Leadership
Joseph L. Cassidy
President
Joseph Cassidy
President Joseph L. Cassidy
President
Joseph L. Cassidy, JD is the 15th President of Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. He has been involved in education for over 30 years, serving students as a grade school teacher, high school teacher, college professor, and for the last 10 years as a college President in the Maine Community College System. He joined Saint Joseph’s in 2023 following six successful years as President of SMCC, Maine’s largest community college with over 6,200 students. He was previously president of Washington County Community College (WCCC) for five years.
While at SMCC, Cassidy implemented a strategic planning process that engaged all facets of the community - faculty, administration, staff, and students - and led to whole college reform. His “pathways” approach has led to new procedures and advising structures throughout the college, all designed to remove barriers to student success. He also expanded opportunities for success beyond SMCC with the creation of new and more robust articulation agreements with colleges throughout Maine and New England.
In addition to serving as president at SMCC and WCCC, Cassidy simultaneously served as interim president at Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor for the 2015-16 academic year. Cassidy began his career at WCCC as a faculty member. He once served as president of the WCCC Faculty Association and as mayor of the City of Calais.
Dr. Monique LaRocque
Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs / Provost
Monique LaRocque
Dr. Monique LaRocque
Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs /
Provost
Dr. Monique LaRocque joined Saint Joseph’s College in July 2022 as Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs. Most recently, she served for eight years as the Associate Provost for the Division of Lifelong Learning at the University of Maine.
Dr. LaRocque has served in various leadership roles during her more than 30 years in higher education, including in admission/financial aid, residence life, and for the past 18 years in academic affairs. As a first-generation college student who has experienced first hand the transformative power of education, Monique has championed access to higher education for all students and is passionate about the role education plays in creating a better future for individuals and for the world. In her most recent role at UMaine, Dr. LaRocque led the creation of a new Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning; a comprehensive UMaineOnline program, which today serves nearly 60 online undergraduate and graduate programs; oversaw Summer University and launched a new Winter Session; oversaw the growth of early college programming to serve students across Maine, and led the creation of new educational programming to meet workforce and professional development needs. She brings a wealth of leadership experience in innovative strategies to enhance the curriculum and reimagine higher education to best serve a diverse student body. Monique looks forward to serving Saint Joseph’s College in its next phase of academic excellence.
Prior to UMaine, LaRocque served in leadership roles at the University of Southern Maine; DePauw University and at Butler University. LaRocque has also held teaching positions at DePauw University, Butler University and Indiana University.
Dr. LaRocque earned her BA in International Affairs and Foreign Languages at the University of Maine with highest honors, an MA in French Language and Culture from Middlebury College, and an MA and Ph.D in Comparative Literature from Indiana University.
Monique currently lives in Holden with her husband and their Maine Coon cat, Cheerio.
Jonathan Greven
Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration
Jonathan Greven
Jonathan Greven
Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration
Jonathan R. Greven joined Saint Joseph’s College in October 2022 as Sr. Vice President for Finance & Administration and CFO. As a proud Maine resident who is known for his outgoing personality and passion for supporting his community, Jonathan is a seasoned executive who loves to collaborate with driven individuals and foster high-performing teams.
As the Treasurer of the College, Jonathan draws on his extensive business and leadership experience to analyze and manage financial operations, develop strategic growth and revenue initiatives, and oversee the College’s resources. He serves as an advisor to the College president and is the liaison for the Revenue & Resources Committee and Audit & Risk Management Committee. He’s committed to being an approachable executive who loves to roll up his sleeves and tackle difficult problems with his colleagues.
Prior to his position as CFO of Saint Joseph’s College, Jonathan served for over 6 years as the Director of Finance and Human Resources for Casco Bay Lines. He also spent over a decade working for a Toyota Industrial Equipment Dealer, where he held several positions including Corporate Treasurer and Vice President of Operations. Jonathan credits these experiences with building his financial acumen and leadership qualities.
Jonathan holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from Brandeis University and an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College. He also holds a USCG Captain’s License, and he loves exploring Casco Bay, skiing in the winters, and spending time with his wife and their four children in Falmouth, Maine.
Dr. Chris Fuller
Vice President & Chief Sponsorship and Mission Integration Officer
Dr. Christopher Fuller
Dr. Chris Fuller
Vice President & Chief Sponsorship and Mission Integration Officer
Dr. Christopher Fuller joined Saint Joseph’s College in August 2019 as Vice President & Chief Sponsorship and Mission Integration Officer. Most recently, Dr. Fuller served for six years at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, as Dean of Mission Integration and Effectiveness.
Dr. Fuller brings twenty-five years of experience in Catholic higher education to his role at Saint Joseph’s College. Before his appointment as Dean of Mission Integration and Effectiveness at Carroll College, he was an associate professor of theology and Director of the Hunthausen Center for Peace and Justice there. He also served as a campus minister for ten years at Saint Mary’s College of California. During his career, Dr. Fuller has published scholarship and presented papers in biblical studies, film studies, and mission integration.
