Movers & Shakers: Regina Marshall

Bethany Hill Place recently announced four new members joining its board of trustees: Ernest Collamati, Beth Dill, Regina Marshall, and Ray Santa Elena.

Collamati is currently associate professor of religious studies, and the former department chair of the Philosophy and Religious Studies Department at Regis College in Weston for more than 20 years. Prior to his appointment at Regis, he was chairperson of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at St. Mary of the Woods College in Indiana. After receiving his B.A. in humanities at Providence College, Collamati went on to study theology at the University of Notre Dame, where he received his master’s and doctoral degrees. He is a recently retired member of the Theology Department at Bishop Feehan High School.

Dill is the retired COO/CFO of Stone Temple Consulting, a digital marketing agency, which was sold to Perficient Digital in July 2018. She is currently the treasurer of The Lenny Zakim Fund and on the board of Southborough Community Fund. In addition to her volunteer work, she does some financial consulting in the nonprofit sector and teaches weaving. Dill has lived in Southborough for 27 years.

Marshall is currently the senior vice president of administrative operations at Advocates Inc. Prior to joining Advocates, she was center director of the Department of Mental Health’s Massachusetts Mental Health Center; she also held executive and operational positions at the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services overseeing several state-level disability agencies. A resident of Framingham, Regina holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and African American studies from Simmons College and a law degree from Northeastern University.

Santa Elena is a senior vice president, director of stores for Marshalls, TJX companies, an off-price retailer of apparel and home fashion in the U.S. and worldwide. He has 30 plus years of experience in retail and store Operations. He is a military veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force and resides in Framingham.

All Bethany Hill Place Board members participated in a virtual board retreat on Sept. 10 ahead of incoming board members’ first official meeting on Sept. 17.

Based in Framingham, Bethany Hill Place is a non-sectarian nonprofit founded and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Boston. Its mission is to provide affordable, independent housing with educational opportunities within a climate of respect, inclusion and acceptance.