Our Team
Board of Directors
Board of Directors
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Karin George, Chair
Principal, Washburn & McGoldrick, LLC
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Charlie D'Amour, Vice Chair
Retired President and CEO, Big Y
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Tara Brewster
Vice President of Business Development and Director of Philanthropy at Greenfield Savings Bank
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Nikki Burnett
Executive Director, Educare Springfield
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Sylvia Callan
CFA, CAIA, Senior Portfolio Manager, St. Germain Investments
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John Davis
President of Historic Deerfield
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Mauricia Geissler
Retired Chief Investment Officer, Amherst College
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Magdalena Gómez
Playwright, performer, and speaker
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Gillian Hinkson
Victim Witness Advocate, Hampden County District Attorney’s Office
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Jessica Holloway
Partner & Chief Operating Officer, The Jamrog Group
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Mark A. Keroack
Retired Chief Executive Officer, Baystate Health
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Sarah Lapolice
CPA, Burkhart, Pizzanelli, P.C.
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Dr. Michelle Schutt
President of Greenfield Community College
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Payton Shubrick
CEO and founder of 6 Brick’s Cannabis Dispensary Springfield
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Gregory S. Thomas
Executive Director & Lecturer Berthiaume Center for Entrepreneurship, University of Massachusetts
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Traci Talbert
Racial Justice Community Engagement Leader, Franklin County Community Development Corporation
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Aaron Vega
Director of Planning and Economic Development, City of Holyoke
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Danielle Williams
Presiding Justice, Holyoke District Court
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Francia Wisnewski
Director 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
Barbara Wurtzel