BY JESSICA COOK

William E. Bazzelle

Wes­ley College’s Board of Trustees recently wel­comed four new mem­bers. “Each of our new board mem­bers has out­stand­ing pro­fes­sional accom­plish­ments and will bring an exper­tise that fur­ther enhances the Wes­ley Board of Trustees,” said Pres­i­dent Bill John­ston. “I am delighted to have them join this esteemed group of lead­ers and look for­ward to work­ing with each of them.”

Among the four new mem­bers is William E. Bazzelle, a retired DuPont man­ager with a wealth of inter­na­tional expe­ri­ence. He holds a doc­tor­ate in ana­lyt­i­cal chem­istry from Wayne State Uni­ver­sity. Still a part-time con­sul­tant at DuPont, he is a results-oriented leader with more than four decades of man­age­ment expe­ri­ence. A cham­pion for youth, Bazzelle has been involved in men­tor­ing pro­grams and youth achieve­ment activ­i­ties, includ­ing serv­ing as the chair­man of Forum for Advance­ment of Minori­ties in Engi­neer­ing (FAME) since the late ’90s. He cur­rently lives in Bear, Del.

Edward E. “Ted” Kaufman

Another addi­tion is for­mer col­lege pro­fes­sor and U.S. Sen­a­tor from Delaware, Edward E. “Ted” Kauf­man, who has been a long-time advo­cate of edu­ca­tion. Although he was born in Philadel­phia, Pa., his loy­alty and com­mit­ment to the state of Delaware are well-documented through­out his career in pol­i­tics. A grad­u­ate of Duke Uni­ver­sity, he earned his Mas­ter of Busi­ness Admin­is­tra­tion from the Whar­ton School of the Uni­ver­sity of Penn­syl­va­nia. After mov­ing to Delaware in 1966 for a job with the DuPont com­pany, he got involved in pol­i­tics on a vol­un­teer basis and ulti­mately became Sen­a­tor Joe Biden’s chief of staff. That role lasted for 19 years before Sen­a­tor Biden became the vice pres­i­dent and Kauf­man filled his sen­ate seat. He and his wife live in Wilm­ing­ton, Del.

Jane Mat­tern

New board mem­ber Jane Mat­tern has been heav­ily involved with Wes­ley Col­lege for more than 25 years as the unof­fi­cial “sports nurse” help­ing her hus­band, Dr. Michael Mat­tern, in his role as team doc­tor. A reg­is­tered nurse, Mat­tern con­tin­ued her edu­ca­tion to spe­cial­ize in med­ical man­age­ment and runs Mat­tern & Asso­ciates as the office man­ager. She has been very active in local com­mu­nity ser­vice as a long-standing mem­ber and leader of the Colo­nial Rotary Club. Other orga­ni­za­tions in which she has been involved include the Biggs Museum of Amer­i­can Art, the Amer­i­can Heart Asso­ci­a­tion and Meals on Wheels. Mat­tern also knows Wes­ley as a stu­dent, hav­ing pur­sued her inter­est in paint­ing through sev­eral art classes on cam­pus. Born in Pitts­burgh, Pa., she made Delaware her home more than 30 years ago and cur­rently lives in Cam­den Wyoming.

Greg Moore

The board also wel­comes Gregg Moore. As vice pres­i­dent and Dover oper­a­tions man­ager for the archi­tec­ture engi­neer­ing firm Becker Mor­gan Group, Inc., Moore has played an active role in his home state. A long-standing mem­ber and past leader of the Greater Dover Com­mit­tee, he was instru­men­tal in cre­at­ing the Down­town Dover Part­ner­ship and serves as pres­i­dent of its board of direc­tors. As part of the advi­sory com­mit­tees for both Delaware Tech­ni­cal & Com­mu­nity Col­lege and Cae­sar Rod­ney School Dis­trict, he has helped shape edu­ca­tional pro­grams and oppor­tu­ni­ties through­out Kent County. An excel­lent stu­dent him­self, he was vale­dic­to­rian of his grad­u­at­ing class at Dover High School and cur­rently resides in Dover.