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20 Worcester Business Journal | September 2, 2024 | wbjournal.com MOVERS & SHAKERS Leominster Credit Union elected its board of directors for 2024-2025. MICHAEL SAU- VAGEAU was appointed chairman. Sau- vageau has been on the board since 2007 and serves on the credit union's executive committee. JOYCE LEGER was elected to assistant chair and serves on the executive committee, compensation committee, and associate director steering committee. ROBERT DELLECHIAIE was appointed treasurer and serves on the executive, audit, and associate director steering committees. GUILIO GRECO was named the assistant treasurer and has served on the board since 1978. Greco serves on the execu- tive, investment, audit, and compensation committees. JOSEPH QUINTAL will serve as the clerk and has been on the board since 2006. Quintal serves on the executive, audit, compensation, and associate director steering committees. The officers will join board members Richard Sheppard, Marc Dohan, and John Reedy. Fidelity Bank in Lemonister appointed TOWMA RASTAD as its first community engagement manager. Rastad will oversee the bank's overall community relations activities, including sponsorships, volunteerism, events, partnerships, and other community programs. She previously served as co- director of the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce. She is involved with the Rotary Club of Framingham, MetroWest Boston Visitors Bureau, and the Framingham Center Common Cultural District. She is a graduate of Leadership MetroWest class of 2023. MICHAEL SANDERSON joined MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham as administrator director of critical care and emergency services. Sanderson will work with the intensive care unit, cardiovascular unit, and emergency room leadership for overall metrics and operations. He previously worked at Mass General Brigham Faulkner Hospital in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. He has been a nurse for 10 years and was a medic prior to going to nursing school. THOMAS BARTHOLOMEW, president and CEO of Worcester-based financial services provider Bartholomew & Co., has been named one of Barron's top 1,200 financial advisors for 2024. This marks Bartholomew's 11th consecutive year being featured on the financial publication's annual list of the nation's best financial advisors. Worcester law firm Mirick O'Connell has elected two attorneys to partner status. In his new role as partner in the labor, employment, and employee benefits group, BRIAN CASACELI represents employers in Massachusetts federal and state courts and before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Casaceli earned his bachelor's degree from Stonehill College in Easton and his juris doctor from Suffolk University Law School in Boston. SPENCER HOLLAND has assumed the role of partner in the firm's real estate and environmental law group and the public and municipal law group, representing clients buying, selling, financing, and leasing commercial real estate. Holland earned his bachelor's degree from Bates College in Maine and his juris doctor from Suffolk University Law School in Boston. The Worcester Education Collaborative has named three new members of its board of directors. The new board members include LIZ HARNOIS, director of employee engagement and communications at Digital Federal Credit Union based in Marlborough; MELANIE BONSU, community relations manager at Saint- Gobain Abrasives in Worcester; and THERESA LYNN, CEO at Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts, co- headquartered in Holyoke and Worcester. JORDAN MANZOTTI has joined Franklin Family Practice, a member of Milford Regional Physician Group, as the practice's new family nurse practitioner. Most recently, Manzotti worked as an office nurse for MRPG affiliate, Milford Regional Urogynecology. Prior to her MRPG roles, she served as a registered nurse on the telemetry unit at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge. Manzotti earned her bachelor's degree in biology from University of New England in Maine and her master's degree in nursing from Simmons University in Boston. TOWMA RASTAD CALL FOR NOMINATIONS! TO NOMINATE: wbjournal.com/healthcareforum Presenting Sponsor: Supporting Sponsor: HOSPITAL FOR HOSPITAL FOR BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE Corporate Sponsor: CHAMPIONS OF Health Care CHAMPIONS OF Central Mass Champions of Health Care Awards This special awards program will recognize those in the healthcare field who are excelling in helping others, promoting innovation or improving access to care. We aim to shine a light on our region's healthcare champions and tell their story. The Worcester Business Journal is seeking nominations for outstanding leaders in the healthcare industry who are the epitome of a Champion. Whether they are companies, doctors, nurses, specialists or managers, working on the front lines or behind the scenes. We want to hear about those who go above and beyond to provide pivotal support and make significant contributions to keeping us and our community safe and healthy throughout the year, and during challenging times. Please join us in nominating, thanking and celebrating our community's everyday champions. Honorees will be announced in our Nov. 25 edition and recognized at a special celebration during our annual Central Mass Health Care Forum. NOMINATION DEADLINE: September 13, 2024 JORDAN MANZOTTI MICHAEL SANDERSON THOMAS BARTHOLOMEW BRIAN CASACELI SPENCER HOLLAND MELANIE BONSU THERESA LYNN W