In his role at Saint Joseph’s, Dr. Fuller is responsible for promoting and integrating the mission and vision of the College, its Catholic identity, and Mercy heritage. He also assists in promoting positive relationships and collaborations between the college and religious, civic, and church communities.
Dr. Fuller is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature and the Catholic Biblical Association. He earned his bachelor’s degree in communications at UCLA, and his master’s degree in biblical studies and doctorate in interdisciplinary studies at the Graduate Theological Union.
Chris and his wife, Martha, reside in Portland, Maine and have raised identical twin sons together.
Haley Thompson
Senior Vice President of Marketing, Advancement, and Admissions and Enrollment
Haley Thompson
Haley Thompson
Senior Vice President of Marketing, Advancement and Admissions/Enrollment
Haley Thompson joined Saint Joseph’s College in October 2023 as Vice President for Institutional Advancement. Haley provides strategic and operational direction for the College's development functions including planned and major giving; corporate, foundation, and government support; annual giving; and alumni and constituent relations.
Haley has worked in education and development, in various capacities, for the past 18 years. She has led advancements teams at both public and private colleges and universities across the country, with her most recent role serving as Director of Advancement at Thornton Academy, an independent high school in Saco, Maine. She has devoted her professional career to providing opportunities for students and advancing the institutions who serve them.
As a native Mainer, she enjoys all of the wonderful outdoor adventures that Vacationland has to offer. She and her husband, Matt, live in Saco with their two sons.
Haley earned her bachelor’s degree in International Studies at Bentley University, and her master’s in International Relations at the University of Oklahoma.
Laura Sullivan
Senior Executive Assistant to the President & Board Liaison
Laura Sullivan
Laura Sullivan
Senior Executive Assistant to the President & Board Liaison
Laura Sullivan serves as Senior Executive Assistant to the President & Board Liaison at Saint Joseph’s College. In her role, Ms. Sullivan upholds the college’s values, mission, and goals while providing administrative support to the college’s president and leadership team and while serving as the liaison to the college’s board of trustees.
Prior to joining the college, Ms. Sullivan served in administrative roles primarily in the banking and insurance industries. Shortly after earning an Associate of Science Degree from Thomas College, she went to work in the corporate offices at Heritage Bank, a predecessor of TD Bank, in Waterville, Maine. She later worked in the administrative offices of banks in the Portland area.
When Ms. Sullivan and her family moved to the Syracuse, New York, area in the late 1990s, she took some time to spend raising her two young sons. After her family returned to Maine, she resumed her career as an administrative professional and went to work for the president at The Dunlap Corporation, an insurance brokerage in Auburn, Maine, which subsequently underwent a series of mergers and acquisitions.
In April 2014, Ms. Sullivan joined Saint Joseph’s College, where she facilitates the flow of information between the President’s Office and various individuals and groups including students, alumni, faculty, staff, trustees, and neighbors. She manages initiatives for the president and leadership team, and coordinates board of trustees’ meetings and other events.
Laura and her husband Kevin reside in Windham, Maine. They have two adult sons, Ryan and Dillon.
Board of Trustees
Mr. Jeff Moody
Chair of the Board
Retired Restaurant Executive
Jeff Moody
Jeff Moody
Chair of the Board
Retired Restaurant Executive
Jeff Moody joined the Saint Joseph’s Board in 2021. In 2022, he was appointed Chair of the Board. Jeff’s wife Theresa is a proud St. Joe’s alum graduating with a BSN in the Class of ’80.
Jeff is a graduate of Amherst College and of Kellogg School of Management and spent 36 years in marketing and restaurant leadership roles including serving at CEO of Rita’s Italian Ice, CEO of Subway’s Advertising Trust, CEO of Metromedia Restaurants (Bennigan’s, Steak and Ale, Ponderosa and Bonanza), President of KFC, and Sr. VP Operations for Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell Internationally. If you’ve ever eaten a $5 Footlong, a bucket of chicken or a pan pizza you’ve sampled his wares.
Jeff is excited to join the Board and work with the St. Joseph’s Community to build on our strong foundation and execute the exciting transformation of the college into a leading institution of education and mercy for the future.
Mr. Craig A. Becker
Vice Chair of the Board
Retired President and CEO, Tennessee Hospital Association
Craig Becker
Craig Becker
Retired President and CEO, Tennessee Hospital Association
Craig Becker has extensive experience in healthcare association work. Most recently, this was with the Tennessee Hospital Association and its subsidiaries, where he served as its President and CEO for 26 years until his retirement. Before that, he served in a similar role as President and CEO of the Maine Hospital Association. Other positions he has held include Chief Lobbyist for the New Jersey Hospital Association; Legislative Director for the New Jersey Assembly Minority Leader; and Founding Executive Director of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Foundation, Camden, NJ.
