Chamber of Commerce elects officer

Chamber of Commerce elects officers and board of directors at annual meeting

SPRINGFIELD At its recent annual meeting, the membership of the Springfield Chamber of Commerce of The Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield, Inc., elected its officers and board of directors.

Elected as Officers for the Springfield Chamber Board of Directors were President, Carol Baribeau, Verizon; Vice President Victor Woolridge, Babson Capital Mgt.; Treasurer, Thomas H. Themistos, Kostin, Ruffkess, Themistos & Dane LLC; Clerk, Jane Albert, Baystate Health; Past President, Mary Ellen Scott, United Personnel Services, Inc.; and Executive Director Russell F. Denver, Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield, Inc.

Elected to the Springfield Chamber Board of Directors were Robert Bonsall, Disability Management Services, Inc.; Juan Campbell, Health New England; Joseph Carvalho, Springfield Museums; Susan Chamberlain, TD Banknorth, NA; Jeffrey Ciuffreda, ACCGS; Joseph A. Collins, Collins Electric; Frank Crosby, Verizon; Patricia Crutchfield, Cambridge College; Stephen A. Dinoia, Eastern Advertising Novelty, Inc.; John Doleva, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame; Herbert Dotterer, Big Y Foods, Inc.; John T. Driscoll, Driscoll Photography; Bruce Eger, Westfield Bank; Rocco J. Falcone, Rocky's Hardware, Inc.; Susan Fenelon-Kerr, Sisters of Providence Health System; Gary Fialky, Bacon & Wilson, PC; Daniel Flynn, The Bank of Western Massachusetts; Atty. Ellen Freyman, Shatz, Schwartz and Fentin, PC; Kathryn Gibson, The MacDuffie School; Dena Hall, United Bank; Dr. David A. Hirsh, DMD , David A. Hirsh, DMD; Michael Hurwitz, Uno Chicago Grill; Stuart Hurwitz, Velocity Sports Performance; Art Jasper, Courier Express, Inc.; Deb King, Scibelli Enterprise Center; Bruce Landon, Springfield Falcons Hockey Club; Dale Lucy-Allen, Springfield College; Douglas L. Macmillan, Macmillan and Son, Inc.; Gary Martinelli, Martinelli, Discenza & Hannifan, PC; Judith Matt, Spirit of Springfield, Inc.; William Miller, Friends of the Homeless; Patrick Montgomery, MassMutual Center; Joel Morse, The Republican; Gary J. Moskal, Moskal, Frank Insurance Agency, Inc.; Timothy F. Murphy, Skoler, Abbott & Presser, PC; John M. O'Brien, J.M. O'Brien & Company, P.C.; William M. Pepin, WWLP 22News; Paul C. Picknelly, Sheraton Springfield; Evan Plotkin, NAI Samuel D. Plotkin & Associates; Atty. Arthur W. Price, Arthur W. Price & Associates, PC; Arlene Putnam, Eastfield Mall; Ira Rubenzahl, Springfield Technical Community College; Stoughton Smead, Motorace; J. Jeffrey Sullivan, United Bank; Kathy Tobin, WGGB ABC40; Mark Tolosky, Baystate Health; and Nancy Urbschat, TSM Design, Inc.

The Springfield Chamber of Commerce is one of seven independent Chambers of Commerce and a Women's Partnership affiliated with the Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield, Inc., (ACCGS) a business association serving nine cities and towns and nearly 2,000 businesses of all sizes, industry and profession.