanc, a full-service, federal savings bank, where he served as president and chief executive officer. Prior to that, he was employed by The Advest Group, Inc., as senior vice president and complex manager for their Boston region and as president and chief executive officer of Advest Bank and Trust Company in Hartford, Connecticut. 

Herlihy received a B.S. in marketing with a minor in communication from Stonehill College in 1983. Part of a family legacy of personal and financial support to Stonehill, Herlihy is the son of the late William T. Herlihy ’52, a member of the College’s first graduating class, and the late Mary T. (Herlihy) Connolly P’80, P’83. His sister is Cathleen M. (Herlihy) Rafferty ’80. 

Along with family and friends, Herlihy established The William T. Herlihy Memorial Scholarship at Stonehill in 1984. In 1987, he funded the complete renovation of the main room in Donohue Hall, dedicated as the William T. Herlihy Room. 

The father of four children, one of whom is a 2005 Stonehill graduate, Herlihy lives in Westbrook, Connecticut, with his wife, Lynn K. (Fragola) Herlihy.

Assistant Provincial, Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers

Rev. Peter Jarret, C.S.C., is an assistant provincial of the United States Province of Priests & Brothers. He earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1986 and was awarded a Master of Divinity in 1991.

Following his ordination in 1992, Fr. Jarret served as parochial vicar at Christ the King Catholic Church in South Bend, Indiana, until 1995 when he was named Pastor of St. Pius X Catholic Church in Granger, Indiana.

From 2001 to 2006, he served as Rector of Keough Hall at Notre Dame and as Associate Rector of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart from 2002 to 2003 and Counselor to the President from 2003 to 2005.

Since 1998, he has taught in the Graduate School of Theology at Notre Dame and in 2006 was named Religious Superior for the Holy Cross priests and brothers at Notre Dame. During his tenure as Religious Superior, Fr. Jarret served on the Board of Trustees for the University of Notre Dame and was named a Fellow of the University. In 2010, he was appointed Rector and Superior of Moreau Seminary and finished his term in June 2016.

Provincial Superior, Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers

Rev. William M. Lies, C.S.C., was elected as provincial superior for the Congregation of Holy Cross, United States Province of Priests and Brothers on June 14, 2018. In this role, he oversees the work and welfare of the over 500 priests, brothers and seminarians in the U.S. Province, which carries out the vision of founder Blessed Basil Moreau to make God known, loved and served through higher education, parish and other ministries throughout the United States. In addition, the Province has apostolates and missions in East Africa, Chile, Peru, Mexico, and Bangladesh.

Most recently, Fr. Lies was Vice President for Mission Engagement and Church Affairs at the University of Notre Dame, a role he began in March 2012. Prior to this role, he was executive director of the Center for Social Concerns from 2002 to 2012. He also taught in the Department of Political Science and was a fellow of both the Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and the Kellogg Institute for International Studies. 

Fr. Lies earned a bachelor’s degree in English with minors in French and philosophy from Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He received an M.Div. degree from the University of Notre Dame and a doctorate in political science from the University of Pittsburgh. His research and teaching have focused on human rights, religion and politics in Latin America, and the politics of poverty. He has given talks and lectures throughout the country on community-based learning and research and Catholic social tradition. He serves on several related domestic and international boards. 

A native of Little Falls, Minnesota, Fr. Lies is one of ten children and has a twin brother, Jim, who is also a Holy Cross priest.

President, King's College

Rev. Thomas P. Looney, C.S.C. '82, former provincial of the Eastern Province of Priests and Brothers, now serves as the president at King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  Prior to his service as president, he served as the Vice President for Mission at Stonehill College, Director of Campus Ministry, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at King's College and as an Associate Professor of Systematic Theology and as chair of the Department of Theology at King's College.

A trustee at the University of Notre Dame, a member of the Board of Directors of the Fr. Patrick Peyton Centre in Attymass, County Mayo, Ireland, and of Renew International, Fr. Looney was elected a Stonehill trustee in 2001, a position he held until 2007. He served as an ex officio member of the Board of Trustees during his tenure as Provincial Superior and was subsequently re-elected in 2011. His publications have appeared in One in Christ, Ecumenical Trends, Review for Religious, and Pastoral Life.

