Presidential Search Committee Members

• Melissa Alvarado, Alumni Trustee (Class of 1999), Assistant Vice President in Enterprise Risk Management at MassMutual Financial Group (Alumni Association representative), Vice Chair of the Committee
• Claudia Ciano-Boyce, Ed.D., Professor of Psychology and President, Westfield Chapter of MSCA (Faculty/Westfield MSCA representative)
• Junior Delgado, Director of Career Center and Employer Relations (Administrator/Westfield APA representative)
• George Flevotomos, Principal at Demayo Properties and 2nd Vice Chair of WSU Foundation (WSU Foundation representative)
• Brian Jennings, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Mathematics (Faculty/Westfield MSCA representative)
• Ron'na J'Q Lytle, Administrative Assistant to Departments of Ethnic and Gender Studies, Language and Culture Studies, and Sociology, and AFSCME Unit 1 Steward (Westfield AFSCME representative)
• Robert Martin, Ph.D., Trustee, Retired former Vice President for Academic Affairs and Interim President at Framingham State University, Chair of the Committee
• Lydia Martinez-Alvarez, Trustee, Assistant Superintendent, Springfield Public Schools
• Juline Mills, Ph.D., Dean of the College of Education, Health, and Human Services (Academic Administration representative)
• Thalita Neves, Student Trustee (Class of 2021) (Student Government Association representative)
• Thomas Simard, Deputy Commissioner for Administration and Finance at the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education (Mass BHE/DHE representative)
• Stephen Taksar, Vice President for Administration and Finance (Cabinet representative)
• Gloria Williams, Ed.D., Trustee, Educational Consultant, Adjunct Professor, and former principal, Springfield Public Schools
• Jalisa Williams, LP.D., Associate Vice President, Office of Human Resources, Inclusion, Diversity, & Equity/Affirmative Action Officer, ex officio, non-voting resource to the committee
• Jean Beal, secretary to the committee

• Presidential Search
  • Presidential Search Finalists
    • Dione Somerville, Ed.D.
    • Kristin Esterberg, Ph.D.
    • Darrell Kruger, Ph.D.
    • Linda Thompson, DrPH
    • Robert Pignatello, Ed.D.
  • BHE Guidelines & Procedures
  • Communications to the Community
  • Committee Agendas and Minutes
  • Committee Members
  • WittKieffer Listening Session Schedule Sept. 11-18, 2020
  • Survey Results Fall 2020
  • Presidential Leadership Profile
  • Advertising Plan
  • Presidential Search Timeline
  • Community Information Sessions PowerPoint Presentation