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Plan Administrator, Provider and Campus Contacts

Campus Contacts

Plan Administrator

Provider Contacts


 
Campus Contacts    
Berkshire Community College name: Deb Cote, Acting Director of Human Resources
email: dcote@berkshirecc.edu
phone: 413.499.4660 x1022
Bristol Community College name: Tafa Awolaju, Vice President of Human Resources & Affirmative Action
email: tawolaju@bristol.mass.edu
phone: 508.678.2811 x2194
Bunker Hill Community College name: Milagros Aherrera, ORP Contact
email: maherrera@bhcc.mass.edu
phone: 617.228.2096
Cape Cod Community College name: Donna Vatousiou, Payroll Officer
email: dvatousi@capecod.mass.edu
phone: 508.362.2131 x4477
Greenfield Community College name: Kathy Forester, Benefits Administrator
email: forester@gcc.mass.edu 
phone: 413.775.1315
Holyoke Community College name: Michelle Robak, Staff Associate
email: mrobak@hcc.mass.edu
phone: 413.552.2531 
Massachusetts Bay Community College name: Mary Scott, Director of Human Resources  
email: mscott@massbay.edu 
phone: 781.239.3171
Massasoit Community College name: Nola Jean Williams, Benefits Coordinator
email: njwilliams@massasoit.mass.edu 
phone: 508.588.9100 x1551 
Middlesex Community College name: Julie Kelley, Staff Assistant 
email: kelleyj@middlesex.mass.edu
phone: 781.280.3531 
Mount Wachusett Community College   name: Connie Helstowski, Payroll and Benefit Manager
email: c_helstowski@mwcc.mass.edu 
phone: 978.630.9342
North Shore Community College name: Colleen Harvill, Staff Assistant 
email: charvill@northshore.edu 
phone: 978.739.5572 
Northern Essex Community College name: Jane Lesiczka, Payroll Officer 
email: jlesiczka@necc.mass.edu 
phone: 978.556.3956 
Quinsigamond Community College name: Ellis Paakkonen, Assistant Director of Human Resources 
email: ellisp@qcc.mass.edu 
phone: 508.854.7428 
Roxbury Community College name: Gretchen Jones, HR Specialist 
email: gjones@rcc.mass.edu 
phone: 617.541.5302 
Springfield Technical Community College name: Florence Maroney, ORP Contact 
email: fmaroney@stcc.mass.edu 
phone: 413.755.4428 
Bridgewater State College name: Dorothy Grosswendt, Benefits Administrator 
email: dgrosswendt@bridgew.edu 
phone: 508.531.1220 
Fitchburg State College name: Jessica Murdoch, ORP Contact 
email: jmurdoch@fsc.edu
phone: 978.665.3338 
Framingham State College name: Michelle Terenzi, Administrative Assistant 
email: mterenz@frc.mass.edu
phone: 508.626.4530 
Massachusetts College of Art and Design name: Kathryn Oram, Payroll Manager 
email: koram@massart.edu
phone: 617.879.7908 
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts name: Marion Segalla, Staff Associate 
email: msegalla@mcla.mass.edu
phone: 413.662.5597 
Massachusetts Maritime Academy name: Ann O'Connor, Accountant 
email: aoconnor@maritime.edu 
phone: 508.830.5083 
Salem State College name: Pamela Oppelt, Benefits Coordinator and ORP Liaison 
email: pamela.oppelt@salemstate.edu
phone: 978.542.6030 
Westfield State College name: Tina Bones, Staff Assistant: Payroll & Benefits 
email: tbones@wsc.ma.edu 
phone: 413.572.5274 
Worcester State College name: Lynn Bromley, Payroll & Benefits Supervisor 
email: lbromley@worcester.edu
phone: 508.929.8061 
University of Massachusetts Amherst name: Kelly Pleasant, Total Compensation Associate 
email: kdickins@admin.umass.edu
phone: 413.545.1478 
University of Massachusetts Boston name: Linda McDonough, ORP Contact 
email: linda.mcdonough@umb.edu
phone: 617.287.5168 
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth name: Mitch Berube, Administrative Assistant 
email: mberube@umassd.edu
phone: 508.999.8083 
University of Massachusetts Lowell name: Judith Zanni, HR Assistant 
email: Judith_Zanni@uml.edu 
phone: 978.934.3559 
University of Massachusetts Medical name: Katie Temple, Retirement Plan Specialist  
email: katie.temple@umassmed.edu 
phone: 508.856.1897 
University of Massachusetts President's Office name: Anna Pitocchelli, ORP Contact 
email: apitocchelli@email.umassp.edu 
phone: 617.287.7042 
Plan Administrator
email:
orp@bhe.mass.edu
Board of Higher Education
phone:
617.994.6935
address:
ORP Plan Administrator
Board of Higher Education
One Ashburton Place
Room 1401
Boston, MA 02108
Provider Contacts
 
AIG Retirement
name:
Gregg Libutti, District Manager
www.aigretirement.com Offsite link email: gregg.libutti@aigretirement.com
 
phone:
603.594.8340
800.892.5558
 
fax:
603.595.8646
  address: 20 Trafalgar Square, Suite 103
Nashua, NH 03063
Lincoln Financial Group
name:
Bradford F. Carman, Retirement Consultant
 
email:
Brad.Carman@LFG.com
 
phone:
781.648.3653
866.381.8001
  fax: 260.455.0072
 
address:
464 Common Street, PMB 327
Belmont, MA 02478
TIAA-CREF phone: 800.842.2776*
  website: www.tiaa-cref.org
* National Call Center    
TIAA-CREF name: Allen Water, Individual Consultant*
  email: awaters@tiaa-cref.org
  phone: 800.842.2004
* For the following campuses: UMass Dartmouth, UMass Medical School, Worcester State,
Mass Maritime, Bridgewater State, Bristol Community College, Cape Cod Community College,
Massasoit Community College and Quinsigamond Community College
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TIAA-CREF
name: John Mitchell, Individual Consultant*
  email: jmitchell@tiaa-cref.org
  phone: 800.842.2004 x5982
* For the following campuses: UMass Amherst, UMass Boston, UMass Lowell, Fitchburg State,
Framingham State, Mass College of Art, Mass College of Liberal Arts, Salem State, Westfield State, Berkshire Community College, Bunker Hill Community College, Greenfield Community College, Holyoke Community College, Mass Bay Community, Mount Wachusett Community College, Middlesex Community College, North Shore Community College, Northern Essex Community College, Roxbury Community College, Springfield Tech Community College

 

 

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