Foundation Board

Officers

Arwen Duffy
President

Patricia A. Parcellin '81
CEO (retired), Girls Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts
Chair

Denise M. Coll '75
President (retired), Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc., North America Division
Vice Chair

Matthew O. Littlefield '99
Managing Director, UBS Financial Services Inc.
Treasurer

Christine G. Savage '92
Partner, Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP
Secretary & Clerk

Directors

Thomas F. Ackerman '76
Financial Consultant

Caren P. Arnstein '77
Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs (retired), Genzyme Corporation
Vice Chair, Development Committee

Douglas A. Berthiaume '71, Hon '05
Chairman (retired), Waters Corporation

James R. Buonomo '74, G '76 ​​​​​​​
Consultant, JRB Advising

Michelle A. Cardinal '89
CEO & Co-Founder, Rain the Growth Agency

Paul J. Carney '82

Madhura V. Chacko G '80
Director and Founding Member, Credit Capital Research, LLC

Christopher F. Coleman '94
EVP, Head of Global Sales, State Street Corporation

Robert "Bob" L. Epstein '67
Co-Chairman, Horizon Beverage Company

Daniel E. Feder '84
Managing Director of Investments at University of Michigan

Robert S. Feldman
Deputy Chancellor (Retired), University of Massachusetts Amherst

Shaun Fitzgerald '71
Owner, Fitzgerald Appraisals
Vice Chair

David G. Fubini '76
Director Emeritus, McKinsey & Company, Senior Lecturer Harvard Business School

Benjamin James Anderson Gallacher '16
Principal, Blue Deer Capital Partners

HaoHao Guo '11
Financial Director, Massachusetts International Academy

George K. Hertz '69, G '73
Chair, Finance & Audit Committee

James G. Hunt, '77 DDS
Partner, Amity Street Dental

Elizabeth Anne Husted '82
Managing Director (retired), Goldman Sachs

Pamela M. Jacobs '69
Past Chair, Stewardship and Donor Relations Committee

Christopher Litster '91

Paul Manganaro '87
Sole Officer & Owner, Manganaro Bloodstock, Inc.

Nicholas C. Markey '13
Senior Manager, Deloitte

James P. Palermo '77
Founding Partner, Breton Capital Management, LLC

Karen M. Peters '87
Vice President Business Administration, New England Wire Products Co., Inc.

Nancy J. Rosen '70

Charles H. Sherwood '72 MS, '77 PhD
President/CEO/Director (retired), Anika Therapeutics, Inc.

John N. Spinney '87
COO & CFO Bracebridge Capital, LLC

Peter G. Trovato '05
Co-Founder and Partner, Copley Equity Partners

Patrick J. Veale '79
Area President, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
Past Chair, Athletics Committee

Michael J. Weir '76
Founder, WeirGroup, LLC

Emeriti Directors

John A. Armstrong
Vice President, Science and Technology (retired), IBM

Henry L. Barr '68
Senior Partner, Barr & Cole Attorneys at Law

Peter L. Bloom '78
EVP of Operations Excellence, Teleperformance

John L. Brooks, III '72, G '73
President & CEO NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals
Past Chair, Development Committee

David J. Der Hagopian '72
Principal, Quanah Capital Corporation

Kenneth R. Feinberg ’67, Hon '02 
Founder/Managing Partner Law Offices of Kenneth R. Feinberg, PC

Beth C. Gamel G '78 
Managing Director (retired), Argent Wealth Management

David H. Gaunt '67, G 70 
Partner Murray & Gaunt

Nan Giner '81
Practice Group Leader, Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP/Equity Partner
Past Chair, Planned Giving Committee

Merry C. Glosband '68
Consultant to Museums and Nonprofits, Adjunct Instructor, Graduate Professional Studies, Brandeis University

Dev V. Gupta '77 PhD
Secretary, Treasurer & Director, Spero Devices, Inc.

Susan Hagedorn ‘77
Producer & Director
Seedworks Films

D. Gibson Hammond G '77 
Partner (retired), Deloitte

Martin G. Jacobson '68
President & Director (retired), Glenell Associates, LLP

James "Jess" Kane '70
Founding Partner, Natick Dental Partners and Dental Associates of Walpole
Past Chair, Athletics Committee

Richard M. Kelleher '73
Chairman & Principal, Pyramid Hotel Group

John F. Kennedy '76
Founder & Treasurer, Calusa Construction

Robert M. Mahoney '70
Retired President and CEO, Belmont Savings Bank

Charles N. Robinson '71
Vice Chairman, Rogers and Gray Insurance

Earl W. Stafford, Sr. '76
Chairman & CEO, The Stafford Foundation

Ex Officios

Fouad Abd-El-Khalick
Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, UMass Amherst

James R. Julian, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer, UMass System Foundation

John F. Kennedy
Vice Chancellor, University Relations

Andrew P. Mangels
Vice Chancellor, Administration and Finance, University of Massachusetts Amherst

R. Karl Rethemeyer
Dean, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Javier A. Reyes
Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Rachel E. Spates ‘05G
President, UMass Amherst Alumni Association, Inc

Allison Vorderstrasse
Dean, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing