REPORT OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MELINDA PHELPS, ESQ. CHAIR OF THE GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

PROPOSED CORPORATORS NOMINATED FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 Harold T. Ahern Sister Mary Caritas Linda Ahern Gayle Carvalho Brad Albert Joseph Carvalho Jane Albert Michael Carvalho Pat Alderson Francis J. Cataldo, Jr. Linda Alston Helen R. Caulton-Harris George Arwady John Chandler Kate Bean Pam Chandler Mark Bean Karoun Charkoudian Marybeth Bergeron Gregory B. Chiecko Wayne Bergeron Robert W. Clarke Barbara J. Bernashe Frank Colaccino Daniel R. Bernashe Norma Colaccino Daniel Bessette Catherine Coleman Anita Bewick David Cooper Helen Blake Dr. Mary-Beth Cooper S. Prestley Blake Carol A. Costa Robert Bolduc Julia Courtney Roberta Bolduc Thomas J. Courtney Roger Crandall Helen C. Boyle Tim Crary Rhonda Brace Christine Curylo Jeffrey Brodsky Donald D'Amour Rosemary Brown Michele D'Amour Ted Brown Bernard Danek Richard E. Butler Judith Corridan Danek Cynthia Campbell Dr. Demosthenes D. Dasco Robert Campbell Marion S. Dasco April Camuso Ann Davis Patricia Canavan John H. Davis Brenda Canter Robyn Davis Gerald Canter Stephen A. Davis Dr. Anthony S. Caprio Elizabeth A. Davison Beth Carando Barbara Derose Peter Carando

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Florence DeRose Marilyn Gass Laurence S. Derose Candy Glazer Peter DeRose Stanley Glazer Eric Devine Maxine Goldberg Jennifer Devine Samuel Goldberg George Dickerman June Gordenstein Sherry Dickerman Peter Gordenstein William Dierken Walter Gordenstein B. John Dill Ryan Gorman Colette Dill James Gosselin George Ditomassi K. Ivan Gothner Dianne Doherty Alfred Griggs Kathleen Donnellan Sally M. Griggs Mary O. S. Dowd Ronald Grodsky A. Stedman Dowd, Sr. Susan Grodsky Carole S. Drvaric Daphne L. Hall David M. Drvaric Dena Hall Eric Hall Sondra Duda Michael F. Hall Brian Easler Dr. Stephen V. Hall Stephanie Easler Mark G. Hambley Dr. Lisa B. Emirzian Patricia Hambley Jane Engelman Samuel R. Hanmer Richard Engelman Marsha Harbison Dr. Ann Errichetti William Harbison Patty Faginski Anthony Hayes Matty Emily Fialky Charles B. Hayward Jeffrey I. Fialky Carol Hegeman Fred Filios Andrew Henshon Joseph Fimognari Meghan Henshon Paula Fimognari Andrea Hill-Cataldo Edward Finneran Roberta Hillenberg-Gang Andrew Fisk Donna Hogan Karen Fisk Mary Ellen Hogan Halina Flack Peter Hogan Dr. Joseph E. Flack Chrissy Howard Heriberto Flores Geoffrey Howard John Flynn Edith Huck Molly Fogarty Robert R. Humberston Janine Fondon Mike Hurwitz Seymour M. Frankel Dawna Jenne Ellen W. Freyman Jean Jinks Richard L. Freyman Roy Jinks Paul Friedmann Wendell Justice Denis Gagnon Kathleen Kane Frances Gagnon Susan Kelleher-Liebel Nancy Gagnon William Kelliher Victor N. Gagnon Art Kerber David Gang Dr. Mark Keroack Russell Garrison Dr. Mary King Wayne D. Gass Carol Kinsley

