Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D., president of Assumption College has been named the next chair of the National Review Board (NRB) by Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The NRB advises the bishops' Secretariat for Child and Youth Protection and was established by the Charter for Protection of Children and Young People, which the bishops adopted in 2002.

"It's a real privilege and great responsibility to serve in this capacity and to really help the bishops in the continued implementation of the Charter," President Cesareo told The Catholic Free Press, the diocesan newspaper of Worcester.

"We can restore trust and credibility by creating safe environments for our children in the schools, churches and ecclesiastical organizations," said the husband and father of three. "I look forward to continuing the progress that the Church has made in the last 10 years in the implementation of the Charter."