September 1, 2006
ROMNEY APPOINTS SEVEN TRUSTEES AT UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
Governor Mitt Romney today re-appointed one member and appointed six new members to the Board of Trustees at the University of Massachusetts.
“Providing our young people with a first-rate college education is good for our economy, good for our national competitiveness and good for our students because they will go on to lead enriching and rewarding lives,” said Romney. “These distinguished individuals that I am appointing to the Board of Trustees understand the need to elevate the University of Massachusetts into one of the finest institutions of higher education in the world.”
The Governor re-appointed:
Lawrence Boyle, of Milton
Boyle is a senior partner and a member of the management committee at the Boston law firm Morrison, Mahoney & Miller, where he has been employed since 1980. He has taught Civil Litigation at Stonehill College at Boston University and the American Institute for Paralegal Studies. Boyle is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Boston and Suffolk University Law School, where he was a member of the law review.
The following individuals are new appointments to the board:
Jennifer Braceras, of Concord
Braceras is an attorney and freelance writer whose articles on politics, culture and the law have appeared in both local and national news publications. From 2000 to 2002, she was a research fellow at Harvard Law School. She is a former Senior Fellow for Legal Policy with the Independent Women’s Forum and practiced law at the Boston firm of Ropes & Gray. Braceras is a member of the Committee for Justice, the Hispanic National Bar Association and the Civil Rights Practice Group of the Federalist Society. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Harvard Law School.
Richard J. Lawton, of North Easton
Lawton is an attorney in private practice focusing on criminal defense, civil litigation, business litigation, environmental law and estate planning. In 1995 and again in 2004, Lawton received the Pro Bono Award from the Southeastern Massachusetts Legal Assistance Corporation. A graduate of Stonehill College and the New England School of Law, Lawton has been a member of the New England School of Law’s Board of Trustees since 1994.
Kenneth MacAfee, of Needham
MacAfee, a distinguished oral surgeon, started out as a college and professional athlete. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1997 and was voted Most Valuable Player on the 1977 Notre Dame team. A first-round National Football League draft choice, he played for the San Francisco 49ers and the Minnesota Vikings before suffering a career-ending injury. Following his injury, MacAfee pursued a career in dental medicine. He has received faculty appointments at the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine and as a clinical associate professor at the Harvard University School of Dental Medicine, where he has taught since 1995. He has been an attending oral and maxillofacial surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital since 1995.
Robert J. Manning, of Swampscott
Manning is President and CEO of MFS Investment Management (MFS). He joined MFS in 1984 as a research analyst in the High Yield Bond Department. Manning was named Vice President in 1988, Portfolio Manager in 1992, Senior Vice President in 1993, Chief Fixed Income Strategist and Director of Fixed Income Research in 1999, Chief Fixed Income Officer in 2001 and to his current positions in February 2004. Manning is a graduate of the University of Lowell and earned a Master of Science degree in Finance from Boston College.
Alda Rego-Weathers, of Attleboro
Rego-Weathers has been a Deputy Commissioner at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health since 2004. From 2003 to 2004, she served as State Budget Director in the Fiscal Affairs Division, an office within the Executive Office for Administration and Finance that develops, oversees and manages the Commonwealth’s operating budget. Prior to her appointment as Budget Director, Rego-Weathers served as an Assistant Director and Fiscal Policy Analyst within the Fiscal Affairs Division. She holds a master’s in public administration from the Sawyer School of Management at Suffolk University and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Stephen P. Tocco, of Reading
Tocco is President and CEO of consulting firm ML Strategies and serves as Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. He is a former Massport CEO and Massachusetts Secretary of Economic Affairs. Prior to serving in state government, he founded a public-sector consulting firm and served as president of The Strategy Group, the management consulting arm of a public accounting firm. Tocco holds a bachelor’s degree in pharmacy and chemistry from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and was awarded a CSS in administration and management from Harvard University.
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