Worcester Business Journal

18 Worcester Business Journal | May 1, 2017 | wbjournal.com GINA LORUSSO has joined LAER Realty Partners in Worcester. She has four years of experience in real estate, most recently at Starterline Realty in Worcester. Before that, she worked in financial services for 15 years. She is a Worcester native and reno- vating a house in Charlton. LAUREN L. DELUCA has joined the commercial lines department at Sullivan Insurance Group in Worcester. She has 13 years of experience in the insurance industry, most recently at Insurance Marketing Agency. She is licensed in property and casualty insurance in Massachusetts and earned the designa- tions of chartered property casualty under- writer, associate in personal insurance, and associate in general insurance. She is a graduate of Nichols College, where she was a member of the Zeta Alpha Phi Honor Society. CAROLYN ASSA is now executive director of Becker College's Office of Marketing and Strategic Communications. In her new role, she will be responsible for building awareness of Becker and finding ways to promote it in new and existing audiences. She joins Becker from Ellis Strategies in Boston and has worked in marketing at Perkins School for the Blind and Bunker Hill Community College. Prior to that, she worked in media. She holds a master's degree in communications from Emerson College and a bachelor's degree in journal- ism from UMass Amherst. RICHARD W. NOBILE is now emeritus trustee at the Community Foundation of North Central Massachusetts in Fitchburg. He is the first emeritus trust- ee of the foundation and helped launch the organization 16 years ago. KELLEY R. SMALL, a Worcester area native, has joined Standish Executive Search in Boston as a principal. In her new role, she will join Principal Stanley Davis and help expand the firm's client base. Small has experience advising mid-market and smaller businesses and their owners on how to grow their companies. She is an O N T H E M OV E Prsrt Std US Postage PAID Permit #359 Gardner MA Prsrt Std US Postage PAID Permit #359 Gardner MA For more information go to: hmea.org/events/incredable-day-2017 HMEA incredABLE 5K Day SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2017 Dell – 50 Constitution Blvd. • Franklin, MA DELUCA advisor and wom- en's leadership director at CEO Connection and founded Newfound Business Solutions, which she led from 2006 to 2017. She was an appointee to the U.S. Department of Agriculture under President George W. Bush, where she was chair- woman of the Farm Service Agency for Massachusetts for eight years. DANIEL SPINNEY is now director of operations at Green Leaf Construction in Leominster, a new role rounding out the firm's executive leadership team. Spinney spent 34 years with Cutler Associates, where he worked on health- care, scholastic and commercial projects. In his new role, he will manage the compa- ny's construction and project management operations. CRYSTAL TACY has been hired at NFC Mortgage in Northborough as a loan officer. She has more than nine years of experience in the mortgage industry, most recently as a Worcester area mortgage company loan processor. She is a graduate of Keene State College and lives in Northborough with her boyfriend and two dogs. RUSSELL DONNELLY has joined Harrington Physician Services in Southbridge as an orthopedic surgeon. He is returning to Central Massachusetts after spending three years at the Aroostook Medical Center in Presque Isle, Maine. Before that, he worked in Worcester for 15 years, including at Fallon Clinic and at St. Vincent Hospital Department of Orthopedics. He is board certified in orthopedic surgery and a mem- ber of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He earned his medical degree from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. M o v e r s & S h a k e r s | A c c o l a d e s & H o n o r s | C h a r i t a b l e G i v i n g M OV E R S & S H A K E R S TACY A C C O L A D E S & H O N O R S C H A R I T A B L E G I V I N G W NOBILE SMALL SPINNEY DONNELLY Citizens Bank, with locations in Central Massachusetts, is donating $20,000 to Oak Hill Community Development Center, a Worcester nonprofit committed to providing financial literacy workshops covering budgeting, foreclosure prevention, money management, credit repair, bankruptcy support and asset rebuilding services. Avidia Bank, headquartered in Hudson, donated $1,000 to Shrewsbury Youth & Family Services. Pictured (from left) are Gargi Dutta Roy, Shrewsbury assistant branch manager, Avidia Bank; Justin Mussler, co-executive director of operations and development, Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services; Annamaria Chittim, co- executive director of clinical services, Shrewsbury Youth and Family Services; and Stephanie Luz, market manager, Avidia. SpencerBANK donated $1,000 to Becker College, which has campuses in Worcester and Leicester, for a science, technology, engineering and math camp for area girls from low-income households in Grades 6-8. Worcester engineering consultant Desiree Awiszio received her award for the K-12 STEM Literacy Education-Engineer Partnership from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for her work with students and teachers in sci- ence, technology, engineering and math. As part of the award, she named Principal Olga Serebrennikov from MathAltitude School of Mathematics in Worcester as the recipient of an IEEE grant. Worcester Regional Research Bureau announced the 2017 recipients of the Thomas S. Green Public Service Award: Brian Cummings, an advanced manufac- turing instructor at Worcester Technical High School; Debra Donahue, a staff assistant with the Worcester Office of the City Clerk; Amanda Gregoire, senior proj- ect manager, Worcester Executive Office of Economic Development; and Hermes Rivera, working foreman, Worcester Department of Public Works & Parks. The Small Business Administration of Massachusetts (SBA) announced National Small Business Week nominees for the state. Helder Machado, president and CEO of Machado Consulting of Worcester was named Veteran Small Business Owner of the Year. Darmann Abrasive Products of Clinton, headed up by CEO and President Thomas Puthanangady, was Small Business Manufacturer of the Year. Subcontractor of the Year went to Odic Inc. of Devens; its president is Matthew Hickcox. Winners will be honored at a luncheon in Quincy on May 2. W W

• Cover