Berkshire Botanical Garden announces a two-year interim government director
STOCKBRIDGE — Mike Beck, Berkshire Botanical Garden’s (BBG) government director, is taking a sabbatical to spend two years in England. He will accompany his husband, a company lawyer with sturdy experience in the know-how sector, who’s pursuing a profession alternative “throughout the pond” that may prolong from this September by means of 2023.
During that point, Beck’s duties will probably be fulfilled by incoming Interim Executive Director Thaddeus Thompson. Thompson served because the Director of Institutional Advancement at Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts, throughout a interval of extraordinary progress and growth. He can also be a member of the Board of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, which oversees the Gardens at Elm Bank in Wellesley. Thompson was supplied the place after a diligent candidate search carried out by members of BBG’s Board of Trustees.
“Thaddeus emerged as an excellent candidate for a lot of causes,” stated BBG Board Chair Matt Larkin, “together with a powerful report of fundraising accomplishments. His abilities come to us at an ideal juncture, with Mike occurring go away and BBG on the brink of launch the primary part of an thrilling new Master Plan to reinforce the backyard.”
“I’m so grateful that the Board needed to maintain me on,” stated Beck. “I’ve been working with Thaddeus over the summer time to organize for the transition; it’s reassuring to know I can go away the Garden in his succesful palms at some stage in my go away.”
That the Board was keen to contemplate a two-year sabbatical is testomony to how a lot Beck is revered and well liked by the Garden’s workers and Trustees. His management, for near eight years, has attracted a powerful and proficient workers with an awesome sense of teamwork. During his tenure, the Garden has expanded in some ways, together with an arts program that has put BBG’s Leonhardt Galleries on the map as a major cultural venue; a Music Mondays program that’s attracting new audiences to the Garden; a brand new Tea Room providing refreshments; and exponential progress in attendance. He additionally efficiently led the Garden by means of the pandemic, maintaining the grounds open on a restricted foundation as a community service, and maintaining the workers absolutely intact, with no layoffs.
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Berkshire Money Management CEO Allen Harris joins CDCSB Board
GREAT BARRINGTON — The Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire (CDCSB) has added Allen Harris to its Board of Directors. Harris, a Berkshire native and longtime resident of Dalton, was elected to serve a three-year time period this week.
He is the founder and CEO of Berkshire Money Management (BMM), a full-service monetary administration agency, positioned in Dalton. Harris is knowledgeable funding administration veteran who, for greater than 20 years, has used his experience to assist shoppers improve their funding portfolio worth whereas defending their wealth throughout financial downturns. He has grown his firm to greater than 15 workers and is in the method of opening BMM’s first satellite tv for pc workplace on the nook of Castle and Main streets in Great Barrington.
“Our transfer to Great Barrington means we’ll widen our major goal space, which we now have already begun by making donations to space non-profit organizations,” stated Harris. “But a examine can solely go up to now. The CDCSB has introduced me with a chance to use time, expertise, and bodily effort to serving to the southern Berkshires change into a good higher place.”
In his private life, Harris has a ardour for philanthropy, with a selected give attention to animal welfare. He has personally fostered scores of pets in his personal home as he tried to search out them “without end houses.” Dedicated to community engagement, he’s additionally a powerful supporter of each financial revitalization and the humanities in the Berkshires. He will probably be a member of each the Economic Development and the Marketing/Fundraising subcommittees of the board, serving to to maneuver ahead the CDCSB’s mission to construct reasonably priced housing and assist small companies.
The CDCSB has already benefited from Harris’ generosity because the lead sponsor of the CDCSB’s upcoming virtual film fundraising event, happening by way of Zoom on Friday, Oct. 8 at 7 p.m.
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Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) Welcomes Three New Vice Presidents
NORTH ADAMS — This tutorial yr, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) welcomed three new vice presidents to its government crew: Joseph DaSilva, Vice President of Administration and Finance; Dr. Richard Glejzer, Vice President of Academic Affairs; and Dr. Jeannette Smith, Vice President of Student Affairs.
