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  FRANK CRACOLICI
  DUY NGUYEN
A respected healthcare profes- sional with more than 30 years of clinical leadership, Frank Cracolici, has been named interim president of Baystate Medical Center. Meanwhile, Joanne Miller, who has more than 30 years of hospital-oper- ations experience, has been named interim chief Nursing officer (CNO). Cracolici has an extensive background in lead- ing hospitals and most recently served as senior advisor to
the CEO of Morton Hospital,
a member facility within the Steward Health Care System, a $7 billion system comprised of 36 hospitals with more than
40,000 employees. He was responsible for the day- to-day operations for the 125-bed hospital located in Central Mass., which includes 440 physicians and 730 associates, an active Emergency Department
mercial Tax Department at Melanson and has been with the firm since 2014. He is a certified public accountant licensed in New Hampshire and practices out of the firm’s Merrimack office. Since joining Melanson, his focus has been on foreign taxation, multi-state taxation, and venture-capital taxation. His previous experi- ence includes managing tax departments for multi-nation- al corporations. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Bryant College. He holds member- ships in the New Hampshire Society of Certified Public
Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Hill has been Melanson’s con- troller since 2013. Since joining the firm, he has man- aged its accounting and budgeting, facilities, admin-
branch offices in Turners Falls and South Deerfield, doing so until the South Deerfield location closed and a new, full-service branch opened in Greenfield in 2009. Well-known in Franklin County, Joy has developed active relationships with local schools and formed several partnerships for financial-literacy and school banking programs, as well as strong ties with many local businesses and members. She also holds active roles in many local nonprofit organiza- tions, including DIAL/SELF Youth and Community Services, the Greenfield Education Foundation, the Greenfield Business Assoc., and the YMCA, just to name a few.
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The Markens Group (TMG) recently announced the addi- tion of the New England Financial Marketing Assoc. (NEFMA) to its comprehensive list of clients and expanded
its team by hiring three new employees. The Markens Group, an association-man- agement company located in Springfield, now has a 15-per- son staff that serves clients ranging from local societies and membership organizations to national not-for-profits.
Its new client, NEFMA, based in Massachusetts, provides personal- and professional- development opportunities to financial marketers through educational meetings and net- working opportunities. New TMG staff members include Michelle Everard, who serves as director of programs and events; Brandy Swanson, who serves as an accountant; and Lauren Martin, who serves
as communications manager. The Markens Group’s community-first approach to business is driven by its inclusive team and client collaboration that fosters brighter communities and deeper engagement.
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UMass Amherst’s Jim Kurose, distinguished uni-
versity professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences and associate chancellor for Partnerships and Innovation, is part of the research team recently awarded a $20 million National Sci- ence Foundation (NSF) grant to build the internet of the future. The grant, which will support the AI Insti- tute for Future Edge Networks and Distributed Intel- ligence (AI-EDGE), is led by Ness Shroff, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science and Engineering at Ohio State University. The funding supports a core team of 30 scientists from 11 collaborating educational institutions, three U.S. Department of Defense labs, and four global software companies. AI-EDGE is one of 11 new, NSF- funded Artificial Intelligence Research Institutes, and its ultimate goal is to design future generations of wireless edge networks that are highly efficient, reli- able, robust, and secure, and facilitate solving long- standing distributed AI challenges.
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Market Mentors, the region’s largest marketing, advertising, and public-relations agency, announced the addition of
a director of Agency Opera- tions, Pam Soisson, a 30-year marketing veteran. This new position was created to provide guidance and day-to-day over-
  JOANNE MILLER
  CHRISTOPHER HILL
  MICHELLE EVERARD
  BRANDY SWANSON
 People on the Move
istrative staff, licensing and compliance, software systems, and other spe- cial projects. He received an MBA from Southern New Hampshire Uni-
with more than 45,000 visits per year, 5,500 inpatient discharges, and an operating budget of $125 million. Previously, Cracolici was president and CEO of St. Vincent Medical Center, part of Verity Health System, in Los Angeles, where he was responsible for all strat- egy, hospital operations, and ambulatory services
for the 366-bed hospital. He has also held leadership roles as executive vice president and chief operating officer, and then president and CEO, at St. Luke’s- Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City, where he was responsible for the oversight of 1,000 inpatient beds and strategic planning for all clinical and opera- tional departments of the dual campus hospital cen- ter and level 1 trauma center. Cracolici is a Johnson & Johnson fellow from the Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania and has a master of professional studies degree in health services admin- istration and a bachelor’s degree in business and health services administration from the New School for Social Research in New York City. He earned his diploma of nursing at Englewood Hospital and Medi- cal Center School of Nursing in Englewood, N.J.
For 19 years, Miller served as senior vice president, Patient Care Services; vice president, Surgical Ser- vices; chief Nursing officer, and interim CEO in both major academic health systems and community- based hospitals. Most recently, she served as CNO/ vice president at Carson Tahoe Health in Carson, Nev., and interim CEO/CNO at Jupiter Medical Cen- ter in Jupiter, Fla. She was also CNO/vice president, Patient Care Services at Johns Hopkins Medicine/ Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, she led the development, implementation and evaluation of nursing-practice and patient-care standards across the acute-care hospital, ambula- tory sites, and its skilled-nursing and assisted-living facilities. She held system nursing leadership roles to foster collaboration and promote peer learn-
ing to improve quality and the patient experience. Miller holds a doctorate in executive nursing practice from Drexel University, a master’s degree in nursing administration from the University of Hartford, and a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Mount Saint Mary College. She is a Malcolm Baldridge executive fellow.
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Melanson announced the admittance of its newest
principal, Duy Nguyen. The accounting firm also announced the promotion of Christopher Hill to chief financial officer. Nguyen works in the Com-
versity and a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Franklin Pierce University.
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In recognition of her six years of success and awarding- winning accomplishments
as a video producer, Garvey Communication Associates Inc. (GCAi) announced Darcy Young’s promotion to direc- tor of Digital Public Relations. According to President John Garvey, GCAi’s brand-jour-
nalism process is built upon the company’s digital- marketing expertise and recognizes the increased responsibility of public-relations professionals to produce relevant content for both media and con- sumers. To that end, both media and digital audienc- es have an insatiable appetite for short-form video, something in which Young is accomplished. She will continue to supervise all digital PR content produc- tion as well as the technical teams that work on such efforts. Her work will be continued to be supported by GCAi’s production team, as well as a new digi-
tal PR analyst who will join the company in August. Young is a former assignment desk editor, field pro- ducer, and production assistant for both ABC and FOX local news affiliates. She is a cum laude gradu- ate of Westfield State University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in communications with a concen- tration in journalism. She won an Ad Club award for her production of “The Innovation Series,” a video series that highlighted the success paths of Valley Venture Mentors startups and the entrepreneurs who founded them.
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Freedom Credit Union
announced it has appointed Kriste Joy as branch officer of its two Franklin County branches in Greenfield and Turners Falls. She started her career at Four Rivers Fed- eral Credit Union in 2003 and became part of the Freedom Credit Union family through
a merger in 2005. A short time later, she assumed responsibility for managing the former Four Rivers
  DARCY YOUNG
  LAUREN MARTIN
  KRISTE JOY
  PAM SOISSON
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