Our Organization

Board Bios

The Loomis Communities is a non-profit organization which draws its volunteer Directors from communities within the Pioneer Valley, including Amherst, Holyoke, South Hadley and the Springfield area. Our directors bring to Loomis a wide range of professional, financial, and human service skills. They are committed to furthering our mission of providing high quality services and health care to older persons throughout the aging process.


David Healey, Chairperson
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).
Kay Sordillo, Vice Chairperson
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).

 

Nancy Eddy
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.

 

Wayne Gass
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).

 

Dr. Norman Halpern
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).
Gwendolyn Jones Boisseau
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).

 

Sara Lawrence
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 100th 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).

 

Ann McIntosh
Retired, Medical Staff Coordinator for Quality Improvement, Baystate Franklin; Retired Physician, Iverson-McIntosh Family Practice; Retired Physician, Private Practice;  Board of Directors, Health New England; Board of Directors, BayCare Health Partners; Volunteer, Various Community Activities;  Medical College of South Carolina (M.D.); Converse College, (B.A. Biology & Chemistry); Yale School of Public Health, (2 years non degree study).  Resident of Reeds Landing.
Venus Robinson
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).
Thomas Senecal
Executive Vice President, CFO & Treasurer, PeoplesBank; Former CFO & Treasurer, Florence Savings Bank; Former Senior Manager, KPMG Peat Marwick LLP;  Certified Public Accountant;  Finance, Audit Committee and Board of Holyoke Community College Foundation; Veteran of U.S. Coast Guard.
Greg Sheehan
Executive Vice President, Pension & Benefits Associates; former Assistant Vice President, PeoplesBank; Appropriations Member and Town Meeting Member, Town of South Hadley;  Young Professionals Society Member;  Mt. Holyoke Masonic Lodge Member; Former Member Town of South Hadley Select Board;  Former Treasurer, Providence Ministries for the Needy;  Former Board Member, South Hadley Council on Aging;  Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity and Big Brother/Big Sisters.  Graduate of UMASS, Amherst, (B.S. Sports Management and Marketing)

 

Mary-Anne S. Stearns
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.

 

Joan Steiger
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.
Richard Whiting, Jr.
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.