The Quinsigamond Community College Foundation in Worcester has added five new members to its board of directors who will work to offer accessible and high-quality education at QCC through scholarships, programs and community partnerships. The foundation’s new members include: ALYSSA BENEFIT, director of CRM marketing at The Aspen Group, based in Chicago; JESSICA FAVREAU, vice president and commercial lending officer at Franklin-based Dean Bank; JENNIFER HERNANDEZ, CEO and director of strategic marketing at GEM Marketing Solutions in Worcester; JACOB RUCKER, private equity analyst at Beverly-based Rucker Investments; and JETARI VEAL, assistant vice president of community and business development at Workers Credit Union in Littleton.
NAHUM CRUZ and MEREDITH LEWIS
ERA Key Realty Services has hired NAHUM CRUZ and MEREDITH LEWIS as realtors at the Whitinsville-based real estate firm. Cruz is an associate banker at JPMorgan Chase in Sudbury. He graduated with his bachelor’s degree from Worcester State University. Lewis comes to ERA Key having most recently served as a mortgage consultant at HUNT Mortgage’s Worcester office. Before that position, she worked as a senior loan officer for BayCoast Mortgage in Auburn, Reliant Mortgage in Westborough, and at Citizens Bank in Providence.
CHERYL GAUDREAU
Leominster-based Fidelity Bank has named CHERYL GAUDREAU as its new business services relationship manager. Gaudreau brings more than 30 years of experience to her new role in which she will interface with clients to provide business and cash management solutions in addition to growth optimization and fraud reduction services. Gaudreau most recently worked as senior regional business manager at Lowell-based Enterprise Bank.
PATRICK TYLERPATRICK TYLER has joined Knight-Dik Insurance as one of the Worcester-based firm’s new commercial lines producers. Tyler comes to Knight-Dik having most recently served as a senior advisor and associate vice president at The Baldwin Group, a Tampa-based insurance agency. He graduated from Assumption University in Worcester with his bachelor’s degree in business management and an MBA.
SEAN COVENEY
Oxford-headquartered bankHometown has promoted SEAN COVENEY to the role of vice president, commercial lending, based at the bank’s Millbury office. In his new role, Conveney will leverage his nearly 13 years of banking experience to create and oversee commercial loan portfolios while fostering business relationships. He is a graduate of UMass Amherst, where he earned his bachelor's degree in resource economics.
JOHN HAYESJOHN HAYES has been hired as the vice president for advancement at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester. Hayes comes to Holy Cross from his role as vice chancellor for advancement and chief advancement officer at UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester, a position he has held for the past 10 years. Hayes is a 1991 alumnus of Holy Cross and earned his MBA from Babson College’s F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business in Wellesley.
SANDRA BEATTY and CORINNE WIGINGTON
Spectrum Health Systems in Worcester has named two employees to executive roles. SANDRA BEATTY has been promoted to regional executive director for Spectrum’s Central Massachusetts region. In her new role, she will manage operations and strategy for all of the area’s outpatient programs. Beatty has been with Spectrum for 20 years, having joined the system in 2005 as a clinician. CORINNE WIGINGTON has been named executive director of quality improvement. She comes to Spectrum from her most recent role as associate director for evaluation at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
TOM MCGREGOR
The Worcester County Food Bank has named TOM MCGREGOR as the newest member of its board of directors. The executive vice president and chief lending officer at Gardner-based GFA Federal Credit Union, McGregor brings more than 10 years of financial leadership to the nonprofit’s board.
