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James Sullivan, president of The O’Connell Companies Inc., announced that the board of direc- tors has named Matt Flink president of Appleton Corporation. Flink, who will be based in the firm’s Holyoke office, succeeds Paul Stelzer. Prior to joining Appleton in 2012, Flink worked in the real estate development and construc- tion industry in Colorado and Florida. He has developed management ser-
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UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy, under whose leader- ship the commonwealth’s flagship campus experienced a decade of unprecedented success and momen- tum, has announced that he will retire at the end of June 2023. Subbaswamy arrived in Amherst in July 2012, and during his tenure the campus has
Colleges Guide, UMass Amherst is ranked No. 26 among the 209 public universities included in the national survey. A rankings rise from No. 52 in 2010 marks a 26-step ascent, princi- pally during Subbaswamy’s tenure. Robert Manning, chair of the UMass Board of Trustees, has named UMass Trustee and UMass Amherst alum- nus Victor Woodridge as chair of the search committee that will be appoint- ed to identify candidates to be the next UMass Amherst chancellor. Under Subbaswamy’s leadership, the univer- sity has played a pivotal and unique role in educating the commonwealth. UMass Amherst alone enrolls more first-year students from Massachu- setts than do the commonwealth’s top eight private universities combined.
In addition, UMass Amherst awards more undergraduate STEM degrees than any other college or university
in Massachusetts, public or private. Meanwhile, the university’s research enterprise is driving innovative solu- tions to the world’s greatest challenges and boosting the state’s economy. In FY 2021, UMass Amherst totaled $213 million in research expenditures, and it ranked first among public universi- ties in New England in National Sci- ence Foundation grant awards. UMass Amherst recently secured major investments in computer science, fuel- ing the Massachusetts tech economy. An $18 million naming gift will endow the Robert and Donna Manning Col-
lege of Information and Computer Sciences. A state investment of $75 million—along with $30 million from the Amherst campus—will enhance and expand the college’s facilities, enabling accelerated enrollment growth. The university is also playing a lead role to help address the com- monwealth’s pressing health care needs supported by the largest gift in UMass Amherst history to the Marieb College of Nursing. The $21.5 million naming gift from the Elaine Nicpon Marieb Charitable Foundation is advancing the university’s innovative nursing engineering center, and it is also providing support for student scholarships, an endowed professor- ship, and mentorship and research initiatives designed to further access, equity and excellence in nursing education.
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The Board of Trustees at Amherst
College announced Wednesday that Michael Elliott, a 1992 graduate, has been named the next president of the institution.
He will succeed Carolyn ‘Biddy’ Mar- tin, who announced last year that she would retire from the presidency but continue teaching at the college. He is expected to begin work August 1. Elliott has been the chief academic and executive officer of Emory Col- lege of Arts and Science in Atlanta since 2016. He earned a doctorate in English and comparative literature
at Columbia University in 1998. His
bachelor’s degree from Amherst con- sisted of a dual major in Russian and English.
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bankESB
recently pro- moted Erik Lamothe to assistant vice president,
asset liability management. Lamothe joined bankESB in
2016 as ALM manager and was pro- moted to ALM officer in 2017. He
has nearly 25 years of experience
in banking, and is responsible for budgeting, forecasting, managing interest rate risk, and CECL for the Hometown Financial Group family
of banks, which includes bankESB, bankHometown, and Abington Bank. Lamothe earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting from Westfield State University and his master’s degree in banking and financial studies from Boston University. He serves as a board member and Finance Com- mittee member of the Lathrop Home in Northampton and is also a course instructor with the Center for Finan- cial Training.
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  ERIK LAMOTHE
 vices accounts in the transportation industry, and coordinated projects for The O’Connell Companies real estate portfolio of multi-family and com- mercial assets. “I am very excited to be named President of Appleton Corpo- ration,” said Flink. “The culture of the company is based on our family-ori- ented core values and principles and our service delivery model is imple- mented across a diversified portfolio of management accounts. Our team
is loaded with talent and energy, and
I look forward to guiding the future strategic and management direction of the firm.” Appleton Corporation pro- vides comprehensive property, facili- ties and asset management services, along with accounting and financial services, to managers and owners of commercial and residential properties
excelled in a wide range of key areas, including attracting growing numbers of diverse, high-achieving students, steadily improving graduation rates, and conducting cutting-edge research with real-world impact. “It has been a privilege to serve as chancellor of this great university,” said Subbaswamy.
“I will forever treasure the support and friendship of the faculty, staff, students and alumni whom I’ve come to know over the past decade and am grateful for all that we have accom- plished together. By channeling our revolutionary spirit, we have become one of the fastest rising top-tier public research universities in the country and I am confident that, in its next chapter, the University of Massachu- setts Amherst will soar even higher.” In the latest U.S. News & World Report
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Sharrow is a member of Bacon Wil- son’s Commercial Law Practice Group. She is licensed to practice in Mas- sachusetts and New Hampshire. She has more than a decade of experience working in public service, with expe-
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