Boards that Craig has served on include Reciprocal of America, the American Hospital Association, and the Coalition to Protect America’s Hospitals. Craig holds an MA in Administration and a BA in Journalism from Rider University. He is a candidate for certification in the National Association of Corporate Directors, and is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
Craig and his wife Angela, a retired Nurse Practitioner and BSN graduate from Saint Joseph’s College, reside in Brentwood, TN, which is a suburb of Nashville.
Sr. Ellen Turner, RSM ’69
Secretary of the Board
Sr. Ellen Turner, RSM ’69
Sr. Ellen Turner, RSM ’69
Secretary of the Board
Sister Ellen Turner, RSM ’69 is a Mission Service Specialist at Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine. Previously, she served at Mercy Hospital as the vice president for mission effectiveness and in other mission services roles for twenty-five years. Prior to that, Sr. Ellen worked for a number of years in primary and secondary school education in Maine. She served as a teacher or as a principal in Bangor, Portland and on the Passamaquoddy Indian Township and Pleasant Point Reservations.
In addition to her service as Secretary of the Board at Saint Joseph's College, Sr. Ellen has served in Portland on the Board of Directors of Catholic Charities, the Institutional Review Board of Mercy Hospital, and on the Advisory Committee of Gary’s House, a home-away-from-home for families and individuals with loved ones receiving medical treatment in a Portland area hospital.
Sr. Ellen earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Saint Joseph's College and her master’s degree in special education from Fordham University in New York.
Ms. Bernice E. Bradin
Retired Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Lesley University
Ms. Bernice E. Bradin
Bernice E. Bradin
Retired Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Lesley University
Since her retirement from Lesley University in 2019 where she was a Vice President and CFO for 12 years, Bernice Bradin has been a financial consultant and adviser to numerous small colleges. Most recently, she was the interim Chief Business Officer at St. Joseph’s College of Maine. In that role, she was responsible for identifying non-tuition sources of revenue, served as a member of the Leadership Team and was defacto CFO until a permanent CFO was hired.
Bernice has been a Trustee of the Tilton School, a private secondary boarding school since 2019. She is also Treasurer, Co-Chair of the Finance/Investment Committee and a member of the Executive and Audit Committees.
She began her career as a budget manager at Harvard University and was promoted to Director. Then she joined the University of Massachusetts system as Vice President for Management.
The capitalist side of her beckoned and she switched careers; for the next 25 years, Bernice explored the venture capital/ private equity world working for three different firms: Schooner Capital, Advent International and Argo Global Capital. Her last position was with Argo as a Senior Partner and one of five founding partners. Argo specialized in wireless telecom and managed $435 million.
She is a former director of sixteen companies and 3 non-profits. Bernice holds an undergraduate degree in English Literature from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Business School where she earned second year honors.
In her free time, she enjoys golf, power walking with her dog, wine collecting, gardening, traveling, kayaking and visiting her daughter.
Mr. Thomas Driscoll
Retired Business Executive
Thomas Driscoll
Thomas Driscoll
Retired Business Executive
Tom Driscoll is the retired owner/president and executive director of the E.S. Boulos Company, which provides electrical contracting to business markets throughout New England. He began working with the company as an electrician in 1968.
Mr. Driscoll has provided significant service to a variety of industry-related organizations, including serving as President of the National Electrical Contractors Association Boston Division in 2006 – 2007. He also has been active with the IBEW/NECA (International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers/National Electrical Contractors Association), serving as past chair of the Pension Trust Fund, the Joint Apprenticeship Training Fund and the Labor Management Committee. He has been a national committee member of the NECA Marketing Committee.
Mr. Driscoll has served as a member of the Maine Economic Growth Council of the Maine Development Foundation. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He served on the building committee of St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Westbrook, Maine.
Mr. Driscoll earned his bachelors of science degree from the University of Southern Maine in Portland.
Mr. Mark C. Duval ’06
Business Executive
Mark C. Duval ’06
Mark C. Duval ’06
Business Executive
Mark Duval has been a small business owner in Maine for over 35 years. Mark owned and operated Duval’s Service Center in South Portland and New England Transmission in Portland and Bangor, Maine, alongside his wife, Anne, for 37 years. They currently own and operate Keystone Property Group which acquires and manages commercial real estate throughout Maine.
Mark received his AD in 1998 from Southern Maine Community College and graduated from Saint Joseph’s College in 2006 with a BS in Business Administration. As a non-traditional student, Mark appreciates that he was able to obtain his degree while managing his business and enjoying his family life.
Mark has previously served as President of the Portland Water District's Board of Trustees, Chair of the SMCC Foundation Board of Directors, Chair of the Holy Cross Finance Committee, as well as a member of the South Portland Economic Development Committee. He currently serves on the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine Public Policy Committee.
Lifelong Maine residents, Mark and Anne live in Cape Elizabeth near their two adult children and four wonderful grandchildren.
