New Trustees join College Board

Six new Trustees have joined the Holy Cross Board:

Sister Janet Eisner, SND, is president of Emmanuel College in Boston. It was under her leadership that the college became coeducational in 2000, resulting in an unprecedented growth in enrollment. In 1996 she took a leading role in the creation of the Colleges of the Fenway and still serves on its board of directors. Sister Janet contributes actively to civic and higher education organizations. She has served on the Massachusetts Board of Regents of Higher Education and on the board of trustees at both Trinity College (Washington, D.C.) and the Boston Catholic Television Center. She has also served on several national commissions, including the American Council on Education’s Commission on Credit and Credentials, the Commission on Women in Higher Education, the Commission on Policy Analysis of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and the Executive Committee of the Women’s College Coalition. She is also a member of the Executive Committee of MASCO (the Medical Academic and Scientific Community Organization, Inc.) and the board of directors of the Fenway Alliance. Sister Janet is a sister of Notre Dame de Namur.

Rev. Robert Raymond Grimes, S.J., is academic dean and associate professor of music at Fordham College in New York City. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. He has taught at St. Peter’s Preparatory School, Jersey City, N.J., LeMoyne College and Fordham University where he also served as associate campus minister. He has worked as the musical director at Tufts University Catholic Center. Fr. Grimes is a member of the American Musicology Society, the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences, the New York Historical Society, the Society for American Music and the Society for Ethnomusicology. He is a member of the board of trustees at Canisius College and a member of the board of directors of the New York Province of the Society of Jesus, Inc., where he serves as a consultant to the major superior of the New York Province of the Jesuits.

Mary Ellen “Nell” Jones ’74 is currently working as a self-employed human resources consultant. She has consulted to senior management on a broad range of human resource assignments. Her clients include firms in high technology, communications, information services, management consulting, Internet content delivery and professional services. Jones has also served as corporate vice president of human resources at Bolt Beranek and Newman, Inc. in Cambridge, Mass., (now BBN Technologies, a Verizon company). In March 2001, she participated in the Presidential Roundtable hosted by Michael Collins, M.D., ’77. A member of the development committee for the New England Province of the Society of Jesus, she recently accepted an invitation to serve on the Holy Cross Boston Regional Campaign Committee. Nell, her husband, Patrick ’73, and their son reside in Winchester, Mass.

Paul A. LaCamera ’64 is the president and general manager of WCVB-TV, Boston, the largest ABC affiliate in the country not owned by a network. During his time at WCVB, LaCamera has introduced such quality programming as Chronicle and has overseen numerous local and national productions, including Pops Goes the Fourth and Holiday at Pops—Boston Pops concerts that air annually on the national A&E network. Prior to his employment at WCVB, he served as director of communications for the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce and as a reporter for the Boston Record American and Sunday Advertiser. In November of 2001, LaCamera was one of six New England broadcasting professionals to be honored with a Silver Circle Award by the New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The award recognized his success in “setting high achievement standards” and making “enduring contributions to the vitality of the industry.” LaCamera is a member of the President’s Council and the Holy Cross Communications Council. He also serves as a career planning counselor. Residents of Boston, LaCamera and his wife, Mimi, have three sons, Mark ’92, Peter ’93 and Chris ’99.

Melissa L. Pelesz ’02 is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program at Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, N.Y. A biology major at Holy Cross, she had been a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society and a participant in the College Honors Program. Pelesz also worked as a veterinary assistant and completed research at Tufts Veterinary School. A member of the Student Advisory Committee and representative of the Student Government Association, she had been a senior interviewer for the Admissions Office and manager of the men’s varsity soccer team.

Theodore V. Wells Jr. ’72 has rejoined the College’s Board of Trustees. He currently serves as a partner and co-chair of premier litigation at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Wells is a nationally renowned litigator with over 22 years of experience in white-collar criminal defense and complex civil and corporate litigation, representing federal government officials, notable Wall Street personalities and Fortune 500 corporations. He resides in Livingston, N.J., with his wife, Nina.