Greylock Appoints Brett Random to Board of Directors

08:12AM / Wednesday, January 17, 2024Print Story | Email Story

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Greylock Federal Credit Union announced the appointment of Brett Random to Greylock's volunteer Board of Directors.

"We are honored to have Brett join the board," said Greylock Board Chair Peter Lopez. "Her professional experience and personal priorities will strengthen this board even further. Greylock is grateful for her dedication and shared commitment to the community."

Random is the Executive Director for Berkshire County Head Start and a certified parent educator. She earned a bachelor's degree in Interdisciplinary Studies: Children, Families, and Society from MCLA; a master's degree in social work from Westfield State University; and a certification in organizational leadership from Harvard Business School. Additionally, Random is a 2018 recipient of the 40 Under Forty Award from Berkshire Community College.

Random volunteers her time with various organizations, including the city of Pittsfield's Advisory Council for the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), Department of Transitional Assistance Advisory Committee, and the Department of Children and Families Advisory Board. She has previously served as a mentor for the Rites of Passage and the Empowerment Program (R.O.P.E.), and as a committee member for the Berkshire Compact for Education Committee.

Random lives in Pittsfield with her husband, Jeremy, and daughter, Imari.

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Hancock Shaker Village Celebrations Round Stone Barn's 200th

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02:05PM / Friday, July 31, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — For two centuries, Hancock Shaker Village has been home to the only circular barn ever built by the Shakers, and on Sunday, the museum will be celebrating the landmark's bicentennial.

The museum is known for its work preserving and educating the public on the history of the Shakers through interactive exhibits, such as the beloved Baby Animals festival in April and May.

On Sunday from 10 to 5, museum admission is free with a range of activities including tours of the iconic Round Stone Barn, lectures on the shakers and the museum's other brick dwellings, a wind turbine demonstration, shaker music and dancing demonstrations, live performances, and so much more. More information on the event here.

According to the museum's website, the Round Stone Barn, built in 1826, is widely recognized as an architectural icon and agricultural wonder.

The Shakers operated a working dairy farm at Hancock until the 1950s and the barn was originally a stable for its 52 milk cows, the site said.

It has ground-level access on all three levels so, wagons could enter on the upper level to deposit hay into the central haymow on the main floor below, then the empty wagons would be driven around the circular barn floor and exit the same door it came in, eliminating the potentially dangerous activity of backing wagons out of a barn, the website said.

The cows stabled on the main floor faced inward toward the haymow for ease of feeding and manure was shoveled through trapdoors to the cellar, where it was stored until needed as fertilizer in the gardens, it said.

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