Mary Ellen Metzger has joined Moskal-Dowd Insurance Inc. in Indian Orchard as Personal Lines Account Manager. Metzger has a property casualty license and brings 25 years of diverse management experience, including 15 years in the insurance industry.

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Betsy J. Bernard has been named Chair of the Board of Directors of Telular Corp. She has served as a Director on Telular’s board since 2007. Bernard also serves as a Director at two other public companies, the Principal Financial Group and Zimmer Group.
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Kelly Doherty has been hired as a Project Manager in the Holyoke office of Sovereign Consulting. She has 10 years of experience in environmental consulting, with expertise in project management, preliminary and comprehensive site assessment, remedial investigation, and environmental data management.
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George Mulry has been named Executive Director of the Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke. He has more than 12 years of experience in coaching, officiating, and club volleyball.
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Peg McDonough has joined MetLife Bank as a Reverse Mortgage Consultant for the Springfield region. She is also licensed in real-estate sales.
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Lora Wondolowski has been named Program Director for Leadership Pioneer Valley. She will work with the organization’s steering committee to recruit diverse, emerging leaders who aspire to work together across traditional barriers to strengthen the region.
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Real Estate Developer Marty Jones was recently chosen by the board of MassDevelopment to serve as President and CEO.
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Richard J. Denio has been named Assistant Vice President and Project Manager for Florence Savings Bank.
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Dawn Henry of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has achieved the Cartus Network Affinity Specialist certification. The annual certificate is part of the Certified Agent Advantage program, a professional standard available exclusively to the members of the Cartus Broker Network.
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Certified Meeting Professional Diane Swanson recently started her own meeting and event-planning management company, Swanson Meetings & Event Planning in Springfield. Her firm can design, lay out, and print program booklets, brochures, and personalized specialty gifts such as Blessings for the Home cards.
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Timothy Todd Anderson has been chosen as the new Band Leader of the UMass Minuteman Marching Band. He was chosen after a national search.
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Comcast announced that Charlie Tzoumas has been named Vice President of Business Services for the company’s Western New England Region. In this role, Tzoumas is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Comcast’s Business Services efforts for the region, which encompasses 300 communities in Connecticut, Western Mass., New York, and Vermont.
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Greg Harb has joined Baystate Health as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer.
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Gary Grodzicki has been named Vice President and Chief Lending Officer for Freedom Credit Union.
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Kimberly A. Stellato recently joined Keller Williams Realty, and will be working in the Feeding Hills office.
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Louise E. B. Nicholas has joined Easthampton Savings Bank as a Commercial Lender.
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Attorney Deborah A. Ferriter has been named a partner in the law firm of Royal LLP, the woman-owned, management-side only labor and employment law firm. Ferriter has extensive experience in labor and employment law and has tried numerous cases to verdict in state and federal court. She is a frequent speaker on employment law topics for a wide variety of business organizations and associations and is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Massachusetts.
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Louise R. Tokman has been named Patient Accounts manager at Holyoke Medical Center. Tokman has worked as a health care consultant for Healthcare Provider Advocates (HPA) for the past year and a half, and is a member of HFMA, MHA, and MAPAM. Prior to working as a consultant, she worked for Johnson Memorial Hospital in Stafford Springs Conn., BMC HealthNet Plan, Health New England and Baystate Medical Center.