A magna cum laude graduate of Stonehill with a B.A. in psychology, Fr. Looney received a M.Div. from the University of St. Michael's College at the Toronto School of Theology in 1986. Ordained to the priesthood in 1987, he was awarded a Ph.D. in systematic theology from The Catholic University of America in 1998.

Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Beth Israel Lahey Health 

As Beth Israel Lahey Health’s inaugural Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Juan Fernando Lopera leads the system’s efforts to transform care delivery for the underserved, while establishing diversity, equity and inclusion capabilities across the system.

Before joining BILH, Lopera served as Vice President and Corporate Business Diversity Officer at Point32Health, where he led company-wide diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and co-chaired the company’s Anti-Racism Leadership Taskforce. He also oversaw the Rhode Island Medicaid business and led marketing and community outreach efforts for Tufts Health Public Plans. Previously, he served as the company’s Director of Health Services leading medical cost management and provider contracting strategy and analytics. Earlier in his career, Lopera served as Director of Affordability Strategies at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and held management roles at Deloitte Consulting.

He serves on several boards including the Dimock Center Board, The Boston Foundation’s Latino Legacy Fund, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts COVID-19 Health Equity Advisory Group, The State's Latino Advisory Commission, Eastern Bank’s Board of Corporators, the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Economic Opportunity Board and ConsejoSano’s Advisory Board.

Lopera earned a B.S. from Boston College’s School of Management. He is originally from Medellin, Colombia and resides in Waltham, Massachusetts, with his wife and two children. In his spare time, he is a competitive cyclist and was the 2019 Massachusetts Masters Road Champion. 

Director of Campus Ministry, University of Notre Dame

Rev. Peter McCormick, C.S.C., serves as the Director of Campus Ministry at the University of Notre Dame. In this role, within the Division of Student Affairs, Fr. McCormick oversees a staff of approximately 40 clerical, religious and lay ministers tending to the spiritual needs of all Notre Dame students. 

A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Fr. McCormick entered Moreau Seminary following his graduation from Grand Valley State University in 2000. Two years later, he professed his first vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross. While in the seminary, Fr. McCormick worked at St. John Vianney Parish in Goodyear, Arizona, directing its Confirmation program, teaching mathematics in the parish school, and coaching 5th and 6th grade basketball. 

Returning to Notre Dame, he earned a Master of Divinity in 2006 and was ordained a Holy Cross priest the following year. From 2007 to 2013, Fr. McCormick served as rector of Notre Dame’s Keough Hall. Following his time as rector, he pursued an Executive M.B.A. from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business, completing the degree in 2015. In addition to his current role in Campus Ministry, Fr. McCormick serves as chaplain to the Notre Dame Men's Basketball team.

Assistant Professor of Mathematics, University of Portland

Rev. Charles McCoy, C.S.C., was born and raised in Chicago, where his parents and two sisters still reside. He earned a B.S. mathematics from Baylor University in Waco, Texas, in 1995. In 2000, he completed doctoral studies in mathematics at the University of Notre Dame. While at Notre Dame in the Ph.D. program, Fr. McCoy met the priests of Holy Cross. Attracted by the possibility of serving God's people through education, he entered Moreau Seminary in 2002.

He served as a deacon at Christ the King Parish in South Bend and was ordained a priest in April 2009. Fr. McCoy joined the faculty at the University of Portland in the fall of 2009. He is also the Pastoral Resident in Villa Maria, a University of Portland Residence Hall.

President and Chief Executive Officer, W.B. Mason Co., Inc.

Leo J. Meehan, III '75 has served as the president and chief executive officer of the W.B. Mason Co., Inc., since 1994 during the period of the company's growth into the second largest privately held office products dealer in the United States today. 

