PROVIDENCE – The Rev. Kenneth R. Sicard will continue to lead Providence College for the next five years. Additionally, the Dominican Friars college has for the first time in school history elected a woman to lead its board of trustees. PC announced Wednesday that Sicard has received a new five-year term as president. The term
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SUSAN M. ESPER, , a partner in audit and assurance at Deloitte Consulting LLP, was elected as the new chairperson for Providence College's board of trustees. She's the first woman board chairperson in the college's 108-year history. / COURTESY PROVIDENCE COLLEGE[/caption]
PC’s board of trustees also elected Susan M. Esper, a partner in audit and assurance at Deloitte Consulting LLP, as its next chairperson. Esper, who will succeed Christopher K. Reilly in this role on July 1, becomes the first female board chairperson in PC’s 108-year history.
PC says Esper has served on the board since 2013 and has been its vice chairperson since 2018. While on the board, Esper, PC says, led multiple initiatives, including establishing the Providentia Endowed Fund. The fund, PC says, was launched to celebrate the 50th anniversary of women being enrolled at the college.
Dennis J. Langwell, a retired insurance executive, will serve as the board’s new vice chairperson, PC says. Sicard says he is certain both Esper and Langwell will provide “committed leadership” the college needs to continue rising as a prominent Catholic liberal arts school.
“They are Friars of the greatest distinction, and I am looking forward to working with them in their new roles as key leaders in guiding our pursuit of the strategic goals that will define the institution’s future,” Sicard said.
James Bessette is the PBN special projects editor, and also covers the nonprofit and education sectors. You may reach him at