Henry Bourgeois announced his retirement as president and CEO of the Alfond Scholarship Foundation, where he has worked for the past six years after leading the Maine Development Foundation and the Maine Compact for Higher Education. Colleen Quint, former founding director of the Mitchell Institute, will succeed him as head of the foundation, beginning Jan. 6.
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The Westfield State University Board of Trustees appointed Vice President of Academic Affairs Elizabeth Hall Preston to be interim president, succeeding Evan S. Dobelle, the former NEBHE president who served as Westfield chief from 2008 to 2013.
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