CORONAVIRUS, SAFETY PRECAUTIONS & TESTING
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:
Mr. Frank P. Baptista – Fall River
Samir Bhattacharyya, Ph.D. – Sharon
Ms. Renee Clark - New Bedford
Ms. Valentina Videva Dufresne – Attleboro
Pamela Gauvin-Fernandes, Esq. - New Bedford
Mr. Jeffrey T. Karam - Fall River
Ms. Lynn A. Malasi '92 - Fairhaven
Ms. Joan M. Medeiros (Chair) - Fall River
Ms. Diane L. Silvia (Alumni Trustee) ’86 - East Freetown
Steven A. Torres, Esq. (Vice Chair) - Taunton
Ms. Alexis Viveiros-Branco (Student Trustee) '22 - Fall River