Board of Trustees

Padgett D. Berthiaume ’97 P ’27 ’29

Padgett attended Wheaton College where he earned a B.S. with a concentration in psychology and philosophy and was a captain of the lacrosse team. He then went on to earn a JD at Western New England College School of Law. Following admission to the Massachusetts Bar in 2006, he joined his father and brother and became a partner in the family firm, Berthiaume & Berthiaume, located in North Brookfield. Padgett is an active member of the Worcester County Bar Association having served multiple terms on the organization’s Executive Committee. He also serves as a co-chair of the Parks Committee for the town of North Brookfield.

Padgett is an engaged member of the Bancroft community as an alumnus and, through the PFA, as a parent, taking on the lead role in the Fall Family Festival at Homecoming. During the spring season, you can find Padgett on the sidelines cheering on the Bancroft Lacrosse teams and his wife, Paige, who is the Head Coach of the girls’ team. Padgett and his family enjoy spending winter weekends skiing and snowboarding in Vermont.

Audit Chair, Governance, Board Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Mary Halpin Carter, Ph.D. ‘83

Mary relishes working with young people to help them develop their gifts and use them for
purposeful lives. She is the Head of School of St. Luke's School in New Canaan, CT, and served for nine years as Head of The Derryfield School. Before becoming Head of School at Derryfield,
Mary served as Director of Admission, Academic Dean, Chair of the English Department, Head
of the Upper School, Dean of Faculty and Academic Programs, Assistant Head of School for
Faculty and Academic Programs, and Interim Head. Before Derryfield, Mary taught history and
coached at Pingree School, Newton North High School and Newton South High School. She was
awarded a Columbia University Klingenstein Fellowship for excellence in independent school
teaching. Mary received her Bachelor of Arts in History from Dartmouth College, Ed.M. from
the Harvard Graduate School of Education and Ph.D. in Education from the University of New
Hampshire.

Mary served on the board member of the Association of Independent Schools of New England
(AISNE), and is a member of the Headmistresses of the East, the Country Day School
Headmasters Association, the Heads and Principals Association.

Mary lives in New Canaan, CT with her husband Chris, and is the proud mother of Louisa, Polly
and Martin.

Finance, Capital Planning Task Force

Michael Chang ‘96

Michael is the Managing Member of AMC Capital Management, a private investment firm. Prior
to forming AMC, Michael spent 20 years in real estate private equity and investment banking.
Michael served as Head of US Real Estate Asset Management at Cerberus Capital Management
and was a member of the US Real Estate Investment Committee at Angelo, Gordon where he
made principal investments totaling $3.5 billion. He began his career on Wall Street in the
Investment Banking Division at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Michael received a BA in International
Relations and Economics from Tufts University and was a member of the men’s lacrosse team.
Michael lives in New York City with his wife Amy, and two children, Dylan and Natalie, who attend The Dalton School. Michael enjoys spending as much time outdoors as possible and
coaching youth lacrosse.

Susanne Choate P '19 ‘21

Susanne grew up in northern New Jersey and attended the University of Pennsylvania
where she earned B.A.s in Mathematics and Political Science. She went on to earn an
M.B.A from Boston University. Susanne has worked over 20 years as a management
consultant with Fortune 100 companies. She has expertise in client relationship
management, strategic planning, business process definition, and integration of new
technologies. Since 2016, Susanne has been a Principal Consultant with CastleHill
Managed Risk Solutions. Susanne lives in Princeton with her husband Jon, and two
sons.

BluePrint125 Oversight, Advancement Task Force

Catherine M. Colinvaux P ’15 ’19 – Board President (2017-2020, 2022-2023)

After graduating from a PK-12 independent day school in Columbus, Ohio, Catherine received
her A.B. from Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges (Russian History and Literature) and her J.D.
from Harvard Law School. As a lawyer in private practice for more than 20 years, Catherine
specialized in resolving complex, high-dollar disputes through litigation and negotiation. Among other significant representations, Catherine represented one of the world’s largest insurers in connection with the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and other 9/11 related property losses. She has been named one of a Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s “Top Women in Law” and a Massachusetts Top 50 Female Super Lawyer. Catherine also served as her firm’s Diversity Partner.

In 2013, Catherine retired from the law to spend more time thinking, learning, writing, reading, enjoying her children, and engaging in philanthropic work. Catherine has been on the Board of Trustees at Bancroft since 2012. She is a past president of the Worcester Art Museum, the Massachusetts Reinsurance Bar Association, and Birthday Wishes. She currently also serves on the boards of trustees of the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill and of William James College. Catherine and her husband, Phillip Zamore, live in Northborough, Massachusetts.

