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Danielle Ren Holley, noted legal educator and social-justice scholar, will become the 20th president of Mount Holyoke College on July 1. The board of trustees unanimously elected Holley following a thorough and inclusive search process. Holley is the first Black woman
in the 186-year history of Mount Holyoke College to serve as permanent president, and the fourth Black woman in history to lead one of the original Seven Sisters colleges. Since 2014, she has served as dean and professor of law at the Howard Univer- sity School of Law. She is widely viewed as having renewed Howard’s historically important law school and raised its stature and visibility as a leading edu- cator of social- and racial-justice lawyers. Prior to joining the Howard School of Law in 2014, Holley served as distinguished professor for Education Law and associate dean for Academic Affairs at the Uni- versity of South Carolina. Earlier in her career, she served on the faculty of Hofstra University School of Law and practiced law as an associate at Fulbright
& Jaworski in Houston. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University and a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School, and she was a law clerk to Judge Carl Stewart on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She currently serves as co-chair of the board of directors of the Lawyers’ Commit- tee for Civil Rights Under Law. She also sits on the boards of the Law School Admissions Council and the Howard University Middle School of Mathemat- ics and Science. She is a Liberty Fellow through the Aspen Global Leadership Network and was also a fellow with the American Council of Education at Brown University in 2021-22, and currently serves on the board of the Watson Institute for Interna- tional and Public Affairs at Brown University. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta.
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Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
recently announced nine pro- motions: Samantha Calvao and Andrea Latour to associate; Mallory Beauregard, Olivia Calcasola, Lauren Foley, Keara Moulton, Kelly Moulton, and Francine Murphy to senior associate; and Sarah Rose Stack to director of Marketing & Recruiting.
• Calvao started her career
as a paraprofessional at Mey-
ers Brothers Kalicka and was recently awarded the PwC LLP Scholarship by the Massachu- setts Society of Certified Public Accountants. She received her associate degree in accounting from Holyoke Community Col- lege and her bachelor’s degree in accounting from the Univer- sity of Southern New Hampshire. She is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA).
• Latour began her career with Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C.
in February 2011. She primarily focuses on client bookkeep-
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ing and writeup work includ- ing monthly reconciliations, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and quarterly payroll returns and tax filings,
as well as preparing corporate and personal tax returns. She received her associate degree from Becker College and is a member of AICPA and MSCPA.
• Beauregard began her career with Meyers Brothers Kalicka and has been a member of the MBK team for three years. She works on a diverse range of engagements, including not-for- profit, commercial, and review and compilation engagements. She received a bachelor of busi- ness administration degree in accounting from UMass Amherst and is currently studying for her MBA at UMass Lowell. She is also a member of AICPA and MSCPA. • Calcasola has been a member of the taxation department at Meyers Brothers Kalicka, P.C. (MBK) for one year. Prior to MBK, she worked for two years as a senior corporate tax associate for a Boston-based firm. In her new role, she will be working on larger, multi-state returns and strengthening her niche in busi- ness taxation. She holds a bach- elor’s and master’s degrees in accounting from UMass Amherst and is a member of AICPA and MSCPA.
• Foley started her journey with accounting at Meyers Brothers Kalicka in 2020. She focuses on commercial and individual tax
returns as well as compilation and review engage- ments. She graduated from UMass Lowell with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and a master’s degree in accounting. She is also a member of AICPA and MSCPA.
• Keara Moulton began her career with Meyers Brothers Kalicka as a tax intern in January 2020. In addition to being a member of the tax department, she is a leader in the firm for various community- service and corporate-culture initiatives. As a senior associate, she will be working on more complex tax returns and helping clients prepare for dead- lines throughout the year, as well as expanding
her knowledge in the firm’s cannabis niche. She received her bachelor’s degree in accounting and sports management summa cum laude from Elms College and is currently studying for the CPA exam. She is also a member of AICPA and MSCPA.
• Kelly Moulton has worked in public account-
ing since 2020 and works on a diverse range of engagements, including accounting and audit, not-for-profit, and HUD engagements. In her new role as a senior associate, she will be leading more engagements as an ‘in-charge’ and also be tak-
ing on more detail review. She holds a bachelor’s degree in business management and accounting from Elms College and is a candidate for an MBA in accounting at Fitchburg State. She is a member of AICPA and MSCPA.
• Murphy joined MBK in 2013 with significant tax- preparation experience and a special focus in tax
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preparation for not-for-profit organizations and individuals. She will be taking on a larger leadership role with the firm’s tax-exempt clients, preparing larger 990 returns and reviewing smaller tax- exempt clients. She will also have more opportuni- ties to assist with tax-planning and tax-projection projects for a wide breadth of clients and prepare more complex corporate consolidated returns.
She holds an associate degree in accounting from Holyoke Community College and is a candidate for a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Westfield State University. She is also a member of AICPA and MSCPA.
• Stack joined Meyers Brothers Kalicka in early 2020 to spearhead its marketing and recruiting efforts. With more than 15 years of digital mar- keting, design, and communications experience, she brought a unique perspective to the firm and attracted new talent. In her new role as a director, she will be expanding the marketing department, enhancing the niche-development program, and developing a new marketing advisory service line. She earned a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplin- ary studies from UMass Amherst and is a candidate for a master’s degree in communication with two concentrations, digital communication and cor- porate and nonprofit communication, from Johns Hopkins University. She is a member of the Assoc. for Accountant Marketing, the American Marketing Assoc., and CPAmerica, and is the marketing com- mittee co-chair for the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants.
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Holyoke Community College
(HCC) recently welcomed two new colleagues to its Institu- tional Advancement team: Laura Freeman as manager of Stew- ardship and Donor Relations, and Kelly Galanis as manager
of Advancement Services. Prior to HCC, Freeman worked as the Alumni Relations program coordinator at UMass Amherst and VIP Services representa- tive at MGM Springfield. She brings extensive experience to the development team in event planning (virtual and in person), project management, scholar- ship administration, and vol-
unteer management. She holds a master’s degree
in strategic fundraising and philanthropy from Bay Path University and attended Nichols College for her bachelor’s degree in business administration.
In her new role, Galanis will provide leadership and direction for the Advancement division’s fundraising operations, including database management, pros- pect research and moves management, advance- ment reporting, gift recording, data integrity, and data security. She joins HCC with more than 20 years of experience in higher education, including 14 at Westfield State University. She holds a master’s degree in communication and information man- agement and is currently pursuing her doctorate in education in higher education leadership and orga- nizational studies at Bay Path University.
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Excel Dryer Inc., manufacturer of the XLERATOR
Hand Dryer, announced that Joshua Griffing has been promoted and will serve as the director of
LAUREN FOLEY
KEARA MOULTON
KELLY MOULTON
FRANCINE MURPHY
LAURA FREEMAN
SARAH ROSE STACK
SAMANTHA CALVAO
KELLY GALANIS
ANDREA LATOUR
MALLORY BEAUREGARD
OLIVIA CALCASOLA
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