Cape Cod Community College begins 2009 year with two new trustees

New trustees will replace Northcross and Solarz

  (Left to right): Frank Fantasia and Dorothy Savarese, new trustees at 4Cs. Photos courtesy of 4Cs.

As the new academic year begins, Cape Cod Community College welcomes two new community members and a new student member to its Board of Trustees.

Joining the Board is Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank President and CEO Dorothy Savarese of Brewster, and long-time banking administrator and loan officer, now retired, Frank Fantasia of Mashpee. Both come to the Board as Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce CEO Wendy Northcross and architect Cynthia Solarz leave after years of dedicated service.

Dorothy Savarese leads the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank. This 154 year-old Cape banking institution reported $1.82 billion in assets as of this past March 31st  and maintains the leadership position in both deposits and loans among all institutions on Cape Cod. She first joined “The Cape Cod Five” in 1993 as a commercial lending officer, rising within the corporation to assume her current role in January of 2005. During her tenure, the bank it has grown to offer many new services and established the Trust and Asset Management division in 2003, a department that operates today from its own facility.

Ms. Savarese chairs the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation Trust. Among her many community affiliations, she serves on the Boards of Directors of the Massachusetts Bankers Association, Cape Cod Healthcare, the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce and the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. Deeply committed to housing and community development issues, she has been a Board member of the Housing Assistance Corporation board and the Regional Employment Board. She was a planning participant and panelist for both Cape Cod's Housing and Economic Summits.

Frank Fantasia has been associated with the College for many years as a member of its Educational Foundation Board including service as its Chair. This will be his first term as a College Trustee.

Mr. Fantasia is a financial executive with 40 years of experience in bank lending and administration, retiring in 2003 after 20 years as a Senior Vice President/Senior Loan Officer with Plymouth Savings Bank. He has served bank, business, and real estate clients in various consultation roles, and brings years of organizational fund raising experience to the College’s Board.

Community involvement has been a life-long commitment for Fantasia who has generously given his expertise and personal service to a wide range of Cape-based organizations including serving as a Director of the Willowbend Children’s Charity Foundation, the Cape Cod Community Health Center, The Boys and Girls Club of Cape Cod, and the Boston College Club of Cape Cod. He is Permanent Deacon and Assistant Director of the Diaconate Diocese of Fall River, and is very active in parish life at Christ the King in Mashpee, MA.

Representing the student body this year will be Jeremy Seibold of Dennisport, MA.

These new members will join the Board at their September 22nd meeting on the West Barnstable campus.

Release courtesy of Cape Cod Community College.