Mark is excited about developing a Mercy culture where student success is everyone’s responsibility.
Dr. Judy F. Graham
Retired Educator and Author
Dr. Judy F. Graham
Dr. Judy F. Graham
Retired Educator and Author
After receiving an MBA from Clarkson University, Judy Graham began her career as a National Account Executive with AT&T. When she started her family, she went back to school for a PhD at Syracuse University in Business and from there took a faculty position at St. John Fisher University. While at SJF, she published a top-selling textbook (Pearson Prentice Hall) and dozens of articles. She was hired by other institutions (including CEIBS in Shanghai, China which was ranked #11 MBA program in the world, Financial Times) as a visiting professor in Consumer Psychology, her area of expertise. In 2015, she retired and moved to the Portland, Maine area with her husband. In 2016, she went back to school once again to become an Interfaith Chaplain, working with women caught in the opioid epidemic, and was ordained by the Chaplaincy Institute of Maine (ChIME) in 2018. Having published a nonfiction book, she is now trying her hand at fiction – always working on the next project! She loves being part of the amazing and supportive community that is Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance (MWPA). She lives with her husband, Mark – and often their visiting kids and grandkids – only three minutes from Saint Joseph’s College on beautiful Sebago Lake.
Dr. Margaret Hourigan
Retired Educator and Administrator
Dr. Margaret Hourigan
Dr. Margaret Hourigan
Retired Educator and Administrator
Margaret Hourigan, EdD, RN, retired from Saint Joseph’s College as the Chairperson of the Department of Nursing after dedicating 12 of her 15 years of employment to that role. Although essentially retired, she continues to teach nursing part-time, online, in the RN to BSN program as an Adjunct Professor for Purdue University Global.
She thoroughly enjoyed a rewarding and fulfilling nursing career, including staff nursing in med-surg, intensive care, and cardiac care, teaching intensive and cardiac care for staff development in various hospitals in different states, and teaching emergency nursing and advanced cardiac life support for Emergency Medical Services across Maine. Before joining SJC, she was Senior Vice President for Nursing and Clinical Services for Stephens Memorial Hospital and Western Maine Health Care Corporation.
She is a board member of Northern Light Healthcare Foundation and serves on their Governance Committee. Prior community service included membership on the Northern Light Mercy Hospital Board of Trustees and serving on its Quality Committee, which she chaired for several years; membership on the Northern Light Healthcare Quality Committee; membership on the Maine State Board of Nursing, which she chaired for two years; membership on the Maine Hospital Association Board of Trustee, in the designated seat for the Maine Organization of Nurse Executives. She was active in several professional nursing organizations throughout her career. She was a member of the Leadership Maine Delta Class.
Her formal nursing educational journey involved graduating from Peter Bent Brigham Hospital School of Nursing with a diploma, earning a BSN from the University of New Hampshire, an MS (adult education) from the University of Southern Maine, an EdM and an EdD from Teachers College/Columbia University.
She lives with her husband (Nicholas Noyes) in Portland. To ensure an adventurous retirement, she created a small home business – Poggy Purses Plus: bags & blankies – sewing and selling custom-made fiber purses, totes, wallets, quilts, etc.
Mr. Carl W. Howell ’99
Chief Program Officer, Community Teamwork Inc.
Mr. Carl Howell ’99
Carl W. Howell ’99
Vice Chair of the Board
Chief Program Officer, Community Teamwork Inc.
Carl W. Howell ’99 was appointed to the Saint Joseph’s College Board of Trustees in 2021. As an alumni of the college, he is especially interested in the student life experience along with the climate of the SJC community through diverse and equitable practices.
A Massachusetts resident, Mr. Howell currently serves as the Chief Program Officer (CPO) at Community Teamwork Inc., one of the largest Community Action Agencies in New England. His administrative focus is on community impact and compliance. Programming he oversees spans across 72 cities and towns. Mr. Howell has dedicated his career to mitigating the impacts of poverty and the disparities within social determinants of health.
Mr. Howell has served in advisory and/or board roles for Common Ground Inc., a Community Development Corporation (CDC); Merrimack Valley Housing Partnership, a first-time homeownership organization; Middlesex Community College’s Truth -Racial Healing and Transformation Center, a Community College’s department to support Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Justice efforts; Community Housing Inc., a 40B monitoring organization; DEI Consortium of Lowell, a grassroots advocacy entity; and Homes For Families, homeless advocacy organization.
Mr. Howell earned his bachelor’s in psychology from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine; a master’s in clinical mental health counseling from McDaniel College; a certificate from the Institute of Nonprofit Management and Leadership at Boston University; and a LEADS fellowship at Harvard Business School.
Mr. Alan F. Lapoint
President and CEO, The Strainrite Companies
Alan F. Lapoint
Alan F. Lapoint
President and CEO, The Strainrite Companies
Alan F. Lapoint brings over 30 years of experience in manufacturing and leadership to the table. He holds a BS in Finance from Lehigh University (1991) and currently leads The Strainrite Companies, a third-generation, family-owned business headquartered in Maine. Strainrite is a global leader in liquid filtration and separation equipment, with a rich 46-year history.
