Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School Taps New Development Director

11:50AM / Friday, March 10, 2017Print Story | Email Story

GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. — The Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School welcomes Edward Brozman as director of development.

Brozman brings extensive experience in higher education, development and community building to the school. Most recently, Brozman was the Chief Advancement Officer at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass. He has also served as vice president for Institutional Advancement at Saint Joseph’s College (Standish, Maine) and executive director of Development and Alumni Relations at Hartwick College (Oneonta, N.Y.).
In the corporate sector, Brozman has been a sales and marketing executive for companies including Winfield Industries (San Diego), Anchor Systems Group (Providence, R.I.), Shared Medical Systems and Haemonetics (Boston) and Baxter Healthcare (Chicago).

Brozman is an alumnus of The State University of New York at Oswego, and also attended executive education at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.

"We are delighted to welcome Ed Brozman as director of development," said Tom Sternal, president of the Steiner School's Board of Trustees. "His experience and expertise add great strength to our school. This is the next step in the evolution of Steiner. As we near a half century in the Berkshires, we plan to energetically engage the community, especially our alumni/ae, parents and aligned organizations. Ed will work hard to cultivate awareness and support for the institution and strengthen our core values."

"The educational philosophy and the commitment of the faculty, staff and Board of Trustees are the key motivating factors that brought me to the Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School," Brozman said. "I look forward to contributing to the ongoing success at Steiner and helping to enhance the culture of philanthropy here."

The Great Barrington Rudolf Steiner School is currently accepting student applications for the 2017-18 school year, and welcomes the Berkshires community to a spring fundraising event on May 20.

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Pittsfield Seeks $28M Borrowing for Water, Sewer Infrastructure

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
04:32PM / Saturday, February 28, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The city is seeking a total of $28 million in borrowing authorizations to upgrade its drinking and wastewater infrastructure.

This includes $13 million for upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant and $15 million for upgrades to the Cleveland and Ashley Water Treatment Plants, which are located outside Pittsfield. The City Council referred the $15 million borrowing request to the Finance Subcommittee on Tuesday.

The full drinking water project is expected to cost $165 million over the next 8 years, with $150 million for long-term construction and $15 million for near-term needs. The initial ask would fund the final design and permitting for Phases 1-3, Phase 1 of interim updates, allowances, and contingency.

After the meeting, Commissioner of Public Services and Utilities Ricardo Morales explained that these are needed repairs so the current infrastructure can be stretched a little longer while design work is underway.

Pittsfield's two Krofta drinking water treatment plants were installed in the 1980s. The city says they are beyond anticipated useful service and at risk for catastrophic failure that could leave Pittsfield with a shortage of potable water.

Krofta is a compact filtration system that Pittsfield will continue to use. There are four units at the Cleveland WTP and two at the Ashley WTP. Morales said the system is "very good" but needs to be upgraded.

"We were one of the first to use that type of technology in the 80s, and it's outdated now, and getting parts and getting repairs to it is very costly because of the outdated technology that it's using, and we can replace that with better infrastructure," he explained.

"We need to build a chemical facility on the Cleveland side. We already have that done at Ashley with [American Rescue Plan Act] funds, largely, and then we need to build better tank holding systems at the plants to allow for fluorination to happen at the plant, instead of on its way down to Pittsfield."