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Commonwealth Transfer Advisory Group Members

Representatives from the Board and Department of Higher Education

• Mario Borunda, Member, Board of Higher Education
• Francesca Purcell, Director for Academic Policy, Department of Higher Education

Faculty Members

• Kate Finnegan, Chair, Education, Greenfield Community College
• Mary Folan, Professor/Co-Chairperson, Nurse Education and Health Professions, Bunker Hill Community College
• John McCarthy, Distinguished Professor of Linguistics, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• John McKelliget, Professor and Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell
  
• Jean Stonehouse, Chair, History, Bridgewater State College

Chief Academic Officers

• Robert Martin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, Framingham State College
• Philip Sisson, Vice President, Academic and Student Affairs, Cape Cod Community College
• Winston Langley, Provost, University of Massachusetts Boston

Transfer Directors or Coordinators

• Daniel de la Torre, Coordinator of Transfer and Articulation, Quinsigamond Community College
• Mary Dunn, Director of Transfer and Articulation, Salem State College
• Cathy Sullivan, Director of New Student Transfer, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

Members of the Joint Admissions Executive Committee

• Frederick Clark, Executive Officer, State College Council of Presidents
• Janice Motta, Executive Director, Community College Executive Office
• Kate Harrington, Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, University of Massachusetts President’s Office

Representatives from the Joint Committee on Higher Education

• To be announced

Representative from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

• Mary Jayne Faye, Coordinator, Adult Basic Education Teacher Licensing and Office of Proprietary Schools, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

Representatives of Independent or Regional Groups

• Deborah Boisvert, Director, Boston Area Advanced Technology Education Connections for IT, University of Massachusetts Boston
• Denise Hammon, Director of Policy & Research, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM)
• Jane Souza, Executive Director, CONNECT

Former Members

• Frank Andrews, Director of Undergraduate Programs, College of Management, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• John Brockelman, Member*, Board of Higher Education
  * Board term ended November 2008
• Sean Collins, Associate Professor, Physical Therapy, University of Massachusetts Lowell
• Robert Darst, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
• Senator Benjamin Downing 
• Representative Christopher Donelan 
• Paul J. Fonteyn, Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, University of Massachusetts Boston
• Terri Labine, Senior Assistant Director, Transfer Affairs, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Paul McGee, Chair, Accounting and Finance, Salem State College
• Ann Reale, Commissioner*, Department of Early Education and Care
  * Resigned as Commissioner effective March 28, 2008