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Kenneth N. Kinsley Erica Moses Dr. J.R. Kirkwood Molly Moskal Michael Knapik Lori Myers Craig Knowlton Dr. Robyn A. Newhouse Catherine Labine Kasia Novak Richard Labine Peter Novak Robin Lafayette Claudia O’Brien Margaret A. Landon John M. O'Brien III R. Peter Landon Erin O'Leary Susan A. Lavoie Donald Olschafskie Kevin Lawson Phyllis K. Osbourne Susan Lawson Kate Pappas Dr. Carol A. Leary Peter J. Pappas Noel R. Leary Richard C. Parkin Brian Lees Honorable Joseph Pellegrino Nancy Lees Kathleen Pellegrino Nancy Lerner Wayne Phaneuf Paul D. Lessard Melinda M. Phelps Francis Liebel Mary Plante Ann Lincoln Timothy J. Plante Crawford Lincoln Dr. Lorraine A. Plasse Dorothy G. Lortie Dr. David Pleet Dr. Amir Lotfi Dr. Jackie Pleet Danuta Lotfi Evan C. Plotkin Robert Louder Dr. Leonard H. Plotkin Kathleen P. Lovell Martha Plotkin Marilyn Low Dr. Ernest Plummer Alex MacKenzie Joan Plummer John L. Mailhot Guiseppe Polimeni Dr. Lorraine Mangione Paula Polimeni Donald Polonis Ann Mann Betty Rae Poppo Dr. Vincent Mariano Betsy Huber Port Linda Markarian Katherine Prewitt Attorney James L. Martin Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. Nancy Martin Jacqueline Quimby Elaine Massery Teresa Regina Judith A. Matt Dr. Kathleen M. Riordan Michael Matty John D. Roberson Eileen McCaffery Jeffrey W. Roberts Ryan McCollum Madeline Roberts Calvin McFadden Dean Rogeness Dr. Natasha McKay The Honorable Mary Rogeness Nancy McKenna Christine Romanko Dr. Paul J. McKenna Joan Rosenbaum Michele Megas-Ditomassi Judith Rosenkranz Charlotte L. Meyer Manfred Rosenkranz Gwendolyn Miller Dr. Erik A. Rosenthal Martin Miller Joanna Rosenthal Sally Mitchell Peter Rosskothen Sue Monks Dr. John Rousou

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Maria Rousou Kathleen Stezko Ilana Rovner Allison Sullivan Leslie Ryall Jeffrey Sullivan Richard E. Ryall Patrick J. Sullivan Carla Santia Gregory K. Swanson Mayor Domenic J. Sarno Gregory Szyluk Jamina Scippio-McFadden Patricia Szyluk Dr. Kevin E. Schmidt Hugh Taylor Max Schnaper Sarah Taylor Rebecca Schnaper Deborah A. Teed Christopher J. Scott Mark W. Teed Mary Ellen Scott Mike Thomes Roy A. Scott James H. Tourtelotte Sarah E. Scott Anthony J. Tranghese Norma Sears Kandra M. Tranghese Irene P. Sergentanis Tammy Trudeau Mara Sfara William O. Trudeau, Jr. David Shrair Ann Turnberg Mickey Shrair Jay Turnberg Lyn Silverstein Katharine K. Turpie Robert Silverstein Bruce Urbschat Deborah Simpson Nancy Urbschat John Simpson Cassandra Waterhouse Josh Simpson Nicholas Waterhouse Kay Simpson Glenn Welch Anne Slick Janet Weiss Dr. R. Scott Smith Ronald Weiss Lisa Sperry-Ingram Ruth Weiss Diane Sprinthall J. Brendan Wood Elizabeth Stahl Leslie Wood Eric Stahl Lyman Wood Jennifer Schimmel Stanley Samantha Wood Peggy Starr Mary Kay Wydra Jane Stearns Janet Yelle Scott Stearns Daniel Stezko

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ROLE OF CORPORATORS

 Support the mission and purpose of the Springfield Museums  Determine by vote at the Annual Meeting amendments or additions the Springfield Museums Bylaws  Elect Trustees, Board of Committee Members and Corporators at the Annual Meeting of the Springfield Museums  Assist in promoting the programs, collections, and services of the Springfield Museums  Attend Museums’ fundraising events  Assist in connecting the Springfield Museums with other community organizations with similar missions  Be a member, at any level, of the Springfield Museums

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TRUSTEE NOMINATIONS

NOMINATED FOR A THREE-YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

New Nominations to the Board of Trustees

 Christopher Borowiec  Mara Sfara

Re-nominated for the 2rd Three-year term

 Helen Caulton-Harris  Roger Crandall  Anthony Tranghese

Re-nominated for a 3rd Three-year term:

 Cindy Campbell  Ellen W. Freyman, Esq.  Dr. Mark A. Keroack  Lyman Wood

New Nominations for Trustee Emeriti

 Donald D’Amour

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RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEESHIP

 Attend Board of Trustees meetings on a regular basis.

