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 Michael J. Murray Esq.
Director of Employee and Labor Relations
mmurray@dhe.mass.edu
Community Colleges
Berkshire Melissa Loiodice-Walker
Director of HR | Affirmative Action Officer
mloiodice@berkshirecc.edu
Bristol HR
Human-resources-BCC@bristolcc.edu
Bunker Hill Cheryl Cephas
Interim Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator | ADA/504 Coordinator
ccephas@bhcc.edu
Cape Cod P. Paul Alexander
Associate Vice President of HR | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
palexander@capecod.edu
Greenfield Joan D. Murphy
Executive Director of HR | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
murphyj@gcc.mass.edu
Holyoke Olivia Kynard
Interim Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
okynard@hcc.edu
MassBay Lisa MacDonald
Director, Equity Compliance | Title IX Coordinator | Affirmative Action Officer | ADA/504 Coordinator
lmacdonald@massbay.edu
Massasoit Yolanda Dennis
Chief Diversity Officer | Title IX Coordinator
ydennis@massasoit.mass.edu
Middlesex Reginald Nichols
Assistant Director, HR Talent & Compliance | Affirmative Action Officer | ADA/504 Coordinator | Deputy Title IX Coordinator
nicholsr@middlesex.mass.edu
Mt. Wachusett Peter Sennett
Vice President HR & Payroll | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
psennett@mwcc.mass.edu
North Shore Thanh Giddarie
AVP of HR/Payroll | Affirmative Action Officer | ADA Coordinator | Title IX Coordinator
tgiddari@northshore.edu
Northern Essex Liz Trelegan
Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
etrelegan@necc.mass.edu
Quinsigamond Sara Simms
Assistant Director of Human Resources | Affirmative Action Officer
ssimms@qcc.mass.edu
Roxbury Patricia West
Chief HR/Affirmative Action Officer
pwest@rcc.mass.edu
Springfield Tech. Kathryn C. Senie, J.D., Ed.D.
Assistant Vice President of Human Resource | Affirmative Action Officer | Title IX Coordinator
kcsenie@stcc.edu
State Universities
Bridgewater Jocelyn Frawley
Director of Equal Opportunity | Title IX Coordinator
jfrawley@bridgew.edu
Fitchburg Jessica Murdoch
Associate Vice President of HR & Payroll Services | Affirmative Action Officer | ADA/504 Coordinator
jmurdoch@fitchburgstate.edu
Framingham Kimberly Dexter
Executive Director of Equal Opportunity, Title IX, and ADA Compliance
kdexter@framingham.edu
Mass Art Alisa M. Chapman
Executive Director of Compliance | EO Officer, Title IX & ADA Coordinator | Records Access Officer
achapman@massart.edu
MCLA Nicole Comstock
Director of Equal Opportunity & Title IX
nicole.comstock@mcla.edu
Mass Maritime Elizabeth Benway
Director, Affirmative Action/EEO
ebenway@maritime.edu
Salem Mark Quigley
Assistant Vice President of HR & Equal Opportunity
mquigley@salemstate.edu
Westfield Rafael Bonés
Assistant Vice President, HR/Affirmative Action
rbones@westfield.ma.edu
Worcester Stacey DeBoise Luster, Esq.
Assistant Vice President for HR, Payroll, and Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity
sluster@worcester.edu