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of the Young Professional Society of Greater Springfield, he is on several area boards, including 16 Lyrics, Suit Up Springfield, Square One, Healing Racism Institute, ROCA, NCCJ and the marketing committee of the Spring- field Museums. He sat on the Town of Longmeadow Coalition for Racial Jus- tice Task Force, and also serves on the Boston based Rian Immigrant Center, which helps immigrants assimilate to our country.
n Chad Moir, president and CEO of DopaFit Parkinson’s Movement Center in Easthampton, was honored by Busi-
nessWest with both its 40 Under Forty and Differ- ence Maker awards in 2021. A gradu- ate of Ameri- can Interna- tional College and its Public Health pro- gram, Moir The company
order that increasingly robs the body of dopamine, which is released during exercise. Moir said he has always taken inspiration from the Muhammad Ali quote, “service to others is the rent you
than 18 years of experience working with business leaders to develop and implement people-management and talent-development strategies. She has a bachelor of Arts in Communications from Bridgewater State University and a masters of Human Resource Devel- opment from American International College. An active member of the community, she has served on many boards including the United Way of Hampshire County, Leadership Pioneer Valley and CHD. She is a reader for the Link to Libraries program and serves on the Service Above Self Annual Lun- cheon Committee for the Springfield Rotary and Basketball Hall of Fame.
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expunging criminal records, society is erasing evidence of historic enforce- ment injustice.”
Because of the need to balance
“We’re part of that social-justice movement to mitigate the effects of the War on Drugs.”
relief for the convicted with the need to maintain an historical account of the cannabis enforcement era, she suggests expunging entities maintain a record — one that eliminates sensitive, personally identifying information, while maintaining other important information of historic and legal value.
And that expungement pro- cess needs to continue, she told BusinessWest.
“We’ve gotten involved in helping those with prior drug convictions clear their records. This helps mitigate the profound effect of the War on Drugs, which we now understand overly penalized people given the severity of what was going on. And that criminal conviction follows them for life, with all those collateral consequences,” she added, making it harder for convicted drug users to access a job or housing. “It’s hampering people in their ability to move forward in life. We’re part of that social-justice movement to miti- gate the effects of the War on Drugs.”
Again, cannabis law — and how it impacts not only future lawyers, but users as well, past and present — is one of Steiner’s passions, and it’s a sat- isfying challenge to stay atop the latest developments.
“We have a body of law now. When I jumped in, there was hardly any case law,” she said. “Learning about it, com- piling it, and providing it to students is something I continually do.” u
Joseph Bednar can be reached at [email protected]
CHAD MOIR
pay for your room here on earth.”
n Amy Roberts,
executive vice president and chief Human Resources officer at PeoplesBank, has more
created DopaFit in 2015.
uses exercise prograns to help people stop or slow down the progression of Parkinson’s, a neurodegenerative dis-
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