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 Elms College announced that seven prominent leaders in the region have joined the board of trustees.
• Kathleen Bernardo is a part- ner at Bulkley Richardson and leads the Real Estate practice group. Her practice focuses on commercial real-estate matters such as conveyancing, financ- ing, leasing, title matters, and all aspects of complex property transfers, including purchase
agreements, easements, liquor-license transfers, special permits, regulatory compliance, zoning and variance issues, 1031 exchange transfers, boundary disputes, public and private conservation restrictions including agricultural preservation restrictions, peti- tions to partition, and other land-court matters. Her probate practice includes the preparation of wills and trusts, estate and trust administration, equity petitions, guardianships, and conservatorships.
• Larry Eagan is the president and CEO of Collins Electric and has been with the company since 1984. Collins Electric is a private company with offices in Chicopee and Pittsfield, sales of more than $15 million, and more than 80 employees. Col- lins Electric is an Elms College
vendor and a sponsor of the Executive Leadership Breakfast. Eagan is on the board of directors of Associated Subcontractors of Massachusetts, serves as the chapter president of Legatus of Western Mas- sachusetts, and is a member of the National Electri- cal Contractors Assoc.
• Lindsey Gamble is the direc- tor of Nursing at Mercy Medical Center, a broad role that carries with it many responsibilities, including staffing, budgeting, training, and ongoing educa- tion of the nursing staff. Gamble started her nursing career as a labor and delivery nurse. She
played a key role in the opening of Mercy’s Inno- vation Unit, designed to ensure that families of COVID-19 patients stay connected with the patient and the care team during their hospital stay.
• Catherine Ormond, SSJ serves as pastoral visitor at St. Jerome’s Parish in Holyoke and most recently was pastoral minister
at St. Patrick’s Church in South Hadley for nearly 20 years. Prior to that, she held counseling positions at Holyoke Catholic High School and Charles River
Hospital in Chicopee Falls, and was coordinator of services at Brightside Mental Health Clinic.
• Frank Robinson is the vice president of Public Health for Baystate Health. In this role, he is responsible for integrating clinical and community care to better serve vulnerable people and populations across the spectrum of diversity and create healthier communities. Robin-
son also represents Baystate Health in the area of community relations by building a shared agenda and common goals for community improvement with neighborhood, community, and business rep- resentatives, as well as other key stakeholders. He has led the establishment of the Baystate Springfield
Educational Partnership and the founding of the Baystate Academy Charter Public School.
• Betsy Sullivan, SSJ serves as president of the congregation for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Springfield. She has extensive leadership experience, including vice president of the congrega- tion, preceded by three decades as a licensed administrator of Mont Marie Health Care Center,
a licensed nursing home in Holyoke.
• Henry Thomas III serves as
president and CEO of the Urban League of Springfield Inc. He has worked in the Urban League movement for 43 years, serving 39 years as president and CEO. Previously, he served as vice president for Youth Develop- ment with the National Urban
League in New York. He is also the former chair of the Springfield Fire Commission and the Spring- field Police Commission. Thomas serves as CEO
for the historic Camp Atwater, the oldest African- American overnight youth camp in the U.S., which he reopened in 1980 following a six-year hiatus. He served on the UMass board of trustees from 2007 to 2021 and served as chairman in 2012.
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Brodeur-McGan, P.C. announced that Katharine Shove joined the firm this fall. As a litigator, Shove particularly enjoys employment law, rep- resenting both employees and employers in discrimination, retaliation, and wage-and-hour cases. She regularly assists
employers with complex state and federal compli- ance issues, representing electric companies, con- struction companies, and manufacturers. In addition to employment and compliance matters, she liti- gates matters involving property damages (real and personal), personal injuries, contract disputes, and consumer-protection violations, such as violations of General Laws Chapter 93A. After law school, Shove clerked for Justice C. Jeffrey Kinder of the Massachusetts Appeals Court, where she conducted legal research and drafted criminal and civil deci- sions for panel cases. Following her clerkship, she practiced as a litigator with Bacon Wilson, P.C. Shove serves as a board member of the Hampden County Bar Assoc. New Lawyers Section and is a member of the Hampden County Legal Clinic’s pro bono associate advisory board.
