Worcester Business Journal

32 Worcester Business Journal | January 13, 2025 | wbjournal.com The Worcester County Mechanics Association, the owner and operator of Mechanics Hall in Worcester, has elected 10 new board members and re-elected one current member. ANTHONY D'ELIA, president and chief steward at Revelation Productions in Worcester, was elected to a second-three year term. Trustees elected to their first, three-year term include: • KIM CIBOROWSKI, community volun- teer • AKASH GARG, financial advisor at New York-based Merrill Lynch Wealth Manage- ment • GLORIA HALL, public art administrator and preservationist • ANDREW JOYCE, investment advisor representative at Baystate Financial in Southborough • ANDREW MADIGAN, project manager at F.W. Madigan Company in Worcester • LORIE MARTISKA, executive vice presi- dent, chief advancement officer, Open Sky Community Services in Worcester • SCOTT OBER, partner at Worces- ter-based Hassett & Donnelly • LIZ PARKER GAGNE, donor and community engagement officer at UMass Memorial Health in Worcester • MATTHEW SABACINSKI, account manager at TD Bank in Worcester • ADI TIBREWAL, financial advisor at New York-based Merrill Lynch Wealth Management The Worcester Housing Author- ity has promoted employees RICHARD MENARD, EDLIN ORTIZ, and DANIEL PELTIER. Menard has been named Menard chief services officer, managing WHA's public safety, human resources, and technology services departments. Before joining WHA in 2021, Menard worked at the now-closed Becker College in Worcester, ending his 20-year tenure as the chief of police. Ortiz has been promoted to chief resident programs officer, overseeing WHA programs assisting residents on their road to financial independence including A Better Life and Family Self-Sufficiency. Advancing from his position as assistant vice president of public safety, Peltier is now WHA's vice president of public safety. Peltier joined the organization in 2020 as an investigator having previously worked as a police officer in Manchester and Goffstown, New Hampshire. And for the 12th year, voted Best Bank. Your local bank. Your community bank. We're happy to serve you with our newest branch NOW OPEN across from Polar Park! Connecting all offices: 800.578.4270 · www.unibank.com Stop by our new branch located at 1 Green Island Boulevard in Worcester or contact us at 508.556.7775 for all your business banking needs. OFFICIAL FOUNDING PARTNER OF THE Member FDIC NMLS #583135 Clinton Savings Bank has hired JOSHUA FAULKNER as assis- tant vice president, branch manager of the bank's Bolton branch. With more than 10 years of banking experience, Faulkner joins Clinton Savings having previously worked at Marl- borough-based Main Street Bank as AVP, relationship manager and as a retail branch manager at Boston-based Santander Bank. Faulkner earned his bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Sacred Heart Universi- ty in Connecticut. Mirick O'Connell has hired CORNELIUS CHAPMAN and JOHN SILVA as the Worcester-based law firm's newest lawyers. Chapman has joined Mirick's Boston-based business group as of counsel, representing borrowers and lenders in debt financing. He will represent nonprofit clients including community health centers, schools, and public-access television in addition to for-profit clients including those in the seafood, restaurant, and entertainment industries. Chapman most recently served as partner at Boston- based law firm Burns & Levinson. Silva will offer legal representation including for civil litigation, contested probate, and fiduciary matters at Mirick's Worcester litigation group. A graduate of Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Silva worked as an EMT/ paramedic for 10 years before transitioning to a career in law. He has previously worked at Daniel Walsh & Associates, based in Plymouth, and the law office of James W. Rosseel in Worcester. The EcoTarium, Worcester's museum of science and nature, has elected and re- elected members to its cohort of trustees and corporators. JAMES KANE, president and CEO of Wareham-based cranberry grower and real estate development firm A.D. Makepeace Co., has been elected as trustee. LAURA BEATON, managing director of Boston-based Mortgage Banking at Berkadia, has been re-elected as trustee along with RAYMOND QUINLAN, lead partner, construction manager, and treasurer at the Worcester Public Market. The Women's Bar As- sociation of Massa- chusetts has named NINA DOW, attorney at Worcester's Bowditch & Dewey, as one of four recip- ients of its Emerging Women Leaders in the Law award. In addition to her work in Bowditch's estate planning practice area, Dow is co-founder the Arab American Bar Association of Massachusetts. RICHARD MENARD EDLIN ORTIZ DANIEL PELTIER JOSHUA FAULKNER CORNELIUS CHAPMAN JOHN SILVA NINA DOW W

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