Williams College's Long Term Employees Feted At Annual Celebration

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WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. - Williams College celebrated its annual Appreciation Day on Tuesday, May 5, honoring staff members who have reached special milestones in service. The celebration included a luncheon at the Williams Inn for employees completing their 5th, 10th, 15th, or 20th year of service and a dinner at the Mill on the Floss for employees who have been with the college for 25 years and for those who are retiring.

This year's retirees, followed by their respective departments and hometowns, were: John R. Anderson (Williams College Museum of Art, Adams, MA); Stephen R. Birrell '64 (Vice President for Alumni Relations and Development Office, Williamstown, MA); Kent P. Clark, Sr. (Facilities, North Adams, MA); Joyce M. Cozzaglio (Development Office, Adams, MA); Sara L. Holden (Development Office, Williamstown, MA); Robert T. Kove (Williams College Museum of Art, Clarksburg, MA); Patricia A. Peck (Advancement Information Systems, Clarksburg, MA); Marjorie L. Rancatti (Dining Services, Hinsdale, MA); Constance A. Sweet (Dining Services, Williamstown, MA); Roger C. Tatro (Facilities, Carksburg, MA); Gladys M. Williams (Dining Services, North Adams, MA); and Phyllis J. Wylde (Williams College Libraries, Williamstown, MA).

Employees celebrating their 25th year of service included: Kim A. Altiere(Admission Office, North Adams, MA); William T. Beattie (Facilities, Clarksburg, MA); Edward M. Bourdon (Facilities, Adams, MA); Kathleen W. Crandall (Facilities, North Adams, MA); Christina A. Cruz (Vice President for Strategic Planning & Institutional Diversity Office, Williamstown, MA); Richard W. Cummings             (Athletics Department, Bennington, VT); Linda L. Hall (Williams College Libraries, Pownal, VT); James G. Kolesar '72 (Office of Public Affairs, Williamstown, MA); Nancy Mowll Mathews (Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA); Diane B. Noyes-Tovani             (Dining Services, Pownal, VT); Diane A. Perault (Career Counseling Office, Williamstown, MA); Jean A. Walden (Facilities, North Adams, MA); and Margaret M. Weyers (Faculty Secretarial Office, Sand Lake, NY).

Employees celebrating 20 years of service included: David A. Boyer (Facilities, North Adams, MA); David J. Boyer (Campus Safety and Security, Williamstown, MA); Barbara A. Casey (Registrar's Office, North Pownal, VT); Mary Lynn Chick (Dean's Office, Williamstown, MA); Judith A. Clark (Dining Services, North Adams, MA); Jerald R. Cote (Facilities, North Adams, MA); Donna M. Denelli-Hess (Department of Health Services, Williamstown, MA); Laura E. Hobson (Office of Financial Aid, Clarksburg, MA); Walter J. Komorowski (Williams College Libraries, Pittsfield, MA); Kyle P. Lawson (Facilities, Adams, MA); Carol A. Luscier (Dining Services, Adams, MA); Alberta L. McCarthy (Dining Services, Williamstown, MA); Mary L. Morrison (Registrar's Office, North Adams, MA); Roger R. Parks (Facilities, Williamstown, MA); Dick Quinn (Office of Public Affairs, Williamstown, MA); Donna M. Richardson (Development Office, Adams, MA); and Karen D. Ware (Athletics Department, North Adams, MA).


Employees who were honored for 15 years of service included: James F. Allison (Office for Information Technology, Bennington, VT); Brenda L. Aubin (Dining Services, North Adams, MA); Wendy J. Berasi (Facilities, Clarksburg, MA); Alfred H. Boyer (Athletics Department, North Adams, MA); Gail Burda (Dean of the Faculty's Office, North Adams, MA); Howard J. Garbarsky (Athletics Department, Williamstown, MA); Linda M. Goyette (Advancement Information Systems, North Adams, MA); Patricia A. Hurlbut (Facilities, North Adams, MA); Keli A. Kaegi (President's Office, Williamstown, MA); Kathy S. Kimball (Dining Services, Williamstown, MA); Richard F. Martin (Facilities, North Adams, MA); David J. Maselli (Facilities, Clarksburg, MA); Jill S. Mendel (Controller's Office, Adams, MA); Marcela Villada Peacock (Multicultural Center, Williamstown, MA); Annette M. Procter (Office of Public Affairs, Williamstown, MA); Christopher Williams (Facilities, Shaftsbury, VT); and Gladys M. Williams (Dining Services, North Adams, MA).

