Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the governing body of Nichols, responsible for all academic, administrative, and financial affairs within the College.
Officers
David G. Bedard ’86
Chairman of the Board
Retired, Senior Vice President of Finance New York Life Insurance
Jaime Paris Boisvert ’98
Vice Chair
Director, Higher Education Market at Johnson Controls
Joseph Bartulis
Secretary
Officer, Fletcher Tilton, PC
Stephen A. Davis ’80
Treasurer
Former Partner, Ventry Industries, LLC
Board Members
Wayne Archambo ’81
CEO, Monarch Partners
Randall V. Becker ’83 MBA ’96
Retired Executive Vice President & CFO, MAPFRE USA Corp.
Cynthia A. Begin ’87
Retired First Deputy Commissioner, MA Division of Banks
Jonathan M. Birtwell ’06
Trader / Portfolio Manager, Panagora Asset Management
James C. Brown ’87
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Banking Officer, Washington Trust
Carolyn Burke MBA ’92
Retired Assistant Vice President, Talent Acquisition, MAPFRE USA Corp.
Jennie L. Caissie MBA ’00
Attorney, Michael V. Caplette Law Office
James W. Coghlin, Sr. ’67
Chairman & Coach, Coghlin Companies, Inc.
Taylor Cornell ’24
Financial Aid Officer, Keiser University
John H. Davis ’72
Former Chairman & CEO, Ventry Industries, LLC
Michael Detarando
President/CEO Incom, Inc
Edwin B. Donahue ’72
Retired Sr. Vice President/CFO, Vitruvian Exploration, LLC
Anna Dyakiv ’14
Manager, Corporate Partnerships Activation, Boston Celtics
Saige Frazier ’25
Graduate Student - Clark University
Asuman Göksel
Vice President, IBEC Consultancy Education
David G. Hale ’75
Retired Senior Vice President of the Americas, Polaroid Corporation
Thomas J. Hall ’69
Managing Director - Investments, Tower Point Wealth Management, LLC
Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69
Retired Vice President & Managing Director, Distribution Development, Nuveen Investments, LLC
Edmund J. Landry, III ’86
Retired Partner, Deloitte Risk and Financial Advisory
Thomas S. Lodge ’79
Former Partner, PricewaterhouseCooper
John H. McClutchy, Jr. ’72
President, JHM Financial Group, LLC
Stefany C. Mendez ’13 MBA ’16
Procurement Operations Specialist, Northeastern University
Richard T. Moore
Former Member, Massachusetts State Senate
Tammy A. (Wolf) Smyrl ’94
Services Account Manager, Hewlett Packard
Trustee Emeriti
Alice Belden ’85 MBA ’92
Retired Customer Service & Systems Manager, Rogers Corp
John B. Dirlam
President, J.I. Morris Company
Gerald Fels ’66
Retired Director & Chief Executive Officer, The Commerce Group, Inc.
David F. Lombard ’65
Retired Publications Consultant, Jostens, Inc.
Robert J. Vaudreuil ’77
Retired President & CEO, The Protector Group Insurance Agency, Inc.