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VINCENT J. MAZZOLA ELECTED CHAIR OF WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
--William J. Pesce elected vice chair; Michael L. Jackson elected secretary
Vincent J. Mazzola, a retired Lucent Technologies telecommunications executive, has been elected chair of the Board of Trustees at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey.
William J. Pesce, president and CEO of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., was elected vice chair. Michael L. Jackson, an information technology executive, was elected secretary.
Mazzola was appointed to the board in 1998 and has served on its Executive Committee, as chair of its Finance and Audit Committee and as a member of its Student Affairs, Trustees and Nominations and Institutional Development committees. He retired from Lucent, located in Whippany, New Jersey, in 2006. During his 24-year tenure at Lucent, Mazzola held a number of executive positions, including president and CEO of Lucent India and president and representative director of Lucent Japan, as well as numerous leadership positions for Lucent in North America and Asia. Mazzola began his career at AT&T in 1982 after serving as an officer in the United States Army and being awarded the Bronze Star.
A 1973 graduate of William Paterson University, Mazzola received the University’s Distinguished Alumni Award in 2006. He is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In 2007, Mazzola was elected to the Board of Education in his hometown of Mendham.
Pesce was appointed to the William Paterson board in 2002. He has served on the Board’s Institutional Development, Trustees and Nominations and Educational Policy committees, the latter of which he will chair this coming year. He became president and CEO of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., in 1998, and has served in a number of leadership positions since joining the company in 1989, including chief operating officer. Prior to joining Wiley, he served as president of W.B. Saunders, one of the world’s leading medical publishers. He began his publishing career at CBS when it owned Saunders, Holt, Rinehart and Winston and the Dryden Press.
A member of the board of directors of John Wiley & Sons and the Association of American Publishers, Pesce serves on the board of overseers of NYU’s Stern School of Business, where he earned an M.B.A. Pesce is a 1973 graduate of William Paterson University, which presented him with its Legacy Award in 2004.
Jackson was appointed to the University’s board in 2003; he currently chairs its Student Affairs Committee and has also served on the Personnel Committee. Since joining the Board, Jackson has also encouraged the increased use of minority-owned firms in providing services to William Paterson University.
He has more than 25 years of experience in the computer technology field servicing the corporate and government sectors. Jackson is currently working on high-tech initiatives with technology firms throughout the Northeast corridor. Prior to founding Info-Tec Systems in 1989, he was a systems programmer, data center manager and technical support director, respectively, for Orentreich Medical Laboratory, Zeller & Letica Advertising and Mutual of New York (MONY) Financial Services. He received his bachelor of science degree in computer science from St. John’s University and his master of science degree in technology from the University of Maryland. In addition, Jackson has received certification in the Executive Management Training Program at New York University in business management. He has also earned several technical certifications in various disciplines including network data communication, application development and project management. He is a resident of Randolph.
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September 26 , 2008
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