Finance, Capital Planning Task Force, Advancement Task Force

James “Jim” Condon ’83 P’19 ’24

Jim received his BA in Business Administration from Assumption College and an MBA from
Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Jim is the Director, Human Resources and Risk Management for Wagner Automotive Group. Before joining Wagner, Jim had his own human resources consulting business working with a variety of organizations from start-ups to mid-sized
companies, regionally and nationwide. He also held positions as Director of Human Resources,
Director of Maintenance, and Facilities Manager at Table Talk Pies and as a Project Manager at
O’Brien & Gere Operations in Syracuse, NY. Jim serves on the board of the Automotive Insurance Compensation Corp., a captive workers compensation insurance company serving the automotive industry. Jim has long been active in the Bancroft Alumni Association, serving as the Alumni Council President from 2003 to 2013. Jim and his wife, Isabel, live in Holden.

Finance, Capital Planning Task Force

Ben Dobson ‘97

Ben graduated from Ithaca College in 2001 and launched a career in television news. Today he is
News Director at Nexstar Media Group's newly-launched DCNewsNow.com (WDCW/WDVM-
TV) in Washington, DC. He has held this position since December, 2021. Prior to that, he served as Vice President of News for NBCUniversal’s Owned Television Stations. In that role, he was responsible for the overall editorial direction and strategy for three television stations in the
Boston television market: NBC10 Boston, NECN and Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra. Before that,
he was Vice President/News Director for the group’s station in Hartford, CT. His early career
began at Charter Communications’ Worcester News Tonight as an on-air reporter and anchor
before jumping to run the news assignment desks at the FOX and NBC-affiliated stations in
Boston. Ben has developed expertise in crisis communications, market research,
marketing/branding, long range planning, and has extensive experience in the Diversity, Equity
& Inclusion space. Ben has been active in the Bancroft community since graduating. He
previously served on the Board of Trustees and also held a leadership role with the Alumni
Council.

John J. Duggan ‘77

John is Director of Clinical Project Delivery for United Healthcare. In that capacity, he is
responsible for the construction and renovation of 16 Million square feet of ambulatory medical
office space throughout the United States. Prior to joining United Healthcare John was the Vice
President of Real Estate Operations at Reliant Medical Group, a multi-specialty group practice
with 20 clinical locations throughout Central Massachusetts. In his capacity at Reliant, John was
responsible for all leasing, construction, planning, design and maintenance of Reliant’s real
estate. John has been involved with facilities management and real estate development for
medical facilities for over 25 years, including the construction of the Worcester Medical Center.
John and his wife Marybeth live in Worcester and are the parents of two adult children.

Capital Planning Task Force Chair, Finance

Khurston S. Ellia-Epple ’86 P ’23

Khurston is an IT Project Management professional with 20 years’ experience delivering
complex, highly visible projects on time and within budget. She is an Agile evangelist and is
passionate about coaching teams to constantly improve the quality and value of their deliveries.
Khurston is a Senior Program Manager at PrismHR, the leading HR platform powering payroll,
benefits, and HR for businesses across the U.S.. She is a skilled facilitator and collaborator and
excels at helping her teams break down big ideas into actionable plans, then guiding them to
deliver on those plans. Khurston received her BA in Political Science from Skidmore College
and a JD from Western New England University School of Law. Khurston and her husband
Chris have a daughter who has attended Bancroft since kindergarten. Khurston enjoys cooking,
crafting, and all things Pixar, and the entire Epple family are huge supporters of the New
England Patriots.

BluePrint125 Oversight Chair, Goverance

Peter A. Janhunen Jr. ’85

Pete considers his opportunity to attend Bancroft in the seventh grade as a defining moment in
his life. He subsequently graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1989 and earned
a Masters in Public Communications from Syracuse University in 1997. After spending 7- plus
years on active duty as an Army officer, Pete made his way to Washington, DC, where he had
the opportunity to work as a communicator and leader for several outstanding organizations,
including The Pew Charitable Trusts, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and
the Air Line Pilots Association. He played a key role as the IAFF's public relations director after
the union lost 347 members on September 11, 2001. Pete now runs his own communications  firm in Providence, with clients ranging from the Rhode Island Department of Education to the
European Union, to a variety of trade associations and advocacy groups.

