Our Organization

Retired President, Tighe & Bond, Inc.; Professional Engineer, MA, CT, NY and six other states; Diplomat, American Academy of Environmental Engineers; Director, PeoplesBank Corp; Trustee, PeoplesBank; Director, Holyoke Medical Center/Valley Health Systems; Member, Holyoke Economic and Industrial Development Corp.; Member, Holyoke School Building Advisory; Organizer of Holyoke Adopt-an-Island Program; Citizenship Awardee, St. Patrick’s Committee of Holyoke – 2004; Worcester Polytechnic Institute (B.S. Civil Engineering); Graduate of University of Maine, (M.S. Environmental Engineering).

A.V.P./Sr. Branch Officer, Easthampton Savings Bank; Former Retail Banking Officer, Banknorth; Former Registered Representative, John Hancock; 2nd V.P. South Hadley and Granby Chamber of Commerce; Graduate of University of Massachusetts (B.A. Business Administration); Western New England College (M.A. Finance).

 

President and CEO, PeoplesBank, Holyoke, MA; Director, Economic Development Council; Trustee, Holyoke Community College; Director, Senior Associate, Risk Management Association; Trustee, Pioneer Valley Planning Commission; Past President, Holyoke Lions Club; Past Director, Holyoke Children’s Museum; Past Corporator, Greater Holyoke YMCA; Past member of the Executive Council, Womanshelter Companeras;Recipient of the BusinessWest Difference Makers Award and the Lions Club International Jones Fellow Award for Humanitarian Services; Graduate of Salem State College (B.S. Business Administration); Western New England College (M.B.A Finance); National School of Finance and Management at Fairfield University; Tuck Executive Program, Dartmouth College.

 

Phyllis Capers:  President and CEO, Holyoke Visiting Nurse Association Inc. Holyoke, MA; Former R.N. Springfield VNA; Corporator, PeoplesBank, Holyoke, MA; Member and Paul Harris Award recipient, Holyoke Rotary; SIGNA THETA TAU, International Nursing Honor Society; Board Member, Holyoke Chamber of Commerce; Board Member, Employers Association of Western Mass; Board Member, Health Pathways of New England; Various Committees, Home Care Alliance; Advisory Board, HCC Kittredge Center for Business & Workforce Development; Social Service Campaign Committee, Pioneer Valley United Way; Various Community and Church Committees; Graduate, University of Mass, (B.S. Nursing); Graduate, Western New England College, (M.B.A).; Graduate, University of Mass, (Ed.D., Organizational Development).

Retired Coordinator of Science Outreach and Minority Programming, Smith College; Former Administrative Assistant, Dual Degree Programs in Liberal Arts and Engineering, Smith College and public school teacher; Emily Dickinson Museum Guide; Former member of Amherst Town Meeting, and member and Chair of Amherst and Amherst/Pelham Regional School Committees; Graduate of Wheaton College and Harvard University (M.Ed.).

 

Graduate of Mount Holyoke College (B.A. Psychology) and University of Massachusetts (M.P.A.); Retired Vice-President for Administration and Finance, Holyoke Community College; Past President of Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers; Director of the National Association of College and University Business Officers; Vice-President for Finance of the American Association of Women in Community Colleges; Former Selectman of Amherst, President of Massachusetts Municipal Association, and Chair of the Governor's Local Government Advisory Committee; Past member of the Amherst Planning Board and numerous other Town Committees; Former member of Board of Directors, First Massachusetts Bank; published in areas of systems analysis of non-profit systems, college finance and business.

 

Retired Dean of Administration, Mount Holyoke College; Registered Professional Engineer (MA); Member of the Holyoke Rotary Club; Former Board member of Holyoke Hospital and YMCA; Former member of Eastern Association of College and University Business Officers (EACUBO); Former member of Association of Physical Plant Administrators (APPA); Graduate of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (B.S. Civil Engineering); Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.S. Civil Engineering); University of Massachusetts (M.B.A).

 

Retired physician, Internal Medicine, Holyoke Associates in Internal Medicine; Former Physician U.S. Nacy; Volunteer, Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, MA; Volunteer, Smith College Greenhouse, Northampton, MA; New York Medical College (M.D.); University of Michigan (B.A. English).

