Advisory Board

Program Advisory Board

Amy Jafee Barzach
Partner, Life Design Company
President, Powerful Inspiration

Dennis Bidwell
Principal
Bidwell Advisors

Rebecca Bryan
President
R. Bryan Associates, LLC.

Joseph Carvalho
President and Executive Director
Springfield Library and  Museums Associations

Denise Cogman
Executive Officer
Springfield School Volunteers

Jennifer Connolly
President
Junior Achievement of Western Mass.

Sylvia de Hass Phillips
Principal
Organizational Planning and Solutions

Carolyn Ford
Executive Director
Human Services Forum

Stephen Gelling
Former Executive Director
Greater Springfield Habitat for Humanity

Beth Green
Retired Executive Director
Human Service Forum 

Cherylyn Hatchett
Executive Director
Dunbar Community Center

Barbara Headley
Lead Consultant
Selah Educational and Ministry Resources 

Mark Hefter
Director
American Technion Society National Planned Giving

William Hettinger
President and CEO 
Prosperous Communities 

Mary R. Johnson
Executive Director
YWCA of Western Massachusetts

Joan Kagan
President and CEO
Square One

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

Garrett McCarthy
Executive Director
Springfield Boys Club/Carew Hill Girls Club

Richard McCarty
Principal/ Capital Campaign Coordinator
1-2-1 Partners/YWCA New Britain 

James Morton
President and CEO
YMCA of Greater Springfield

Bridget Leung-Ingram
President
Women in Philanthropy

Steven Mundahl
President and CEO
Good Will Industries, Springfield/Hartford

Carla Oleska
Executive Director
The Women’s Fund of Western Massachusetts

Timothy Oslovich
Pastor
Trinity Lutheran Church  

Jill Paul
Consultant
Harold Grinspoon Institute for Jewish Philanthropy 

Dina Plapler
Associate Vice President for Development
University of Connecticut Foundation

Dora Robinson
Executive Director
Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Services

Deborah Kaplan Polivy
President
Deborah K. Polivy and Associates

Harry Rock
Executive Y.M.C.A. of Greater Westfield

Alan Rosenfield
President
Jewish Geriatric Services

Tuti Scott
President
Imagine Philanthropy

Chip Sugrue
Vice President for Customer Strategies and Field Operations Projects
American Heart Association

Sarah Tanner
Vice President
Noble Health Systems 

Anne Teschner
Executive Director
C.A.R.E. Center

Abbie Von Schlegell
Principal
A.von Schlegell & Co.

Mary Walachy
Executive Director
Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation

Virginia Webb
Advancement Project Manager
Western New England College

Joel F. Weiss
President
Lupus Foundation of New England

Allan Wilson
Executive Director
The Discovery Center

Katherine Wilson
President and CEO
Behavioral Health Network, Inc.

Katie Allan Zobel
Director of Development
Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts


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