Dana Mohler-Faria was the eleventh president of Bridgewater State University serving from 2002 until his retirement in 2015,[1] and a member of the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

He currently resides with his wife and son in Mashpee, Massachusetts[2] From 1975 to 1984, Mohler-Faria was Director of Financial Aid and the SACHEM Outreach Program at Cape Cod Community College.

In 1991 he began his association with Bridgewater State College, serving eleven years as the Vice President for Administration and Finance.

[5] Mohler-Faria followed Massachusetts Board of Higher Education policies, which allowed for departing higher education faculty members to be paid the full value of up to 64 days of unused vacation time, with any further unused vacation time being cashed out at twenty percent of its original value.

[6] However, the validity of his unused vacation time was called into question by the public, as the last three years of his tenure saw Mohler-Faria take 29 national and international trips to destinations such as: Cape Verde, Belize, and Las Vegas.