Worcester Business Journal

20 Worcester Business Journal | September 8, 2025 | wbjournal.com board of trustees. After assuming her role as board presi- dent in November to fill a vacancy, GAYLE WEISS has been officially elected to a one-year term with the organization. She worked as an attor- ney with Massachu- setts' Superior Court, Worcester-based Bowditch & Dewey, and Unum, headquar- tered in Tennessee. She earned her law degree from Suffolk University in Boston. The organization's new trustees include: JEANIE CONNOLLY, the senior vice presi- dent, senior commer- cial lending officer at Clinton Savings Bank and current member of WCHS's finance and investment committee. Connolly earned her bachelor's degree in accounting from Bentley Uni- versity in Waltham. JYOTI DATTA, a retired school prin- cipal who is a corporator at the Worcester Art Museum and a member of its education and community engagement committee, a trustee at Bancroft School in Worcester, and a Worcester Garden Club member. She graduated with her master's degree from Lesley University in Cambridge. ELLEN HORNIG, the founder of the now-closed Seneca Hill Perenni- als in Oswego, New York, who formerly taught economics at the State University of New York at Oswe- go. She earned her Ph.D. from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. ANDREA MATTEI, an attorney at Maryland-based law firm Lerch, Early & Brewer. Mattei, who centers her practice around commercial and corporate finance, graduated with her law degree from the University of Maryland Carey School of Law. GAIL RADCLIFFE, who has provided technical assessment and clinical and regulatory assistance to medical device and diagnostics companies for more than three decades. She graduat- ed with her Ph.D. in molecular biology from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. PRIYA VAIDYA, an engineer at Intel, globally headquartered in California, and a member of the New England Botanic Garden, located in Boylston. She earned her master's degree in electrical engineering from UMass Amherst. CHRISTOPHER SNELL has been ap- pointed quality and operations coordinator at Thrive Support & Advocacy, a Worces- ter-based nonprofit. In his new role, Snell will work to advance the organization's financial, managerial, and technological performances. LEARN MORE & PURCHASE TICKETS: YWCACM.ORG/EVENT/TRIBUTE TUESDAY, SEPT. 30 | 3:00 PM | AC HOTEL WORCESTER 2025 KATHARINE F. ERSKINE AWARD RECIPIENTS Linda Cavaioli Former Executive Director, YWCA Central Massachusetts Janice Ryan Weekes Executive Director, MassHire Central Career Centers Dianne Langford James Author and Entrepreneur Amie Shei, Ph.D. President and CEO, The Health Foundation of Central MA Olga Valdman, M.D. Founder and Executive Director, Worcester RISE for Health Abby Marschke Executive Director of Marketing, Retail and Customer Service, Saint-Gobain Abrasives North America Workers Credit Union has named PAUL GARCIA and CHRISTINE CLOONAN to the Littleton-based financial institution's board of directors. With more than two decades of IT experi- ence, Garcia comes to Workers Credit's board as he works as director, cyber- security at L3Harris Technologies, a Flor- ida-based aerospace tech company. He graduated with his bachelor's degrees in criminology and information technology from Northern Arizona University and his master's degree in human resource management from The University of Okla- homa. Cloonan, who works as an investor relations professional for a publicly traded company, has more than 10 years of expe- rience in corporate financial leadership in regards to technology and telecommuni- cations. She graduated with her bachelor's degree in Spanish and economics from Bowdoin College in Maine, a master's de- gree in Spanish from Middlebury College in Vermont, and another in finance from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella in Argentina. The Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts has sworn in five new and three re-elected members to its board, bringing its member count to 21. The nonprofit's new directors include ERIKA DULMAINE, SARA FLYNN, ABIGAIL MENSAH, JENNIFER MERTON, and PRISHA KONDURU while its returning members are NELIANA FERRARO DE MITCHELL, JENNIFER HUBERT, and KATIE ROZENAS-HANSON. JOSE BANCHS has been appointed chair of the board at the Shirley-based Nashoba Valley Chamber of Com- merce. Banchs, owner of J&S Business Products in Ayer, assumes his new role having been a member of the chamber for several years. In his new capacities, Banchs will work with the rest of the board and chamber staff to further the chamber's mission of strengthening the region's business eco- system, support entrepreneurs, and create opportunities for collaboration. Worcester County Horticultural Society, which runs the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, has named a new board presi- dent and added six new members to its GAYLE WEISS JOSE BANCHS PAUL GARCIA CHRISTINE CLOONAN JEANIE CONNOLLY JYOTI DATTA ELLEN HORNIG ANDREA MATTEI GAIL RADCLIFFE PRIYA VAIDYA W

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