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The Realtor Assoc. of Pioneer Valley announced
its annual award winners at the association’s holiday luncheon on Dec. 1 at the Log Cabin in Holyoke. The 2022 Realtor of the Year is Arlene Castellano of Acuna Real Estate. The 2022 Affiliate of the Year is Victor Rodriguez Sr. of PeoplesBank. A Real-
tor since 2015, Castellano has served on the RAPV board of directors since 2020. She has also served on the community service, finance, government affairs, member engagement, professional stan- dards, and YPN committees. She has given back to the community through her active involvement with the community service committee, including as a board member for Dress for Success and co-chair of its relocation committee; as a basketball coach; serving in the Franklin County Meal; and coordinat- ing a Meet the Candidate event for state Rep. Jake Oliveira. She has also coordinated RAPV’s new-
member orientation and has been featured on the Real Estate Minute segment of WWLP’s Mass Appeal program intended to educate the public about
real estate and the role of Realtors. She recently participated in and graduated from the Massachu- setts Assoc. of Realtors’ 2022 Leadership Academy Class. A member of RAPV since 2015, Rodriguez is the mortgage consultant at PeoplesBank and has served on the affiliate-Realtor and community ser- vice committees. He has demonstrated tremendous support to the association and community outreach and volunteered in RAPV’s community-service efforts through its Christmas adopt-a-family pro- gram. His community activities include being direc- tor at Heir of Christ Christian Church since 2016, a board member of Holyoke Chapter Salvation Army since 2019, a board member of One Holyoke CDC since 2019, a committee member of Buy Holyoke Now, and a prior board member of the Greater Holyoke YMCA.
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Springfield Technical Commu- nity College (STCC) professors Diane Sabato and John Dif- fley received the Michelson IP Educator of Excellence Award. Sabato, an STCC business pro- fessor, and Diffley, an attorney and history professor, have been working on the intellectual- property (IP) educational initia- tive since 2020. STCC was one of only five colleges nationwide with faculty accepted into the Michelson IP Educator in Resi- dence initiative. The Michelson Institute for Intellectual Prop- erty and the National Assoc.
for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) selected Sabato and Diffley for the project. Sabato and Diffley have been collaborating with four
other educators focusing on a mission to deliver intellectual-property education. They joined faculty from institutions in New Jersey, Florida, California, and New Mexico. Intellectual property refers to inventions and human creations such as literary and artistic works, designs, symbols, and names and images used in commerce. Sabato taught intellectu- al-property concepts in an entrepreneurship class at STCC. Diffley brought the historical perspective of Springfield as an innovation hub and the capacity to implement campus-wide initiatives, initially, through the Honors Program.
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Berkshire Money Management (BMM), a boutique
advisory firm with offices in Dalton and Great Bar- rington, recently welcomed Brenda Bailly and Tina Archambault as client care specialists. The two new hires join the client care team led by Chelsea Smith, recently promoted to the role of client specialist leader. All three employees play a vital role in pro- viding attentive, personalized service to the clients of Berkshire Money Management. Bailly, based in the company’s downtown Great Barrington office, brings more than 24 years of experience in financial services and wealth-management operations to
her role as client care specialist. Before joining the BMM team, she was a wealth management senior operations specialist at Berkshire Bank, where her responsibilities included client care, opening and closing accounts, audit assistance, system configu-
  BETSY SULLIVAN
  KATHLEEN BERNARDO
  HENRY THOMAS III
  DIANE SABATO
  LARRY EAGAN
  JOHN DIFFLEY
  KATHARINE SHOVE
  LINDSEY GAMBLE
  CATHERINE ORMOND
  FRANK ROBINSON
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