UMass Boston

Cabinet Members

Faculty development is a multifaceted endeavor because faculty members need many different types of support throughout their long professional careers. The Dean of Faculty relies on a cabinet of faculty, staff, and administrators to ensure readiness and meaningful responses to these complex needs.

  • Suha Ballout, faculty member in nursing
  • Tracy Baynard, Associate Vice Provost for Graduate Education; faculty member in exercise health sciences
  • Dana Commesso, faculty member in exercise health sciences
  • Pacey Foster, faculty member in management
  • Patricia Krueger-Henney, faculty member in leadership in education
  • Adugna Lemi, Director of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies; faculty member in economics
  • Apurva Mehta, Associate Chief Information Officer
  • Michael Metzger, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
  • Denise Patmon, Department Chair, Leadership in Education; faculty member in curriculum and instruction
  • Helen Poynton, faculty member in the School for the Environment
  • Rachel Skvirsky, Department Chair, Biology
  • Bala Sundaram, Vice Provost of Research; faculty member in physics
  • Lynnell Thomas, Associate Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence; faculty member in American studies