Worcester Business Journal

24 Worcester Business Journal | June 26, 2023 | wbjournal.com July 20, 2023 2:30 - 5:30pm Hogan Campus Center, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester Cost: $50. Pre-registration required. CANNABIS The Business of The Region's New Economic Engine Roars Forward WBJ presents WBJ's 5th annual cannabis forum will feature discussions around the latest economic data, business opportunities, and lingering obscurities and risks that remain for cannabis industry participants, whether as a licensee, ancillary service provider, or consumer. Whether you're impressed or concerned by the rapid growth of the Cannabis industry in Massachusetts, and want to know more about how to profit from its future, don't miss this special annual event! KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Shannon O'Brien Chair of the Cannabis Control Commission, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Community Partners Corporate Sponsor Exhibitor www.wbjournal.com/cannabis M O V E R S & S H A K E R S Community Healthlink in Worcester has added two leaders to its crisis co-re- sponse team. DALE KLINE will serve as senior director of crisis co-response, and KEVIN MCCARTHY will be consulting lead clinician. Kline most recently was pastor and creative director at Lifesong Church in Worcester and holds a bachelor's degree in theology from University of Valley Forge in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania. McCarthy is a licensed independent clinical social worker and has served as the program manager for impaired driving rehabilitation and substance addiction services at Eliot Community Human Services in Worcester. He holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and a master's degree in social work from Boston College. LASHAUN WOODLIFF has been named director of facilities at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill in Boylston. Woodliff was most recently director for House of Hope, a Lowell- based nonprofit. Prior to working in facilities management, Woodliff worked as a general contractor for Brady Sullivan Properties in Manchester, New Hampshire. Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts has elected 10 new board members, including three girl scouts, as well as adding four members to its board development committee. New members of the board development committee are LISA HALL BLACKMER, a North Adams city councilor, AMELIA HOLSTROM, a partner at Springfield law firm Skoler, Abbott, and Presser, BONNIE WALKER, principal diversity & inclusion officer at MIT Lincoln Labs in Lexington, and KAREN WALL, senior vice president of human resources at Fresenius Medical Care in Waltham. The new girl scout members of the board are JULIANA BREGOLI, a freshman at Southwick Regional High School, CON- STANCE CURRIER, a freshman at Notre Dame Academy in Worcester, and ELIZA- BETH ROTUNNO, a freshman at Hopkins Academy in Hadley. Other new members of the board are CARLA CARTEN, execu- tive director of diversity, equity & inclusion strategy for Boston hospital Mass Gen- eral Brigham, NELIANA FERRARO DE MITCHELL, Baystate Health in Springfield's digital project coordinator, JENNIFER HUBERT, vice president, marketing at Bay State Savings Bank in Worcester, ROBER- TA MCCULLOCH-DEWS, vice president, marketing at Greylock Federal Credit Union in Pittsfield, CHRISTINE PHILLIPS, senior vice president of human resources for West- field Bank, KATIE ROZENAS-HANSON, an agricultural education coordinator the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, and CAROLYN SAILER, human resources manager at the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts in Hatfield. Cornerstone Bank in Worcester has ap- pointed KARA WIERSMA as vice presi- dent, learning and development partner. In this role, Wiersma will develop employee training program- ming and coordinate employee develop- ment. Previously, she was vice president of colleague engagement and development at Fidelity Bank in Worcester. Wiersma holds a bachelor's degree in management from Boston University. ANDREW SALMON, chief future officer at SALMON Health and Retirement in Milford, has been named to the board of directors for MassDevelopment. The MassDevelop- ment board oversees economic develop- ment across the state, aiming to increase job opportunities and housing. Salmon is a third-generation owner of SALMON Health and holds a bachelor's degree from Whea- ton College in Norton. Webster Five in Auburn has named CRISTINA MORRISSIEY as senior vice president, retail branch network manager. She will be responsible for sales, service, and operational leadership across the branch network in this role. Morrissey was most recently vice president, regional manager at UniBank for the Hopkinton, Upton, and Milford region. She earned her bachelor's degree from State University of New York Cortland. MEG MULHERN has joined Thrive Support & Advocacy in Marlborough as the nonprofit's first vice president of adminis- tration and develop- ment. Mulhern will be responsible for devel- opment of internal controls, operations, and human resources. She was previously direc- tor of technical applications engineering and sales for International Ceramic Engineering in Worcester. Discovery Muse- um in Acton's CEO NEIL GORDON has been selected as the winner of the 2023 Nonprofit Excellence Award in Leadership from Massachusetts Nonprofit Network. A total of 135 chiefs and executive directors of nonprofits of varying sizes were nominated for the award this year and were judged by an independent panel. Gordon's top accom- plishments as the leader of the museum have been expanding access for children with disabilities, implementing sustainability practices, and furthering offerings develop- mentally beneficial nature play. Gordon is retiring as CEO at the end of 2023. W LASHAUN WOODLIFF KARA WIERSMA CRISTINA MORRISSIEY NEIL GORDON MEG MULHERN

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