By Greg Gatlin
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Photographs Michael J. Clarke
| Fall 2022
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Suffolk’s five newest trustees bring a diverse set of leadership experiences and backgrounds, but they share something in common as well. Each credits their Suffolk experience as a major catalyst for positive change in their lives and careers.
The new trustees—all alumni—are leaders in industry, financial services, nonprofits, and the law, with broad experience addressing complex and global business issues. They have also maintained a strong engagement with an institution that helped drive their success. They are:
Hind Habbach, BA ’09, alumni trustee, representing the College of Arts & Sciences, commercial counsel for the gaming app developer Zynga, and an investor relations specialist.
Darren Donovan, BS ’83, charter trustee, former managing principal with KPMG and current board chair of the Boston Private Industry Council, connecting youth and adults with education and employment.
Mark Sullivan, JD ’79, charter trustee, retired Bose executive who spent more than 35 years with the pioneering audio giant, rising to become vice president, chief legal officer, and secretary of the company. He returns to the board after having served two previous five-year terms.
Marie-Louise Skafte, JD ’96, charter trustee, president of Skafte Global Law, P.A., a boutique global legal consulting firm she founded in 2015 following a career as a general counsel at major global transportation companies. She is a board member and international ambassador at One Love Foundation, a nonprofit working to end relationship abuse by educating youth on creating and maintaining healthy relationships.
Dorothy Savarese, MBA ’04, HDCS ’21, charter trustee, executive chair of Cape Cod 5, who led the bank’s dramatic growth over 17 years as chief executive officer. She has been named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking by American Banker magazine for 10 consecutive years.
