Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees has fiduciary responsibility for the governance of the College through the oversight of the BAC's educational and financial strategies and policies. They exercise their governance responsibilities in the larger context of the College's history, organizational structure, campus plans, and financial condition. Trustees provide strategic oversight and review and approve institutional policies while deferring to the College's president and his/her cabinet to manage daily college operations.

To fulfill this responsibility, members of the Board of Trustees appoint a president of the College and regularly assess his/her performance. The trustees support the president through their work on the board, including the committees of the board, and through their availability for confidential consultations.

The board, through a process of budget review and approval, verifies that resource allocations are consistent with the College's mission and strategic plan and that the resources generated from within the institution and from trustees and other contributors support the College's longterm financial stability and advance the strategic vision of the College. Trustees are expected to support the College philanthropically, thereby setting an example for others in the BAC community.

Richard L. Martini, B.Arch '84, Chair

Richard L. Martini, chief operating officer of The Fallon Company, actively oversees the development of projects from initial concept and budgets through planning, design, approvals, construction, opening, and operations. His expertise is mixed use projects with complex design, budget, and coordination challenges. He joined the Fallon Company in 2002 and is a partner in several company development projects...more.

Judy Nitsch, Vice Chair

Judy Nitsch is founding principal of Nitsch Engineering, Inc., a 97-person firm in Boston. Established in 1989, the firm has provided civil, structural, and transportation engineering; land surveying; planning; sustainable site consulting; and GIS services on projects in 18 states and five countries...more.

Rodger Brown, Secretary

Rodger Brown is managing director for Real Estate Development at Preservation of Afforable Housing. He brings 30 years of experience producing affordable housing to his role and has been a part of the POAH organization since 2004. During his tenure at the organization he has participated in the growth of POAH's portfolio to 9,000 units...more.

Chad J. DaGraca CPA, Treasurer

Chad DaGraca is a partner at the CPA firm DiCicco, Gulman & Company, LLP, in the Commercial Business Group. Chad's practice is focused on providing closely-held businesses and their owners with solutions to their financial, tax, and business advisory needs. Chad specializes in auditing and taxation, internal controls and systems analysis, financial and tax planning, ownership transition, and due diligence services...more.

William Christopher

William has over 30 years of experience in architectural design. His work in the past includes the McLaughlin Center for the Boys and Girls Club of Dorchester, City of Boston Uphams Corner Municipal Building, Church of Boston at 1299 Massachusetts Ave, and the League School in Walpole, MA. He has also worked on projects located throughout the North East...more.

Kevin Costello

Kevin is currently focused on real estate development as one of the founders of CPB2 LLC, a real estate development group focused on the redevelopment of 58 Fore Street, the former Portland Company site on the Eastern Waterfront of Portland, Maine. Kevin is also affiliated with Blue Water Development, the development arm of Blue Water Construction and Realty of Gilford, NH, and is co-founder of Cloudport, a collaborative workspace in Portsmouth, NH...more.

Valerie Fletcher

Valerie Fletcher has been executive director since 1998 of the Institute for Human Centered Design (IHCD). Fletcher writes, lectures, and works internationally. She generates opportunities for IHCD and has broad oversight of all consulting and design services. She created the IHCD User/Expert Lab which has over 200 people engaged in the evaluation of places, products, and services...more.

Michael Liu

Michael Liu, as vice president and principal of The Architectural Team, is responsible for overseeing the firm's design and recruitment efforts. With more than 30 years of professional design and masterplanning experience, he holds registrations in nine states and has been a registered architect in Massachusetts since 1984....more.

David Manfredi

A founding principal of Elkus Manfredi Architects, David Manfredi has been privileged to work with industry leaders from across the country on a diverse portfolio of planning and building projects. Committed to the strong belief that the quality of our environment directly influences the quality of our lives, David effectively advocates for building and protecting vital, sustainable and durable urban places...more.

Steven F. McDonald

Steven F. McDonald is president of Erland Construction, an open shop construction management company headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, with regional offices in East Windsor and Stamford, Connecticut. Following several years working in the construction industry, Steve joined Erland in 1986 and was named the company's president in 1997...more.

David Morgan

David joined the Future In Sight as president and CEO in late 2015 following nearly ten years of service as the vice president of Perkins School for the Blind and general manager of Perkins Products. His efforts helped transform Perkins Products into a leading assistive technology, consulting, and training firm serving thousands of children and adults with visual impairment and a range of disabilities...more.

Dana C. Rowan

Dana C. Rowan is managing partner of The Exeter Companies, a Boston-based real estate investment, development, and advisory firm. The company is focused primarily on acquisition and development projects in the Northeast and a few, select larger-scale projects in other parts of the US...more.

Felice Silverman, '92, MID '14

Felice Silverman, FIIDA, is a principal at Silverman Trykowski Associates, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the past president of the International Interior Design Association and currently serves as vice president on IIDA's International Board. Felice has been practicing interior design for the past 25 years, with a focus on the design of spaces for education, children, healthcare, fitness, and commercial office interiors...more.

Cynthia W. Smith

Cynthia Webster Smith joined Halvorson Design Partnership, Inc. in 1988, rising to her current position as vice president of the firm. Halvorson Design Partnership is a nationally recognized landscape architecture and planning firm, based in Boston, with a broad spectrum of areas in each of which Cynthia has practiced. These include academic, commercial, residential, park and open space, historic preservation, health care, sacred site, waterfront, and museum projects...more.

Richard J. Snyder Esq.

Richard Snyder is of counsel to the law firm of Duane Morris, LLP and a member of the firm's corporate, real estate, banking, and international practice groups. He is admitted to the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, State of Vermont, US Supreme Court, and others. Richard is a member of the American, Massachusetts, Boston, and Vermont Bar associations. He is a fellow of the Massachusetts Bar Foundation...more.

Marilyn Swartz-Lloyd

Marilyn Swartz-Lloyd is a city planner and the president and CEO of MASCO, the area planner and service provider for the 21 institutions in the Longwood Medical and Academic Area. MASCO offers its members area development and transportation planning, parking and shuttle services, sustainability best practices, office space, telecommunications, and child care...more.

Kishore Varanasi

Kishore Varanasi is an award-winning urban designer, strategist, innovator, teacher, and writer, with a wide ranging influence on both the public and private sectors locally and internationally. His work involves the rejuvenation of downtowns and waterfronts, master planning for urban institutions and new communities, and design of large mixed-use projects...more.

Mark Walsh-Cooke

Mark Walsh-Cooke is a principal and leader for the Boston office of the international engineering firm Arup. He has over 25 years of experience in mechanical engineering design, analysis, and construction. Mark attended University in Dundee, Scotland where he earned a Bachelor of Science with Honors in mechanical engineering. He has worked internationally in Arup's Sydney and London offices prior to joining the Boston office...more.

Cheryl Waterhouse

Cheryl Waterhouse is a founding partner at Donovan Hatem. In her practice, she represents professionals—including environmental engineers and consultants, accountants, and attorneys—in the defense of malpractice claims in federal and state courts and in non-binding mediations. She also regularly counsels these clients on risk management and contract issues...more.

Carole C. Wedge B.Arch '90, '08 (Hon.)

Carole Wedge, FAIA, LEED AP, is president of Shepley Bulfinch, a national design firm with offices in Boston, Houston, and Phoenix. Over the past decade, she has led Shepley Bulfinch's transformation, with the creation of an open culture and work environment; the rebranding of the firm and its institutional identity; and the expansion of its national design practice with the addition of a Phoenix office in 2009 and a Houston office in 2015...more.