Fitchburg State narrows president search to 3 finalists
Three educators from outside Massachusetts have emerged as finalists to succeed the retiring Robert Antonucci as president of Fitchburg State University, the school announced.
A university search committee has presented the finalists’ names to the school’s board of trustees. The three will come to Fitchburg for a series of interviews and meetings with campus constituencies and the public starting Dec. 2, according to a statement from the school.
The finalists, selected from an initial pool of more than 85 candidates, are:
- Carol M. Bresnahan, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla., a suburb of Orlando. She completed her doctorate in history from Brown University in 1986. Before 2011, when she arrived at Rollins, she was provost and executive vice president at the College of New Jersey and also worked as vice provost for academic programs and policies at the University of Toledo.
- Beverly A. Kopper, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She holds a doctorate in psychology from Iowa State University, as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees in psychology, along with a master’s in social work. In addition to her current role, she has also served as interim chancellor at Wisconsin-Whitewater, where she has worked since 2010.
- Richard S. Lapidus, dean of the College of Business Administration at California Polytechnic University. He holds a doctorate in marketing from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a certificate in management and leadership in education from Harvard Graduate School of Education. He has worked at California State Polytechnic University since 2009. Before that he was associate dean of administration at the College of Business and Economics at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Antonucci will retire in June after 12 years as president. During his tenure, he has been credited with leading the construction of several new campus buildings, including a science center, and strengthening Fitchburg State’s connection to the city. He’s a former state education commissioner and held executive roles with several electronic educational software firms.
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