Executive at Large, MVV Task Force Chair, BluePrint125 Oversight

Susan Onffroy P ’18 ’20 ’23

Susan J. Onffroy has over 24 years of experience in human health and nutrition and is a Licensed & Registered Dietitian. Early in her career, she served at the Clara Barton Camp for diabetic girls and at St. Joseph’s Manor Care and Rehabilitation Center. Later, as Brown University’s Administrative Dietitian, Susan developed the student dining hall menus as well as specialized menus for students with special food requirements. She has mentored college dietetic students and delivered nutrition workshops for athletic teams and students in college, high school and middle school. Susan has been a principal in the entrepreneurial startup of two businesses: the first, an Anytime Fitness club franchise and, more recently, a recipe assembly business named MVPantry. She also provides personalized, healthy eating consulting for clients on an ongoing basis. Susan received her B.S. in Human Nutrition from UMass Amherst and completed her dietetic internship at Beth Israel Hospital. She has served as a member of the Winthrop School Committee as well as the President of the State Student Advisory Council and a voting member of the Massachusetts Board of Education. She has been an active parent volunteer at Bancroft over the past 11 years. Susan lives in Shrewsbury with her husband, JP, and three children. She enjoys cooking, playing tennis, family travels, watching movies and attending live concerts.

Board Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Advancement Task Force

Na-Young Osterweis P’21 ‘23

Born in South Korea and raised in Germany, Na-Young was educated in both countries. After
graduating with a bachelor’s degree in business, she worked at the German headquarters of SAP, a global Fortune 500 software company, as well as at Doble Engineering in Watertown, MA. For the last two decades, she and her husband have been investing in and managing rental properties in the Greater Boston area. Na-Young actively volunteers at the schools of each of her three sons and is the current Bancroft PFA president. She enjoys traveling with her family, and her favorite destination is the Austrian Alps. She and her family reside in Westborough.

Michael Palermo P ’10 ’15

Michael was a senior vice president, head of Institutional Relationship Management at Pyramis
Global Advisors, a Fidelity Investments company until 2014. In this role, he was responsible for
overall relationship management for institutional clients at Pyramis. He joined the firm in 2011
and played a significant part in building and executing a strategy to establish a greater presence
for Pyramis in the institutional asset management industry by developing and implementing
strategic plans in all critical markets. He was an active and valuable member of the Executive
Management team. Prior to joining Pyramis, Michael was a senior vice president and a director
of Sales, Consultant Relations, and Marketing at The Boston Company Asset Management, LLC
from 2005 to 2009. Prior to assuming that role, he served in two different business development
roles as a senior vice president of Sales and a vice president, senior sales representative at The
Boston Company Asset Management from 1996 to 2005 and Boston Safe Deposit & Trust
Company/ Mellon Trust from 1990 to 1996. In those roles, he was responsible for marketing and
client service for corporate, public, and Taft-Hartley pension plans, endowments, foundations,
and sub-advisory entities. He has been in the investment industry since 1990. Prior to these
roles, Michael held Sales and Client Service roles at Wang Laboratories and Dancorp Industrial Supply. Michael earned his bachelor's in science from the University of Connecticut. He also was a member of the Board of Directors for Pyramis Global Advisors Trust Company and Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC. He held the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) Series 7, 24, and 63 licenses. Michael and his wife, Martha, live in Grafton.

Executive at Large, Finance

Martin S. Richman

Martin is currently vice president of philanthropy at Beth Israel Lahey Health (BILH) for Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. Before moving to BILH, Martin served as executive director of advancement for UMass Memorial Medical Center and as vice president of philanthropy and executive director of the Milford Regional Healthcare Foundation. A Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE), Martin was also the director of development and marketing for the Worcester Art Museum. Martin is a graduate of Clark University with a Masters degree in professional communication and teaches public speaking at Clark's School of Professional Studies. Moving to Worcester with his wife, Joanne, in 1990, Martin first worked in a number of roles in alumni relations and fundraising at Bancroft School, ultimately leading the development office through the late 1990s before leaving Bancroft in 2000 to serve as director of development at St. Mark's School.

