Deans

Father Erick Berrelleza S.J.

Leading from Experience

A conversation with Fr. Erick Berrelleza, a first-generation college student who’s now the founding dean of Messina College, BC’s bold new two-year associate’s degree program for underserved students.

A smiling person sits with persistence at a desk in an office, wearing a white shirt. Papers and a red pen are scattered as if in an irrational arrangement. A computer waits in the background while sunlight filters through windows, crafting a warm atmosphere.

Irrational Persistence

John and Linda Powers Family Dean of the Carroll School of Management reflects on his leadership philosophy, life during the pandemic, and the many ways that the Carroll School and Boston College have—and have not—changed over the years.