Cadre & Staff

Kim Adams joined the Bay State Battalion in July 2010. She serves as the Executive Assistant to the Military Science Department Head. Mrs. Adams has worked at WPI for more than twenty years, with expertise in student academic management and student support services. She enjoys spending time with loved ones, practicing yoga, dance and hanging out by the lake with her dogs.

LTC (Ret) Fedencia Fitch  Human Resource Assistant  Fedencia Fitch was born in the Philippines and in 1973 she immigrated with her family to the United States, settling in Northern California.  She attended Santa Clara University and upon graduation in 1989 was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Signal Corps through the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program.  Fedencia completed overseas deployments to Panama in support of Operation Just Cause in 1990, to the Persian Gulf in support of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1991, to Iraq in ...

CSM (Ret) Darryl L. Gill  Scholarship and Enrollment Officer  Command Sergeant Major (Retired) Darryl L. Gill is the Recruiting Operations Officer (ROO) and serves as the Scholarship and Enrollment Officer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI).    Darryl reported for active duty on 26 July 1983 at Fort Benning, Georgia for Infantry One Station Unit Training (OSUT).  Mr. Gill has served in every Infantryman leadership position from Team Leader through Battalion Command Sergeant Major; to include Drill Sergeant, ROTC ...

MAJ Dan Gimm is currently the Professor of Military Science for the Bay State Battalion and Program Manager/Instructor for the MSIV course. He commissioned through the ROTC program at St. Cloud State University in central Minnesota in 2009 with an undergraduate degree in Anthropology. MAJ Gimm has spent 19 years as an Engineer Officer, serving as a Platoon Leader, Company Executive Officer, Company Commander, Engineer Coordinator, Engineer Branch Career Manager, and Battalion Operations Officer. He has deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation New Dawn, and Operation Enduring ...

Sharon Parry was born and raised in Central Massachusetts. She began her civil service career with the Department of the Army in 1987 at Fort Devens, Massachusetts.  Prior to working in ROTC, Sharon worked at various agencies to include Civilian Personnel, the U.S. Army Intelligence School, Department of Plans, Training and Mobilization and the Staff Judge Advocate Legal office.    In April 1997, Sharon joined US Army Cadet Command (USACC).  She initially served in ...