Program Resources
Program Advisory Board
Amy Jafee Barzach
Founding Executive Director and Chief Inspiration Officer
National Center for Boundless Playgrounds
Dennis Bidwell
Principal
Bidwell Advisors
Karen Boyle Cavanaugh
Executive Director
Womanshelter/Companeras
Rebecca Bryan
President
R. Bryan Associates, LLC.
Michael Burns
Principal
Brody, Weiser, Burns
Joseph Carvalho
President and Executive Director
Springfield Museums
Helen Caulton Harris
Director
Springfield Division of Health and Human Services
Denise Cogman
Executive Officer
Springfield School Volunteers
Jennifer Connolly
President
Junior Achievement of Western Mass.
Kent W. Faerber
President
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
Donald Fletcher
Executive Director
The Association for Community Living
Carolyn Ford
Executive Director
Human Services Forum
Stephen Geling
Former Executive Director
Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity
Beth Green
Former Executive Director
Human Service Forum
Cherylyn Hatchett
Executive Director
Dunbar Community Center
Mary R. Johnson
Executive Director
YWCA of Western Massachusetts
Joan Kagan
President and CEO
Springfield Day Nursery Corp.
Thea Katsounakis
Vice President Philanthropic Management
Bank of America
Christopher Leary
President and CEO
New Directions, Inc.
Richard Lee
Executive Director
American Red Cross/Pioneer Valley Chapter
Kathy LeMay
President and CEO
Raising Changes
Elizabeth Loughran
Consultant
Loughran Consulting
Holly Martineau
President
Women in Philanthropy
Garrett McCarthy
Executive Director
Springfield Boys Club/Carew Hill Girls Club
James Morton
President and CEO
YMCA of Greater Springfield
Steven Mundahl
President and CEO
Good will Industries, Springfield/Hartford
Carla Oleska
Executive Director
The Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts
Jill Paul
CEO
Girl Scouts of Pioneer Valley
Dina Plapler
Director of Major Gifts
CT Science Center
Dora Robinson
Executive Director
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center
Harry Rock
Executive Director
YMCA of Greater Westfield
Alan Rosenfield
President
Jewish Geriatric Services
Chip Sugrue
Vice President
American Heart Association
Anne Teschner
Executive Director
C.A.R.E. Center
Mary Walachy
Executive Director
Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation
Virginia Webb
Project Manager
Western New England College
Joel F. Weiss
President and CEO
United Way of Pioneer Valley
Katherine Wilson
President and CEO
Behavioral Health Network, Inc.
Katie Allan Zobel
Director of Development
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts
