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WSC BOARD OF TRUSTEES ELECTS NEW OFFICERS

(Worcester, MA – June 18, 2004)  At its regularly scheduled meeting June 14, 2004, the Worcester State College Board of Trustees elected a new chair and two vice chairs, and welcomed the student trustee to the board.

Barbara J. Sinnott was elected to serve as chairperson of the Board of Trustees. Sinnott retired in 2002 as president and chief executive officer of the Better Business Bureau of Central New England, Inc. She also served two 4-year terms as chairperson of the License Commission, which deals with alcohol and lodging licenses. She is a native of Worcester, a former City Councilor and Vice-Mayor, and a graduate of Worcester State College, Class of 1955.

John Brissette, an account executive at Braley & Wellington Insurance Agency, was elected to serve as First Vice Chair of the Board.  Due to increasing responsibilities for the chair and vice chair, in 2002 the Board determined that the College could be better served by having two vice chairs.   An active alumnus, Class of 1988, Brissette also served as president of the WSC Alumni Association Advisory Board.

George W. Tetler III, Esq., a partner in the firm Bowditch & Dewey, LLP, was elected to serve as Second Vice Chair.  Tetler has extensive experience representing business and real estate entities in a wide range of business planning and transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions and reorganization.  He is a former chair of the Worcester Area Chamber of Commerce and serves as Trustee of the American Antiquarian Society.

The Board also welcomed the new student trustee, Annie Kalashian, a sophomore, majoring in Elementary Education. She is the daughter of Newburyport, MA residents Mabel and Harry Kalashian. She replaces David Archambault who graduated this spring.

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