Meehan began his career with the W.B. Mason Company in 1975 as a sales representative and was appointed vice president of marketing in 1979. He became a partner in 1983 and, beginning in 1987, was responsible for day-to-day operations and strategic planning until his appointment as president in 1994. He is the chairman of the Granite City Electric Supply Company in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Meehan has been a member of Stonehill College’s President’s Council for many years. He played a pivotal role in helping the College establish the W.B. Mason Forum on the Future of Southeastern Massachusetts in 1992 and the $1.5 million donation of the company for the new W.B. Mason Stadium at Stonehill which was dedicated on September 10, 2006. With over 100 Stonehill alumni currently employed by W.B. Mason, Meehan fosters philanthropy towards the College among those employed. Elected a trustee in spring 2002, he was a member of the Campaign Executive Committee for Attaining the Summit: The Campaign for Stonehill College, which raised over $59,000,000.

He resides in Cohasset, Massachusetts, with his wife, Sara, and children Sally and Tucker.

Kathleen (Moroney) Miller '79 joined the Campaign Team at Stonehill College in September 2008 as a consultant and major gift officer in the metro New York area. She was a member of the Capital Campaign Executive Committee at Stonehill College from 2004 to 2008. 

From 2002 to 2007, she was part of the Development staff at Greens Farms Academy in Greens Farms, Connecticut. During her five-year tenure at the Academy, she held the positions of Capital Campaign Director and Director of Alumni Relations. In these roles she was responsible for fundraising and managing the Academy’s $35 million dollar capital campaign and provided alumni services to over 3,000 constituents worldwide. From 2006 to 2007, she was a solicitor in the Capital Campaign for Mount Saint Agnes Academy in Hamilton, Bermuda, a school that her children attended from 1994 to 1999.

Miller received a B.A. in public administration from Stonehill College. She currently resides in Greenwich, Connecticut, with her husband, James Miller ’80.

Julia Dyckman Andrus Professor, Harvard Medical School
Director, Vascular Biology Program, Children's Hospital Boston
Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston

Professor, Chancellor Emeritus, University of Massachusetts Boston

Dr. James "Keith" Motley served as chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Boston between 2007 and 2017. He is currently a faculty member in UMass Boston's College of Management. Prior his appointment as chancellor, Motley served as vice president for business, marketing, and public affairs at the University of Massachusetts President’s Office. Before joining the president’s office, he was the interim chancellor of UMass Boston, where he previously had served as vice chancellor for student affairs, following more than 30 years in higher education administration that included 10 years as dean of student services at Northeastern University. 

Motley is a founder of the Roxbury Preparatory Charter School and chair emeritus of the school’s Board of Trustees. He is also the founder and education chair of Concerned Black Men of Massachusetts, Inc., and the Paul Robeson Institute for Positive Self-Development, an academic and social enrichment program for school-aged children of color. He also serves on numerous boards of community organizations with local, regional, and national reach, including Carney Hospital (as chair of the board of trustees), Freedom House, the Boston Foundation, the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, the Boston Sports Museum, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, the Commonwealth Corporation, and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. Motley also chairs the Boston Committee for the “Do the Write Thing Challenge,” an initiative of the National Campaign to Stop Violence. 

Motley holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Northeastern University and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Boston College. He also holds an honorary degree awarded by Northeastern University. He is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh’s Upward Bound Program. He is married to Angela Motley and is the proud father of Keith Allyn, Kayla Iman, and Jordan Kiara.

Managing Partner, Gravitas Healthcare, LLC

Samuel E. Navarro P'12, P'13 is the managing partner and founder of Gravitas Healthcare, LLC, an advisory firm entirely focused on the emerging medical technology industry.

Prior to founding Gravitas Healthcare, he spent over two decades in Wall Street with finance, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, equity research and investment management experience in the medical device industry. Before that, he was managing director of Cowen & Co., a medical technology investment practice. 

Navarro spent over four years at The Galleon Group running the Galleon Healthcare Fund as a Senior Portfolio Manager. He was responsible for all health care investments across all sectors, including pharmaceuticals / biotechnology, medical technology / hospital supplies, and all areas of healthcare services. Prior to Galleon, He was Global Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at ING Barings and prior to that, Senior Medical Technology Analyst and Head of Healthcare Equity Research at UBS. 