 Establish all policies of the Springfield Museums.

 Approve Museum budget and capital expenditures.

 Serve as a Corporator of the Springfield Museums, with responsibility for election of the Board of Trustees and approval of changes in the Bylaws of the Museums.

 Become a Society of William Rice member of the Springfield Museums.

Terms of service: Trustees are elected for a three-year term and may be re-elected for two additional consecutive terms before rotation off the board.

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EXECUTIVE BOARD & COMMITTEE CHAIRS

OFFICERS Position FY20 FY21 Chair Kathleen Kane Kathleen Kane Vice Chair Melinda Phelps, Esq. Melinda Phelps, Esq. Treasurer Andrew T. Henshon Lyman Wood Assistant Treasurer Jeffrey I. Fialky, Esq. Jeffery I. Fialky, Esq. Clerk Richard E. Ryall Cynthia Campbell

COMMITTEE CHAIRS Position FY20 FY21 Advancement Chair Cynthia Campbell Ellen Freyman Advancement Vice Chair Mary Ellen Scott Mary Ellen Scott Audit Chair Dr. Mary-Beth Cooper Samuel Hanmer Audit Vice Chair John M. O’Brien III, John M. O’Brien III, CPA CPA Community & Government Relations Chair Lyman Wood Lyman Wood Community & Government Relations Vice Melinda Phelps, Esq. Melinda Phelps, Esq. Chair Finance Chair Andrew T. Henshon Lyman Wood Finance Vice Chair Lyman Wood Samuel Hanmer Investment Committee Chair Anthony J. Tranghese Anthony J. Tranghese Investment Committee Vice Chair Richard E. Ryall Richard E. Ryall Marketing & Communications Chair Anthony Hayes Anthony Hayes Marketing & Communications Vice Chair Wayne E. Phaneuf Wayne E. Phaneuf Museums Committee Chair Samuel Hanmer Samuel Hanmer Museums Committee Vice Chair Wayne E. Phaneuf Wayne E. Phaneuf Physical Plant Chair Evan C. Plotkin Evan C. Plotkin Physical Plant Vice Chair Wayne Gass Wayne Gass African Hall Subcommittee Chair Gwendolyn Miller Gwendolyn Miller Society of William Rice Subcommittee Chair Leslie Ryall Leslie Ryall Society of William Rice Subcommittee Vice Cynthia Campbell Ellen Freyman Chair

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MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Full Name Term Year 2020- 2021

Kathleen Kane Christopher Borowiec 1 1 Mara Sfara 1 1 Samuel Hanmer 1 2 Mark Teed 1 2 Francis J. Cataldo, Jr. 1 3 Dena Hall 1 3 Anthony Hayes 1 3 Timothy “TJ” Plante 1 3 Helen Caulton-Harris 2 1 Roger Crandall 2 1 Anthony Tranghese 2 1 Melinda M. Phelps Esq. 2 3 Cynthia Campbell 3 1 Ellen W. Freyman Esq. 3 1 Dr. Mark Keroack 3 1 Lyman Wood 3 1 Heriberto Flores 3 2 Jeffrey I. Fialky Esq. 3 3 Evan C. Plotkin 3 3 Patrick J. Sullivan 3 3

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NOMINATED FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

ADVANCEMENT COMMITTEE

 Ellen Freyman, Esq. (T) chair  Mary Ellen Scott, vice chair  Cynthia Campbell (T)  Christopher Borowiec (T)  Colette Dill  Dena M. Hall (T)  Mark Hambley  Kathleen Kane (T), ex-officio member as chair of the Board of Trustees  Ann G. Mann  Teresa Regina  Leslie Ryall, ex-officio member as chair of the Society of William Rice Subcommittee  Mara Sfara  Payton Shurbrick  Gregory K. Swanson

AUDIT COMMITTEE  John M. O’Brien III, CPA (T), vice chair  Ryan M. Gorman, CPA  Kathleen Kane (T), ex-officio member as chair of the Board of Trustees  Timothy “TJ” Plante (T)  Glenn Welch

