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DR. LYNNETTE WATKINS
Dr. Lynnette Watkins, an oph- thalmologist and healthcare administrator and leader, has been named president and CEO of Cooley Dickinson Health Care. Currently the group chief medical officer for the Baptist Health Sys- tem/Tenet Healthcare – Texas
Group, she will begin her new role at Cooley Dickin- son on Sept. 27. Since joining Baptist Health System/ Tenet Healthcare in 2017, she has been a member
of a team that has provided executive oversight for the multi-hospital system that stretches across the state, with more than 3,600 beds and $3.45 billion in patient revenue. She also has significant leadership experience in community-hospital settings. In addi- tion, Watkins has ties to Massachusetts and the Mass General Brigham system, having completed her residency at Massachusetts Eye and Ear, where she began her clinical career in ophthalmology and ocu- loplastic surgery and served on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. Before joining the Baptist Health System, Watkins held the position of chief medical officer and chief operating officer at Paris Regional Medical Center in Paris, Texas. She has also served as chief medical officer in Tenet’s Abrazo Community Health Network in Arizona. Her career as a health- care executive began in Mishawaka, Ind., where she
Juvenile Court and interned with the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, where her work focused on juvenile and child-welfare law. She earned her juris doctor in 2016 from Western New England University School of Law, and a bachelor’s degree from Wilkes University in 2013.
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North Brookfield Savings Bank announced the promo- tions of Joseph Deady and Kaitlyn Malin within the Operations department. Deady has been promoted to Digital Services manager/fraud ana- lyst. He will be responsible for ensuring the bank is using all possible digital products to align with its strategic goals and the needs of our custom- ers, while overseeing account fraud. He joined the bank as
a teller in 2011 and has held various roles, including super- visor and management roles and finally fraud analyst in
the Operations department in
2015. Most recently, he held the title of Operations specialist and fraud analyst, handling debit-card fraud claims and account compromises and process-
dent of Student Affairs. DaSilva has worked in public higher education for more than 28 years, the last 21 at Springfield Technical Community College (STCC). During his tenure as vice president of Administra- tion and chief financial officer, he provided executive-level vision, leadership, planning, and direction, and managed all aspects of fiscal operations, facilities management, Cam- pus Police, Information Tech- nology, Student Financial Ser- vices, and Human Resources/ Employee Benefits and Opera- tions Center. Glejzer was most recently the interim dean of
Graduate Studies at Muhlenberg College, and previ- ously served as provost and dean of Faculty at Marl- boro College for 10 years. Prior to joining Marlboro, he served as professor and chair of English at North Central College and as chair of the college’s academic programs and policy committee. Among his other institutional duties, he served on the college’s steer- ing committee and the dean’s academic advisory committee. He was a faculty liaison to the board of trustees. Earlier in his career at North Central, Gle- jzer revised the composition program as the director of Writing. Smith is a scholar-practitioner with 16 years of work experience in higher education, having worked most recently as the associate dean of Stu- dent Affairs and Engagement at Evergreen State Col- lege. She was previously employed at Truckee Mead- ows Community College, the University of Nevada Reno, and Elmhurst College. Her practice areas of experience include student unions, residence life and dining, academic advising, financial aid, shared governance, and student employment. Her scholar- ship areas of interests include policy, equity, financial aid, and student development.
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UMassFive College Federal Credit Union recently intro- duced Sam Einzig as the newest member of UMass- Five’s Retirement Planning and Investments team avail- able through CUSO Financial Services, L.P. He supports the credit union’s team of CFS financial advisors by schedul-
ing appointments, sending appointment reminders, and helping with advisor administrative duties and service work. As an advisor assistant, he is also now the primary contact for current and prospective cli- ents looking to work with the credit union’s trio of financial advisors.
Einzig has worked at UMassFive as a member ser- vice specialist since September 2018, prior to taking on his latest role with the Retirement Planning and Investments team. He is licensed as a producer of life insurance and accident and health or sickness insur- ance in Massachusetts, and is currently pursuing his FINRA Series 7 and 66 securities licenses. He holds
a bachelor’s degree from Berklee College of Music in Boston, where course studies in music business and taxation in the music industry kindled his interest in the financial world, as well as helping people.
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Country Bank announced several recent staff pro-
motions. Julie Yi has been promoted to senior vice president, controller and Operations. She has exten- sive experience in finance and operations and serves on Country Bank’s senior management team. She holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the
RICHARD GLEJZER
JOSEPH DEADY
JEANNETTE SMITH
KAITLYN MALIN
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ing and reviewing international wires. Deady has more than 10 years of professional banking experience and holds a bache- lor’s degree in business admin- istration from the Massachu-
was vice president and chief medical officer for the Saint Joseph Health System/Trinity Health. Watkins earned her undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and com- pleted her internship in internal medicine at Truman Medical Center in Kansas City before coming to Bos- ton in 1995 as a resident in ophthalmology at Massa- chusetts Eye and Ear. After residency, she completed a fellowship in oculoplastic surgery at the University of Iowa, then returned to Massachusetts Eye and Ear, where from 1999 to 2004 she directed the emergency ophthalmology service and walk-in clinic and was an attending physician in the Ophthalmic Plastic Sur- gery Service.
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Bacon Wilson announced
that Brian Rucki and Amanda Carpe have joined the firm as associate attorneys. Rucki is
a member of the real-estate team, and Carpe has joined the probate and estate-planning department. Prior to joining Bacon Wilson, Rucki spent five years practicing law in West- field, where he worked on all aspects of real-estate trans- actions including purchases, sales, refinances, and title work, as well as estate-planning mat- ters. Previously, he also served as a clerk in the solicitor’s office for the town of Agawam, where his work focused on municipal
law. He attended Western New England University School of Law, earning his juris doctor laude in 2016. He earned a bachelor’s degree from UMass Amherst in 2013. Carpe comes to Bacon Wilson with five years of experience in estate planning, estate administra- tion, guardianship, conservatorship, and residen-
tial real estate. She previously practiced in Ludlow and Worcester. In addition to her work in estates and probate, she clerked for the Hampden County
setts College of Liberal Arts. He is also ACH-certified. He supports his local communities by volunteering his time and attending fundraising events for local, community-focused organizations like Camp Put- nam in New Braintree. Malin has been promoted to Operations specialist. She holds an associate degree from Mount Wachusett Community College. She previously held the position of Operations customer service representative, where she was tasked with answering customer calls and connecting customers and non-customers with appropriate staff to assist them. She also was responsible for reviewing all daily Operations reports. Before coming to the bank in November 2020, she worked as a teller at Athol Sav- ings Bank. In her three years, there she assisted cus- tomers with transactions, concerns, and other inqui- ries. In her new role, Malin will be responsible for reviewing reports to mitigate fraud and risk for both the bank and customers as well as servicing custom- ers’ online banking needs and completing account modifications such as travel notifications.
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J. Williar Dunleavy, chairman of Berkshire Bank
and its parent company, will retire in September, the bank announced. He will be succeeded on the board of both the bank and Berkshire Hills Bancorp by David Brunelle, currently vice chairman. Brunelle
is co-founder of Northe Pointe Wealth Management in Worcester. He has been on the board since 2017. Dunleavy took over as chair of the board in late 2019, when Bill Ryan, formerly the chief exective of Banknorth, gave up the position for health reasons.
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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) recently welcomed three new vice pres- idents to its executive team: Joseph DaSilva, vice president of Administration and Finance; Richard Glejzer, vice presi- dent of Academic Affairs; and Jeannette Smith, vice presi-
SAM EINZIG
BRIAN RUCKI
AMANDA CARPE
JOSEPH DASILVA
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