Mr. Lapoint's entrepreneurial spirit extends beyond Strainrite. He also owns New England Non-Wovens, a Connecticut-based manufacturer of high-performance textiles, and 1820 Brewing Company, a Maine-based contract packager of functional beverages.
Throughout his career, Mr. Lapoint has actively participated in over a dozen acquisitions, demonstrating a keen understanding of strategic growth opportunities. He currently oversees four manufacturing and distribution facilities in the Northeast, driven by a passion for building strong, advanced manufacturing companies within the United States.
This passion extends to his extensive non-profit board service. Mr. Lapoint dedicated twelve years to the National Association of Manufacturers Board of Directors, and also served for twelve years on the Manufacturers Association of Maine Board of Directors, including two years as President. During his tenure, he spearheaded the association's advocacy efforts, promoting pro-manufacturing and pro-growth legislation.
Mr. Lapoint is a strong supporter of higher education.
Sr. Carol LeTourneau, RSM
Retired Educator
Sister Carol A. LeTourneau, RSM
Sr. Carol LeTourneau, RSM
Retired Educator
Sister Carol A. LeTourneau, RSM, joined the Saint Joseph’s College Board of Trustees in the fall of 2019.
Sister Carol, who earned a BS in Elementary Education from the University of Southern Maine and a Master’s in Education from Boston College, spent several years as an elementary teacher in parochial schools throughout the Diocese of Portland. In 1975, she began her work in Maine Indian Education at the Beatrice Rafferty School, Pleasant Point. She later moved to Indian Township School where she remained for forty-two years until her retirement in June of 2019.
After twelve years of teaching middle school at Indian Township School, Sister Carol accepted the position of Title I Coordinator for the local school system. In addition to her duties, she served as a grant-writer, a member of the school’s leadership team, studied to obtain her State certification in educational technology, and became the school’s technology coordinator.
Throughout her involvement with Maine Indian Education, Sister Carol’s role in the school afforded her the opportunity to visit various indigenous communities, elementary- secondary schools, and higher educational institutions across the country. She also participated in numerous educational conferences and workshops that proved to be invaluable to her as an educator in her work with Native children and the entire school community.
Although retired from the school system, Sister Carol continues her ministry with the Native community at Indian Township as a faith-formation instructor, an Extraordinary Minister of the Eucharist, and as the music minister for the church at Peter Dana Point. She presently serves on the parish’s Faith-Formation - Evangelization Commission.
Ms. Christina Maguire '86
President & Chief Executive Officer, Mount Desert Island Hospital Organization
Ms. Christina Maquire '86
Christina Maguire '86
President & Chief Executive Officer, Mount Desert Island Hospital Organization
Christina “Chrissi” Maguire ’86 has worked at MDI Hospital Organization for over 10 years and currently is the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Mount Desert Island Hospital Organization which encompasses the MDI Hospital and the Birch Bay Retirement Village located in Bar Harbor, Maine. Chrissi has been in or around the Healthcare arena for over 25 years, her acumen for health care, financial structure and innovation is most noted in our ongoing strategic efforts and commitment to moving Hospital’s forward in an ever-changing fiscal environment.
Serving in many capacities throughout her career as an accountant, reimbursement specialist, controller, director of fiscal services, Chief Financial Officer, in October of 2018 she was appointed to the serve as the organizations’’ first Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Throughout the years gaining an insight and experience to move organizations forward. Chrissi has served as the chair of the CFO Council for the Maine Hospital Association, the secretary of the Maine Chapter of HFMA, National HFMA Governance Task Force, chair of the CFO Council for the Critical Access Hospital’s, State of Maine SIM Grant Steering Committee Member, Beacon Health, LLC Board of Managers, Maine Hospital Association’s Public Policy Council and the Task Force on Pricing and Transparency, actively involved in the Downeast Treatment Center, Downeast COVID-19 Taskforce and the Treasurer of the Maine Rural Health Collaborative, LLC.
Chrissi’ background is in finance, accounting, project management and strategic planning.
Chrissi is active in her community as well, serving as a longtime member of the Ellsworth Lioness Club, newly elected member of the Board of Trustees for Saint Joseph’s College, the past president of the Ellsworth Chamber of Commerce and Ellsworth Economic Development Committee, past chair of the Lamoine School Board and Treasurer of the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce and member of the Finance Committee.
Chrissi enjoys biking, skiing, tennis, and spending time with her two children, Ashley and Nick.
Mr. Ken Marino ’82
President /CEO, Orbel Corporation
Ken Marino ’82
Ken Marino ’82
President /CEO, Orbel Corporation
In 1982, Ken Marino earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Management from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine.