COMMUNITY & GOVERNMENT RELATIONS COMMITTEE  Lyman Wood (T), chair  Melinda Phelps, Esq. (T), vice chair  George Arwady  Sister Mary Caritas  Dennis Duquette  Herbie Flores (T)  John D. Flynn  Kathleen Kane (T), ex-officio member as chair of the Board of Trustees  Michael Knapik  Mary Ellen Scott

GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE  Melinda Phelps, Esq., chair

10  Cynthia Campbell  Ellen Freyman  Kathleen Kane  John M. O’Brien III  Lyman Wood

FINANCE COMMITTEE  Lyman Wood (T), chair  Samuel Hanmer(T), vice chair  Andrew Henshon  Francis J. Cataldo, Jr. (T)  Frank Colaccino  Jeffrey I. Fialky, Esq. (T)  Ellen Freyman, Esq. (T)  Kathleen Kane (T), ex-officio member as chair of the Board of Trustees  John M. O’Brien III, CPA

INVESTMENT COMMITTEE  Anthony J. Tranghese (T), chair  Richard E. Ryall, vice chair  John M. O’Brien III, CPA  Rob Humberston  Kathleen Kane, ex-officio member as chair of the Board of Trustees  John L. Mailhot  Robert Sullivan, Jr.  Lyman Wood (T)

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE  Anthony Hayes (T), chair  Wayne Phaneuf, vice chair  Pashea Benton  Kathy Cardinale  Janine Fondon  Luke Garro  Kathleen Kane (T), ex-officio member as chair of the Board of Trustees  Ryan McCollum  Rus Peotter  Christine Romanko  Mark Teed (T)

MUSEUMS COMMITTEE  Samuel Hanmer (T), chair  Wayne Phaneuf, vice chair  Cynthia Campbell (T)  Jane Engelman

11  Dr. Paul Friedmann  Frances M. Gagnon  Mark Hambley  Kathleen Kane (T), ex-officio member as chair of the Board of Trustees  Alex MacKenzie  Ann G. Mann  James F. Martin, Esq  Gwendolyn Miller, ex-officio member as chair of the African Hall Subcommittee  Terry Powe  Jacqueline Quimby  Dr. Alan Richmond

PHYSICAL PLANT COMMITTEE  Evan C. Plotkin (T), chair  Wayne D. Gass, vice chair  Harold T. Ahern  Francis J. Cataldo, Jr. (T)  Brian Fitzgerald  Kathleen Kane (T), ex-officio member as chair of the Board of Trustees  Paul “Skip” Lessard  Christopher Martin  Jason Rosewell  Patrick J. Sullivan (T)

AFRICAN HALL SUBCOMMITTEE  Gwendolyn Miller, chair  Linda Alston  Helen Caulton-Harris (T)  Samuel Hanmer (T), ex-officio member as chair of the Museums Committee  Dr. Anthony C. Hill  Calvin Hill  Sylvia Humphrey-Spann  Denise Jordan  Kathleen Kane (T), ex-officio member as chair of the Board of Trustees  Gwendolyn Miller  Donald Mitchell  Dr. Ruth S. Njiiri  Phyllis K. Osbourne  Jamina Scippio-McFadden

SOCIETY OF WILLIAM RICE SUBCOMMITTEE  Leslie Ryall, chair  Ellen Freyman (T), vice chair and ex-officio member as chair of the Advancement Committee

12  Marybeth Bergeron  Cynthia Campbell (T)  Colette Dill  Mark Hambley  Kathleen Kane (T), ex-officio member as chair of the Board of Trustees  Susan Kelleher-Liebel  Ann G. Mann  Madeline Roberts  Mary Ellen Scott

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NEW TRUSTEES Christopher Borowiec Chris Borowiec is a wealth management professional having served individuals, families and their business enterprises at regional banks and larger world-class firms for over 30 years. He is a problem-solver who enjoys complex matters. His employer—the Bank of America Private Bank (the former U.S. Trust) —has allowed him to further his interests in the arts and art services for his clients. He and his family also volunteer together to combat food insecurity and to support sports and literacy programs.

Mara Sfara Mara Sfara is an artist whose artwork seeks to transform reality into dreams. Whether her artwork is a painting, sculpture, or multi-sensory piece, she searches for rhythm and harmony to achieve a state of homogeneity. Ms. Sfara’s art focuses on the human condition with her sense of hopefulness in humanity.

