Providence, R.I.--After serving as vice president of the Providence College National Alumni Association Board of Governors (BOG) for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, Mark U. Gasbarro '97 of Providence was elevated on July 1 to serve as president for 2009-2010.

Gasbarro said the board's priorities for the next year include supporting alumni networking, enhancing the roles of regional alumni clubs, encouraging participation by upperclass students and young alumni in the association, and increasing young alumni leadership.  

"The motto that was developed during the past year, 'Embrace Your Network,' will be central to our work this year," noted Gasbarro, adding that the BOG is working to enhance the roles of regional clubs to help develop the alumni network.

Most importantly, Gasbarro said, the board wants to get the word out that "alumni really have to get back to campus" to see how it has been transformed, and to help continue that transformation financially and/or through their volunteer efforts.

"The campus has changed dramatically since Father Shanley became president," Gasbarro said. "There is a new energy on campus, and there have been a lot of successes."

New officers
The newly elected officers, BOG members, and newly appointed area club representatives who will assist Gasbarro--president of Gasbarro's Wines in Providence--in governing the nearly 50,000-member association were announced at a recent BOG meeting.

Joining Gasbarro as officers on the 2009-2010 BOG are:

• Vice President: Fay Rozovsky, J.D., M.P.H. '73 & '08Hon. of Bloomfield, Conn., president of the Rozovsky Group, Inc., which provides practical risk management and patient safety solutions to healthcare professionals (she is the first vice president who will automatically serve a two-year term as president);
• Secretary: Connie Richer '81 of Northboro, Mass., senior sales engineer for Verizon;
• Treasurer: Colleen Cronin Duffy, J.D. '83 of North Attleboro, Mass., most recently a director of external affairs for Massachusetts Housing; and
• Immediate Past President: Brian Maher '68, coordinator of LIEOC Business Affairs for Farmingdale State University of New York.

Board members
The newly elected BOG members are Hugh Fitzpatrick '58 of Coventry, R.I., a retired member of the U.S. Army and U.S. Postal Service who is the official scorer for the PC's men's basketball team; Maryanne Doherty Ladino '76, J.D., C.P.A., of Canton, Mass., a director of Deloitte & Touche, LLP in Boston, Mass.; Dave Morganelli '89 of Milford, Mass., J.D., LL.M., a tax attorney for Partridge, Snow, and Hahn, LLP in Providence; and Patrick Lynch '03 of Providence, employed by Altran in Boston and pursuing his J.D. and his M.B.A. at Suffolk University's Law School and Sawyer Business School.

Area representatives
The newly appointed area representatives are Martha Reynolds McVeigh, CFE '80 of West Warwick, R.I., a senior economic crime investigator in the R.I. Department of Attorney General; JD Driscoll '07 of Somerset, Mass., an admissions counselor at Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I.; Paul Charest '95 of Somerset, a product manager with Ingenix CareTracker in Providence; Francis Dwyer '59 of North Kingstown, R.I., president of Century 21 Dwyer Realtors in North Kingstown and president of Dwyer & Company, a motel and apartment holdings company; Bryan Lynch, M.S. '76 of Glen Rock, N.J., executive director of lending with the New York branch of Erste Group Bank; Brian Potvin, M.B.A. '91 of Marblehead, Mass., a senior account executive for Proctor & Gamble; and Alayne Baldassare Fahrman '01 of Springfield, N.J., a Realtor with Weichert Realtors.

Returning board members are Caley Arzamarski '05, Amy Baker '07, Sarah Syner Botham '97, Joseph Caffey '74, Jennifer Walsh Caulfield '95, John Cervione '87, Michael Cox '97SCE, Rev. David Farnum, CSP '84, Daniel Ryan, C.P.A. '69, Eva Irby Davis '75, chair, Black Alumni Committee, Rev. John S. Peterson, O.P. '57, National Alumni Association chaplain, and Robert Ferreira '83, PC assistant vice president for alumni relations. There are no returning area representatives.

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