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Updated: 6 hours ago On the Move

Movers & Shakers for Jan. 13, 2025

Three headshots side-by-side. The man on the left wears a dark blue suit jacket, a grey button down, and a striped tie. The woman in the middle has long black hair and wears a black suit jacket and white top. The man on the right has short brown hair and wears a blue and white plaid shirt. (From left) RICHARD MENARD, EDLIN ORTIZ, and DANIEL PELTIER

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 volunteer

• AKASH GARG, financial advisor at New York-based Merrill Lynch Wealth Management

• 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 president, chief advancement officer, Open Sky Community Services in Worcester

• SCOTT OBER, partner at Worcester-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

Three headshots side-by-side. The man on the left wears a dark blue suit jacket, a grey button down, and a striped tie. The woman in the middle has long black hair and wears a black suit jacket and white top. The man on the right has short brown hair and wears a blue and white plaid shirt.
(From left) RICHARD MENARD, EDLIN ORTIZ, and DANIEL PELTIER

The Worcester Housing Authority 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.

JOSHUA FAULKNER

Clinton Savings Bank has hired JOSHUA FAULKNER as assistant 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 Marlborough-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 University in Connecticut.

Two headshots side-by-side. The man on the left has grey hair and wears glasses, a grey suit jacket, a light blue button down, and a grey shirt. The man on the right had dark hair and beard, a dark grey suit jacket, white button down, and a green paterened tie.
(From left) CORNELIUS CHAPMAN and JOHN SILVA

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.

A woman with long dark brown hair wears a black suit jacket and a white top.
NINA DOW

The Women's Bar Association of Massachusetts has named NINA DOW, attorney at Worcester’s Bowditch & Dewey, as one of four recipients 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.

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.

 

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