Ms. Sfara received an MA in Fine Arts from New York University, a BA in English and Film Studies from the University of Rochester, and a BSN from Columbia University. She apprenticed painting with the prominent American portrait artist Burton Silverman for 20 years. She began her private art lessons as a child.

Mr. Sfara is a member of The Norwood Club, Salmagundi Club, Wethersfield Academy and the New England Sculpture Association and Society of Connecticut Sculptures, the Princeton Club of NY and The Garden Club of Hartford (GCA). Her works are in the collections of the Springfield Museum, the Cradle of Aviation Museum, the Mattatuck Museum, the QCC Art Gallery, and the Museum of Queensborough Community, College of the City University of New York, the Jewish Federation of Greater Hartford, the University of Connecticut Health Center, and the US Coast Guard Art Program.

She has participated in international solo and group exhibitions including the Museo Metropolitano in Buenos Aries, Argentina; Galeria de Arte Santos in Leon, Spain; the Institute of Hispanic Culture in Houston, Texas; the Latino Art Museum in Pomona, California; the QCC Art Gallery in Queens, New York; the Atrium Art Space in Melville, New York; Institute of Hispanic Culture, Houston, Texas; and the Fruitland Museum, Harvard, Massachusetts.

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OFFICERS Kate Kane (Chair) Kate Kane, CLU, ChFC, is a Wealth Management Advisor for Northwestern Mutual in Springfield, Massachusetts. Since 1986, her career with Northwestern Mutual has included positions as office manager, recruiter, compliance specialist, and Director of New Representative Training and Development. Ms. Kane became a Financial Representative in 1999, a field Director in 2001, and a Managing Director in 2003 and retired as Managing Director in 2019. As a Wealth Management Advisor, she focuses her work with her clients on financial planning with a concentration in retirement planning and investment management. Ms. Kane graduated cum laude from Vassar College with a degree in English. She lives in West Brookfield, Massachusetts, with her husband, Craig, and their three dogs (two black labs and a beagle).

She currently serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees.

Melinda M. Phelps, Esq. (Vice Chair) Melinda M. Phelps, Esq., is a partner at her law firm Bulkley, Richardson, and Gelinas, LLP. Ms. Phelps is the coordinator of the firm's Government Strategies Practice Group and a member of its Litigation/ADR Department and Professional Malpractice Practice Group.

A longtime resident of Springfield, Ms. Phelps has served on the Springfield board of police commissioners, Springfield Technical Community College Foundation board, and Western Massachusetts Electric Company board member. She is past president of the Mount Holyoke Club of Greater Springfield.

Melinda serves as a board member for DevelopSpringfield, the Massachusetts Council of School Attorneys, and the WGBY Board of Tribunes. She is a fellow of MassINC's Gateway Cities Innovation Institute, an organization dedicated to revitalizing former manufacturing centers in Massachusetts. Melinda also served as chair of the United Way of Pioneer Valley's 2011 fundraising campaign.

She currently serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Trustees.

R. Lyman Wood (Treasurer) Lyman Wood does not take community responsibilities lightly. He moved to the Pioneer Valley in 1983 with his late wife, Merrie. By the end of the year, he was serving as trustee and treasurer of the Board of the Springfield Museums and over time has served as the chair of the Audit, Investment, Finance, Physical Plant, and Community and Government Relations Committees and has also served as Board Chair. Lyman and Merrie Wood named

15 the Museum of Springfield History in 2009 prior to Merrie Wood’s passing in September 2012.

Mr. Wood is a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Business School. He spent half of his working career in the jewelry manufacturing industry and half as a partner and president of Brennan College Service.

While actively working, Mr. Wood supported the Western Mass Abortion Fund. This effort led him to join the Board of Planned Parenthood in Boston to convince them to build a new facility for all health services in Springfield to serve Western Mass.

He served as a director of Bay Bank and was instrumental in their voting to start the Community Foundation of Western Mass by transferring their trusts to them. Mr. Wood was a board member for 17 years and Chair at Springfield College as well as a board member of the Business Friends of the Arts and the Society of Everett Barney in Forest Park.

