BHS Announces Two New Trustees

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David Moresi and Ana Suffish were elected to the BHS Board of Trustees.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Health Systems (BHS) announced the election of David Moresi and Ana Suffish to the BHS Board of Trustees.

Moresi and Suffish were both recently elected to three-year terms.

"We are excited to welcome Ana and David to the BHS Board of Trustees," said BHS President and CEO Darlene Rodowicz. "Both are recognized leaders in our community, and BHS will be lucky to benefit from their perspectives as we continue working to advance health and wellness for everyone in the region."

David Moresi, a native of North Adams, studied at Union College in Schenectady, NY, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1997. He soon returned to the Berkshires where he embarked on an entrepreneurial career. In 2000, Moresi established the firm of Moresi & Associates, a diverse real estate management, investment, and development company in North Adams. He has made a strong commitment to bringing jobs and businesses to North Adams and has had great success with achieving that with the redevelopment of the NORAD Mill. Moresi has developed numerous small businesses for more than a decade, including the NORAD Toy & Candy Company, NORAD Café, as well as being a partner in Moresi Real Estate Partners and co-owner of Grazie Italian Ristorante. He serves as Chair of the Williamstown Fire District Prudential Committee, Treasurer of the Board of Northern Berkshire EMS, and is a member of the MassHire Berkshire Workforce Board. He resides in Williamstown with his wife, Amy, and two daughters, Tess and Alli.

Ana Suffish has been the director of the Berkshire Community College Adult English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program since January 2018. In this role, she serves over 115 students each year, overseeing a variety of free classes for adults who are not native English speakers. Prior to her position at BCC, she worked in the Pittsfield Public School system as an ESOL tutor for seven years. A native of the Berkshires and the daughter of two Guatemalan immigrants, Suffish is a graduate of Pittsfield High School and the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, MA. She started her professional career in the human resources field in Boston but returned to the area with her husband and growing family in 2001. Suffish serves on the Board of Berkshire County Kids Place and Violence Prevention Center and enjoys hiking and alpine skiing.

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Pittsfield's Crosby/Conte Proposal Nearing Designer Selection

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff
05:21AM / Wednesday, May 06, 2026

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The proposal to rebuild Crosby Elementary School and Conte Community School as a combined facility on West Street is advancing to design.

On Tuesday, the School Building Needs Commission approved a draft request for services for the Crosby/Conte project and created a designer selection committee to guide the next actions. The Pittsfield Public Schools are seeking up to 80 percent reimbursement from the Massachusetts School Building Authority for the build.

Skanska USA Building Inc. was approved as the owner's project manager in early April. An OPM is a hired consultant who oversees a construction or design project in the owner's interest.

The next step is to select a designer for the new building; a draft request for services is due to the MSBA by May 14. Applications are due to the district on July 1 and to MSBA by July 9, to be reviewed on July 28.

"My hope is that we can move the process as quickly as possible, meeting the first deadlines that become available," Interim Superintendent Latifah Phillips said.

The commission appointed seven members to the designer selection committee, including a superintendent's designee, Mayor Peter Marchetti, and co-Chair Frank LaRagione. They will review proposals, about 6-10 are expected, and interview the top three designers.

School officials in 2024 toured the 69,500-square-foot Silvio O. Conte Community School, which opened in 1974, and the 69,800-square-foot John C. Crosby Elementary School, which opened in 1962. At Conte, they saw an open concept community school that is not conducive to modern-day needs, and at Crosby, they saw a facility that was built as a middle school and in need of significant repair.

Last month, a statement of interest for repairs to Pittsfield High School was approved.

Priority areas identified for an SOI to the MSBA Core Program are for the replacement, renovation, or modernization of the heating system to increase energy conservation and decrease energy-related costs, and replacement or addition to obsolete buildings to provide a full range of programs consistent with state and local requirements.

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