Our Team

Robin O’Farrell
Executive Assistant to the President and CEO & Philanthropic Services Project Coordinator
EmailTrustees

Trustees
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Paul Murphy, Chair
Retired Attorney
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Karin L. George, Vice Chair
Principal and Co-Owner, Washburn & McGoldrick, Inc.
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George E. Arwady
Publisher and CEO of The Republican newspaper
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Mary-Beth A. Cooper
President, Springfield College
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Kerry L. Dietz
Principal, Dietz and Company Architects
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Nikki Burnett
Executive Director, Educare Springfield
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Linda Dunlavy
Executive Director, Franklin Regional Council of Governments
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Mauricia Geissler
Retired Chief Investment Officer, Amherst College
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Gillian Hinkson
Victim Witness Advocate, Hampden County District Attorney’s Office
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Mark A. Keroack
Chief Executive Officer, Baystate Health
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Ellen Brout Lindsey
Customer Service Manager, Swallow Farms Capital Management
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Becky Packard
Professor of Psychology and Education, Mt. Holyoke College
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Anne Paradis
Retired CEO, MicroTek
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David E. Pinsky
Retired President and CEO, Tighe & Bond
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Christina Royal
President, Holyoke Community College
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Elizabeth H. Sillin
Partner, Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas
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Mary Ann Spencer
Retired Managing Director from Babson Capital Management
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Douglas A. Theobald
Partner, The MP Group
Charter Trustees
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John G. Gallup *
Retired Chief Executive Officer, Strathmore Paper Company
Emeritus Trustees
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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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Marcia E. Burick
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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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Dianne Fuller Doherty
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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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Sonia M. Nieto
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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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Richard B. Steele Jr.
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Ralph S. Tate *
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Peggy Woods
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Angela Wright
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* Trustee Chair Emeritus
Committees
Audit/Finance Committee
Mary-Beth A. Cooper
David E. Pinsky
Mary-Anne S. Stearns
Douglas A. Theobald, Chair
Committee on Trustees
George E. Arwady
Linda Dunlavy, Chair
Karin George
Paul R. Murphy
Elizabeth H. Sillin
Ralph S. Tate
Douglas A. Theobald
Distribution Committee
Dana Barrows
Linda Desmarais
Christopher Fager
Norma Friedman
Nigel Greaves
Leo Hwang
Kathleen P. Mullin
Elizabeth H. Sillin, Chair
Mary Ann Spencer
John Thorpe
Capacity Work Group
Denys Candy
Linda Dunlavy
Norma Friedman, Chair
Ellen Brout Lindsey
Paul Murphy
Curtis Ogden
Mary Ann Spencer
John Thorpe
Capital/Mission Work Group
Linda Desmarais
Christopher Fager
Kathy Mullin, Chair
Innovation Work Group
Dana Barrows, Chair
Bill Fisher
Kari Diamond Kayiatos
Liz Sillin
Ralph Tate
Education Committee
Kerry Dietz
Katie Fretwell
Gillian Hinkson
Erica Greene
Shane Hammond
Thea E. Katsounakis, Emerita
Pamela Marsh-Williams
Becky Packard
Carlton Pickron
Craig Reed
Momodou Sarr
Azanda Seymour
Briana Wales, Chair
Executive Committee
George E. Arwady
Mauricia Geissler
Karin George
Paul Murphy
Elizabeth H. Sillin, Chair
Douglas Theobald
Investment Committee
Helen D. Blake, Emerita
Stephen A. Davis
Mauricia A. Geissler, Chair
Mary Jo Maydew
David E. Pinsky
Mary Ann Spencer
Ralph S. Tate
Philanthropic Services Committee
George E. Arwady, Chair
Kelly DeRose
Kari Diamond Kayiatos
Eva Schocken
Nicole Young
Annual Fund Work Group
Kelly DeRose
Jacqueline Johnson
Kari Diamond Kayiatos
Jeremy Leap
Ellen Brout Lindsey
Nicole Young
Communications/Marketing Work Group
George Arwady
Matthew Bannister
Ruth Griggs
Ellen Brout Lindsey
Burns Maxey
Paul Robbins
Major and Planned Work Group
George Arwady
Annie Cheatham
Colette Dill
Amy Jamrog
Kari Diamond Kayiatos
Mary Ann Spencer
Professional Advisor Work Group
Jean Deliso
Luke Goodridge
Amy Jamrog
Vikki Lenhart
Debbie Penzias
Julie Quinck
Adam Robinson
Michael Simolo
Ned Steiger
Valerie Vignaux
Brendan Wood
Volunteers
Grant Reviewers
Sanford Belden
Amy Caruso
Janet Daisley
Paula DesRoberts
Mark C. Delvin
Linda Dunlavy
William T. Fisher Jr.
Sylvia Galván
Nigel D. Greaves
Leo Hwang
Kari Diamond Kayiatos
Susan B. Magee
Steven M. Mitus
Daniel R. Moriarty, Sr.
Melissa Ocana
Mark Rabinsky
Amy Richards
Mark Dov Shapiro
Laura Stebbins
Ned Steig
Ralph S. Tate
Leonard Von Flatern
Carol B. Walker
Peter Weston
David Wilensky
Community Advisors
Kent Alexander
Matthew Glassman
Vanessa Pabon-Hernandez
Rosemary Tracy Woods
Scholarship and Loan Reviewers
Andrea Allen
Jennifer Baymon
Dawn Bryden
Patricia G. Burden
Sheila M. Burke
Julia Cafritz
Thomas Campagna
Anne Chapdelaine
Jie Chen
Claire Christopherson
Andrew Clark
Denise Cogman
Ann Cowen
Ashley Crawley
Susan Crim
Linda Dagradi
Nancy Davis
Kathleen Dennis
Linda Desmarais
Paula DesRoberts
Vanessa Diana
Sergio Dias
Kerry L. Dietz
Kent Faerber
Brooks Fitch
Katie Fretwell
John G. Gallup
Abigail Gamache
Mauricia A. Geissler
Karin L. George
Tina Gloster
Nancy Goff
Nigel D. Greaves
Erica Greene
Mary E. Gresham
Shane Hammond
Santina Haywood
Mark Hellen
Jessica Hill
Gillian Hinkson
Gail Holt
Marian Johnsen
Apelila Joseph
Thea E. Katsounakis
Stephanie King
Eileen M. Kirk
Jacob Krans
Andrea Lacasse
Phyllis Levenson
Ellen Brout Lindsey
Luz Lopez
Maddie Marquez
Pamela Marsh-Williams
Jynai McDonald
Jayne Mercier
Stephen Metz
Emily Moreau
Barbara Morin
James Morris
Matt Mourovic
Edwin A. Murray, Jr.
Jasmine Naylor
Sonia M. Nieto
Richard O’Connor
Thomas Oakley
Becky Packard
Anne Paradis
Daisy Pereira-Tosado
Carlton Pickron
Brendon Pohner
Craig Reed
Mary Ann Ryan
Momodou Sarr
Elizabeth D. Scheibel
Jamina Scippio-McFadden
Azanda Seymour
Peyton Shubrick
Mary Ann Spencer
Ralph S. Tate
Douglas A. Theobald
Briana M. Wales
Beth Ward
Kristen Wing
Kiyota Woods
Barbara Wurtzel
Nicole Young