Mr. Wood is presently a board member and Chair of the Investment Committee of the MassMutual Trust Company. He and his present wife Leslie live in Hampden, MA and are involved in projects with Baystate Health, the International Language Institute, Square One, and WGBY.

He currently serves as Treasurer of the Board of Trustees.

Jeffrey I. Fialky, Esq. (Assistant Treasurer) Jeffrey Fialky is a Shareholder of Bacon Wilson, P.C., and the Chairperson of the firm’s corporate department, where he specializes in all aspects of corporate and business law, banking, commercial real estate, and sophisticated transactions. As well, Mr. Fialky has extensive experience representing municipalities in complex litigation matters. A former Assistant District Attorney in Hampden County, he joined the firm in 2006 after nearly a decade of living in Eastern Massachusetts where he held senior commercial attorney positions within some of the country’s most prominent publicly traded telecommunications and cable television companies.

He currently serves as the Assistant Treasurer of the Board of Trustees.

Cynthia Campbell (Clerk) Cynthia Campbell is an experienced fundraising professional. For ten years she worked as a senior manager of major gifts. She identified and cultivated individual prospects and solicited them for major gifts of $50K and above in support of Brigham and Women's Hospital. As part of her responsibilities, Ms. Campbell managed stewardship of prospects and coordinated communications with donors to promote and enhance long-term relationships. Before that position she worked as an officer in a variety of administrative

16 capacities at Harvard University Art Museums. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History and English Literature from Dartmouth College. Ms. Campbell serves on the Board of Trustees for the Springfield Museums and held a contractual position as Capital Campaign Manager.

She currently serves as Clerk of the Board of Trustees.

TRUSTEES Samuel Hanmer Sam Hanmer has over thirty years of experience in the Insurance Industry. He was formerly the CEO of FieldEddy Insurance, a firm that had over 160 years of service to the Greater Springfield community. Mr. Hanmer sold FieldEddy in 2014 to HUB International, one of the top ten Insurance Brokerage firms in the country. Since that time he has been involved in a multitude of startups furthering his entrepreneurial spirit while maintaining his local roots. He currently sits on the Board of Trustees at the Baystate Health Foundation.

Mark W. Teed Mark W. Teed is an investment advisor at Teed Capital Management of Raymond James, who currently manages more than $275 million in client assets. Mr. Teed has more than three decades worth of financial services experience, with the last 28 years spent in investment management. He currently serves on the Executive Board of the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, and sits on the Investment Committee. He is also the Treasurer of the SSO. In addition, Mr. Teed has been a class agent for Suffield Academy for over 30 years, was the past President of the Diamond Club, which is the booster club for the High School Baseball Team, and he and his wife Debby were past Presidents of the United States Air Force Academy Parents Association. Currently, Mr. Teed serves as Chair of the Investment Committee of Glenmeadow in Longmeadow, MA, and is a valued member of the Springfield Museums Marketing and Communication Committee. Mr. Teed has been a frequent contributor to Channel 22 since 1994. He has appeared on CNBC's "Power Lunch" show with Tyler Mathisen & Sue Herera to comment on financial markets. And Mr. Teed has appeared on the Brad & Bo show on WHYN, and on Jaqueline Cashman's show on Boston Herald.com.

Francis J. Cataldo, Jr. Fran Cataldo is the President of C&W Realty Enterprises, LLC and specializes in Commercial real estate development and management. In addition to his role as a Trustee, Mr. Cataldo serves on the Physical Plant and Finance Committees.

Mr. Cataldo is a corporator of New Valley Bank and PeoplesBank, serves on the Board for the Springfield Thunderbirds and Springfield Thunderbirds Foundations. He was the

17 former President of the Hartsprings Foundation, Springfield Business Improvement District and Member of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampden County and The Economic Development Council of Western Massachusetts. He lives in Longmeadow with his wife Andrea Hill-Cataldo and son Francis J. Cataldo, III. He earned a Bachelor’s of Science in Finance at Bentley College.

Dena Hall Dena Hall is a marketing and community strategy professional with 20+ years of experience in the local banking industry. Ms. Hall is currently the EVP and Chief Marketing Officer for Hometown Financial Group and its subsidiaries bankESB, bankHometown and Abington Bank. She is also the president of the company’s charitable foundations. Prior to her current role, Ms. Hall was the Western MA Regional President for United Bank and the President of the United Bank Foundations in MA and CT. Ms. Hall is currently the Chair of the Baystate Health Foundation Board of Trustees, and a board member for the Springfield Thunderbirds Foundation and the Western MA Economic Development Council. She and her family live in Westfield.

