New Board Members

Seton Hall University has appointed four new members to its Board of Regents and elected a new board chair.

Henry (Hank) F. D’Alessandro ’85 began his term as chair at the start of the new fiscal year, having served as vice chair since 2020. He is managing director of Morgan Stanley and is vice chairman of the firm’s North America Private Credit business and has more than 31 years of private credit investing and leveraged finance experience.

He earned a B.S. in accounting from Seton Hall and an M.B.A. from Cornell University’s S.C. Johnson School of Graduate Management and has served on the Board of Regents since 2008. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees.

THE NEW REGENTS:

Joseph J. Hughes ’71 is president and founder of Country Club Services, a parking and transportation company that provides valet parking services and supports major events. Hughes founded the company while an undergraduate. A longtime supporter of the Seton Hall Fund and the Pirate Blue Athletic Fund, he has served as chair of the Many Are One Alumni Awards Gala Committee, coordinator of the Seton Hall Alumni Recruitment Program, president of the Alumni Association and on the Alumni Board of Directors. Hughes was inducted in the University’s Entrepreneur Hall of Fame and received the Alumni Association Service Award.

Alisa Coren Norris is corporate director at CP Direct, a private equity-backed direct marketing company. She also serves as lead independent director at Vitamix and is an independent director at Standard Motor Products. She brings experience in marketing, communications, digital fundraising and operations gained from her roles as chief marketing and communications officer at JDRF International and chief people officer at Opera Solutions, among others.

Thomas L. Tran ’78 is chief financial officer of UpStream Healthcare, a North Carolina-based firm that supports physicians working with seniors. He has more than 35 years of experience in the healthcare industry, previously serving as CFO of Molina Healthcare and CFO of WellCare Health Plans as well as holding senior roles at UnitedHealth Group, ConnectiCare, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Cigna. He served on Seton Hall’s President’s Advisory Council between 2011 and 2013.

Patrick Walsh ’90 serves as managing partner and CEO at Withum, a U.S. advisory, accounting and tax firm. He has more than 30 years of public accounting experience and specializes in corporate taxation advice. Walsh works with at-risk communities and underserved youth, serving as a trustee of the Newark Boys and Girls Club, and is also a member of the Leadership Council for Habitat for Humanity of Morris, Greater Plainfield and Middlesex Counties. He was recognized as a Most Distinguished Alumnus at this year’s Many Are One Alumni Award Gala.