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20 Worcester Business Journal | June 2, 2025 | wbjournal.com COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY SOLUTIONS Empowering businesses to optimize your energy portfolios, reduce energy costs, embrace energy resiliency, and achieve sustainability goals. Customized Energy Solutions (877) 292-4232 200 Friberg Parkway, Westborough, MA 01581 felpower.com @FreedomEnergyLogistics Resilient Power Solutions Renewable & Sustainability Solutions Trusted Partner in Energy Management THOMAS BARTHOLOMEW, president and CEO of Worcester based financial services provider Bartholomew & Co., has been named amongst Barron's top 1,200 advisors for 2025. Barron's, a financial magazine published by Dow Jones & Co., lists its top financial advisors annually based on factors including assets under management, revenue produced for the firm, and regulatory record. Bartholomew was named among Barron's top 100 in- dependent advisors and top 100 financial advisors in 2024. Fitchburg State Uni- versity has selected NOLAN BUCK as the university's inaugural director of military and veteran services. A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, Buck most recently worked as the City of Gardner's assistant director of veteran services, managing veterans affairs claims and state benefits for five towns. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Fitchburg State University. Worcester-based law firm Bowditch & Dewey has hired attorney CHRISTO- PHER CONDON as partner. A commer- cial restructuring and insolvency litigation lawyer with more than 20 years of ex- perience, Condon has provided counsel to clients within a range of sectors including in biotech, medical, construc- tion, and real estate. He graduated from Washington and Lee University in Virginia and Boston Universi- ty School of Law. Cornerstone Bank has named TIM RAYDER as the Worcester-based bank's new vice president, facilities director. Rayder will lead strategic planning along with direction and management of facility operations of all Cornerstone Bank locations. He most recently served as director of engineering and facilities at the XL Center arena in Hartford, Connecticut. MARK BORENSTEIN has joined the Downtown Worcester Business Improvement District as one of the organization's board of directors. Borenstein works as a partner at Boston- W NOLAN BUCK based law firm Prince Lobel working within its real estate practice group. His practice focuses on complex land-use matters, acquisitions, and leasing. Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester has hired DEB SPOTTS as its chief advancement officer and executive director of development and JOHN HOLLOWAY as executive director of access and opportunity. Spotts comes to her new role from her position as associate vice president of institutional advancement at Phoenix College in Arizona. In her new role, Spotts leverages her more than 20 years of experience to work with the QCC Foundation, to procure capital, and annual and planned gifts, while cultivating relationships with donors, alumni, and community leaders. Holloway comes to QCC having previously served as vice president for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging at Emory & Henry University in Virginia. Also with more than 20 years of experience, he has worked at Lehman College in New York and the University of California system. Workers Credit Union in Littleton has hired JAMES HIRBOUR, JESSICA FERMIN, and NICHOLAS SPINOSA as mortgage loan officers. Hirbour, a graduate of Bent- ley University in Waltham, has 18 years of experience in the lending industry. Fermin has nine years of industry experience, while Spinosa joins Workers from Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union in Lowell after six years with that organization. Mirick has named attorneys ASHLEY COFFEY and ELIZABETH NEWTON as partners at the Worcester law firm. Since joining Mirck in 2018, Coffey has worked within the firm's land use and environmental law, and public and municipal law groups, representing those buying, selling, financing, and leasing commercial real estate, in addition to lenders documenting and closing commercial loan transactions. She is a graduate of Suffolk University Law School in Boston. Newton came to Mirick in 2021 and centers her practice on estate planning, estate and trust administration, and elder law affairs. She advises fiduciaries, trustees, and family members in trust and estate administrations and settlements. Newton previously worked as an associate with the Waltham-based firm Mendel & Associates. CHRISTOPHER CONDON TIM RAYDER MARK BORENSTEIN DEB SPOTTS JOHN HOLLOWAY ASHLEY COFFEY ELIZABETH NEWTON