Board of Trustees

The governing body of Bristol Community College is its Board of Trustees, which consists of eleven members: nine appointed by the governor of the Commonwealth, one alumnus/alumna, and one student representative. The Board of Trustees is responsible for long-range planning, financial resource planning, and organizational structure. The Department of Higher Education (DHE) delegates to the Board of Trustees the authority to appoint personnel. Members of the Board of Trustees are as follows:

Ms. Zelma Braga – Fall River
Mr. Fernando Garcia – New Bedford
James T. Grady (Chairman) - Marion
Ms. Deborah Kenney – Fall River
Mr. Joseph A. Marshall (Secretary) ’78 – Fall River
Mr Huy Nguyen (Student Trustee) '12 - Swansea
Mr. Arthur Paul ’92 – Somerset
Ms. Cynthia Rose ’70 (Vice Chairman) – Dartmouth
Mr. Anthony Sapienza – Dartmouth
Ronald A. Schwartz, M.D. – Tiverton, RI
Patricia Andrade, M.D. – Dartmouth, MA