Meet the Academic Affairs Team

Marvin J. Loiseau, Ed.DDean of Academic and Student Affairs

Dr. Marvin Loiseau began his tenure at the college in July 2011 and previously served as Dean of Recruitment. Before joining the college, he worked at Mount Ida College as Associate Dean of Undergraduate Admissions. He has higher education experience in undergraduate and graduate admissions, financial aid, and residence life through his roles at Mount Ida College, Babson College, and Suffolk University. He received his BA in Business Management from Mount Ida College, a Master’s Degree in Education from Suffolk University, and a Doctorate in Education from Northeastern University.

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Darwin AlmonteAssistant Director of Clean Tech Programs

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  617-588-1360
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  dalmonte@franklincummings.edu
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Sharon BonkDirector of Library Services and Online Learning

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Gary Chin Assistant Director for Continuing Education and Workforce Programs

Gary Chin is Assistant Director for Continuing Education and Workforce Programs, which serves working adults who want to advance their careers through education. In his role, he develops new continuing education programs, ensuring that they align with community, market, and employer needs; establishes positive and productive relationships with community-based organizations, trade groups, and employers; and manages all phases of program implementation. Prior to joining Franklin Cummings Tech, he was Director of Community Engagement at Bikes Not Bombs (BNB) in Boston, where he managed community partnerships and basic bike education classes for youth and adults. He also helped develop and implement BNB’s new strategic plan, growing the organization from a $1.3M operating budget in 2020 to $4.1M in 2023. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ithaca College and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Marian University.

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Damany Fisher, PhDSpecial Advisor to the Dean on Prison Education Programs

Dr. Damany Fisher supports businesses taking crucial steps into meaningfully including talent with records in the workforce.

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Mozhgan HosseinpourDirector of Curriculum Development and Assessment

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Antonio Montdragon-Torres, PhDExecutive Director for the Center of Energy Efficiency and the Trades

Dr. Mondragon-Torres was the Director of Innovation Engineering at Acuity Brands for the last five years. He managed a group of firmware engineers to develop and sustain the areas of wireless communications for networking, asset tracking, and indoor navigation. Most recently, his team at Acuity Brands was reporting to the Distech Building Management products and solutions organization on Energy optimization and AI/ML integration. Before working at Acuity Brands, Dr. Mondragon-Torres worked at Latch, founded by one former student as a startup and was grown to be listed on NASDAQ. Before that, he worked as a validation engineering manager for Intel in Guadalajara, Mexico. Dr. Mondragon-Torres was a tenure-track assistant professor of engineering technology at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), where he taught various Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology programs. Before joining RIT, he worked for over six years as a Member of Technical staff at the Digital Signal Processing R&D center at Texas Instruments in Dallas, TX.

Dr. Mondragon-Torres earned his Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications from Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, an MBA from Rochester Institute of Technology and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Texas A&M University.

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Natalie PatalanoAssistant Director for Strategic Partnerships

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Meredith Quinn, PhDExecutive Director of the Center for Computing and Interdisciplinary Technology

Meredith Quinn is Executive Director for the college’s Center for Computing and Interdisciplinary Technology within the office of Academic Affairs. She collaborates with program chairs to ensure that Franklin Cummings Tech students are fully prepared for employment after graduation. Programs she supports include: Biotechnology, Business, Computer IT (Cybersecurity), Opticianry, General Education, and Continuing Education and Workforce Programs. She also represents the college at local, regional, and national conferences and oversees the launch of new programs. Previously, Meredith worked at Harvard University, where she served as Chief of Staff to the university’s provost, and head of strategy and academic programs for the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. She has also worked in higher ed strategy consulting, K-12 teacher recruitment, and management consulting. She holds an MBA from Stanford University and a PhD in History from Harvard.

Photo courtesy of Tony Rinaldo

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Jazmyne TaylorAdministrative Assistant

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  508-424-8949
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  jtaylor@franklincummings.edu
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