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18 Worcester Business Journal • June 6, 2016 www.wbjournal.com ANNA SMARRA is now assistant vice president/human resource manager at Millbury Federal Credit Union in Millbury. She has been with the company since 2014, when she joined as human resources manager. An Oxford resident, Smarra is a graduate of Nichols College in Dudley. JEFFREY S. BRIGGS was promoted to practice area leader for health care and education at Capaccio Environmental Engineering in Marlborough. He will work with clients to provide a variety of services, including site assessment and LSP services, construction management and onsite safety services, and building, construction and site-related permitting for the company He was previously a senior project manager with Capaccio Environmental Engineering. He has a strong background in construction management and water and wastewater technologies. ASHLEY ALLEN was hired as vice president of sales and marketing at Health New England in Springfield, which serves Worcester County. She joins Health New England from Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, where she worked for more than 20 years. She holds three degrees from the University of Florida: a bachelor's in advertising, a master's in health administration and a master's in business administration with a focus in marketing. GERALD PLANGE was named senior consumer lending officer at Bay State Savings Bank in Worcester. He has more than 25 years in the financial industry and has worked for the bank since 1996, most recently as retail loan underwriter. He holds a bachelor's degree in economics and sociology from the University of Science and Technology in Ghana, and a master's degree in business administration from Nichols College in Dudley. He lives in Worcester. JULIE VAUTOUR is now office manager at NEADS/Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans in Princeton. She previously worked at Walt Disney's World on Ice, where she traveled to 20 countries. She has also been a fitness manager and instructor for more than 15 years. She holds a bachelor's degree from Endicott College. SCOTT HOWE was elected to the board of directors at the Solar Energy Business Association of New England, his first solar industry association board appointment. Howe is a partner and senior vice president of market development at Solect Energy in Hopkinton. He has worked in the Massachusetts solar industry since 2011. SHAUN GINTER, president and CEO of CareWell Urgent Care, which has a center in Worcester, was elected to the Urgent Care Association of America Board of Directors. He is a member of the National Association of Corporate Directors and holds positions on the board for Urgent Care Centers of New England Inc., Urgent Care Assurance Co. and Northeast Regional Urgent Care Association. Ginter earned a bachelor's degree and master's in business administration from the University of Phoenix. MAUREEN SIERGIE is now executive director at Elder Services of Worcester Area, Inc. She has been with the regional nonprofit since 1980, serving as assistant director since 1993. She is a licensed social worker and holds a bachelor's degree in urban studies and a master's degree in nonprofit management from Worcester State University. n To submit information for consideration to the Movers & Shakers feature, contact Laura Finaldi at lfinaldi@wbjournal.com. MOVERS & SHAKERS JEFFREY S. BRIGGS Capaccio Environmental Engineering GERALD PLANGE Bay State Savings Bank ANNA SMARRA Millbury Federal Credit Union MAUREEN SIERGIE Elder Services of Worcester Area, Inc. SCOTT HOWE Solar Energy Business Association of New England ASHLEY ALLEN Health New England Congratulations to our valued customer. Commit Fitness of Leominster was recently named a finalist for the Worcester Business Journal's Family Business Award. We are proud to recognize and salute our customers' success! Member FDIC Member DIF www.nmsb.com Mobile (978)772-3306 ACCOLADES & HONORS n John Lian of Baystate Financial in Worcester earned MetLife's Leaders Conference level of recognition, one of the company's highest levels of sales achievement. n Ike McBride, Mary Valentine Crowley Callahan, Rosemary Ford and Danielle Perron Sikonski won Worcester Rotary Club's Service Above Self Awards. McBride is director of operations at the Boys and Girls Club of Worcester. Callahan is a longtime city volunteer. Ford is a teacher at the Union Hill School in Worcester, and Sikonski is the director of family services at Why Me and Sherry's House in Worcester. n Clark University's Central Regional Small Business Development Center won the 2016 SBDC Service Center Excellence and Innovation Award for Massachusetts, given by the U.S. Small Business Administration. n Framingham-based Staples presented Diversity Spotlight Student Awards to the following students: Emily Procopio (nominee), Keefe Regional Technical School; Andre Adkins (nominee), Framingham High School; Anthony Gelormini (nominee), Tessa Beatrice (champion), Sofia Vale (champion), Abigail Keeney (champion), Brianna Medina (champion and overall Staples Diversity Spotlight Student Award winner), and Erin Dowdy (champion), all of Keefe Regional Technical School. n Vanessa Epro of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Leominster won the company's International Sterling Society Award, awarded to the top 17 percent of sales associates worldwide. Epro is a resident of Leominster n Students and advisors of Marlborough's Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School participated in the National Business Professionals of America Leadership Conference in Boston. All nine students earned medals. n Framingham-based Integrated Insurance Solutions LLC won a Satellite Agency Network Top Commitment Achiever Award for the highest volume of new business in its network. n Alex Zequeira, president of Nativity School of Worcester, won the Greater Worcester Community Foundation's Renaissance Award, to show appreciation for those who serve in nonprofit roles.