October 24, 2014
Legacy roots run deep for new NAA Council leader
The National Alumni Association Board of Governors has a new name — the National Alumni Association Council — and a new president, Michael P. Lynch, Esq. ’83, who will serve a one-year term through June 30, 2015.
Lynch is building on the successes of his predecessor, Colleen Cronin Duffy ’83, who was president for two years.
“I want to continue to engage alumni and to help let others know that the College is one of the finest institutions that has ties throughout the globe,” said Lynch.
Lynch’s PC lineage is impressive. His father (William J. Lynch, Jr. ’57), two uncles (Dennis Lynch ’54 and John Lynch ’61), and brother (William J. Lynch, III ’82) all graduated from PC. Lynch and his wife, Gina Gencarella Lynch ’81, have sent four of their six children to the College: Andrew ’10, Danica ’13, Marissa ’15, and Philip ’17. Alexandra went to Duke University, and Matthew is a high school sophomore. Four of Lynch’s in-laws are alums, too.
“Each of our kids who came here had a completely different experience,” said Lynch. “One thing they had in common, and with their mother and father, was the Friars Club.”
Service is important to the Lynch family. Lynch is active not only in the alumni association but also in the family’s hometown of Westerly, R.I., where he practices law. He has been involved in the local hospital, library, Rotary Club, and youth sports programs, and is president of the Westerly Education Endowment Fund. It provides programming and technology to all Westerly public schools, which the Lynch children attended. He also is chair of the Rhode Island Personnel Appeal Board and is a past board member and officer of Girl Scouts of R.I., Inc.
Having his children at PC has allowed Lynch to see firsthand the improvements on campus.
“For all the physical changes, the College is still, at its heart, what it was in 1917. In the Judaeo-Christian tradition, it provides a liberal arts education that’s so important to the development of the individual who is going out in the world,” said Lynch.
He said outreach to new students is key.
“I want to stress to students the importance of PC beyond their four years,” said Lynch. “I want all PC students to know that alumni are there to assist them. They are Friars forever, from the start.”
National Alumni Association Council
Executive Board
Michael P. Lynch, Esq. ’83, President
Charles T. Alagero ’78, Vice President
William Hasler ’79, Treasurer
Tracy A. Lynch Sullivan ’85, Secretary
Executive Board/College Representatives
Robert Ferreira ’83, Assistant Vice President, Alumni Relations
Rev. John S. Peterson, O.P. ’57, Chaplain, National Alumni Association
Devin Cash ’15, President, Student Alumni Association
Council Members
Lisa DelPriore Bonalle ’85
Meredith Strokes Calcagni ’04
Mary Pat Larkin Caputo ’79
Rosanne Boyle Demas ’05
Michael Joseph Donohue, Jr. ’73
Thomas Donovan ’61
Karen Monti Flynn ’80
Charles Foster ’71
Joseph Giovengo ’98
Thomas M. Glavin ’98
Pamela A. Greene ’90
Mark F. Harriman ’88
Monica Clearkin Incantalupo ’07
Leo F. Kennedy ’04
Brian J. Lamoureux, Esq. ’94
Kristen Martineau Meuse ’98
Donald Naber ’87
Thomas H. Nailor ’12
Kelli O’Donohue ’11
James A. O’Leary, Esq. ’63
Patricia Doherty Wade ’86
Kathleen Walsh Wynters ’82