Anthony V. Hayes Anthony V. Hayes is the Chief Operating Officer and General Manager of Springfield-based New England Public Media. NEPM is the result of a partnership between WGBY public television and New England Public Radio. Mr. Hayes provides the leadership, management and vision to define and implement NEPM operations and administrative procedures, and people systems to effectively grow the organization, and ensure its financial strength and operating effectiveness and efficiency. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Engagement at Connecticut Public Broadcasting in Hartford, Director of Sales/Corporate Marketing at WAMU-FM/American University Radio, and Manager of Corporate Marketing at WETA in Virginia. Mr. Hayes holds a BFA from New York Institute of Technology and MA from American University. He is a husband and father to three sons.

Timothy J. “T.J.” Plante Timothy J. Plante currently serves as the Chief Administrative and Financial Officer (CAFO) for the City of Springfield. Before his appointment to CAFO in 2012, Mr. Plante was hired as the City’s Budget Director and Acting Chief Financial Officer. Shortly thereafter he was appointed and simultaneously held positions as the City’s Finance Director and the Springfield Public Schools’ Chief Financial Officer. Prior to his work in Springfield, Mr. Plante proudly served the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as the State’s Deputy Budget Director for the Public Health Department, Legislative Director to the Senate Majority Leader Fred Berry, and as a Fiscal Policy Analyst/Manager for the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. He holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the Sawyer School of Management at Suffolk University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science &

18 Criminal Justice from Stonehill College. He currently lives in Springfield with his wife Katie and three kids: Trevor, Alyssa, and Kaitlyn.

Helen R. Caulton-Harris Helen Caulton-Harris is the Commissioner of the Division of Health and Human Services for the City of Springfield. She is the first Black woman to hold this title. Ms. Caulton-Harris has played a prominent role in developing policy for the health and human services needs of underserved populations on the local and national level. As a testament to her Public Policy work she has received numerous awards including the AIDS Action Award from the Action Committee and the Rebecca Lee Award from the Harvard School of Public Health, among others. In 2015 she was named a member of the inaugural class of 100 Outstanding Women of Color from Western Massachusetts and Connecticut and in 2016 the African Hall Steering Committee of the Springfield Museums Association bestowed on her the prestigious Ubora Award.

Ms. Caulton-Harris is the immediate past chair of Holyoke Community College and AAA of Pioneer Valley. She served in these positions simultaneously and is the first Black woman to chair both these boards. Additionally, Ms. Caulton-Harris represents the administration of Mayor Sarno on the board of the Springfield Museums, the Library Foundation, and the Regional Employment Board (REB) of Hampden County. She is a past president of the Greater Springfield Chapter of the Links, Inc., a life member of the Carl L. Talbot VFW Ladies Auxiliary, a member XI XI Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, and a member of the GirlFriends, Inc.

Former Governor Deval Patrick appointed Ms. Caulton-Harris to both the Public Health and Food Policy Councils for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She was also appointed by the Secretary of Minority Health in Washington, D.C., as a member of the Region 1 Health Council and Governor Baker appointed her to the Gaming Commission Advisory Board.

Roger Crandall Roger Crandall is Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual).

Mr. Crandall, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), is a graduate of the University of Vermont with a bachelor’s degree in Economics. He earned his MBA with honors from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Crandall takes an active leadership role in industry, civic, academic, and economic development organizations. He is a member of the Business Roundtable and also serves on the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Board, the Smithsonian National Board, the American

19 Council of Life Insurers Executive Committee, the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, the Board of Governors of the Boston College Chief Executives Club, the One Waterfront CEO Roundtable, the Wharton Board of Leadership Advisors, the University of Vermont Foundation Leadership Council, and the Lahey Hospital & Medical Center Board of Trustees.

As a result of his leadership and philanthropy, the Springfield Museums became a Smithsonian Affiliate and entered into a multi-year partnership with the Smithsonian Institution.

