Undergraduate alums of all political stripes working in the public and private sectors credit their education at the UMass Amherst Department of Economics with giving them critical skills that make them more effective analysts, managers, and entrepreneurs. Our alums live up to the ideal expressed in Innovation and Impact: Renewing the Promise of the Public Research University (2013):
"UMass Amherst graduates will be known as individuals who have excelled in a challenging environment, participated in rewarding and diverse intellectual and applied experiences, and succeeded in setting and achieving high expectations. They will be known as innovative thinkers and problem solvers, effective communicators, valued team members, and socially aware and responsible citizens." (p. 20)
Advisory Board
The Economics Alumni Advisory Board shares a longstanding commitment to UMass Amherst, and to the Economics Department. Established in 1994, we are an advisory board to the department chair. The board is composed of a wide range of alumni from different class years and different backgrounds who dedicate time and give financial support for the betterment of the UMass Amherst Economics Department and its undergraduate students.
Some of the board's efforts include support of informational trips to major cities, awards for economics majors, discretionary funding for economics programs, and hosting events that enhance teaching and offer career exploration for economics majors.
Board Members
| Richard Allen '79 Chief Operating and Financial Officer Custom Bottle Inc. Naugatuck, CT |
James H. Keller '85 |
| Stephan A. Boyamian '02 Vice President, Global Commercial Banking Bank of America Merrill Lynch Boston, MA |
Paul Lawrence '78 Principal, Advisory Services Ernst & Young McLean, VA |
| Martha H. Carroll '82 Boston, MA |
Christopher Masiar '10 Equity Derivatives Documentation Specialist Citigroup / Equity Derivatives |
| Joan K. Casey '81 President Educational Advocates Brookline, MA |
Mark Massaro '02 Senior Associate- Equity Research Canaccord Genuity Boston, MA |
| Stephen W. Clarke '86 President, Navigate Fund Solutions Eaton Vance Corp. Boston, MA |
F. Ward McCarthy '73 Chief Financial Economist Jefferies & Company, Inc. New York, NY |
| Douglas R. Cliggott '78 Lecturer Department of Economics, UMass Amherst Amherst, MA |
Charles A. Ognibene '79 Partner Edwards Angell Palmer Dodge, LLP Boston, MA |
| Lisa B. Desforge '87 Administrative Officer Department of Economics, MIT Cambridge, MA |
Paul R. O'Keeffe '70 Client Service Liaison FinArc, LLC Needham, MA |
| Christine E. Devine '91 Partner Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee, LLP Westborough, MA |
Stephen M. Richards '87, '89 MBA Chief Financial Officer Peopleclick Authoria Waltham, MA |
| Jacqueline Dorfman '82 Human Resources Manager WilmerHale, LLP New York, NY |
R. Todd Riikonen-Gelinas '87 Managing Partner Pacific Capital Advisors Ltd Hong Kong |
| Ronald Q. Dottin '97 Head of U.S. Quantitative Research RBC Capital Markets New York, NY |
Cheryl A. Ryan '88 Senior Research Manager Maritz Inc. Acton, MA |
| Edward Fleck '84 Head of Relationship Management- North America DST Global Solutions Boston, MA |
Elvira R. Sisolak '67 Senior Economist U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Washington, D.C. |
| Brian Franke '01 Consultant Self-Employed Silver Spring, MD |
Barbara L. Sparks '70 Retired Mullica Hill, NJ |
| Andrew Hochberg '84 Partner/Attorney Tamkin & Hochberg Attorneys at Law Boston, MA |
Stuart M. Tobin '81 Economics Alumni Advisory Board Chair Director Thunderbolt Global Logistics, LLC Baltimore, MD |
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Scott Jordan '89 |
William F. Troy III '76 Business Lecturer and Minor Supervisor University of New Hampshire-Manchester Manchester, NH |
| Robert Kea '88 Senior Vice President Putnam Investment Management Boston, MA |
Questions about the Economics Alumni Advisory Board?
Contact Andrew Hochberg, Adivsory Board Co-Chair, Cheryl Ryan, Adivsory Board Co-Chair, or Patrick Mason, Department Chair.