Navarro also held Senior Medical Technology equity research positions at Furman Selz Inc. and Needham & Company. He has served or serves on the boards of Derma Sciences, Dextera Surgical, MicroTherapeutics, Jomed, Photomedex, Pixelux Entertainment, Strata Skin Sciences and others.

He received an M.B.A. in finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Science in engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin.

Navarro lived in Greenwich, Connecticut, for 24 years and recently moved to Southlake, Texas, with his family. He and his wife have two sons (Stonehill graduates ’12 and ’13) and two daughters.

Vice President For Student Affairs, University of Notre Dame       

Rev. Gerard Olinger, C.S.C., has served as the Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Notre Dame (UND) since 2021. He is also an in-residence priest at one of the residence halls there. Previously, Fr. Olinger served as the Vice President for Mission Engagement and Church Affairs at the university. Before his work at UND, he held various senior administrative positions at the University of Portland in Oregon. 

Fr. Olinger graduated from UND with a bachelor’s degree in history and government. He also attended Notre Dame Law School, receiving a juris doctor in 2004. Fr. Olinger was awarded a Master of Divinity from UND in 2009. Fr. Olinger was then ordained a Holy Cross priest in 2010. 

Currently, Fr. Olinger is an elected provincial councilor for the United States Province of the Congregation of Holy Cross and is a member of the state bars in Indiana and Pennsylvania. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Trustees for the Strada Education Foundation. He was previously a trustee of UND and King’s College. Fr. Olinger is the co-editor of Come, Holy Spirit, a publication collecting the spiritual writings of Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.

Vice President, Associate Provost, and Dean – First Year of Studies, Professor of Theology and Africana Studies, University of Notre Dame

Rev. Hugh Page, Jr., is Episcopal priest, poet, musician, photographer, martial artist, and certified tennis professional. He is also interested in the ways that non-traditional, integrative, and holistic paradigms for continuing education can be utilized by clergy in the promotion of personal health (e.g., spiritual, intellectual, and physical) and productivity.

His scholarly interests are in the areas of early Hebrew poetry; ancient myth and epic; Africana biblical interpretation; poetry as medium for theological expression; the use of religious traditions and sacred texts in identity construction within the Black community; and the role of mysticism and esotericism in Anglican and Africana spiritualities.

His sole-authored works include Israel’s Poetry of Resistance: Africana Perspectives on Early Hebrew Verse (Fortress, 2013); Exodus (Bible Reading Fellowship - Peoples Bible Commentary Series, 2006); and The Myth of Cosmic Rebellion: A Study of its Reflexes in Ugaritic and Biblical Literature (Brill, 1996). He is also general editor of The Africana Bible: Reading Israel’s Scriptures from Africa and the African Diaspora (Augsburg Fortress, 2010); one of the co-editors for both the Fortress Commentary on the Old Testament and Apocrypha (Fortress, 2014) and Esotericism in African American Religious Experience: “There is a Mystery” … (Brill, 2014); and editor of Exploring New Paradigms in Biblical and Cognate Studies (Mellen Biblical Press, 1996).

He is founder and president of the Institute for Ancient Near Eastern and Afroasiatic Cultural Research and a Research Associate at Human Relations Area Files at Yale University. He holds membership in the Society of Biblical Literature, the American Academy of Religion, the Academy of Homiletics, and the Society for the Study of Black Religion.

Page holds a B.A. degree in history from Hampton University; M.Div. and S.T.M. degrees from General Theological Seminary in New York; a D.Min. from the Graduate Theological Foundation; and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations from Harvard University.

Executive Coach and Management Consultant, McCartan Consulting, LLC

Patricia A. McCartan Prue '81founded McCartan Consulting and is certified as an executive coach. Her overall global business expertise includes executive coaching, Human Resource strategic leadership and oversight and mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to establishing her coaching business, she was employed by The Kendall Company (later named Tyco Healthcare, Covidien) as the Vice President of Human Resources and was promoted to the Vice President of Human Resources for Tyco International, which grew to become a 36B global company with over 240,000 employees.

