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CATHERINE RIOUX
Monson Savings Bank
announced the recent promo- tion of Catherine Rioux to commercial portfolio officer. She will be based out of the Monson Savings Bank Loan & Operations Center at 75 Post Office Park in Wilbraham. Rioux is very involved in the local communities. She is a
member of the Ludlow Rotary Club and the Mon- son High School scholarship committee, and volun- teers with local organizations, including St. Patrick’s Church and I Found Light Against All Odds. She
is a graduate of Western New England University, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She is also a graduate of the New England School of Financial Studies and the Spring- field Regional Chamber Leadership Institute. Rioux has had the unique opportunity of working in many departments of the bank, gaining vast knowledge
of the industry. In 2006, she started her career with Monson Savings Bank as a high-school intern in the Human Resources department. When her intern- ship ended, she accepted a position as a reception- ist, shortly after moving to the Retail department.
In 2013, she joined the Residential Lending depart- ment as a residential loan servicer. In early 2015, she accepted a position in the Commercial department as a commercial loan servicer. She thrived in this department and would go on to become a junior credit analyst before being promoted to credit ana- lyst. Prior to this most recent promotion, she served as commercial portfolio manager.
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UMassFive College Federal Credit Union recently intro- duced the newest leader of
its Northampton VA Medical Center branch, Matt Eddy. Eddy began his career at UMassFive three years ago as a member service specialist at the credit union’s King Street, Northampton branch, where
his standards for outstanding service quickly created a rapport among the Northampton membership and built the foundation for his promotion to manager of the Northampton VA Medical Center branch. In his new position, he now oversees the day-to-day opera- tions of the Northampton VA Medical Center branch, including leading a team that cultivates a positive banking experience with each member interac-
tion. He is also in charge of maintaining branch compliance.
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Florence Bank promoted Lachlan Harris to the position of information security admin- istration officer. Harris joined Florence Bank in 2016. Prior to his recent promotion, he had served as the information and cybersecurity administrator. In his new role, he will be respon- sible for security protocols
throughout the bank’s information infrastructure. He is a certified information systems security profes- sional and also a member of the Global Information Assurance Certification Advisory Board.
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Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts (JFS) announced the appointment of Gabriela Shee- han as its new Berkshires resettlement coordinator. Sheehan comes to JFS with master’s degree in career and technical education from Northern Arizona Uni- versity, and more than 10 years of experience teach-
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lic-school system. In addi-
tion, she served on the United
Educator of Pittsfield board for
two years, and recently taught ESL
to multilingual students in grades 5-8
at Du Bois Middle School. She will join
JFS’ New American Program to facilitate
the reception and placement of Afghan evacu-
ees in Berkshire County, including coordinating with legal, housing, education, government, advo- cacy, and social-service agencies and businesses
to advance opportunities for refugees to survive, integrate, and thrive in Berkshire County. She will also work closely with volunteer leaders and organi- zations taking part in resettlement efforts. She will begin her new position on Dec. 6. Sheehan credits growing up in a multi-lingual, bicultural home, and her late father, Ramiro Guerrero, who was a cham- pion for justice for the Latino community in the Berkshires, for giving her the incentive to become
a strong advocate for immigrant families. She looks forward to sharing her passion for cultural diversity with the greater community.
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OMG Inc., a Steel Partners
company and a leading manu- facturer of fasteners, adhesives, and construction-productivity tools marketed through its Fas- tenMaster and Roofing Prod- ucts divisions, named Cecile Mejean director of the New Product Development & Inno-
vation Department for its OMG Roofing Products division. She will lead the new-product development team, driving product and application innova-
tion for the division. In addition, she will lead
the Technical Services organization in deliver-
ing technical product support and managing
codes and approvals. She reports to Peter Coyne, senior vice president and general manager.
Mejean joins OMG Roofing Products from Saint- Gobain High-Performance Materials. She spent the past nine years in research and development and business-leadership roles, most recently as business manager for the electronic market. Before Saint- Gobain, she held research positions at Yale Universi- ty Medical School and Harvard University. She holds a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering and materials science from Yale University and master’s degrees in soft matter, colloids, and polymers from the Univer- sity of Bordeaux and in chemical engineering from the Ecole National Superieure de Physique et Chimie de Bordeaux, both in Bordeaux, France.
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Smith Brothers Insurance hired Mike Kelly as private client practice leader. He is responsible for private-client growth initiatives, client ser- vice, and enhancing the com- pany’s people-focused culture. Kelly brings 15 years of experi- ence in the insurance industry on the agent, broker, and carri-
er sides, with key leadership roles in high-net-worth personal lines. Most recently, he was vice president, regional executive for PURE Insurance, a carrier that
specializes in financially suc- cessful families.
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Dr. Simone Alter-Muri, Spring- field College’s director and professor for Art Therapy/ Counseling and Art Education Programs, recently received the
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(OCAPA). Alter-Muri received
her honor during the AATA’s
recent 2021 virtual awards ceremo-
ny. The criteria for this award included
personal art making that emphasized
social justice, resilience, and the promotion
of art therapy in the community. Alter-Muri’s
art making has demonstrated a commitment to creative practice and has significantly influenced the art-therapy community with these art-based prac- tices. She has demonstrated support for the value of art in art therapy as evidenced by both personal and professional practice as an artist and art therapist.
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The OCAPA is designated for an active member of the AATA whose contributions as an artist and art therapist (or student in a current art-therapy pro- gram) have significantly influenced the art-therapy profession. The AATA is dedicated to the growth and development of the art-therapy profession. Founded in 1969, the association is one of the world’s leading art-therapy membership organizations. Its mission is to advance art therapy as a regulated mental-health profession and build a community that supports art therapists throughout their careers.
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The Elms College board of trustees appointed three regional leaders — Diane Brunelle, Dennis Duquette, and Mark O’Connell — to serve on the board. Brunelle,
a 1984 alumna, is president of the Elms College Alumni Assoc. and has been a member of the association since 2012. She is a retired nurse executive who has more than 30 years of experi- ence serving in leadership positions at acute healthcare facilities in both Massachu- setts and Vermont, including Shriners Hospital for Children, Baystate Health, Holyoke Medi- cal Center, and Brattleboro
Memorial Hospital. She has served on numerous boards throughout her career and was the recipient of the Dis-
tinguished
CECILE MEJEAN
MATT EDDY
DIANE BRUNELLE
LACHLAN HARRIS
MIKE KELLY
DENNIS DUQUETTE
DR. SIMONE ALTER-MURI
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