The Corporation

Clark University Board of Trustees

The Corporation  2012-2013

Officers

Peter D. Klein, B.A.’64 Clark University, M.A.’66 Boston College

Chairman, Lloyd Harbor, NY

President, PDK Development, Commack, NY

Dennis M. Dimitri, B.A.’75 Clark University, M.D.’79 George Washington University School of Medicine

Vice Chair, Worcester, MA

Vice Chair and Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA

Barbara Dyer, B.A.’73 Clark University

Vice Chair, Washington, D.C.

President and CEO of The Hitachi Foundation, Washington, D.C.

Lawrence S. Hershoff, B.A.’71 Clark University, MBA’73 University of Rochester

Secretary, Greenville, RI

Retired Senior Vice President, RBS Asset Finance

James E. Collins, B.S.’70, M.B.A.’71 Cornell University

Treasurer, Worcester, MA

Vice President for Administration and Finance, Clark University

John L. Foley, B.A.’75 Dartmouth College

Assistant Secretary, Worcester MA

Vice President of Government, Community Affairs and Campus Services

Katherine A. Cannon, B.A.’98 Fitchburg State University, M.A.’08 Clark University

Assistant Treasurer, Worcester, MA

Controller, Clark University

Life Member

Sumner B. Tilton, Jr., B.A.’ 60 Williams College, J.D.’63 Boston University Law School

Worcester, MA

Attorney, FletcherTilton, P.C. 

Term Members

Marla Byrnes, B.A.’76 Clark University

West Harford, CT

Sales Executive, Prudential CT Realty, West Harford, CT

David Chaifetz, B.S ’65 Clark University, J.D.’68 Boston College

Sarasota, FL

Retired Vice President and General Counsel, Praxair, Fairfield, CT

Elyse Darefsky, B.A.’79 Clark University

Bloomfield, CT

Application Development Manager, Cigna Corporation, Hartford, CT

Dennis M. Dimitri, B.A.’75 Clark University, M.D.’79 George Washington University School of Medicine

Worcester, MA

Vice Chair and Clinical Associate Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health, UMass Medical School, Worcester, MA

Catherine Dunham, B.A.’67, M.A.’70, E.D.D.’81 Clark University

Westport, CT

Executive Director, Children’s Dental Health Project, Washington, DC

Eric P. Epstein, B.A.’89 Clark University, M.S.’90 The Leonard Stern School

Wycoff, NJ

Managing Member, Davidson Kempner Capital Management, New York, NY

Mark S. Fishman, B.A.’82 Clark University

Westport, CT

CEO, AESIR Capital Management, Westport, CT

Richard M. Freeland, B.A.’63 Amherst College, Ph.D.’69 University of Pennsylvania

Boston, MA

Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, Boston, MA

Ross Gillman, B.A.’81 Clark University, J.D.’85 Cornell University Law School

New York, NY

Attorney, Goodwin Procter LLP, New York, NY

Wolfgang H. Hammes, M.B.A.’89, Clark University

London, England, UK

Managing Director and Co-Head of the European Financial Institutions Group for Germany, Austria and Switzerland in Global

Banking at Duetsche Bank, London, England, UK

Lawrence S. Hershoff, B.A.’71 Clark University, M.B.A.’73 University of Rochester

Greenville, RI

Retired Senior Vice President, RBS Asset Finance

Peter A. Klein, B.A.’64 Clark University, M.A.’66 Boston College

Lloyd Harbor, NY

President, PDK Development Corporation, Commack, NY

Lawrence L. Landry, B.S.B.A.’71, M.B.A.’75 Clark University

North Palm Beach, FL

Chairman and CEO, Masterpiece Living, LLC., Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Lowell A. Potiker, B.A.’83 University of Michigan, J.D. ’86 Pepperdine University

La Jolla, CA

President, HSP Group Inc., La Jolla, CA

Steven C. Roberts, B.A.’74 Clark University, J.D./L.L.M.’77 Washington University

St Louis, MO

President and Chief Operating Officer, The Roberts Companies, St Louis, MO

Jeffrey Siegal,’82 Clark University, M.B.A. Harvard Business School

Riverside, CT

Managing Director, Metalmark Capital, New York, NY

Robert J. Stevenish

Norwalk, CT

Retired President and COO, Modell’s Sporting Goods

Robert J. Stevenish II., B.A.’86 Clark University

Weston, MA

Managing Director, Global Relationship Management, Citi’s Market Division, Boston, MA

Theresa M. Strempek, B.A.’79 Clark University, M.A.’89 Columbia University

Pacific Palisades, CA

Independent Developer and Renovator, Pacific Palisades, CA

Steven Swain, B.A.’89 Clark University, J.D.’92 Villanova Law School, M.B.A.’94 George Washington University

New York, NY

Chief Operating Officer, Lyster Watson & Co., New York, NY

Ronald Walter, B.A.’71 Clark University, M.S.’74 Case Western Reserve University

Memphis, Tennessee

President and General Manager, WREG-TV/NC3A/WREG Wireless/wreg.com, Memphis, TN

Alumni Members

Jennifer Abrams, B.A.’91 Clark University, M.A.’92 University of Chicago

New York, NY

Vice President, Chaps at Ralph Lauren, New York, NY

Dimitry Anselme, B.A.’93 Clark University

Brookline, MA

Director of Program Staff Development, Facing History and Ourselves, Brookline, MA

Jay Ash, B.A.’83 Clark University

Danvers, MA

City Manager, Chelsea, MA

Gregory Degermajian, B.A.’81 College of the Holy Cross, M.A.’92 Clark University

Worcester, MA

Senior Risk Manager, Sun Life Financial, Wellesley Hills, MA

Barbara Dyer, B.A.’73 Clark University

Washington, DC

President and CEO of The Hitachi Foundation, Washington, DC

Jodi Reiskind, B.A.’83 Clark University, M.B.A. Manhattan College, J.D. New York Law School

New York, New York

Consultant and Project Manager supporting risk projects around regulatory issues, New York, NY

Linda Savitsky, B.A.’70 Clark University

Essex, CT

Executive Director, National Association of State Retirement Administrators, Essex, CT

Honorary Members

George D. DiRado, B.B.A.’50, B.A.’51

Ventura, CA

Chairman of the Board, Damark Industries, Inc.

John Jeppson, L.L.D.’68

Worcester, MA

Retired Chairman, CEO and President, Norton Company, Worcester, MA

David H. Strassler, B.A.’55 Harvard College, M.B.A.’11 Clark University

Great Barrington, MA

Vice President, Riverside Capital Management, Great Barrington, MA