Employees celebrating their 10th year with Williams included: Michele S. Alice (Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA); Karen Gorss Benko (Williams College Libraries, North Adams, MA); Christine W. Blackman (Williams College Libraries, Pownal, VT); Kathleen A. Butterfield (Economics Department, Bennington, VT); David B. Choquette (Facilities, Stamford, VT); Sherman L. Derby, Jr. (Facilities, Hancock, MA); Lance E. Gallup (Office for Information Technology, Pittsfield, MA); Alice T. Gelheiser (Department of Health Services, Pownal, VT); Donald V. Girard (Facilities, North Adams, MA); Reina I. Gutierrez (Dining Services, North Adams, MA); Robert C. Jarvis (Facilities, North Pownal, VT); Andrew T. Jones (Center for Environmental Studies, Williamstown, MA); Kelly F. Kervan (Controller's Office, Bennington, VT); Jody J. Kocsis (Dining Services, Pownal, VT); Tina L. Lemaire (Facilities, Stamford, VT); Sean M. Logan (Admission Office, Buckland, MA); Sheila Mason (Development Office, Williamstown, MA); JoAnne Moran (Facilities, Pittsfield, MA); Robert R. Noel (Facilities, Pownal, VT); Richard Ian Noyes (Dining Services, North Adams, MA); Michelle E. Picard (Music Department, North Adams, MA); Thomas S. Powers (Center for Development Economics, Williamstown, MA); Christine A. Robare (Development Office, Stamford, VT); Ellen D. Rougeau (Office of Campus Life, Williamstown, MA); Karen S. Saunders (Dining Services, North Adams, MA); Paul J. Smernoff (Office for Information Technology, Williamstown, MA); William E. Southgate (Facilities, Pownal, VT); Debra A. Stawarz (Office of Human Resources, Adams, MA); Lynn A. Taft (Williams College Libraries, North Adams, MA); Daniel C. Viall (Science Center, North Adams, MA); Shelby L. Walden (Vice President for Operations Office, North Adams, MA); Jianjun Wang (Office for Information Technology, Williamstown, MA); Alison J. Warner (Campus Safety and Security, Cheshire, MA); Dawn Wellspeak (Conference Office, Adams, MA); Robert H. White (Alumni/Development Communications, Williamstown, MA); Cheryl L. Whitney (Dining Services, North Adams, MA); and Paul E. M. Yarter (Campus Safety and Security, Williamstown, MA).

Employees celebrating five years of service included: Carol L. Allard (Office of Financial Aid, Williamstown, MA); Brenda C. Baliakos (President's House, Williamstown, MA); Barbara A. Bell (Theatre Department, Bennington, VT); Pamela Besnard (Development Office, Williamstown, MA); Kenneth E. Bolte (Dining Services, North Adams, MA); Stephanie A. Boyd (Zilkha Center for Environmental Initiatives, Williamstown, MA); Kortni P. Cahoon (Admission Office, North Adams, MA); Lynne M. Cassano (Williams College Libraries, Bennington, VT); Kristian S. Dufour (Office of Public Affairs, Williamstown, MA); Mark R. Grandchamp (Facilities, North Adams, MA); Jessica A. Gulley (Office of Campus Life, Bennington, VT); Anita L. Gutmann (Provost's Office, Adams, MA); Erik J. Kristensen, Jr. (Campus Safety and Security, Lanesborough, MA); Nicole R. Landy (Dining Services, Williamstown, MA); Michelle R. Larabee (Facilities, North Adams, MA); Thomas J. Martin III (Dining Services, Williamstown, MA); Kay J. Oehler (Economics Department, Williamstown, MA); Lisa A. Remillard (Facilities, North Adams, MA); Nicole D. Renaud (Registrar's Office, North Adams, MA); Maria N. Restrepo (Dining Services, Williamstown, MA); Roberto Rivas, Jr. (Admission Office, Stamford, VT); Robert S. Scherr (Chaplain's Office, Williamstown, MA); James H. Trapp (Development Office, Williamstown, MA); Nicole G. Wilson (Registrar's Office, Pownal, VT); Chris Winters (Provost's Office, Williamstown, MA).
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Pittsfield Peer Outreach Program Forming

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Health Department's outreach program, which connects individuals on the streets to needed services, is shaping up. 

On Monday, the Ordinances and Rules Subcommittee supported adding the community health program manager position as part of the department's new initiative. 

Last year's controversial camping ordinance was sent to the Board of Health, and they determined it is not the best approach for Pittsfield. It was officially scrapped by the City Council earlier this year and replaced with a peer outreach program that provides harm reduction support services, navigation, and relationship-building with vulnerable residents.  

Director of Human Resources Michael Taylor told councilors that this is part of the department's more proactive community-centered approach to addressing the issues in Pittsfield. 

"This position will help directly address prevention, access to services, different social determinants of health, and community well-being through different coordinated outreach and engagement," he said. 

"The department previously had employed the position of a social worker, so we've kind of reclassified, revamped the position to better meet the needs of what we anticipate this program to be." 

The community health program manager, employed under the Health Department, has an M8 grade salary for 35 hours per week, earning roughly between $77,000 and $108,000 per year. 

According to the job description, the position oversees Pittsfield's peer outreach initiative while advancing the long-term vision for the health department to be a more proactive, community-centered public health agency, as well as the health department's evolving responsibility to address prevention, access to services, social determinants of health, and community well-being through coordinated outreach and engagement. 

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