Teri Anderson Named Executive Director of FHETC
GREENFIELD — Greenfield Mayor William Martin and Northampton Mayor David Narkewicz announced the hiring of Teri Anderson as the new executive director of the Franklin Hampshire Employment & Training Consortium (FHETC) and the Franklin Hampshire Career Center.
FHETC is the administrative entity established by the two mayors in 1981 to operate public employment services in the 50-community Franklin, Hampshire, and North Quabbin region. Utilizing federal and state funds associated with the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, the agency delivers services through one-stop career centers in Greenfield and Northampton, and a satellite office in the North Quabbin region.
The previous director of the center, Michael Truckey, retired in May 2015 after 38 years with FHETC. An interview team including representatives of the mayors’ offices, the career center, the Franklin Hampshire Regional Employment Board (REB), and the Mass. Division of Career Services conducted a thorough search process, looking for a person with the right combination of leadership, planning, and management skills to take on the job.
Anderson is past economic development director for the city of Northampton and brings many years of experience in planning, project development, grants management, and economic development.
Patricia Crosby, executive director of the Franklin Hampshire REB, which oversees workforce services in the region, quoted from the letter sent on behalf of the interview team to the mayors, saying, “we firmly believe that Teri has both the big-picture visioning and the day-to-day administrative skills needed for this important position, and that her deep knowledge of the Franklin/Hampshire region, planning expertise, and calm, steady presence will serve us well in this critical transitional period.”
Added Steve Kravetz, head of the Arbors at Amherst and past chair of the REB, “she has experience in business development and technical assistance as well. This will be a great asset to the agency in responding to the demand-driven focus of the new Workforce Act.”
Anderson has recently has held positions with Common Capital and the Mass Broadband Institute. In addition, Crosby noted, she is no stranger to the workforce-development activities of the Career Center and the REB, having served in the past on the board as a representative of the former Northampton mayor’s office.
“We find her smart, organized, diplomatic, thoughtful, and collaborative,” said Elsa Cline, past director of Finance for FHETC and a member of the interview team. “Those of us retiring feel the agency is in excellent hands.”
