Our Team
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
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									  Karin George, ChairPrincipal, Washburn & McGoldrick, LLC
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									  Charlie D'Amour, Vice ChairRetired President and CEO, Big Y
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									  Tara BrewsterVice President of Business Development and Director of Philanthropy at Greenfield Savings Bank
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									  Nikki BurnettExecutive Director, Educare Springfield
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									  Sylvia CallanCFA, CAIA, Senior Portfolio Manager, St. Germain Investments
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									  John DavisPresident of Historic Deerfield
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									  Mauricia GeisslerRetired Chief Investment Officer, Amherst College
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									  Magdalena GómezPlaywright, performer, and speaker
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									  Gillian HinksonVictim Witness Advocate, Hampden County District Attorney’s Office
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									  Jessica HollowayPartner & Chief Operating Officer, The Jamrog Group
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									  Mark A. KeroackRetired Chief Executive Officer, Baystate Health
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									  Sarah LapoliceCPA, Burkhart, Pizzanelli, P.C.
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									  Dr. Michelle SchuttPresident of Greenfield Community College
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									  Payton ShubrickCEO and founder of 6 Brick’s Cannabis Dispensary Springfield
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									  Gregory S. ThomasExecutive Director & Lecturer Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Massachusetts
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									  Traci TalbertRacial Justice Community Engagement Leader, Franklin County Community Development Corporation
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									  Aaron VegaDirector of Planning and Economic Development, City of Holyoke
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									  Danielle WilliamsPresiding Justice, Holyoke District Court
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									  Francia WisnewskiDirector of Membership and Community Engagement, National Association for Family Child Care (NAFCC)
Directors Emeritus
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									George Arwady
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									Dana R. Barrows *
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									Sanford A. Belden *
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									Helen D. Blake
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									Kenneth Boutin
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									Bruce Brown
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									Robert S. Carroll *
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									Robert Cohn
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									Ruth Constantine
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									Peter J. Daboul *
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									Stephen A. Davis *
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									Kerry Dietz
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									Dianne Fuller Doherty
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									Linda Dunlavy
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									Alfred L. Griggs *
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									Harold Grinspoon
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									Lester L. Halpern
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									Willie L. Hill Jr.
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									Orlando Isaza
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									Amy Jamrog
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									Carol A. Leary *
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									Ellen Brout Lindsey
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									Paul Murphy *
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									Sonia M. Nieto
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									Becky Packard
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									David E. Pinsky
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									Robert Pura
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									Irene Rodriguez-Martin
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									Elizabeth D. Scheibel *
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									Mary Ellen Scott
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									Elizabeth H. Sillin *
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									Richard B. Steele Jr.
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									Ralph S. Tate *
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									Doug A. Theobald
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									Peggy Woods
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									Angela Wright
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									* Board Chair Emeritus
Committees
Audit/Finance Committee
(2025-2026)
Sarah Lapolice, Chair
Mark Keroack, Vice Chair
Charles D'Amour
PJ Miller
Mary-Anne S. Stearns
Tristan Ta
Ashley Travis
Nominating and Governance Committee
(2025-2026)
Payton Shubrick, Chair
Charlie D'Amour, Vice Chair
Nikki Burnett
Karin George
Gillian Hinkson
Distribution Committee
(2025-2026)
Francia Wisnewski, Chair
Devin Sheehan, Vice Chair
Nikki Burnett
Patricia Crutchfield
John Davis
Debbie DiStefano
Brooks Fitch
Magdalena Gomez
Jamie Manning
Andrea Monson
Cecil Papafio
David Rudder
Education Committee
(2025-2026)
Apelila Joseph, Chair
Susan Crim
Kerry Dietz
Katie Fretwell
Jennifer Pickering
Michelle Schutt
Azanda Seymour
Deja Ware
Executive Committee
(2025-2026)
Karin George, Chair
Charlie D'Amour
Mauricia Geissler
Sarah Lapolice
Payton Shubrick
Gregory S. Thomas
Francia Wisnewski
Investment Committee
(2025-2026)
Mauricia  A. Geissler, Chair
Sylvia Callan, Vice Chair
Gillian Hinkson
Dylan Korpita
Mary Jo Maydew
Ralph S. Tate
Aaron Vega 
Philanthropic Services Committee
(2025-2026)
Gregory S. Thomas, Chair
Tara Brewster, Vice Chair
Kylie Brown
Xiomara DeLobato
Ryan Ferriter
Jessica Holloway
Terrell Joyner
Kari Diamond Kayiatos
Amie Miarecki
Kathryn Wakefield
Volunteers
Grant Reviewers
(2023-2024)
Emma Aldana
Jessica Avery
Rachel Blackman
Donnabelle Casis
Marcia Crutchfield
Kari Diamond Kayiatos
Jose Escribano
Katie Fretwell
Matthew Glassman
Apelila Joseph
Sarah Lapolice
Stephanie Levin
Melissa Markham
Andrea Monson
Thomas Oakley
Vanessa Pabon-Hernandez
John Ramsburgh
Stephanie Reyes
Irene I-SHEA Shaikly
Betsy Stone
Sarah Zlotnik
Community Advisors
(2024-2025)
Mark Guglielmo
Andrae Green
I-Shea
Vanessa Pabon-Hernandez
Scholarship Reviewers
(2024)
Andrea Robitaille 
Jessica L. Avery 
Roberta Bolduc 
Chaitali J Brahmbhatt 
Dawn Bryden 
Jie Chen 
Kelly Cochran 
Susan Crim 
Marcia Crutchfield 
Patricia Crutchfield 
Patrick Danby 
John Davis 
Linda Desmarais 
Jessica Dominik-McKinnon 
Katie Fretwell 
Kiyota Garcia 
Magdalena Gomez 
Crystal Gonyea 
Angela Hansberry 
Gillian Hinkson  
Jessica Holloway 
Apelila Joseph 
Thea Katsounakis 
Stephanie King 
Sarah Lapolice 
Rachelle Lee 
Lesa Lessard Pearson 
Phyllis Levenson 
Jamie Manning 
Rose Marlaine Boulay 
Suzanne Newby Estes 
Lily Newman  
Thomas Oakley  
Becky Packard 
Carlton Pickron 
John Ramsburgh 
Katy Reed 
Samantha Rudd 
Azanda Seymour 
Devin Sheehan 
Payton Shubrick 
Ashley Solomon 
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