Anthony Tranghese Tony Tranghese is a Managing Partner at Fiduciary Investment Advisors, LLC, an institutional investment consulting firm based in Windsor, CT. He earned a master’s degree from Boston College, a bachelor’s degree from Marist College, and is a CFA Charterholder.

Mr. Tranghese resides in Wilbraham with his wife Kandy and their children. He has been a corporator and served on the Museums’ Investment Committee for over ten years.

Ellen W. Freyman, Esq. Attorney Ellen W. Freyman concentrates her practice in all aspects of commercial real estate: acquisitions and sales, development, leasing, and financing. She has an extensive land-use practice that includes zoning, subdivision, project permitting, and environmental matters.

Ms. Freyman has substantial experience in the area of development and financing of affordable housing, using funds from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development, the Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency, and various other governmental and quasi- governmental agencies.

Mark A. Keroack, MD, MPH President and Chief Executive Officer of Baystate Health, Dr. Keroack has led the organization through a period of great change in healthcare. Baystate is now a four- hospital system with 1,000 employed providers that provides 60% of the health care in the Pioneer Valley. The system is committed to innovative approaches to care that emphasize coordination, prevention and wellness. Prior to his work at Baystate, Dr. Keroack practiced medicine for 20 years in the specialty of Infectious Disease and served in leadership roles in Quality and Safety for a national organization. He served on the faculty of the University of Massachusetts for twelve years and has authored over fifty publications.

20 Dr. Keroack is a graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Medical School and received his MPH from Boston University. He trained in internal medicine and infectious diseases at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.

Heriberto Flores Heriberto Flores is a highly accomplished career human services executive. A Vietnam veteran, serving in the U.S. Army, he was a graduate of the Leadership School and was honorably discharged in 1969. Mr. Flores has remained active in veterans’ causes and was named Springfield’s Veteran of the year in 2001.

Mr. Flores earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees with honors from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and epitomizes the ideals of state-supported, public higher education as applied through a lifetime of service to others. He has been honored with a Doctor of Public Service degree from Westfield State College, Westfield, MA.

Among his many distinguished volunteer leadership appointments are: University of Massachusetts, Trustee, Western Massachusetts Judicial Nominating Committee; Member of the Consumer Advisory Council of the U.S. Federal Reserve Board, Washington, D.C.; Workforce Investment Board; Minority Enterprise Investment Corporation; North End Educational Development Fund; Community United Way of Greater Springfield; and Regional Employment Board of Hampden County. In addition, Mr. Flores is a Holyoke Community College trustee and chair of the New England Partners in Faith, Inc., a newly developed faith-based initiative.

Born and reared in Puerto Rico, “Herbie,” as friends call him, was intimately acquainted with poverty and the struggle for family subsistence that engulfed his childhood. It was there that he first chose to identify with economically deprived multicultural groups and devote his life to service on their behalf.

Evan C. Plotkin Evan Plotkin is the third generation to serve as the President of NAI Plotkin and has been involved in the commercial real estate industry for over three decades. He has extensive experience in all aspects of property and facility management, as well as commercial brokerage, including office buildings, medical buildings, industrial buildings, shopping centers, and Homeowners Association and multi-family management. He has been running all aspects of the business locally and nationally since the late 80s and offers a hands-on approach to the management of over seven million square feet of commercial property. He is involved in business development and has been actively involved in the transformation and revitalization of downtown Springfield. Mr. Plotkin is the co-founder and producer of the Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival and serves on a variety of boards including Chair of the Center for Human Development (CHD), Holyoke Community College, and City Mosaic.

21 Patrick J. Sullivan Patrick Sullivan has worked for the City of Springfield for the past thirty-two years and is currently the Executive Director of Parks, Buildings, and Recreation Management. Mr. Sullivan administered the largest ESCO municipal contract in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts resulting in long-term savings of over $30 million. The program also involved the procurement of energy savings of electricity, oil, and natural gas resulting in savings of over $2 million per year. He has worked closely with Mayor Domenic Sarno, receiving over $600 million for school repairs and new school construction. Mr. Sullivan is proud of his partnership with the Spirit of Springfield in ensuring the success of Bright Nights of Forest Park.

He resides in the City of Springfield with his wife Nancy and their four children. Mr. Sullivan is inspired every day by the residents and good people of this great city.

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