Owner and Property Manager, Jones Properties LP, Amherst, MA; PeoplesBank Corporator; Promoting Downtown Amherst Business Association, Board of Directors; Pioneer Valley Housing Association, Board of Directors; Small Property Owners Association; Former COP (Amherst Community Partnership) stakeholder; Graduate of Florida Southern College (B.S. Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and Finance).

 

Director of Major and Planned Gifts, Williston Northampton School, Easthampton, MA; Senior Development Officer, Mount Holyoke College; Director of Planned Giving, Colby-Sawyer College; Director, Sales & Marketing, The Wilson Quarterly; Board of Trustees, Gaylord Memorial Library; Board of Advisors, WFCR; Member, Gaylord 100^th Anniversary Planning Committee; Friends of the Library; Past Board Member Hampshire Choral Society; Past President, Kearsarge UU Society; Past President Mass Broadcasters Assoc.; Past Board RI Broadcasters Assoc.; Graduate of University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (BA History);

 

Haring Professor of History Emeritus, University of Massachusetts; served in various capacities including Chairman of History Department and Director of Program in Latin American Studies; Foreign Service Reserve Officer (1955-57); Consultant for Department of State, Washington D.C. (1964-1987); Member and former President, Conference on Latin American History; Member and former President New England Council of Latin American Studies; author of eight books and numerous articles on Argentina and Mexico; Corresponding Member of Mexican Academy of History (elected 1985) and of Argentine National Academy of History (elected 1992); recipient of Chancellor’s Medal for Distinguished Service, University of Massachusetts (1987) and Argentine Order for Distinguished Services (1999); Member, Board of Trustees, Friends of the University of Massachusetts Library; Graduate of Harvard College and University (Ph. D. History); resident of Applewood.

 

Retired Sales Representative, MetLife Insurance Company;  Board Member of the Holyoke Rotary Club; Former Board Member of the American Red Cross Pioneer Valley; Graduate of Morgan State University (B.S. Math).

Retired Senior Vice President Retail Division, Fleet Bank; Former Vice-President, City Savings Bank; Former Senior Vice President, Shawmut Bank & Trust; Holyoke Taxpayer’s Association, Former Executive Director; Holyoke Rotary Club, Former Treasurer; Director of Holyoke Economic Development Authority Emeritus; Holyoke Mayor’s Industrial Advisory Committee; Colony Club member and 39’Rs Club member; Past Holyoke Public Library Trustee; Past Holyoke Hospital Director, Former Chair; Past Director of Holyoke Chamber of Commerce; Past President of Credit Bureau of Western Mass; Past Director of YMCA; Past Director of Pioneer Valley Planning Commission; Past Director of Holyoke Red Cross; Past Director of United Way, Campaign Chair; Rotary Paul Harris Award; YMCA Oldershaw Award; Rotary-Dwight Award; Graduate of Colgate University (B.A. Economics); Graduate – Savings Bank Institute, University of Virginia and Brown University; resident of Loomis Village.

 

Graduate of University of Massachusetts (B.A. Accounting); Certified Public Accountant, Lester Halpern and Company, P.C.; Partner since 1987; Member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Massachusetts Society of Public Accountants; Western New England College Tax Institute planning committee; Advancement chairperson Boy Scout Troop 179, treasurer of Greater Springfield Chapter, Children’s International Summer Villages, Inc. (CISV), a nonprofit organization that promotes international friendships and cultural understanding; St. Michael's Church "Little Angel" teacher, E. Longmeadow; volunteer for several childrens' school and sport activities.

 

Graduate of Mount Holyoke College (B.A. Economics) and Western New England College School of Law (J.D. cum laude); Attorney.  Member and former Chair, City of Holyoke Planning Board; Trustee and Secretary, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education; Trustee, St. Paul’s Church, Holyoke; Member of the Board and Executive Committee, WGBY division of the WGBH Educational Foundation; former trustee: American International College, Mount Holyoke College and Holyoke Community College; former Law Clerk to the Justices of Massachusetts Superior Court.

Graduate of Occidental College (B.S. Political and Social Behavior); President, Whiting Energy Fuels, Holyoke/Northampton, MA; Trustee of Forestdale Cemetery Association; Member of Board of Directors New England Fuel Institute; Honorary Co-Chair, 2000 Holyoke Hospital Golf Fore Health and Tennis Benefit; Former Trustee of Northampton Historical Society (now Historic Northampton); Former member of the Board of Directors for People’s Institute, Northampton, MA and former member of the Board of Directors of Friends of the Holyoke Merry-Go-Round, Inc.