Michael B. Alexander, M.A.
President

Education: A.B.D. toward Ed.D. in Higher Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; M.A. in Education, Ohio State University; A.B. in History and Literature of America, Harvard University

Michael Alexander is the President of Lasell University. As the institution’s educational and administrative leader, his primary responsibility is to provide an environment in which faculty and staff can make maximum use of their professional expertise and experience to contribute to the personal and intellectual growth of every Lasell student.

Since becoming President in 2007, Michael has overseen a dramatic increase in total student enrollment, full-time faculty, and annual giving. He has led two successful capital campaigns. Under Michael’s direction, the University has become home to a robust Graduate and Professional Studies division, with more that 20 programs. He leads regular community-wide strategic planning sessions to set goals for the future of the University and its continuing care retirement community, Lasell Village. In addition to his role at Lasell University, Michael serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Lasell Village.

Michael is recognized as an expert on the financing of higher education and as the founder of the Lower Cost Models for Independent Colleges Consortium (LCMC), which now consists of more than 80 colleges across the country. The LCMC is dedicated to the invention and implementation of new business models that will support the delivery of high quality private higher education at significantly lower prices to students and their families.

Michael’s leadership facilitated the creation of a Campus Master Plan and consequently managed the financing and construction of three new residence halls, two underground parking garages, two new courtyards and a fitness facility, in addition to a complete dining hall renovation. Two major academic centers, the Donahue Center for Creative and Applied Arts and the Science and Technology Center (STC) were also founded and constructed during his tenure.

Arun Rath is Executive Editor and Host of All Things Considered and In It Together at GBH News. As the local host of All Things Considered, a nationally broadcast program, Rath adds context and depth to local stories that have emerged throughout the day. As host of In It Together, Rath digs into the news of the day with a focus on the impact of COVID-19 across our region.  In It Together offers a space for listeners to connect as well as to call in with their questions and concerns engaging with a variety of experts, including public health officials, religious leaders, psychologists and educators. Most recently, Rath was named one of the local co-hosts of Consider This, a daily news podcast from NPR. In 2020, he was named Best Radio Personality in Boston by Boston Magazine. 

Rath’s career has included a variety of roles in public media, including reporter, producer, editor and host in a wide range of local and national positions. Before joining WGBH News in October 2015, Rath was the weekend host of All Things Considered on NPR, heard on hundreds of stations around the country and reaching more than 2 million listeners each week. At WGBH’s FRONTLINE, he covered national security and military justice, reporting and producing three films including an investigation of alleged war crimes committed by U.S. Marines in Iraq. As senior producer for NPR's On the Media, produced by WNYC, he was part of a Peabody Award-winning team and served as senior editor at the culture and arts show Studio 360 from PRI and WNYC. At WGBH News, Rath has reported on both national stories for NPR and local stories for WGBH News across a wide range of topics including science, military affairs, and arts and culture. Rath has reported on the war court and detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for WGBH, PBS and NPR since 2012. He has also contributed to the WGBH’s NOVA and American Experience.

As the president of the Museum of Science, Tim Ritchie’s goal is to inspire and enable people to succeed in a world driven by science and technology.

Since 2004, Ritchie has served as the president of science centers across the country including, McWane Science Center and the Tech Interactive, where he has followed his passion to serve his community with a vision to galvanize the public’s appreciation of the role science plays in our daily lives, and the opportunities it can stimulate in us all.

A lawyer by training, Ritchie has spent his career creating opportunities for people to maximize their potential through learning. After years helping to defend people on death row and working in a poverty law clinic, he left his law practice to create education programs in Birmingham, Alabama, and later led a non-profit in Louisville, Kentucky that serves adults with disabilities.

Ritchie received his B.A. from Davidson College, his J.D. from Duke Law School, and his M.P.A. from Harvard’s Kennedy School.

Anne Doyle, M.B.A.
President of Lasell Village, Inc. and Vice President of Lasell University

Anne Doyle is the President of Lasell Village and a Vice President of Lasell University. During her leadership tenure, the Village, a nationally recognized senior living community on the campus of Lasell University, has become known globally for its intergenerational learning and living model, its innovative educational programming, and its proactive engagement and community culture during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Many of Lasell Village’s achievements across its multigenerational campus have been featured in media outlets including the New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, and New York Times. In 2019 and 2020, Lasell Village was named one of the Top 100 Women-Led Businesses in Massachusetts by The Commonwealth Institute and the Boston Globe.

Anne’s career spans the healthcare, age tech, and insurance sectors, as well as consulting and government. Anne has an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business, a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University, and was a Fulbright scholar in Sweden, where her passion for thinking differently about aging began. Currently, she serves on the Boards of Directors of the Age Friendly Foundation and Massachusetts LeadingAge. Anne is an avid cyclist and fundraiser for healthcare and climate causes.