Officers of Administration

President’s Office

Jack M. Wilson, President, A.B., Thiel College, 1967; M.A., Kent State, 1970; Ph.D., 1972.

James R. Julian, Jr., Executive Vice President, B.S., Suffolk, 1984; J.D., New England School of Law, 1989.

Marcellette G. Williams, Senior Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and International Relations, B.A., Michigan State, 1968; M.A., 1970; Ph.D., 1981.

Thomas J. Chmura, Vice President for Economic Development, B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1971; M.S., 1972.

Lawrence T. Bench, Interim General Counsel, B.A., Boston College, 1966; J.D., Boston College Law School, 1969.

Stephen W. Lenhardt, Vice President for Management and Fiscal Affairs and Treasurer, B.A., Pennsylvania State, 1963; M.S.W., Pittsburgh, 1965; M.P.A., 1971.

David Gray, Vice President for Information Services, Chief Information Officer and Chief Executive Officer of UMass Online, B.A., Pennsylvania State, 1977; M.P.A., 1979.

Keith Motley, Vice President for Business and Public Affairs, B.S., Northeastern, 1978; M.Ed., 1981; Ph.D., Boston College, 1999.

Amherst Campus

Office of the Chancellor

John V. Lombardi, Chancellor, B.A., Pomona College, 1963; M.A., Columbia, 1964; Ph.D., 1968.

John F. Dubach, Chief Information Officer and Special Assistant to the Chancellor, B.S., Santa Clara, 1971; Ph.D., Stanford, 1975.

Richard H. Conner, Executive Director of Public Affairs, B.A., 1981, Massachusetts at Amherst; M.Ed., 1995.

Brian W. Burke, Associate Counsel, B.S., Michigan State, 1978; M.S., 1982; M.B.A., 1990; J.D., Suffolk University Law School, 1996.

Office of the Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs


Charlena M. Seymour, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost, B.F.A., Howard, 1965; M.A., 1967; Ph.D., Ohio State, 1971.

John J. Cunningham, Deputy Provost, B.S., Purdue, 1970; M.S., 1972; Ph.D. Maryland, 1978.

Andrew Effrat, Associate Provost for Faculty Recruitment and Retention, B.A., Princeton, 1961; Ph.D., Harvard, 1970.

Mary Deane Sorcinelli, Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Director, Center for Teaching, B.A., Westfield State, 1972; M.A., Mount Holyoke, 1973; Ed.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1978.

Bryan Harvey, Associate Provost for Planning and Assessment, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1977; M.P.A., Harvard, 1986; Ed.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1997.

Susan Pearson, Associate Provost for Faculty Relations and Budget, A.B., Smith College, 1972.

Frank Hugus, Associate Provost for International Programs, B.S., Pennsylvania State, 1963; M.A; 1965; Ph.D., Chicago, 1972.

Richard T. Rogers, Faculty Adviser to the Provost for Undergraduate Education, A.B., California at Berkeley, 1973; Ph.D., Wisconsin, 1982.

Marilyn Blaustein, Director of Institutional Research, B.S., Massachusetts, 1972; M.Ed., 1977; Ph.D., Iowa State, 1986.

Nancy Buffone, Director of Special Initiatives, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1995; M.Ed., 2003.

Donna Marino, Director of Academic Personnel, B.S., Westfield State, 1977.

Cecilia Trachy, Registrar, A.S., Northampton Junior College, 1968; M.Ed., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1983.

Academic Deans and Library Director

Eileen T. Breslin, Dean of the School of Nursing and of the School of Public Health and Health Sciences, Diploma, Hartford Hospital, 1975; B.S., Northern Arizona, 1977; M.S., Arizona, 1983; Ph.D., Colorado, 1992.

Lee R. Edwards, Dean of the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, B.A., Swarthmore, 1962; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1965; Ph.D., California at San Diego, 1969.

Michael F. Malone, Dean of the College of Engineering, B.S., Pennsylvania State, 1974; Ph.D., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1979.

Janet M. Rifkin, Dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, B.A., Sarah Lawrence, 1969; J.D., New York University School of Law, 1972.

Cleve E. Willis, Dean of the College of Food and Natural Resources, B.A., Chico State, 1965; M.S., California at Davis, 1967; Ph.D., 1972.

