People on the Move

Moe Belliveau

After 10 years of leadership, Moe Belliveau, executive director of the Chamber of Greater Easthampton, has announced her retirement effective June 1, 2025. Under her leadership, Belliveau was instrumental in advancing the chamber’s mission of promoting economic development and enhancing business opportunities. After successfully navigating the chamber through the pandemic of 2020, she championed a number of innovative initiatives, including creating the “Mind Your Own Business” podcast, which highlights local professionals, business owners, thought leaders, and chamber members; launched the sheLEADS women’s leadership conference designed to empower women in all stages of their careers; developed the ignite professional-development conference to provide the tools and skills needed to navigate the ever-changing landscape of work; implemented the CO.STARTERS entrepreneurial program for aspiring professionals; and, most recently, opened the chamber’s WorkHub on Union co-workspace to address the needs of the region’s ‘grey economy’ and stimulate small-business job growth. The chamber’s board of directors will undertake an extensive search for her replacement.

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Daniel Naylor

Claire Greene

Dietz & Company Architects Inc. is announced the recent addition of two new employees to the firm. Daniel Naylor has joined Dietz in the role of architectural staff. He holds both master’s and bachelor’s degrees in architecture from Wentworth Institute of Technology. He brings more than 10 years of experience working for architecture firms in Massachusetts and New York on multi-family, K-12, and higher-education projects, and specializes in exterior building design and detailing. Claire Greene has also joined the firm in the role of architectural staff. She holds a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Vanderbilt University. Most recently, she worked for an architecture firm in Brooklyn, N.Y., with a focus on residential projects. While completing her master’s degree, she interned at firms in Massachusetts and Texas.

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Sharale Mathis

Sharale Mathis, vice president of Academic and Student Affairs at Holyoke Community College (HCC), has been appointed to a national advisory board for community colleges. Mathis was invited to join the Commission on Institutional Infrastructure and Transformation of the American Assoc. of Community Colleges (AACC), the primary advocacy group for U.S. community colleges. Her three-year term began July 1 and will run through June 2027. The AACC’s Commission on Institutional Infrastructure and Transformation focuses on community-college efforts to improve student success, which includes administrative processes, infrastructure, technology, and workforce development. As vice president of Academic and Student Affairs at HCC, Mathis oversees all academic divisions, as well as student records, the registrar’s office, planning and assessment, student-success programs, library services, advising, career services, transfer affairs, admissions, and financial aid, among others. She holds a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Hartfield, a master’s degree in biomedical sciences from Quinnipiac University, and a bachelor’s degree in biology from Eastern Connecticut State University. She joined HCC in 2021 after serving as dean of Academic and Student Affairs at Middlesex Community College in Connecticut, where she previously led the STEM division as director.

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Gina Warga

Insurance for Students Inc. (IFS), an insurance agency with an office in West Springfield as well as Delray Beach, Fla., announced the promotion of Gina Warga to director of Marketing and Operations. Warga has been a valuable member of the team for more than eight years. From creating marketing materials to team support, she has exceeded internal and external client expectations. Her new role will increase her responsibilites as a valued leader at IFS. She is a licensed insurance broker and received a bachelor’s degree from Westfield State University.

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Carol Cioe Klyman

Stephen Sobey

The Assoc. for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA) has awarded “Elder and Disability Law in Massachusetts” the top prize for outstanding achievement in the publication category of the international organization’s 2024 Best Awards. Two local attorneys, Carol Cioe Klyman and Stephen Sobey of Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, P.C., contributed to this legal treatise. Klyman and Sobey wrote four chapters for the book, published in 2023 by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc. (MCLE). The publication updates and expands on MCLE’s “Estate Planning for the Aging and Incapacitated Client in Massachusetts,” to which Klyman has contributed since 1996. Recognized in the field of elder law for 20 years, Klyman was co-editor of the Massachusetts Elder Law Sourcebook & Citator and is an editor emeritus of the NAELA Journal, the peer-reviewed publication of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Sobey joined Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin in 2017 and, among his accolades, was selected to participate in this year’s New England Fellows Institute by the American College of Trust and Estates Counsel. He has been listed as a Massachusetts Rising Star three times in the field of estate and probate law.