Berkshire Chamber Hosts Annual Meeting Elects Officers and Directors - December 07, 2007
The Berkshire Chamber of Commerce held its 96th Annual Meeting on Friday, December 7, 2007, from 7:30 – 9:00 AM at the Crowne Plaza Pittsfield-Berkshires. A crowd of over 340 Berkshire Chamber members were in attendance.
Outgoing Board Chair Beth Mitchell called the meeting to order in the Grand Ballroom. The agenda included the election of directors and officers, a salute to the outgoing chair, a welcome from the incoming chair Jim Kolesar and the presentation of the 2007 Esther Quinn Award and the Francis H. Hayden Memorial Award.
The 2007 Esther Quinn Award was presented to William M. Hines, Sr., the retiring president and CEO of Interprint, Inc. Stephen A. Green, vice president of academic affairs at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, was presented the 2007 Francis H. Hayden Memorial Award.
June Roy-Martin, Quality Printing, presented the 2008 slate of directors for the Chamber for election. The following directors will hold a three-year term expiring in 2010: George Whaling, Whaling Properties; Gerard Burke, Hillcrest Educational Centers, Inc.; Angelo Stracuzzi, Greylock Federal Credit Union; Michael Huth, MeadWestvaco/Speacialty Papers; June Roy-Martin, Quality Printing Company, Inc.; Joan Bancroft, Berkshire Life Insurance Company of America; Beth Mitchell, Petricca Industries; Richard Palmisano, Northern Berkshire Healthcare; James Kolesar, Williams College; and Steven Pierce, Legacy Banks.
June Roy-Martin also presented the appointees for a one-year term on the Board of Directors, expiring at the annual meeting in 2008. They are: George Smith, Smith, Watson & Company, LLP; Michael Daly, Berkshire Bank; John Carrington, Sabic; John Law, Hoosac Bank; Ozzie Alvarez, Boxcar Media, LLC; and Conrad Bernier, The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank.
During the business portion of the meeting, June Roy-Martin presented the slate of officers for election. They are as follows: Chair, James Kolesar, Williams College; Chair-elect, David Avery, Merrill Lynch; Treasurer, Steven Pierce, Legacy Banks; Assistant Treasurer, Conrad Bernier, The Pittsfield Cooperative Bank; Clerk, Vicki Donahue, Cain Hibbard Myers & Cook, P.C.; Assistant Clerk, F. Sydney Smithers, Cain Hibbard Myers & Cook, P.C.; and Council Vice Chairs, Karen Zink, Berkshire Gas Company; Peter Stasiowski, Interprint, Inc.; Marianne Drake, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts; Ticki Winsor, Eastover Resort; and Gerard Burke, Hillcrest Educational Centers.
Jim Kolesar, the Chamber’s newly-elected Chair, is the Assistant to the President for Public Affairs at Williams College, where he has served as the college’s chief public affairs office since 1984. He earned his B.A. from Williams College in 1972 and a diploma from the Stanford University Summer Broadcasting and Film Institute in 1973.
The Berkshire Chamber of Commerce also recognized the 2007 Members of the Month: Group Restoration, January 2007; Quadland’s Flowers & Gifts, February 2007; Berkshire South Regional Community Center, March 2007; BerkshireWorks Career Center, April 2007; HospiceCare in the Berkshires, Inc., May 2007; The Tri-State Fair at the Green Mountain Racetrack, June 2007; New England Educational Institute, July 2007; Center for Ecological Technology (CET), August 2007; Lee Community Development Center, September 2007; Molari, Inc., October 2007; Berkshire County Board of Realtors, Inc., November 2007; and Berkshire Community Action Council, December 2007.
This year’s annual meeting was sponsored by Berkshire Bank, TD Banknorth, Greylock Federal Credit Union, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Quality Printing Company, Inc., Blass Communications, and ArrowPress. |
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