Christine B. McCormick, Dean of the School of Education, B.A., Purdue, 1977; M.S., 1979; Ph.D., Wisconsin at Madison, 1981.

Linda L. Slakey, Dean of Commonwealth College, B.S., Siena Heights, 1962; Ph.D., Michigan, 1967.

Thomas O’Brien, Dean of the Eugene M. Isenberg School of Management, B.A., Tufts, 1960; M.A., Cornell, 1966; Ph.D., 1969.

John R. Mullin, Dean of the Graduate School, B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1967; M.C.P., Rhode Island, 1969; M.S.B.A., Boston, 1972; Ph.D., Waterloo, 1975; Fellow of the American Institute of Certified Planners, 1999.

George M. Langford, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, B.S., Fayetteville State, 1966; M.S., Illinois Institute of Technology, 1969; Ph.D., 1971.

Gerald (Jay) Schafer, Director of Libraries, M.A., Denver, 1973.

Office of the Vice Chancellor for
Administration and Finance

Joyce Hatch, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance, B.A., New Hampshire, 1968; M.A., Columbia, 1969; M.B.A., Massachusetts, 1988.

Juan A. Jarrett, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources, B.A., Lafayette College, 1981; M.A., Fordham, 1985.

Ashoke Ganguli, Director of Auxiliary Services, B.S., Jadavpur University, India, 1968; M.S., 1970; M.B.A., Massachusetts, 1976.

Thomas M. Mathers, Bursar, B.B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1978; M.B.A., 1996.

Office of the Vice Provost for Research

Paul T. Kostecki, Vice Provost for Research, B.S., Massachusetts, 1973; M.S., 1978; Ph.D., Michigan 1981.

Marla S. Michel, Director of Industry Liaison and Economic Development, B.S., SUNY at Albany, 1984; M.S., Monmouth College, 1988.

Stephen W. Plouff, Director of Animal Care, B.S., University of New England, 1985.

Bruce F. McCandless, Director of Research Affairs, B.A., Hiram College, 1970; M.P.A., Massachusetts, 1984.

Michael Jaremchuk, Director of Commercial Ventures and Intellectual Property, B.S., Pennsylvania State, 1969; M.B.A., Northeastern, 1979; M.S., John Hopkins, 1996.

Bruce G. Wilcox, Director of the University Press, B.A., Harvard, 1969.

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

Michael Gargano, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life, B.A., Hartford, 1978; Ed.D., George Washington, 2001.

Byron S. Bullock, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Campus Life, B.A., Lincoln, 1977; M.Ed., James Madison, 1989.

Jo-Anne Thomas Vanin, Dean of Students, A.B., Bryn Mawr College, 1969; M.A.T., Harvard, 1971; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr College, 1982.

Barbara O’Connor, Director of Public Safety, A.S., Springfield Technical Community College, 1981; B.S., Westfield State, 1985; M.S., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1999.

Office of the Vice Chancellor for Advancement

Elizabeth A. Dale, Vice Chancellor for Advancement and Executive Director, University of Massachusetts Amherst Foundation, Inc., B.S., Montclair, 1975; M.P.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1986; Ed.D., 1998.

Toivo Tammerk, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Development, B.S., Rutgers, 1968.

Kenzie Thompson, Executive Director of Advancement, B.A., Carleton University, 1981.

Office of the Vice Provost for University Outreach

Sharon L. Fross, Vice Provost for University Outreach, B.A., Charleston, 1982; M.P.A., Charleston/South Carolina, 1987; Ph.D., South Carolina, 1998.

Cynthia A. Suopis, Director of University Without Walls, B.S., Bowling Green State, 1972; M.B.A., American International, 1979; M.A., Emerson/Tufts School of Medicine, 1996; Ph.D., Masschusetts at Amherst, 2002.

Robert W. Schrader, Director of UMass Extension, B.A., Connecticut, 1975; B.S., 1976; M.B.A., Massachusetts at Amherst, 1985.

Martin C. Miller, General Manager and Director of Development, WFCR, B.F.A., SUNY at Buffalo, 1978; M.F.A., 1979.

Five College Cooperation

Lorna M. Peterson, Coordinator, B.A., University of Buffalo, 1961; Ph.D., Yale, 1973.