Affirmative Action

The Board of Higher Education works with the state and community colleges to ensure that affirmative action plans are appropriate and that policies are implemented in a timely manner.


Campus Contacts

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Campus Contact
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Alexander A. Nally
Deputy General Counsel
anally2@dhe.mass.edu
Community Colleges
Berkshire LaWanza Lett-Brewington
Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
llett-brewington@berkshirecc.edu
Bristol Emmanual Echevarria
Chief Human Resources Officer | Title IX Coordinator
emmanuel.echevarria@bristolcc.edu
Bunker Hill Nahomi Carlisle
AVP, Chief Equity and Compliance Officer | ADA/504 Coordinator | Title IX Coordinator
nahomi.carlisle@bhcc.edu
Cape Cod Patrick Preston
Associate VP & Chief Human Resources Officer
ppreston@capecod.edu

Michelle Houlihan
Assistant Director of Human Resources | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
mhoulihan@capecod.edu

Gretchen Nelson
ADA/504 Coordinator | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
gnelson@capecod.edu
Greenfield LaWanza Lett-Brewington
Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
lett-brewingtonl@gcc.mass.edu
Holyoke Olivia Kynard
Interim Executive Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
okynard@hcc.edu
MassBay Lisa MacDonald
Director of Equity Compliance | ADA/504 Coordinator | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
lmacdonald@massbay.edu
Massasoit Amee Synnott
Title IX and Compliance Officer
asynnott@massasoit.mass.edu
Middlesex Pamela Medina
Assistant HR Director | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Investigator
medinap@middlesex.mass.edu
Mt. Wachusett Peter Sennett
Vice President of Human Resources & Payroll | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
psennett@mwcc.mass.edu

Beth Austin
Director of Human Resources & Compliance
Eaustin4@mwcc.mass.edu
North Shore Nikki Pelonia
Chief Diversity & Equity Officer | ADA/504 Coordinator | Affirmative Action Officer
npelonia@northshore.edu

Nicholas Royal
Title IX, Affirmative Action and Compliance Officer
nroyal@northshore.edu
Northern Essex Liz Trelegan
Associate Director of Human Resources | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
etrelegan@necc.mass.edu
Quinsigamond Sara Simms
Executive Director of Human Resources | Affirmative Action Officer
ssimms@qcc.mass.edu

Kevin Lovaincy
Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
klovaincy@qcc.mass.edu
Roxbury Reginald Nichols
Executive Director of Human Resources | Affirmative Action Officer
rnichols@rcc.mass.edu

Erin Cathron-Warfield
Associate Director of Human Resources & Compliance
ecwarfield@rcc.mass.edu

Joshua Crary
Assistant Dean of Accessibility | Title IX Coordinator
jcrary@rcc.mass.edu
Springfield Tech. Kathryn C. Senie, J.D., Ed.D.
Assistant Vice President of Human Resources | ADA/504 Coordinator | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
kcsenie@stcc.edu
State Universities
Bridgewater Chris McMillan, Esq.
Executive Director – Office of Equal Opportunity
c2mcmillan@bridgew.edu
Fitchburg Jessica Murdoch
Vice President, Human Resources & Payroll Services
jmurdoch@fitchburgstate.edu
Framingham Kimberly Dexter
Assistant Vice President Human Resources and Equal Opportunity
kdexter@framingham.edu
titleix@framingham.edu
Mass Art Will Sabio
Executive Director of Equal Opportunity | Title IX Coordinator
wrsabio@massart.edu
MCLA Justin MacDowell
Director of Title IX and Equal Opportunity | ADA/504 Coordinator
Justin.MacDowell@mcla.edu
titleix@mcla.edu
Mass Maritime Elizabeth Benway
Dean of Human Resources
ebenway@maritime.edu
Salem Mark Quigley
Assistant Vice President of Human Resources & Equal Opportunity
mquigley@salemstate.edu
Westfield Patricia (Trish) Bonica
Director of Human Resources, Title IX, & Equal Opportunity
pbonica@westfield.ma.edu
Worcester Edgar Moros, Ph.D.
Executive Director of Affirmative Action & Equal Opportunity / Chief Diversity & Equity Officer
emoros@worcester.edu