Bryan Kaye, business development officer with Freedom Credit Union, mans his booth at the Business Market Show staged May 2 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield.

Craig Cote, chief marketing officer for American International College, laughs with a guest

Susan Walsh-Peterson and Christina Murphy of PepperBerry’s Flower Shoppe of Westfield share a light moment at their booth.

Stylists with DiGrigoli Salons offered free cuts to Market Show guests.

Lessons in Leadership

Actress Mia Farrow spoke to an overflow crowd at Bay Path College’s annual Women’s Professional Development Conference, held recently at the MassMutual Center in Springfield. Farrow talked at length about her work in the impoverished region of Darfour in Sudan, which is currently experiencing one of the worst genocides in history.

Bay Path President Carol Leary applauds Dr. Maya Angelou as she takes the stage. Angelou relayed a number of personal experiences, ending with a poem she asked Leary to keep and share with future students.

Shaken and Stirred

The Fourth Annual Martini Magic fundraiser was staged May 3 at Max’s Tavern in Springfield. The event, which benefits the Ronald McDonald House, featured 16 different vendors, each serving two different varieties of martinis.

Dennis Desmarais, past president of Ronald McDonald House and his wife, Linda Desmarais, a professor at Springfield Technical Community College; Joel Weiss, president and CEO of United Way; Melissa Kozub and her husband Paul, owner of V1 Vodka.

Representing the Ronald McDonald House are, from left, Jerry Houle, board member; Stew Young (past president), Dan Flynn, board member; Ann Marie Harding, board member and event planner; Michael Favreau, president, and Ed Abraham, board member.

John Joyce, second from left, president of Joyce Insurance and Financial Services, a division of Northwestern Mutual, with his wife, Lisa; Brad Handy, of Lendia Insurance, and Gary Lamarche, owner of Lamarche Associates.