Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | September 3, 2018 | Worcester Business Journal 19 Presenting Sponsor Platinum Print Media Sponsor Gold Lunch Sponsor Silver Sponsors Bronze Sponsors Gene J. DeFeudis Wachusett Country Club West Boylston, MA Kettle Brook Golf Club Paxton, MA www.worcester.edu/golf 25 Years of Believing and Achieving Since its founding, tournament proceeds have supported student scholarships and rigorous academic programs at Worcester State University, named "Best in the Northeast" by the Princeton Review 14 years in a row. Thank you to all our Generous Sponsors! See you in 2019! to branch manager of the Sturbridge office of bankHome- town. Grillo joined bankHometown in 2009 as a teller in the Sturbridge office and was promoted to assistant branch manager in Oxford in 2015. She is pursuing her bachelor's de- gree in business administration at the New England College of Business in Boston. The UMass Memo- rial Eye Center in Worcester has added two new doctors. JUSTINE GRIER, an optometrist, received her bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Maryland and her doctorate of optometry from the Southern California College of Optom- etry. She was com- pleting a residency in pediatric optom- etry this summer at the New England College of Optom- etry. SUZANNE JOHNSTON, a pediatric ophthalmologist, will provide evaluation, diagnosis, medical and surgical treatment for children two days a week at UMass' Hahnemann Campus. She is a gradu- ate of the Medical University of South Carolina who completed her residency at the Eastern Virginia Medical School and a fellowship in ophthalmic plastic and reconstructive surgery at Duke University. ALEX GEYER has been promoted to senior brand strategist at Vision Advertis- ing in Worcester. In this newly created role, he will be responsible for managing client accounts and their marketing plans. Alex has worked at Vision Advertising for four years. He works remotely from Portland, Oregon. OLIVER JOSEPH has joined Alter- natives and The Bridge, two agencies providing adults with developmental or psychiatric disabil- ities. Joseph will provide consultation to the Central Com- munity Health Partnership, with which Al- ternatives and The Bridge are partners. He is a graduate of Boston University and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, and completed his residency in psychiatry at UMass Memorial Medical Center. ERA Key Realty Services of Northbridge has two new real estate agents, VARTAN SAHVERDIYAN and DAWN GRISOLD. Sahverdiyan has nearly two decades of experience in the restaurant business and was a clothier for years for Brooks Broth- ers, Armani, Bloomingdales and Nordstrom. Griswold was previously a senior product sales representative for Staples. Bay State Savings Bank has promoted three people at its Worcester head- quarters: THOMAS BELTON to senior vice president of in- formation technology, JEANIE CONNOLLY to senior vice pres- ident of commercial lending, and LUCAS MILLER to senior vice president of compli- ance and general counsel. Belton, of Spen- cer, joined Bay State Savings Bank in 2001 and has more than 20 years of experience in banking. Connolly, of Princeton, joined the bank in 2017 from Clinton Savings Bank, where she was a commercial rela- tionship manager. Miller, of Leicester, joined the bank in 2013. He studied chemistry at Worcester State University before earning a law degree from Suffolk University. Lamoureaux Pagano Associates Architects, a Worcester architectural firm, has added three new employees: NATALIE GABRI- ELLE, MELISSA MARTINEZ, and IAN WELSH. Gabrielle, a licensed architect with 10 years of ex- perience, is designing the new Beal Early Childhood Center in Shrewsbury. She has a bachelor's degree in architecture and environmental design from Ball State University and a master's degree in urban design from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Martinez, a project manager with eight years of experience, is part of a team designing a new South High Community School in Worcester. She earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in architecture from Wentworth Institute of Technology. Welsh is also on the team designing the new South High. He earned his bachelor's degree in architecture from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. SABRINA GRILLO has been promoted M OV E R S & S H A K E R S BELTON GRIER GABRIELLE JOHNSTON GRILLO JOSEPH CONNOLLY MILLER WELSH MARTINEZ W

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