The slate of officers of the Providence College Alumni Association Board of Governors has been announced for the 2005-06 academic year. The alumni association comprises more than 41,000 members.

Charles M. Borkoski ’71 of Barrington, R.I. [right], who was board vice president this past year, moves up to president. The vice president of marketing for McLaughlin & Moran, Inc., of Cranston, R.I., where he has been employed since 1979, Borkoski is a former president of the Greater Providence Chapter of the PC Alumni Association, the Mal Brown Club, as well as a former chair of the PC Annual Fund.

The other board members were elected by active members of the alumni association in a national mail-in ballot conducted in May and June. They are: 

• Kathleen A. Ryan, Esq. ’87 of Cumberland, R.I., who will serve as vice president and who will succeed to the presidency during 2006-07. 
• Ken Richardson ’75 of Providence, R.I., who was elected treasurer.
• COL Herbert R. Waters III ’79 of Middletown, R.I., who will serve as secretary to the board.
• David J. Syner, C.P.A. ’71 of Cranston, R.I., who will complete his final term on the board and will serve as immediate past president.

Newly elected to three-year terms as members of the board of directors are Peter Bortolan ’60 of South Windsor, Conn.; David R. Meegan, Esq. ’70 of North Kingstown, R.I.; Diane Sanfilippo Feeny ’85 of Marlton, N.J.; and Shannon O’Brien ’01 of Bridgewater, Mass.

Appointed to the board as area representatives are Ralph Solmonese ’58 of East Greenwich, R.I.; Andy Robinson ’71 of Narragansett, R.I.; Mary-Ellen Sposato Rogers ’77 of Wethersfield, Conn.; John Burke ’88 of Merrick, N.Y.; Sean Semple ’89 of Belmar, N.J.; Jennifer Perrault ’01 of Providence, R.I.; and Stephen Muzrall ’02 of Foxboro, Mass.

Returning in previously elected board positions are Joseph V. DeStefano ’52 of Providence, R.I.; John Ricottilli ’54 of Boca Raton, Fla.; David E. Donnelly Sr. ’63 of North Kingstown, R.I.; Robert Tobiasz ’67 of Seekonk, Mass.; Maureen Davenport Corcoran ’79 of Chestnut Hill, Mass.; Jennifer MacCallum O’Meara ’93 of Whitinsville, Mass.; Mark Gasbarro ’97 of Providence, R.I.; and Lori Crowshaw ’02SCE of Riverside, R.I., who will represent the School of Continuing Education.

Sharon Roveda Kennedy ’83 of North Attleboro, Mass., will serve as a board member and will represent the Women’s Involvement Network. Eva Weston Irby ’75 of Providence, R.I., will represent the Black Alumni Committee.