During a career spanning three decades in electronics manufacturing for the Mil/Aero industry at Orbel Corporation, Ken has dedicated his energy to continuous improvement of the people and the operations that make up Orbel. The focus has always been on enhancing and growing people with the belief that is what makes a business successful. Today Orbel stands as one of the premier light gage metal, tight tolerance manufacturers in the Mil/Aero space. The company has operations in the US and Asia, which support customers on a worldwide basis.
In addition to his volunteer role as a trustee at Saint Joseph’s, Ken has served on the boards of several other organizations. Among these is (NIST) National Society of Standards and Technology. Also, he is a past president of both the Kiwanis Club of Palmer Township and the Master Association of Metal Finishers. He is a participating member of (PCMI) Photo Chemical Milling Institute and (PMA) Precision Metal Association.
This is Ken’s second tour on the Saint Joseph’s Board of Trustees. He has stayed very involved over the years with the college and the Sisters of Mercy. Ken and wife Sue have three children. As a family they enjoy golf, skiing, and sailing in their spare time.
Mr. Dan Marques
Chief Digital Officer and Entrepreneur
Dan Marques
Dan Marques
Chief Digital Officer and Entrepreneur
Dan Marques is a data-driven leader with a successful track record in digital transformation and entrepreneurship. He is currently the Chief Digital Officer for HEYDUDE, a Crocs, Inc. brand, where he oversees digital commerce and AI initiatives. Dan co-founded Trident Growth Partners, a digital agency acquired by Hawke Media, and Gemvara, an innovative eCommerce jewelry retailer acquired by Berkshire Hathaway. His career includes leadership roles at Talbots, Adidas, Reebok, and Vistaprint.
As a Babson College alumnus, Dan has been an active contributor to the school’s entrepreneurial ecosystem, developing programs like the Summer Venture Program and serving on advisory boards, including the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship. Dan also serves on the board of Gardener’s Supply Company, a 100% employee-owned organization, and advises several start-ups in the eCommerce space.
Dan’s passion for teaching and higher education inspires his involvement with Saint Joseph’s College of Maine. He is excited to leverage his expertise to contribute to the institution’s mission of education and mercy while fostering a culture of innovation and student success.
Dan lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts with his wife and two children. During the summers, they enjoy spending time on Frye Island.
Mr. Nate Martell ‘99
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer & General Counsel, Machias Savings Bank
Nate Martell ‘99
Mr. Nate Martell '99
Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer & General Counsel
Machias Savings Bank
Nate Martell is the Chief Risk Officer & General Counsel at Machias Savings Bank, one of the largest community banks in Maine. In this role, Nate oversees the Bank’s risk management, collections and compliance functions and is responsible for all legal matters. Before joining Machias Savings Bank, Nate was engaged in the private practice of law at several Bangor based law firms and worked as an in-house attorney for a regulated utility.
In 1999, Nate earned his BS in Environmental Science from Saint Joseph’s College of Maine and in 2002 he earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Maine School of Law.
In addition to his role as a Trustee at Saint Joseph’s College, Nate serves on the Down East Community Hospital Board of Trustees, and the Roque Bluffs Planning Board.
Sr. Mary Morey, RSM ’65
Retired Healthcare Administrator
Sr. Mary Morey, RSM ’65
Sr. Mary Morey, RSM ’65
Retired Healthcare Administrator
Sister Mary Morey ’65 is a member of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Portland, Maine, and has recently completed seven years as Local Coordinator. She currently enjoys volunteering, and becoming better informed and engaged in the Critical Concerns of the Sisters of Mercy.
Sr. Mary is also a member of the Board of Trustees, Northern Light Mercy, Portland, Maine, and serves on the Governance and the Quality and Professional Affairs Committees.
Sr. Mary has previously served in pastoral ministry in healthcare and parishes in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland and was a member of the Leadership Team of the Sisters of Mercy, Portland, ME. She also offered days of reflection and spirituality for women and church groups.
Sr. Mary earned her bachelor’s degree in history from Saint Joseph's College and her master’s degree in theology from St. Michael’s College in Colchester, Vermont. In addition, she earned a Graduate Certificate from the Institute for Religious Formation in St. Louis, Missouri.
Mr. Michael Mulhare ’79
Assistant Vice President for Emergency Management, Virginia Tech
Mr. Michael Mulhare ’79
Michael Mulhare ’79
Assistant Vice President for Emergency Management, Virginia Tech
Mr. Michael Mulhare ’79, was appointed to the Saint Joseph’s College Board in 2016 and currently serves on several committees including the Audit & Risk Management Committee, which he chairs. As an alum of SJC, Mr. Mulhare is especially interested in ensuring that the College continues to provide the learning and personal growth opportunities that he experienced as a student.
Presently, Mr. Mulhare is the Assistant Vice President for Emergency Management at Virginia Tech. He has over 25 years of experience as an emergency manager, first responder, and scientist. From 1985 to 2008, he served the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management in various capacities, rising to chief of the Office of Emergency Response. Michael is a frequent speaker at emergency management conferences across the country. He holds a BA in biology from Saint Joseph’s and an MS in civil and environmental engineering from the University of Rhode Island.
