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
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Joseph Bartulis
Secretary
Officer, Fletcher Tilton, PC
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Randall V. Becker ’83 MBA ’96
Chairman of the Board
Retired Executive Vice President & CFO, MAPFRE USA Corp.
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Carolyn Burke MBA ’92
Vice Chair
Retired Assistant Vice President, Talent Acquisition, MAPFRE USA Corp.
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Stephen A. Davis ’80
Treasurer
Former Partner, Ventry Industries, LLC
Board Members
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Madison Perrotti ’23
Risk Advisory Associate, Grant Thornton
![Michael Schuster Board Member](https://www.nichols.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Michael-Schuster-1.jpg)
Michael Shuster
Managing Partner, Competitive Human Resources Strategies, LLC
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Lindsey Rugg ’22
Customer Relations Advocate, Fidelity Investments
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Cynthia A. Begin ’87
First Deputy Commissioner, MA Division of Banks
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Jaime Paris Boisvert
Director, Higher Education Market at Johnson Controls
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Robert B. Kuppenheimer ’69
Retired Vice President & Managing Director, Distribution Development, Nuveen Investments, LLC
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Tammy A. (Wolf) Smyrl ’94
Services Account Manager, Hewlett Packard
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Thomas H. Niles ’63
Senior Advisor, Boston Residential Group, LLC
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Richard T. Moore
Former Member, Massachusetts State Senate
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Stefany C. Mendez ’13 MBA ’16
Procurement Operations Specialist, Northeastern University
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John H. McClutchy, Jr. ’72
President, JHM Financial Group, LLC
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Peter L. Lynch ’74
Retired President, CEO & Chairman of the Board, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc.
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Thomas S. Lodge ’79
Former Partner, PricewaterhouseCooper
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Thomas J. Hall ’69
Managing Director - Investments, Tower Point Wealth Management, LLC
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David G. Bedard ’86
Retired, Senior Vice President of Finance New York Life Insurance
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David G. Hale ’75
Retired Senior Vice President of the Americas, Polaroid Corporation
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Samuel R. Haines ’73
Chairman & CEO, Gear Motions, Inc.
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Asuman Göksel
Vice President, IBEC Consultancy Education
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Anna Dyakiv ’14
Manager, Corporate Partnerships Activation, Boston Celtics
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Edwin B. Donahue ’72
Retired Sr. Vice President/CFO, Vitruvian Exploration, LLC
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John H. Davis ’72
Former Chairman & CEO, Ventry Industries, LLC
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James W. Coghlin, Sr. ’67
Chairman & Coach, Coghlin Companies, Inc.
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Jennie L. Caissie MBA ’00
Attorney, Michael V. Caplette Law Office
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James C. Brown ’87
Retired Executive VP & Chief Lending Officer, Boston Private Bank & Trust
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Jonathan M. Birtwell ’06
Trader / Portfolio Manager, Panagora Asset Management
Trustee Emeriti
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Richard B. Hardy
Chairman Emeritus, Affinity Group
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David F. Lombard ’65
Retired Publications Consultant, Jostens, Inc.
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Robert J. Vaudreuil ’77
Retired President & CEO, The Protector Group Insurance Agency, Inc.
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John B. Dirlam
President, J.I. Morris Company
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Gerald Fels ’66
Retired Director & Chief Executive Officer, The Commerce Group, Inc.