Officers and Members | UMass Building Authority

By statue, the Authority has eleven members, appointed by the Governor, who oversee the activity of the Authority. Five of these members are also Trustees of the University of Massachusetts. Two of the six non-trustee Members must be graduates of the University.

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Mary L. Burns

Chair*

Lowell

Vice Chair, UMass Board of Trustees
Principal, Splash Media East, LLC and Principal, Chesapeake Outdoor, LLC
UMass Lowell '84 B.S.

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Michael O’Brien

Vice-Chair*

Southborough

Executive Vice President, WinnCompanies
UMass Amherst '88 B.S.

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Gerald Colella

Secretary-Treasurer*

Seabrook, NH

Chairman and Former CEO, MKS Instruments, Inc.
UMass Lowell ‘78 B.S., Hon. ‘19

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Angela Davis

Member

Foxborough

Assistant Undersecretary for Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security

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Kenneth Fiola, Jr., JD

Member*

Fall River, MA

Executive Vice President, Bristol County Economic Development Consulting Group (BC EDC)
UMass School of Law '95 J.D.

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Thomas H. Green, III

Member

Retired Citigroup Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Finance

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Frank Marchione

Member

Attleboro

Managing Partner, Catahoula Development, LLC

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John M. Drinkwater

Member

Lowell

Director of Government Affairs, Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35
UMass Lowell '06 B.S., '11 M.A.

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Daniel T. O'Brien

Member

Pipefitters Local 537 - Business Manager/Financial Secretary-Treasurer, Trustee

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R. Norman Peters, Esq.

Member

Worcester

Attorney, Peters & Sowyrda

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Charles Wu

Member*

Newton

Executive Fellow, Harvard Business School (Boston)

* indicates a University Trustee seat