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University
Administrators
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Richard L. Pattenaude
President, University of Southern Maine
 USM's president since 1991, Richard
Pattenaude's priorities have included the university's
involvement in the community and as a community itself. Under his
guidance and leadership, the state-of-the-art field house and
Maine's only olympic sized ice arena were constructed on the Gorham
campus. Pattennaude is also involved in the community personally and
serves on several boards of directors for non-profit and cultural
organizations.
A native of Seattle, Washington, Pattenaude is an honors graduate of
San José State University and earned his Ph.D. in political
science from the University of Colorado. He has published and consulted
widely on organizational development and decision making.
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Craig L. Hutchinson
Vice President, Student and University Life
 As vice president of student and university life,
Hutchinson is responsible for residence halls, campus activities,
leadership development, health, counseling, intercollegiate athletics,
University Police, career services, and child care. He holds a
master's of public administration degree and, since coming to USM
in 1988, has served in residence life administration, as the associate
director of Student Life on both campuses, the assistant to the vice
president for student development, and the executive assistant to the
vice president for student development.
Hutchinson holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from the
University of Maine.
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Janis C. Childs
NCAA Faculty Representative
Janis Childs is the USM faculty representative to the NCAA. The
position’s responsibilities include involvement in the
enforcement and appeals process, athletics certification, oversight of
the athletics program, advising the president, oversight of student
athletes’ personal welfare and institutional compliance with NCAA
and conference regulations. In addition, Childs provides a channel of
communication between the Director of Athletics and coaching staff to
outside organizations in matters pertaining to NCAA regulations.
Childs is an assistant professor in the USM College of Nursing where
she also serves as director of the college learning resource center.
She is involved in several community volunteer efforts and is widely
published. She earned a BSN from the University of Deleware, a MSN in
pediatrics from the University of Virginia and a PhD in nursing
administartion from George Mason University.
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Department
Administrators
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Al Bean
Director of Athletics and Recreation
 Al Bean has been part
of the athletics administrative staff since 1978. He served as coach,
sports information director and assistant department director before
being named Director of Athletics in 1993. During his tenure, the
department has expanded to include 24 varsity teams as well as expanded
recreation programs and student-athlete services. He has also served as
commissioner of the Little East Conference on various NCAA
committees.
Bean earned a degree in history from USM and was a member of the
school's baseball team during his undergraduate years. He earned a
masters degree in education from USM and taught at Windham High School.
He is a member of the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Gary Fifield
Assistant Director of Athletics and Recreation
Gary Fifield serves as both assistant athletic director and coach of
the highly successful USM women's basketball program. He has been
at USM since 1987 and was named to the administrative staff in
1998.
Fifield is a Vermont
native and holds an undergraduate degree and a masters in educational
administration from the University of Vermont. He has won numerous
awards for coaching and has served on the coaching staff for the
Olympic Festival. His teams have made three final-four
appearances.
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Michael Mullett
Assistant Director of Athletics and Recreation
Mike Mullett serves as assistant athletic director with primary responsibilities
in the areas of facilities and web site maintenance.
Mike has held many positions at USM in Residential Life as well as working
directly with the Vice President of Student & University Life. He has been
at USM since 1994 and holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Work as well
as a Master's degree in Adult Education.
Mike directly
supervises the operations in the ice arena, fitness center,
recreational sports & intramurals, as well as the facilities & maintenance
operation, and all associated budgets. He also schedules the
facilities for internal and external users, assists with marketing &
promotion, game management, and helps to develop and maintain the web
site.
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Meredith Bickford
Assistant Director of Athletics and Recreation (interim)
Information to come.
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