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St. Bonaventure University to welcome four to Board of Trustees in September

Aug 14, 2024
St. Bonaventure University will welcome four new members to its Board of Trustees in September.


St. Bonaventure University will welcome four new members to its Board of Trustees in September.

At their May Board meeting, trustees approved the appointments of Edwin “Ed” Evans, ’85; James Helms, ’95, ’18; Lisa (Melillo) Molinaro, ’81; and  Fr. Thomas Nairn, O.F.M. They will be officially sworn in at the September Board meeting.

Board chair Michael Hickey, vice chairs Carol Schumacher, ’78, and Steve Barry, ’88, and secretary Fr. Dan Horan, O.F.M., ’05, were re-elected to the Board’s executive committee.

Evans spent his career in the printing industry, beginning in 1985 when he joined Eastman Kodak. He retired as CEO of West-Camp Press in 2019. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the university.

Helms has served as CEO of Jones Memorial Hospital in Wellsville, New York, since 2021. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from St. Bonaventure in 1995 and an MBA in 2018.

Molinaro graduated in 1981 from SBU with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communications and has considerable experience in organizational fundraising for nonprofit organizations in the Fairfield County (Conn.) region. She was the co-chair of the university's 150th Anniversary Campaign, which launched publicly in 2005 and culminated during SBU’s sesquicentennial year (2008-09).

Fr. Thomas is a sought-after and globally recognized lecturer on moral theology, especially health care ethics. He serves as vice chair of the Board of Regents of the Franciscan School of Theology at the University of San Diego and most recently served as provincial minister of the Sacred Heart Province until its integration into the Our Lady of Guadalupe Province.

For complete biographies of the new trustees, click here.

Also at the May meeting, the Board saluted the service of outgoing trustees Fr. Kevin Mullen, O.F.M., Pat Doyle, ’80, Dick Penna, ’68, and Judy Baumgartner, ’91.

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