Mr. John Straub
Chief Financial Officer and Chancellor, Archdiocese of Boston
John Straub
John Straub
Chief Financial Officer and Chancellor, Archdiocese of Boston
John Straub joined the Archdiocese of Boston in 2011, where he now serves as chief financial officer and chancellor. Previously, he was part of the senior management team at Kane is Able, a logistics firm based in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He served in the White House as a special assistant to President George W. Bush, is a former associate dean of Harvard University, and held administrative roles in the U.S. House of Representatives. John is a graduate of The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC
Dr. Sally A. White
Principal and Owner, SAW Consulting Services
Sally White
Dr. Sally A. White
Principal and Owner
SAW Consulting Services
Sally A. White, Ph.D., is Principal and Owner of SAW Consulting Services that focuses on providing strategic guidance and assistance to Colleges and Universities as well as Non-Profit organizations. Specifically, Sally analyses and develops plans that enhance how and where an organization might gain more efficiencies and resources. Before that and for 15 years, she served as senior vice president and advisor for firm-wide strategic initiatives at McAllister & Quinn. Her work included a focus on expanding the services of the company, coordinating internal policies and procedures around diversity, equity and inclusion, hiring and mentoring staff, and overseeing marketing and social media strategies. In addition, she managed a large portfolio of clients ranging from small and mid-sized public and private colleges and universities. From 2009-2021, Sally developed and led the higher education practice division at McAllister & Quinn. She created a grant service that uses best practices from higher education and provides clients with a robust and proven methodology in how to secure private foundation and federal agency monies. During her time at McAllister & Quinn, Sally worked with colleges and universities to secure over $400 million for student scholarships, student support services, new curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate levels, faculty research grants as well as faculty grants to promote innovative pedagogy for higher student learning.
Dr. White has over 20 years of experience in higher education as both a professor and academic administrator. She served as vice president for academic affairs at College of Notre Dame, where she initiated a number of significant developments, including the integration of separate Schools of Pharmacy and Education, successful pre-candidacy status for School of Pharmacy from ACPE, and revamped the governance structure of the College. While Dean at Lehigh University, Dr. White led the expansion of graduate programs into the Middle East, Asia and Europe and created a unit-based decision-making approach to leadership that was tied to strategic planning and outcomes assessment. She also created a corporate board that raised millions of dollars in endowment and annual giving, as well as oversaw the College into US News and World Report’s Top 50 for five consecutive years. Dr. White formerly served as Dean of the Graduate School and Associate Vice President for Research at Towson University where records were set for research expenditure and she developed a more research-oriented faculty culture. She was Professor at Illinois State University and began her career as Assistant Professor at the University of New Hampshire in 1988.
Dr. White is an accomplished scholar who studied achievement motivation in various contexts, including sport, exercise and academia. She has published and presented over 100 book chapters, articles and scientific papers, has secured millions of dollars in federal and foundation grants, and has been honored with teaching and national research awards. Sally worked closely with USA Volleyball from 1996-2000, chaired a national sports commission and has been a sport psychology consultant for the U.S. Olympic Committee. She won a distinguished early career professional award from AAHPERD and was chosen to attend the Harvard MLE program in 2003. Dr. White has given keynote addresses at national and international conferences and is quoted frequently in national media outlets, including The Associated Press, LeMonde, Health, Philadelphia Inquirer, WebMD and Ladies Home Journal.
Sally is a community activist and has served as a board member for Community Services for Children and Dream Come True of the Lehigh Valley. Also, she was on the Executive Committee for the Council of Academic Deans from Research Education Institutions, Board of Directors for the Philadelphia Area Consortium for Education, and a Board member for the Fort@Sandy Hook Foundation. In Baltimore, she was an advisory member of the Johns Hopkins University Peabody Conservatory and sat on an Alumni board for the University of New Mexico, her alma mater.
Dr. White earned a bachelor's degree in European history at the University of Greenwich-London, a master's degree at the University of Texas and a doctorate in social psychology at the University of New Mexico.
Mr. Fred Yochum ’74
Retired Executive, Coca-Cola Company
Fred Yochum’s (’74)
Fred Yochum ’74
Retired Executive, Coca-Cola Company
Fred Yochum’s (’74), interest in service on Saint Joseph’s College’s Board of Trustees represents a homecoming of sorts as Fred served as the first elected Student member of the Board in 1973-74 after having proposed student representation to the Board during his Senior year. Fred graduated from Saint Joseph’s with a degree in History, served on the Student Council, and played on the baseball team all four years. Fred met his wife, Beth (Beaulieu), as a Senior at Saint Joseph’s, while Beth was earning her degree as part of the second BSPA Nursing Class.