The three new vice presidents had been employed after an intensive search course of that included a number of interviews and open conferences for campus community members together with college students, school, and workers.
Joseph DaSilva joined MCLA in June 2021. He has labored in public larger schooling for over 28 years, the final 21 of which had been at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, Massachusetts. He holds a bachelor’s diploma from Western New England University and a grasp’s diploma in larger schooling administration from Bay Path University.
Dr. Richard Glejzer joined MCLA in July 2021. He was most not too long ago the Interim Dean of Graduate Studies at Muhlenberg College, and beforehand served as Provost and Dean of Faculty at Marlboro College for 10 years. Prior to becoming a member of Marlboro, Glejzer served as professor and chair of English at North Central College, and as chair of the school’s tutorial packages and coverage committee. Glejzer acquired his bachelor’s and grasp’s levels in English from the University of New Hampshire and his Ph.D. from University of Missouri-Columbia.
Dr. Jeannette Smith joined MCLA in June 2021. She is a scholar-practitioner with 16 years of expertise in larger schooling, having labored most not too long ago because the Associate Dean of Student Affairs and engagement at Evergreen State College. Prior to that, Smith was employed at Truckee Meadows Community College; University of Nevada, Reno; and Elmhurst College. She earned her bachelor’s diploma in journalism/advertising, and her grasp’s diploma and Ph.D. in larger schooling administration/academic management from the University of Nevada, Reno.
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Two join William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty in Great Barrington
GREAT BARRINGTON — William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty not too long ago introduced that Stephen Schoenfeld, licensed actual property salesperson, and Joanna Szwyd, licensed actual property dealer, have joined the corporate’s Great Barrington brokerage.
Before transitioning to actual property, Schoenfeld spent 42 years in the monetary companies trade, the place he held senior roles at Lehman Brothers, Schwab, and State Street Global Markets, in addition to working his personal low cost brokerage agency. Upon retirement, Schoenfeld — who first bought a house in the Berkshires in 1987 — turned a full-time Berkshires resident and launched a second profession as an actual property salesperson.For the previous six years, he has centered on residential gross sales, representing shoppers shopping for and promoting houses in any respect worth factors, starting from $100,000–$4.6 million.
In her almost 20-year profession in actual property, Szwyd has labored with consumers and sellers on a variety of transactions. She involves the agency from Stone House Properties, the place she spent 5 years as an Associate Broker, and he or she additionally labored beforehand as an Associate Broker with Barnbrook Realty and Century 21. A local of Krakow, Poland, Szwyd has lived in the Berkshires for 30 years and has been a realtor since 2005. She beforehand labored as a private coach and brings her philosophy of serving to folks notice their desires in each capability to her position as a realtor.
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Salisbury Bank provide free community shred at Millerton department September 18
MILLERTON, N.Y. — Salisbury Bank continues to battle in opposition to id theft whereas constructing community goodwill by sponsoring a free Shred Event and Food Drive.
“Identity theft continues to be a priority for people and companies. One manner you possibly can be certain that thieves don’t achieve entry to data that might be confidential is shredding paperwork with private data,” sais Amy Raymond, government vice chairman and chief retail banking officer at Salisbury Bank.
Community Shred “Drive-thru” Day is open to anybody, and will probably be held on the Millerton Branch, 87 Main Street, Millerton, New York on Saturday, Sept. 18th from 9 a.m.–Noon. For the protection of all members and volunteers, the Bank has modified its Community Shred Days format to Drive-thru, and established the next tips:
- Limit 4 baggage/bins per automotive (paper solely; no binders)
- If you aren’t vaccinated, please put on a masks when inside 6 toes of one other individual
- You will probably be guided to drop off your bins on the designated space to be shredded by Bank workers
- Stay in your automotive till you attain the drop-off level
- If you are feeling unwell, please keep house
Please contemplate bringing a non-perishable meals donation. Local pantries want a wide range of donations together with: canned items, cereals, macaroni and cheese, cake combine, peanut butter, mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, and tomato sauce. Household requirements reminiscent of paper towels, diapers, shampoo, and cleaning soap are additionally appreciated.
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