Berkshire United Way Appoints New Board Members

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire United Way has appointed four new board members.

Jen Glockner is an accomplished communications professional with experience in television, radio, social media and press relations. Glockner holds a bachelor's degree from Michigan State University and received recognition in BusinessWest magazine's "40 under 40" for her career and community contributions.  She has been actively involved in Downtown Pittsfield, Inc., Junior League of Berkshire County, the Berkshire Leadership Program Steering Committee, the Mass Audubon Berkshire Wildlife Sanctuaries Committee and the Ad Club of Western Massachusetts.

Glockner lives in Pittsfield with her husband and twin sons, Sam and Ben.

Charles "Chuck" Leach is the CEO of Lee Bank; previously, he served as senior vice president in charge of wealth management at Berkshire Bank. He has also served in senior management roles at TD Bank Wealth Management Group in Pittsfield and the Gilder Technology Group in Housatonic. He earned his bachelor's degree from Colby College and an MBA from Claremont Graduate School, Peter F. Drucker School of Management. He is on the board of Downtown Pittsfield, Inc., and is a past board member of Berkshire Children & Families.

Leach lives in Lee with his wife, Leigh Minor, son, Keegan, and daughter, Mackenzie.



Veronica Torres Martin is a graduate of Smith College is manager of Language Services for Berkshire Medical Center; she previously served as a medical interpreter/translator for BMC and is conversant in Portuguese and fluent in Spanish and English. She has served as the interpreter/translator for Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (National Museum of Fine Art) and as the bi-lingual liaison to the Family Center at Conte Community School. She also served as a Workplace Campaign Executive for Berkshire United Way.  

Martin lives in Pittsfield with her three children, Antonia, Juan-Emilo and Santiago.

Ellen Rudley is an accomplished development professional who earned her bachelor of arts at the University of Pittsburgh and a master of arts in arts education from New York University. Since 2005, Rudley has served nonprofits throughout the northeast as principal of Ellen Rudley & Associate both here and in New York City.  She is a member of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals and Kripalu Yoga Teachers Association.

Rudley is fluent in Spanish and lives in Egremont with her partner, Neil Fox.

 


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Pittsfield Subcommittee Supports Election Pay, Veterans Parking, Wetland Ordinances

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Ordinances and Rules subcommittee on Monday unanimously supported a pay raise for election workers, free downtown parking for veterans, and safeguards to better protect wetlands.

Workers will have a $5 bump in hourly pay for municipal, state and federal elections, rising from $10 an hour to $15 for inspectors, $11 to $16 for clerks, and $12 to $17 for wardens.

"This has not been increased in well over a decade," City Clerk Michele Benjamin told the subcommittee, saying the rate has been the same throughout the past 14 years she has been in the office.

She originally proposed raises to $13, $14 and $15 per hour, respectively, but after researching other communities, landed on the numbers that she believes the workers "wholeheartedly deserve."

Councilor at Large Kathy Amuso agreed.

"I see over decades some of the same people and obviously they're not doing it for the money," she said. "So I appreciate you looking at this and saying this is important even though I still think it's a low wage but at least it's making some adjustments."

The city has 14 wardens, 14 clerks, and 56 inspectors. This will add about $3,500 to the departmental budget for the local election and about $5,900 for state elections because they start an hour earlier and sometimes take more time because of absentee ballots.

Workers are estimated to work 13 hours for local elections and 14 hours for state and federal elections.

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