Executive Treasurer, Finance Chair

Dr. Sheena Sharma ’89 P ’24 ’26 ’29

Sheena graduated from Wellesley College in 1993 and from Boston University School of
Medicine in 2001. She completed her Internal Medicine training at Boston University and
University of California, San Francisco in 2004, and went on to complete an Echocardiography
Fellowship at UCSF. Sheena returned to Worcester and completed a Fellowship in
Cardiovascular Medicine at University of Massachusetts. She then fulfilled a lifelong dream and
joined her father at InterMed Associates in Webster, MA. Sheena is Board Certified in Internal
Medicine, Echocardiography, and Cardiovascular Medicine and enjoys practicing all aspects of
outpatient cardiology, with a special focus on Preventative Cardiology, and Echocardiography, 
and remains an active affiliate of St Vincent and UMASS Hospitals. Sheena's husband, Joe
Cotten, is a research anesthesiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital, and they reside in
Northborough with their three boys. In her free time Sheena enjoys playing tennis and cheering
her boys on at their matches.

Executive Vice President, Finance, Board Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Chair

Katy K. Sullivan P ’19 ‘21

Katy has been active in the Bancroft community for the past 16 years. She has held many roles
including Board President, BluePrint125 Strategic Planning Team Chair, Advancement
Committee Chair, Out in Front capital campaign advisory committee member, Bancroft Fund
Chair, Room Parent and substitute art teacher. Katy is the Manager of the Salisbury Giving
Society at the Worcester Art Museum. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Smith College and
recently completed a master’s degree in Museum Studies at Harvard University. With a
particular interest in financial sustainability, equity, and education, her research focused on how
museums can create programs that build sustainability by engaging more diverse audiences. Katy has been deeply involved as a board member, event organizer and fundraiser with many
organizations in Worcester and throughout Massachusetts. She lives in Princeton with her
husband Peter.

Josephine (Herron) Truesdell ’72 P ’02

A native of Worcester, after attending Bancroft’s Upper School Jo graduated from Middlebury College, then came back to Bancroft with the intention of staying for one year. Forty-one years later, having taught Kindergarten throughout that time and having been an admission associate for most of that time, she retired from Bancroft in 2017. In 2020 Jo and her husband embarked upon new careers when they opened TidePool Bookshop in Worcester. An unanticipated benefit of the bookstore is the opportunity to see so many former students and members of the Bancroft community.

Jo currently sits on the board of the Worcester Historical Museum, is a trustee of Rural Cemetery, a member of the American Antiquarian Society, and a corporator of the Worcester Art Museum. She was a volunteer at Worcester Children’s Friend Society’s Carriage House for
many years and worked with the Reading Together Program through the Worcester Education Collaborative and with the Worcester Family Partnership after leaving Bancroft until she and Huck opened the bookstore. When TidePool opened she also needed to stop working with
Bancroft’s Worcester Partnership, a program she was fortunate to have been a part of each summer from the day it began.

Alumni Council President, Board Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Advancement Task Force

Elizabeth Wambui

Brothers, Inc. Prior to joining Fontaine, she served as the Director of Advancement at Nativity
School of Worcester. Elizabeth is passionate about engaging with the community. She currently
serves as a Board Member at Bancroft School, Shine Initiative, Women in Development of
Central Massachusetts, Worcester Historical Museum and YWCA. Elizabeth is also a Mechanics
Hall Modern Mechanics Guild Member, Worcester Art Museum Corporator and she has served
as a Greater Worcester Community Foundation Early Childhood Committee member and
scholarship community reviewer.

Elizabeth holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science from the College of the Holy Cross. She
was part of the Leadership Worcester Class of 2016-2017 and she has been recognized in the
Worcester Business Journal’s 40 under 40.

BluePrint125 Oversight Chair, Board Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, MVV Task Force

Bill Zujewski P ’16 ’18 ‘21

Bill Zujewski is currently the Chief Marketing Officer of the Green Business Bureau and is responsible for building the company’s brand and promoting the value of being a certified green business. He is passionate about helping businesses become more sustainable and socially responsible. Bill and his wife Sue reside in Grafton, MA and have 4 children. Matthew, Jonathan, and CJ all graduated from Bancroft and both currently attend UConn. Their daughter Annie attended Notre Dame Academy of Worcester and UConn and is a marketing
manager for Truly at the Boston Beer Company.

Bill has over 30 years of global marketing experience in the high tech and software industry and has led marketing organizations at 4 hyper-growth companies with 4 successful exits. He was CMO of Tulip Software from 2016-2019 and helped the startup raise $40 Million from Kleiner Perkins. He was CMO for 5 years at a software company called Axeda which was acquired by PTC in 2015. Before that, Bill held executive leadership positions at ATG (acquired by Oracle), eDocs (acquired by Oracle), BroadVision and Informix (acquired by IBM). Bill holds a B.S. in Computer Science from UConn and an MBA from Boston College.

Goverance, MVV Task Force