Prue serves on not-profit senior living continuing care retirement communities (CCRC), including Vice Chair, Governance Chair, Riverwoods of Exeter, New Hampshire, and Birch Hill Terrace, Manchester, New Hampshire. She is a member of Stonehill College’s Visiting Business Committee and has volunteered her time and talents with Global Volunteers in Ghana and Por Cristo in Ecuador.

Prue lives in New Hampshire with her husband Dave Wright and family.

Retired, Fidelity Investments

Jean M. Raymond '86 has worked as a leader in the financial services industry for three decades. Beginning her career at Fidelity Investments in 1986, she led strategic initiatives with successful outcomes in multiple business units, driving down cost, increasing revenue, and improving performance.

In late 2019, Raymond retired from Fidelity. Her most recent role was as Head of Finance for the firm’s Enterprise Technology and Global Services organization, where she played a critical role in establishing firm-wide cloud governance based on economics, controls and accountability. Prior to that position, she was Chief Financial Officer for Fidelity’s Asset Management business. 

As Executive Vice President of Managerial Finance within Fidelity Financial Services, Raymond was instrumental in operationalizing the enterprise-wide Fidelity Cost and Profitability Program to drive increased use of profitability analytics. Prior to that, she was Executive Vice President and CFO for Personal and Workplace Investing, after serving as Senior Vice President and CFO for Fidelity Personal Investments.
From 1989 through 1999, Raymond served in various finance roles of increasing responsibility including for Fidelity Accounting and Custody Services, Fidelity Institutional Retirement Services Company, and Fidelity Institutional Retirement Group, as well as Fidelity Service Company, where she was CFO of Finance and Risk Operations. Among her contributions to Fidelity overall was as Executive Sponsor of its Employee Resource Group, ENABLE, which focused on creating a positive and inclusive work environment for employees of all abilities.

Jean earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Stonehill College and a Master of Science degree in finance from Boston College. She previously served as Board Chair for Learning Prep School in Newton, Massachusetts. As well, Raymond served as a member of the Board of Directors at Laboure College; the Board of Overseers at Boston Children’s Hospital; and the Executive Council Steering Committee at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. 

Chair & CEO, Eastern Bank

Robert F. Rivers '86 is chair and CEO of Eastern Bank, the largest commercial bank headquartered in Massachusetts. He began his 40-year banking career as a teller at Randolph Savings Bank in his hometown of Stoughton, Massachusetts, followed by various roles of increasing responsibility at Old Stone Bank in Rhode Island, M&T Bank in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, and Commercial Federal Bank in Nebraska, joining Eastern Bank as Chief Banking Officer in 2006. He earned a B.S. degree from Stonehill College and an M.B.A. from the University of Rochester. 

Rivers is involved extensively in the community, serving as chair of The Dimock Center and on the Board of Directors of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, The Lowell Plan, and The New England Council. He also is a member of the Advisory Boards of the Lawrence Partnership and JFK Library Foundation, and the Boston Women’s Workforce Council and The Boston Club, in addition to providing support and guidance to numerous other non-profit organizations. He is also a co-chair of the Massachusetts Business Coalition for Early Childhood Education, comprised of more than 100 Massachusetts companies and business associations focused on raising awareness about the need for a more robust and sustainable network of early childcare and education. A co-founder of Eastern’s innovation hub, Eastern Labs, which has pioneered new products with fintechs and advanced digital banking services, Rivers also serves on the Advisory Board of the Mass FinTech Hub. 

Rivers has been recognized by many organizations for his work in championing diversity and social justice and has been regularly named among the Top 10 “Most Influential People in Boston” by Boston Magazine and to the Boston Business Journal Power 50 list.

Director of Campus Ministry and College Chaplain 

Rev. Brogan Ryan, C.S.C. serves as the director of campus ministry and college chaplain at King’s College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. A native of Columbus, Ohio, Fr. Ryan studied accountancy and theology as an undergraduate at the University of Notre Dame. Following his graduation, he taught middle school with Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education Program in Montgomery, Alabama. He then worked as a public accountant with KPMG, LLP, before entering formation with the Congregation of Holy Cross at Moreau Seminary at Notre Dame. 

