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2021:
• Kristin Carlson, president of Peer- less Precision
• Janine Fondon, founder of Uni- tyFirst.com and professor at Bay Path University
• Harold Grinspoon, philanthro- pist and founder of Aspen Square Management
• Chad Moir, founder and owner of DopaFit Parkinson’s Movement Center • Bill Parks, CEO of the Boys & Girls
Club of Greater Westfield
• Pete Westover, founder and part-
ner of Conservation Works, LLC • EforAll Holyoke
2020:
• Christopher ‘Monte’ Belmonte, DJ at WRSI the River Radio
• Ira Bryck, consultant and rormer executive director of the Family Busi- ness Center of Pioneer Valley
• Sandy Cassanelli, CEO of Greeno Supply
• Dianne Fuller Doherty, retired director of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center
• Ronn Johnson, president and CEO of Martin Luther King Jr. Family Ser- vices Inc.
• Steve Lowell, president and CEO of Monson Savings Bank
• Rick’s Place
2019:
• Carla Cosenzi, president of Tom- myCar Auto Group
• The Food Bank of Western Massachusetts
• Peter Gagliardi, president and CEO of Way Finders
• Frederick and Marjorie Hurst, attorneys and founders of An African American Point of View
• Joe Peters, vice chairman and for- mer president of Universal Plastics
• The Springfield Museums
2018:
• Bob Bolduc, CEO of Pride Stores
• Bob ‘the Bike Man’ Charland, founder of Pedal Thru Youth
• Girls Inc. of Holyoke
• Evan Plotkin, president of NAI Plotkin
• Crystal Senter-Brown, author and adjunct faculty at Bay Path University
• WillPower Foundation
2017:
• Berkshire Community College, Greenfield Community College, Holy- oke Community College, and Spring- field Technical Community College
• Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round
• Denis Gagnon Sr., president and CEO of Excel Dryer Inc.
• Junior Achievement of Western Massachusetts
• Joan Kagan, president and CEO of Square One
2016:
• Hampden County Sheriff Michael J. Ashe Jr.
• Mike Balise (1965-2015), vice president of Balise Motor Sales and philanthropist
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire Counties
• Carol Leary, president of Bay Path University
• John Robison, president of J.E. Robison Service
2015:
• Katelynn’s Ride
• Judy Matt, president of Spirit of
Springfield
• MassMutual Financial Group
• The ownership group of the Stu-
dent Prince and the Fort
• Valley Venture Mentors
2014:
• The Gray House
• Colleen Loveless, executive director of the Springfield chapter of Rebuilding Together
• The Melha Shriners
• Paula Moore, founder of YSET Academy and teacher at Roger L. Put- nam Vocational Training Academy
• Michael Moriarty, attorney and director of Olde Holyoke Develop-
ment Corp.
2013:
• Michael Cutone, John Barbieri, and Thomas Sarrouf, organizers of Springfield’s C3 Policing program
• John Downing, president of Sol- dier On
• Bruce Landon, resident and gen- eral manager of the Springfield Falcons
• The Sisters of Providence
• Jim Vinick, managing director of Investments for Moors & Cabot Inc.
Difference Makers
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