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ANDREW CADE
TIM LAFALAM
MP CPAs recently announced the promotions of six team members.
• Sharon Blazejowski was promoted to senior audit manager. She manages audits, reviews, and compilations
for small to medium-sized businesses. She specializes in and is a key leader for Mas- sachusetts charter school
and non-profit organization engagements, including yellow
book and single audits. Blazejowski joined the firm in 1996 and has more than 30 years of experience in public accounting. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration from Ameri- can International College. She is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Mas- sachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA).
• Phil Giguere was promoted to senior tax manager. He provides consulting and tax solutions to a diverse group of clients including individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, and trusts. He also has experience working with international affiliates on foreign tax issues.
He specializes in working with high-net-worth cli- ents and with private-equity firms and their owners. Giguere joined the firm in 2006 and has more than 16 years of experience in business and individual taxation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an MBA from Western New England University. He is a certified public accountant and a member of AICPA and MSCPA. He sits on the golf committee for Make-A-Wish Massachusetts and Rhode Island and the finance committee of Wellspring Cooperative, and volunteers his time with the Cory J Garwacki Foundation.
• Eun Mi Kwon was promoted to senior tax manager. She provides tax compliance and planning services to a diverse group of clients in the U.S. and abroad, specializing in estate and trust taxation. She has more than 15 years of experi- ence in personal and business taxation. Kwon holds a bach-
elor’s degree in English from Ewha Womans Univer- sity in Seoul, Korea and an MBA with a concentration in accounting from the University of Massachusetts. She is a certified public accountant and certified financial planner, and a member of the AICPA. Active in the community, she serves on the finance com- mittee for the Amherst Survival Center.
• Jeff Laboe was promoted to tax manager. He provides consulting and tax solutions to a diverse group of clients, including individuals, trusts, partnerships, and corpora- tions. He specializes in work- ing with private-equity firms and their owners, as well as high-net-worth clients and
their families. Laboe joined the firm in 2010 and has more than 12 years of experience in personal and business taxation and holds a bachelor’s degree in sports management from Iowa State University. He became an enrolled agent in the spring of 2021.
• Tim LaFalam was promoted to tax manager. He provides planning and tax solutions to a diverse
group of clients, including individuals, estates, trusts, cor- porations, and partnerships. He has built solid and trusting relationships with countless clients. LaFalam joined the firm as an intern and started full-time in 2016. He holds a bachelor’s degree in account- ing from Western New England
University, and he leads the firm’s efforts in continu- ing a mentoring and recruiting relationship with the university. He has taken the lead in many fundraising and community-service activities that the firm par- ticipates in, including coordinating the firm’s United Way annual pledge, South Park Inn program, and Children’s Study Home Secret Santa.
• Joe Oliveira was promoted to senior tax manager. He provides quality tax services to high-net-worth clients. His experience includes success- ful representation before the Internal Revenue Service and other taxing authorities, plan- ning for life events, and estate planning. Oliveira holds a
bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in accounting from the University of Connecticut. He is a certified public accountant in both Connecticut and Massa- chusetts, and is a member of the AICPA and the Con- necticut Society of CPAs. He is the treasurer of
the Suffield, Conn. chapter of the Girl Scouts of Connecticut and an active member of Sacred Heart Church in Suffield.
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Sam Skura, MPH, MBA, a healthcare profes-
sional with more than 25 years of clinical leadership experience, has been named president of Baystate Medical Center and senior vice president of Hospital Operations for Baystate Health. His appointment becomes effective Sept. 12. In his new role, Skura will join the senior leadership team and serve as a member of the president’s cabinet, reporting directly to Marion McGowan, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Baystate Health. Skura
has an extensive background in hospital leadership and most recently served as chief operating officer reporting to the president at Beth Israel Deacon-
ess Medical Center (BIDMC), a teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. In previous roles, he served as senior vice president of Ambulatory and Clinical Services and chief administrative officer at BIDMC. Prior to BIDMC, Skura was vice president of Clinical Operations at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, reporting to the chief operating officer. He served on the leadership team of a combined group practice of more than 500 physicians and a 335-bed inpatient hospital. He also held administrative roles at Cam- bridge Health Alliance, where he provided oversight to senior leadership for 16 community health centers and practice sites and a three-campus Emergency Department. He was administrative director for Steward Health Care (formerly Caritas Christi Health Care System) in Boston, where he provided manage- ment for the largest emergency-medicine group in Massachusetts, trending more than 240,000 annual visits. Skura also held managerial roles at Brigham & Women’s Hospital/Partners Healthcare in Boston and Fallon Healthcare System in Worcester. Skura earned an MBA from the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst, a master’s degree in public health from Boston University, and a bachelor of arts and economics degree from Brandeis University.
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The Springfield Symphony Orchestra (SSO)
announced that three new members have been
elected to the SSO’s board
of directors: Andrew Cade, Margaret Mantoni, and Evan Plotkin. Cade is the senior vice president of the Urban League of Springfield Inc., which serves the Greater Springfield African-American commu- nity by advocating for and providing model services that enhance the academic and social development of young people and families, promot- ing economic self-sufficiency, and fostering racial inclusion and social justice. Apart from his job at Urban League, Cade also serves as president of the Springfield Cultural Council. Mantoni is president and CEO of the Loomis Communi-
ties. She served for 30 years as the organization’s CFO prior
to taking her current posi- tion. She is a certified public accountant and worked in a local accounting firm for eight years before joining the Loo-
mis Communities. She serves on the Audit Commit- tee of the United Way of Pioneer Valley, is a member of the LeadingAge Massachusetts board, and serves
People on the Move
on the Capital Projects Planning Committee for the city of West Springfield. Mantoni has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Western New England College. Plotkin is president of NAI Plotkin, a full-service brokerage and property-management company. He has extensive experience in all aspects of property management and commercial brokerage, including commercial office buildings, medical office buildings, industrial buildings, shopping centers, and condominium/resi- dential management. Plotkin is one of the lead orga- nizers of the Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival and
the City Mosaic project, as well as the force behind Art & Soles. He was recently named the 2022 Rich- ard J. Moriarty Citizen of the Year by the Springfield Regional Chamber. He has served on the boards of the Springfield Museums and Holyoke Community College.
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Carolyn Martinez has been promoted to assistant execu- tive director of Christina’s House, a nonprofit that pro- vides transitional housing and social services for homeless or near-homeless mothers and children. Martinez has served as program manager and brings firsthand experience
to Christina’s House as a program graduate. Before joining the team, she worked in community health- care settings for several years and has completed certificate programs in child behavioral health and community health. She will work alongside founder Linda Mumblo to expand the mission and assist the Christina’s House family to reach their fullest poten- tial. Christina’s House also announced it is seeking candidates for the new community development and administrative assistant roles, and that Execu- tive Director Shannon Mumblo intends to transi-
SHARON BLAZEJOWSKI
MARGARET MANTONI
JOE OLIVEIRA
EVAN PLOTKIN
PHIL GIGUERE
EUN MI KWON
CAROLYN MARTINEZ
JEFF LABOE
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