{"id":17357,"date":"2026-04-30T15:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T19:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/?page_id=17357"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:32:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T12:32:24","slug":"deans-advisory-council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/people\/deans-advisory-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean&#8217;s Advisory Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">People<\/h1>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"People\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-people\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-14784\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-14784\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/people\/\">Deans<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3608\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3608\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/people\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-3611\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-3611\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/people\/staff\/\">Staff<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-17364\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-17364\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/people\/deans-advisory-council\/\">Dean&#8217;s Advisory Council<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dean&#8217;s Advisory Council<\/h2>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/meet\/david-bergaron\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"772\" height=\"772\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/BERGARON_David-78.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"David Bergeron\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/BERGARON_David-78.jpg 772w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/BERGARON_David-78-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/BERGARON_David-78-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/BERGARON_David-78-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/BERGARON_David-78-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/BERGARON_David-78-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 772px) 100vw, 772px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/meet\/david-bergaron\/\">David A. Bergeron &#8217;78<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/meet\/heidi-cianfarini-96\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/CIANFARANI_Heidi_92.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Heidi Cianfarini\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/CIANFARANI_Heidi_92.jpg 827w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/CIANFARANI_Heidi_92-300x300.jpg 300w, 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class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/meet\/aimee-couto\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/COUTO_Aimee-96.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Aim\u00e9e Couto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/COUTO_Aimee-96.jpg 876w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/COUTO_Aimee-96-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/COUTO_Aimee-96-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/COUTO_Aimee-96-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/COUTO_Aimee-96-364x364.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/COUTO_Aimee-96-500x500.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 876px) 100vw, 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class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/meet\/tara-seger-02\/\">Tara Seger &#8217;02<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\"><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"peopleitem h-card has-thumbnail\">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/meet\/michael-welch-89\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"876\" height=\"876\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/WELCH_Michael-89.jpg\" class=\"u-photo  wp-post-image\" alt=\"Michael Welch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/WELCH_Michael-89.jpg 876w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1572\/WELCH_Michael-89-300x300.jpg 300w, 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