Upon graduation from Saint Joseph’s, Fred immediately attended graduate school in Political Science at the University of Maine in Orono completing all class work in a Master’s Program, leaving to start his business career before having completed the thesis part of his Master’s Degree.
Fred retired in 2012 after a lengthy career at the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta, Georgia. Fred spent his last ten years there as a Board Elected Corporate Officer and Vice-President responsible for the global manufacture of syrup and concentrate. In this role, Fred was responsible for over 3000 employees in 25 plants, located in five continents, supplying this “secret ingredient” for virtually every Coca-Cola product to over 1000 bottlers in over 198 countries. His work took him to literally the “Four Corners of the World” as his global relationships helped him develop a deep and sincere respect for multiculturalism, diversity of thought, the power of developing and empowering every person’s human potential, and finding common ground in all situations.
Fred began his career in 1976 at Digital Equipment Corporation where he started as an entry level Junior Buyer and left as a Procurement Director after 20 years before moving to the Coca-Cola Company.
Fred has been involved with a number of non-profit/ community organizations including the Board of Directors of the Amelia Island Plantation Community Association (4000 residents), Nashua, NH Planning Board, Chair Nashua, NH Democratic Committee, and the Clark Atlanta Business School Advisory Board.
Fred and Beth Yochum reside in Amelia Island, Florida. They have two adult children who both earned Master’s Degrees in Washington, DC, where each continues to live and work.
Trustee Emeriti
Mrs. Jeanne (Donlevy) Arnold ’83, Hon. ’17 (Trustee Emerita)
Retired Senior Vice President, Good Samaritan Health Systems
Jeanne (Donlevy) Arnold ’83, Hon. ’17 (Trustee Emerita)
Jeanne (Donlevy) Arnold ’83, Hon. ’17 (Trustee Emerita)
Retired Senior Vice President, Good Samaritan Health Systems
Jeanne (Donlevy) Arnold ’83, Hon. ’17, retired as senior vice president at Good Samaritan Health Systems in Pennsylvania after a distinguished career in nursing and healthcare administration. A dedicated philanthropist, Jeanne is a longtime supporter of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and serves on their national executive board. Currently, she is spearheading a BSA task force on the prevention of childhood obesity. One of the College’s early distance education pioneers, Jeanne holds a BS in Professional Arts from Saint Joseph’s College. She received an honorary doctorate in humanities from Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences. Jeanne and her husband Ed live in Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Sr. Joyce B. Mahany, RSM, Hon.’09 (Trustee Emerita)
Retired Administrator
Sr. Joyce B. Mahany, RSM, Hon. ’09 (Trustee Emerita)
Sr. Joyce B. Mahany, RSM, Hon. ’09 (Trustee Emerita)
Retired Administrator
Sister Joyce B. Mahany, RSM, Hon. ’09, was born and raised on a potato farm in Easton, Maine. She worked with her father and brothers on the farm until she entered the convent in 1950.
Sr. Joyce received her bachelor’s degree from Husson University and her MS in Business Education from Boston University. She taught fourth grade for four years, high school for 12 years and was then appointed as the first Director of Development at Saint Joseph’s College of Maine in 1970. While Director, Sr. Joyce furthered her education by attending many workshops and seminars, including those at University of Notre Dame and Harvard University.
In 1993, Sr. Joyce left Saint Joseph’s to care for ailing Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith, until the Senator’s death in 1995. At that time, Sr. Joyce became the Director of Development at Catherine McAuley High School, until her retirement in 2008.
Sr. Joyce has served on the Board of the Visiting Nurses Association. She also has served as both a member and President of the Windham Chamber of Commerce.
In 2009, Sr. Joyce received an honorary doctorate from Saint Joseph’s College, and in 2010, she was inducted into the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
Mr. Michael Shea ’72, P’00 (Trustee Emeritus)
Chairman, The Webber Group
Michael Shea ’72, P’00
Michael Shea ’72, P’00, (Trustee Emeritus)
Chairman, The Webber Group
Michael Shea ’72, P’00 (Trustee Emeritus) is the chairman of The Webber Group. Until his retirement, Michael served as the company’s president and chief executive officer. The Webber Group of Companies (Webber), which is a private company headquartered in Bangor, Maine, is involved in commercial real estate and wholesale distribution of heating and plumbing supplies. Webber divested its 78 year old petroleum businesses, including retail and wholesale heating oil, propane, and gasoline, prior to 2014. Mr. Shea joined Webber in 1996 after a 20-year career with major wholesalers of petroleum products in Boston.
Mr. Shea has served as a trustee and chair of the board of Acadia Hospital in Bangor. Previously, he served on the board and as chair of the board of the United Way of Eastern Maine. He has served multiple terms on the Saint Joseph’s College Board between 1975 and 2017. Mr. Shea and his wife, Nancy (Brembs) ’74 have three children and six grandchildren. There are currently eight members of the extended Shea family who have graduated from Saint Joseph’s College.