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Women of Impact
Dec. 9: BusinessWest will honor its fourth annual class of Women of Impact at the Sheraton Springfield Monarch Place Hotel. This year’s class, like the first three, demonstrates the sheer diversity of the ways women leaders in our region are making an impact on the worlds of business, nonprofits, health, and the community. Profiled the Oct. 27 issue of Busi- nessWest, they are: Jessica Collins, executive director of the Public Health Institute of Western Massachu- setts; Elizabeth Dineen, CEO of the YWCA of West- ern Masachusetts; Charlene Elvers, director of the Center for Service and Leadership at Springfield Col- lege; Karin Jeffers, president and CEO of Clinical and Support Options; Elizabeth Keen, owner of Indian Line Farm; Madeline Landrau, Program Engage- ment manager at MassMutual; Shannon Mumblo, executive director of Christina’s House; and Tracye Whitfield, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officer
for the town of West Springfield and Springfield city councilor. The event is sponsored by Country Bank and TommyCar Auto Group (presenting sponsors) and Comcast Business and Health New England (supporting sponsors). Tickets cost $65 per person (tables of 10 are available). For more information, visit www.businesswest.com or call (413) 781-8600, ext. 100.
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Alumni Award from Elms in 2013. Brunelle was a member of the college’s first RN-to- BSN class. She also received her master’s degree in nurs- ing administration from the University of Massachusetts and is a graduate of the Whar- ton Nursing Leaders Program through the Wharton School
and Leonard David School of Health Economics at the University of Pennsylvania. Duquette is head
of Community Responsibility for MassMutual in Springfield and president and CEO of the Mass- Mutual Foundation. He and his team are responsible for setting corporate community-relations strategy development and driving community investments, philanthropy, and community-impact program man- agement for the firm nationally. Duquette has worked in financial services for 40 years; he began his career at MassMutual just out of college and then worked forFidelityInvestmentsinBostonfor27years.He returned to MassMutual in his current role in 2016. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Boston Col-
lege, graduating cum laude with a double major in communications and English. He earned a master’s degree in administrative studies, also from Boston College, and later earned a master’s degree in public policy and administration from Northwestern Uni- versity. He currently serves on the board of directors at the Jump$tart Coalition in Washington, D.C. as well as the community and government relations commit- tee for the Springfield Museums. O’Connell is a prin- cipal in Wolf & Company’s assurance group and is the firm’s president and CEO, responsible for leading Wolf’s overall strategic direction. He has more than
40 years of experience providing audit and financial reporting services to both privately held and publicly traded financial institutions, as well as holding com- panies (including community banks and mortgage banking institutions) across New England. He earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Western New England University and is a former board member and board president with the Chil- dren’s Study Home in Springfield.
Difference Makers Nominations
Through Dec. 9: Do you know someone who is truly making a difference in the Western Mass. region? BusinessWest invites you to nominate an individual or group for its 14th annual Difference Makers program. Nominations for the class of 2022 must be received by the end of the business day (5 p.m.) on Thursday, Dec. 9. Difference Makers was launched in 2009 as a
way to recognize the contributions of agencies and individuals who are contributing to quality of life in this region. Past honorees have come from dozens
of business and nonprofit sectors, proving there’s
no limit to the ways people can impact their com- munities. So, let us know who you think deserves to be recognized as a Difference Maker in our upcoming class by visiting businesswest.com/difference-makers- nomination-form to complete the nomination form. Honorees will be profiled in an upcoming issue of BusinessWest and celebrated at a gala in the spring.
Holiday Brass Concert
Dec. 14: The Musicians of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra (MOSSO) will present a family-friendly performance, “MOSSO and Friends Holiday Brass Concert,” at 7 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Church on 335 Longmeadow St., Longmeadow. According to Ste- phen Perry, MOSSO’s co-founder and concert orga-
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Skoler, Abbott & Presser, P.C.
announced that two of its attorneys, Marylou Fabbo and Timothy Murphy, have been selected to the 2021 Massa- chusetts Super Lawyers list in the field of employment and labor law. Additionally, attor- neys Amelia Holstrom and Meaghan Murphy were named to the 2021 Massachusetts Ris- ing Stars list. Fabbo has been selected to Super Lawyers
11 times and was twice prior named to the Rising Stars list. A partner and head of the firm’s litigation team, she represents employers in litigation before state and federal courts as well as agencies in Massachusetts andConnecticut.Shealsohas more than 25 years of experi- ence providing legal advice to clients to reduce the risk they will unknowingly engage in illegal employment practices. Murphy was selected to Super Lawyers for the third time
after twice being named to the Rising Stars list. Focusing his practice on labor relations, union campaigns, collective bargaining and arbitration, employment litigation, and employment counseling, he has been included in The Best Lawyers in America every year
since 2013 and was named Lawyer of the Year in 2015, 2019, 2020, and 2021. He is very active within the local community, sitting on boards of directors for several area organizations, including the Human Service Forum and Community Legal Aid. Holstrom and Murphy have both been selected to the Mas- sachusetts Rising Stars list for the fourth time. Mas-
nizer, the program will include the “Carol of the Bells,” traditional holiday songs from Russia and France, holiday music from Hollywood to Spring- field, the “Hanukkah Suite,” and jazz interpretations of traditional holiday songs. The concert will fea- ture the Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s princi- pal trombonist Brian Diehl, French hornist Robert
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Hoyle, and principal tubist Stephen Perry. They also happen to be members of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra (HSO), and will be joined by their HSO colleagues, trumpeters John Charles Thomas and Scott McIntosh, in this performance. General-admis- sion tickets cost $20 for adults and $10 for children of high-school age and younger. Tickets must be pur- chased in advance at springfieldsymphonymusicians. com. No door sales will be available. Only a limited number of tickets will be sold to permit social dis- tancing. All ticket holders will be required to wear masks, and all ticket holders over age 12 must show proof of vaccination.
sachusetts Rising Stars recognizes no more than
2.5% of the lawyers in the state. Holstrom defends employers against claims of discrimination, retalia- tion, harassment, and wrongful termination, as well as actions arising under the Family Medical Leave
Act and wage-and-hour laws. She also frequently provides counsel to management regarding litigation- avoidance strategies. She was awarded the Massachu- setts Bar Assoc. Community Service Award in 2016, and was named in 2017 as an Up & Coming Lawyer by Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly at its Excellence in the Law event. Murphy advises clients regarding all employment-related matters, including compliance with state, federal, and local laws, as well as discipline of employees. She also creates workplace policies
for clients and represents them in various forums, including at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, government agencies, and in state and federal court.
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Crear, Chadwell, Dos Santos &Devlin,P.C.announcedthat Partner Antonio Dos Santos was selected to the 2021 Mas- sachusetts Super Lawyers list in the field of real estate. Dos Santos focuses his practice on all facets of commercial real estate, commercial finance, and general business law. He
has significant experience representing developers, investors, and lenders regarding complex commercial real-estate transactions, including acquisitions, dis- positions, leasing, financing, zoning, and permitting. Additionally, he represents many closely held busi- nesses regarding entity formation, succession plan- ning, mergers and acquisitions, and financing. Active in the community, Dos Santos currently serves as gen- eral counsel for a local nonprofit organization, provid- ing advice for all its day-to-day operations, including its development of affordable housing in Massachu- setts and throughout the U.S. He also currently serves as chairman of the Westmass Area Development Corp. board of directors.
MARK O’CONNELL
MARYLOU FABBO
TIMOTHY MURPHY
AMELIA HOLSTROM
ANTONIO DOS SANTOS
MEAGHAN MURPHY
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