- Lisa M. Colombo
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Lisa M. Colombo is the gubernatorial alumni appointee to the Board. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Worcester Sate in 1987 following graduation from Framingham Union Hospital in 1985. She went on to receive a Master of Health Administration from Clark University and a Doctor of Nursing Practice from MGH Institute of Health Professionals in 2009. She is presently the Executive Vice Chancellor for Commonwealth Medicine at the UMass Medical School. Her career has been rooted in patient care, operational management and quality improvement at public and private academic health systems. She has also held high-level positions in health care management consulting. She is happy to be serving on the Board of her alma mater.
- Aleta M. Fazzone
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Aleta M. Fazzone is Director, Community & Customer Management,
for National Grid based in Worcester, Massachusetts. In her position,
Ms. Fazzone oversees customer and community relationships throughout her
jurisdiction in central western Massachusetts.
Prior to joining
National Grid in 1998, she was employed by GE’s Transmission &
Distribution Systems Sales Business where she held a variety of sales
and marketing management positions focusing on the electric utility
industry. She also has utility experience with both the Pacific Gas
& Electric Company based in San Francisco, California, and the
Pennsylvania Power Company, now part of First Energy.
Ms. Fazzone
earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the
University of Notre Dame and completed the Utility Executive Course at
the University of Idaho. A native of Castle, Pennsylvania, she has
lived in central Massachusetts for more than 15 years.
She is a
graduate of the Leadership Worcester Program and serves on several local
boards including the Worcester Research Bureau, the Worcester Business
Development Corporation and MassEcon. She is also involved with the
Worcester Education Collaborative.
Ms. Fazzone was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2014 and serves on the Finance & Facilities Committee.
- Maryanne M. Hammond
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Ms. Hammond was appointed to the Board of Trustees in October of
2012. She was elected by the Alumni Association’s Advisory Board as
their representative.
She earned her bachelor’s degree and two
master’s degrees from Worcester State. As public educator, she served as
a teacher, a Health Curriculum Coordinator, a Conflict Mediation
Trainer and Program Coordinator, and Assistant Principal at Lake Street
School and the Wire Village School in Spencer, Massachusetts.
She was elected Vice Chair of the Board, representative to the Foundation Board, and serves as Chair of the Human Resources Committee and the Planning and Development Committee.
- Anna P. Johnson
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Anna Johnson is a Junior at Worcester State University, from Worcester, Massachusetts. Throughout her time at the university she has worked with the Hundred Males to College program and the Early College program as a Mentor. She served as a student senator at large for two years. She served as a chair for planning events around promoting diversity and inclusion on campus with the Third World Alliance student group. Johnson also was an Intern with Model United Nations Greater Boston for the past two years. In her community she works with the Liberian Association Greater Worcester Chapter as a planning committee member, and also served on the steering committee of the Worcester World Cup.
- Karen LaFond
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Karen LaFond is an officer of the firm Fletcher Tilton and a member of the firm’s Transactional
Group. She concentrates her practice in commercial lending and also practices in business,
corporate law, and commercial real estate law. She earned a J.D. from Suffolk University Law
School and a B.S. from the University of New Hampshire. She was named among the top
Massachusetts lawyers by Boston Magazine and Law & Politics Magazine. Karen is a resident of
Worcester, Massachusetts, and was appointed to the Board of Trustees in November of 2015.
Ms. LaFond joined the WSU Board in November of 2015 and serves as the chair of the Academic
and Student Development Committee and also sits on the Human Resources Committee.
- Stephen F. Madaus
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Mr. Madaus is a Worcester resident and is a Partner in the law firm
of Mirick O’Connell. A graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and
Suffolk University School of Law, he provides advice and counsel in
various areas of municipal law, including public bidding and
procurement.
He represents both public and private owners and
currently serves as the co-chair of the Worcester County Bar
Association’s Municipal Law Section.
Mr. Madaus has served as
town counsel, special town counsel or deputy town counsel for four
towns, two water districts and two school departments. He represented
two Massachusetts public charter schools relative to significant school
construction projects and represented a local college in obtaining
zoning approvals and permits for the construction of a new residence
hall and parking garage.
He is active in the community serving on
the Massachusetts Bar and Court Admissions, the City Solicitors and
Town Counsel Association, the American Bar Association, the
Massachusetts Bar Association and the Worcester County Bar Association.
He was appointed in 2013 and serves as an elected representative to the Foundation Board, and a member of the Academic & Student Development Committee and the Finance & Facilities Committee.
Mr. Madaus was recently elected Chair of the Board and continues to serve as a member of the Academic & Student Development Committee and the Finance & Facilities Committee.
- William D. Mosley
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Biography coming soon.
- Dina Nichols
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Dina Nichols is a graduate of Lesley University and is a full-time licensed Massachusetts real
estate salesperson with Andrew Abu Realtors. She was a Massachusetts Department of Public
Welfare Social Worker for over six years, after which she had a successful career in human
resources for a Boston-based financial services company. Dina has had broad experience
serving on many boards, currently serving on the Worcester Academy Board of Visitors and the
Shrewsbury Development Corporation. In addition, Dina is a 15 -year elected town meeting
member in her home town of Shrewsbury.
Ms. Nichols joined the WSU Board of Trustees in December of 2015 and serves on both the
Human Resources Committee and the Finance and Facilities Committee.
- Lawrence Sasso
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Lawrence (Larry) Sasso ’90, M.S. ’13, was appointed to the Worcester State University’s Board of Trustees in January 2021.
A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Sasso has been a 30-year financial services professional, is the owner of Larry Sasso Insurance & Financial Services, serving clients in Massachusetts, Florida, Maine, and Rhode Island. He earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Worcester State University, and is now working on a doctoral degree in business, with emphasis in leadership and human motivation. He holds the professional designations of Certified Life Underwriter, Chartered Financial Consultant, and Registered Health Underwriter.
In his spare time, Sasso enjoys teaching, coaching, and working with young adults. His passion for sports and finances led him to a head softball coach position at Anna Maria College, and a book entitled Get in the Game: A young adult’s guide to baseball, softball, personal finances and a balanced life. A native of Worcester, Sasso now lives in Grafton, Mass., with his wife, Susan, and two children, Erika and Thomas.
- Marina Taylor
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Marina Taylor is Vice President for Commercial Lending for UniBank Savings in Whitinsville,
Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Nassau Community College, Garden City, New York and
earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting from Dowling College in Oakdale,
New York. Marina is a resident of Sutton, Massachusetts, and was appointed in November of
2015.
Ms. Taylor joined the WSU Board of Trustees in November of 2015 and serves on both the
Human Resources Committee and the Finance and Facilities Committee.
- David H. Tuttle
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Mr. Tuttle was appointed to the Board of Trustees in June of 2016.
He is a graduate of WSU earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics. Presently, he is employed as the Superintendent/Special Sheriff at the Worcester County Sheriff’s Department in West Boylston, Massachusetts, previously serving as the Chief Deputy Sheriff, and has been employed there since 2011 to the present. He also served as the Executive Director of the Molly Bish Center & Government Relations at Anna Maria College; the State Director for Rural Development for the US Department of Agriculture in Amherst, MA; State Representative for the 5th Worcester District for the Massachusetts General Court from 1997-2001; and served from 1993 to 1996 as a Congressional Aide for the 3rd Congressional District of the United States House of Representatives. Mr. Tuttle also served from 2006 to 2016 as a Selectman for the town of Barre, serving on the finance committee as chair. A member of the United States Army eserves/Massachusetts Army National Guard, he served as an infantry medic and as a leader provided supervision and oversight of a six-person medical squad.