Worcester Business Journal

wbjournal.com | September 16, 2019 | Worcester Business Journal 23 At ROCG – a nationally recognized leader in the business exit/transition field – we have the answers. Our hands-on, best practices approach, ensures our clients implement successful plans to meet their personal lifestyle and legacy objectives, whether it be an outside third-party sale, management buy-out or a next genera- tion family transfer. For more information, our White Paper on Business Transition, recent business exit and value growth articles and upcoming speaking engagements visit http://americas.rocg.com or contact Terry Shepherd at 617-412-4640. We work with business owners to: • re-energize their business model • help them discover what they need to support their long-term goals and financial lifestyle needs • develop a strategic plan to meet their goals • help set milestones to ensure everyone works with the end goal in mind • execute their strategic plan successfully 617-412-4640 • http://americas.rocg.com Where You Finish The Race Depends On Who You Bet On To Start. Rely on ROCG to Help You Maximize Your Business Value. W Dominion University in Virginia and a master's degree in higher education and student affairs from Virginia Tech. MARIO PASSI of Framingham has joined ERA Key Realty Services of Northbridge as a Realtor. Passi was a rental agent and property manager with Jordan Property Solutions in Marlborough and a Realtor with Keller Williams Realty in Westborough. He worked in marketing, design and photography at All Terrain in Waltham, and as a digital and design specialist, and a customer service representative at AlphaGraphics in Waltham. Dr. KRUPA PATEL has joined the Nashoba Valley Medical Center and Lunenburg Family Practice- Steward Medical Group. Patel, a family medicine physician, provides primary care services to patients of all ages and is accepting patients at SMG Lunenburg Family Practice. She received her medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine in Grenada and her family medicine residency at Stamford Hospital/Columbia University in New York City. SEAN J. O'CONNELL has been promoted to director of business and consumer banking at UniBank in Whitinsville, responsible for the strategic oversight and management of the consumer banking division. O'Connell has been at UniBank for three years, and has 10 years of banking experience. He has a bachelor's degree in business management from Westfield State University and is working toward his MBA from Nichols College in Dudley. SHEILA KING-GOODWIN of Worcester is Fidelity Bank's new senior vice president and chief retail banking officer, leading the Leominster bank's efforts in retail, client care, investments and insurance. She has 30 years of banking experience, including 13 years as senior vice president of retail at PeoplesBank in Holyoke. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina and an MBA from Assumption College, and is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Stonier School of Banking. PETER BEECHER of Medway is the new vice president for commercial lending at Milford Federal Bank, responsible for generating new business and building relationships in the Milford area. Beecher previously worked for Milford National Bank for 28 years as a vice president and commercial loan officer, and most recently worked at Rockland Trust. ArtsWorcester, a nonprofit art center, has added four new members to three-year terms on its board: JEANIE CONNOLLY, vice president of commercial lending at Bay State Savings Bank; JENNIFER IRVINE, director of marketing and business development for Worcester law firm Bowditch & Dewey; BETTY BLUTE, a development associate at The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts; and VANESSA CALIXTO, a coordinator for the Clemente Course in the Humanities education program and a co- founder of The Creative Minds Collective. CHRISTAL C. BROWN of Athol has joined GFA Federal Credit Union of Gardner as assistant vice president and director of marketing, leading the marketing department and strengthening the credit union's brand in traditional and digital platforms. Brown previously worked at Clinton Savings Bank and has an MBA in marketing and new media design from Southern New Hampshire University. PATEL O'CONNELL KING-GOODWIN BEECHER

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