Fr. Ryan was ordained a Holy Cross priest in 2019. He served as rector of Keough Hall at the University of Notre Dame until May 2021 when he was named director of campus ministry at King’s College. 

General Steward

Rev. John J. Ryan, C.S.C., joined the Generalate Community in Rome in the role of General Steward in 2021. Previously, he served as president of King’s College for ten years. Before being appointed president, he was dean of the William G. McGowan School of Business at King’s. He assumed leadership of the business school in 2004 after teaching there since 1994. He received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Wilkes College, an M.B.A. from St. Joseph’s University, a M.Div. degree from University of Toronto, and a doctorate in business administration from Temple University. During his studies in Toronto and Philadelphia, he did parish work in both cities.

He was ordained as a priest in the Holy Cross order in 1990. Fr. Ryan worked for 13 years in accounting and finance before entering Holy Cross. He currently serves as board member of the University of Notre Dame, University of Portland, and the Earth Conservancy.

President, The New York Academy of Medicine

Judith A. Salerno, M.D., M.S. ’73 is president of The New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM) and is leading its strategic vision to advance health equity. Dr. Salerno is a physician executive and one of the nation’s pre-eminent leaders in health and healthcare.

Prior to coming to NYAM, she served as President and CEO of Susan G. Komen™, the world’s largest breast cancer organization. She also served as the Leonard D. Schaeffer Executive Officer of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, Deputy Director of the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health, and Chief Consultant for Geriatrics and Extended Care for the U.S. Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Salerno is board-certified in internal medicine and holds an M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School and a Master of Science in Health Policy from the Harvard School of Public Health. She was elected as a member of the National Academy of Medicine in 2018 and was elected as a Fellow of The New York Academy of Medicine in 2017.

Chief Executive Officer & President, Shields Health Care

Thomas A. Shields '92 is the CEO and president of Shields Health Care, the largest and most technically advanced network of MRI, PET/CT, and radiation therapy facilities in New England.

Prior to assuming his role as President, Shields held the position of Executive Vice President of Marketing & Sales and Director of Real Estate Management. During his tenure as president of Shields Health Care, the company has expanded into Northern New England and diversified its portfolio to include PET/CT imaging, equipment maintenance and service, radiology management and ambulatory surgery. In 2013, Shields was awarded the Northeastern’s Family Business of the Year Award. Before joining SHC, he served as a congressional aide.

Shields is a leader in the community and actively involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors including Trinity Catholic Academy, Boys & Girls Club of Brockton, Friendship Home, and Norwell VNA and Hospice. He is also a board member of Trinity Catholic Academy. This generosity of spirit is an integral part of both the Shields Health Care corporate culture and the Shields family. He was the Boys & Girls Club of Brockton’s 2013 Community Honoree.

Shields earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Stonehill College. His longstanding connection to Stonehill began with his father, Thomas F. Shields, who served as chairman of Stonehill’s Board of Trustees. Through the generosity of his parents, the Shields Science Center was named in the family’s honor.

Director of Campus Ministry, St. Edward's University

Rev. Peter Walsh, C.S.C. '84serves as the Director of Campus Ministry at St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. He was born in Boston and grew up in Milton. He graduated from Stonehill College in 1984 with a B.A. in English. He entered the Congregation of Holy Cross that summer and attended seminary at the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated with an M.Div. in 1988. He also has a master's degree from Boston College in English literature with a concentration in Irish poetry and often brings insights from literature into his preaching.

Since his ordination in 1989, Fr. Walsh has developed numerous social and spiritual programs focused on young adult ministry. He has served in several Boston area parishes, especially St. Cecilia Church in the Back Bay and Our Lady of Sorrows in Sharon. He was assistant chaplain at Saint Thomas More, the Catholic Chapel and Center at Yale University and with the other chaplains he developed programs promoting interreligious dialogue.

Since moving to Austin in 2012, he has worked to promote the Catholic and Holy Cross identity and charism of St. Edward’s University, a Holy Cross university founded in 1885. In particular, he co-chairs the Holy Cross Initiative team, a collaborative effort between Campus Ministry and Student Affairs for ongoing staff development in mission integration.