Board of Corporators

Our Board of Corporators is responsible for helping to preserve and promote the mission of our sponsor organization, Mason Wright Foundation. Corporators fulfill their responsibilities through advocacy, electing trustees, and voting on proposed changes to the bylaws. Many Corporators also serve on Board committees.

We are proud to have the following business, professional and community leaders on the Board of Corporators:

Michelle Abdow – Principal, Market Mentors
Judge William Abrashkin – Executive Director, Springfield Housing Authority
Susan Alston, Principal, Philanthropy Guild
Manny Andrade – Senior Vice President, People’s United Bank (Retired)
Maura Brennan, MD – Director Geriatrics Consultation, Baystate Geriatric Medicine
Maegan Brooks, J.D. – Attorney, The Law Firm of Maegan Brooks
Thomas Burton – President & CEO, Hampden Bank (Retired)
Richard Cabral – Administrator, Wingate at Wilbraham
M. Trant Campbell, J.D. – Attorney, Annino, Draper & Moore
Sr. Mary Caritas – CEO, Mercy Hospital (Retired)
Janet P. Cartier, RN – Pediatric Nurse, Shriners Hospital (Retired)
Charles Casartello, Jr., Esq. – Attorney, Pellegrini, Seeley, Ryan & Blakesley
Helen Caulton-Harris – Director, Division of Health & Human Services, Springfield
Tony Cignoli – President, A. L. Cignoli Company
Bob Clarke – President, Chase, Clarke, Stewart & Fontana (Ret.)
Dawn Creighton – Regional Director of Membership, Assoc., Industries of MA
Mark Cress – Attorney, Bulkley Richardson
Frank Crinella – Senior Vice President & Group Manager, TDBank
Hyman Darling, Esq. – Attorney, Bacon & Wilson
Naren Dhamodharan – President, GDA Assisted Living Consultants
Kerry Dietz, AIA – Principal, Dietz & Company Architects
John Discenza, LLM – Attorney, Martinelli & Discenza
Russell Denver – HR Client Advisor, FieldEddy
Beth deSousa, CPA, CVA – Director of Audit, Moriarty & Primack
Antonio Dos Santos, Esq. – Attorney, CREAR, Chadwell, Dos Santos, & Devlin
Brenda Doherty, J.D., LL.M. – Attorney, Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy
Mary Beth Dowd – Director, Clinical Services, Greater Springfield Senior Services
Robin Dowd Zatony – Broker/Owner, Dowd Realty Group
Henry Downey – Commercial Lender, AVP, Chicopee Savings Bank
Tracy Duncan, J.D. – Attorney, Law Office of Tracy Duncan
Valerie Dulude, MSN, RN, LFD – Funeral Director, Dickinson-Streeter
Allison Ebner – Director, of Member Relations, Employers Association the Northeast
Melvin Edwards – City Councilor, City of Springfield
Michele Feinstein, J.D., LLM – Attorney, Shatz, Schwartz & Fentin
Michael Fenton, Esq. – City Councilor
John J. Ferriter, Esq. – Attorney, Ferriter & Ferriter
James Ferry, MSW, LICSW – President, Coaching Caregivers
Jeff Fialky, Esq. – Attorney, Bacon & Wilson
Rev. Bridget Fidler – Pastor, First Church of Christ, Congregational/Suffield
Mark E. Flowers – Pastor, Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Robert Fratar – Attorney, Fratar, Kern & Kelly
Ellen Freyman, J.D. – Attorney, Shatz, Schwartz & Fentin
Paul Fritz – General Manager, Masslive.com
Thomas P. Frodema – President, The Appraisal Group
Ken Furst – President, Momentum Group
Debbie Gardner – Editor, Prime Magazine
James Garvey – Self-Employed
Robert J. Greeley – President, R.J. Greeley Company
Pat Grenier – Principal, BRR/Grenier Financial Advisors
Samuel Hanmer – President, FieldEddy Insurance
Mickey E. Harris, Esq. – Attorney, Hare, Stamm & Harris
Mary Anne Herron, Ed.D – Director of Special Projects, Harold Grinspoon Foundation
Frederick Hurst, Esq. – Publisher, African-American Point of View
Ronn Johnson – President & CEO, Martin Luther King, Jr. Family Services
Denise R. Jordan – Executive Director, Springfield Housing Authority
David Kalicka, CPA – Partner, Meyers Brothers Kalicka
Kate Kane – Managing Director, Northwestern Mutual
Thea Katsounakis – Vice President Philanthropic Management, Bank of America (Retired)
Richard Kos – Mayor, City of Chicopee
Kathleen Lingenberg – Consultant, Community Outcomes 
Morton Lynn, M.D. – New England Orthopedic Surgeons (Retired)
Paul Marchese – Senior Vice President, St. Germain Investments
Judith Matt – President, Spirit of Springfield
Michelle McAdaragh – Associate Executive Director, HAP Housing
Sue McCoy, Esq. – Attorney, Cooley Shrair
Will Miller – Auctioneer, Shamrock Auctions
Steve Mitus – Executive Vice President & CFO, Balise
John M. Morse – President & Publisher, Merriam-Webster (Retired)
Natalia Muñoz – Senior Partner, Dewberry Muñoz Communications
Wonda Murphy – President, City Enterprises, Inc.
Diane Nadeau – President, Action Business Services
Adrienne Osborn – Program Manager, Women’s Correctional Center
Nora Burke Patton – Executive Director, World Is Our Classroom
Archbishop Timothy Paul – Holy Communion of Churches
Melinda Pellerin-Duck – Director of Vocation Training, MCDI
Rus Peotter – President & General Manager, WGBY- Public TV for Western MA
Carlton Pickron, Ed. D. – Vice President, Student Affairs, Westfield State University
Alan Popp, M.S. – CEO, Mason Wright Foundation
Arlene Putnam – Consultant, Putnam Associates
Laurie Rosner, MBA – Chair, Undergraduate Business Programs, Bay Path University
Jeff Sattler – Senior Vice President, Savings Institute Bank & Trust
Ben Scranton, RCE, e-Pro – Executive Vice President, REALTOR® Association of Pioneer Valley (Retired)
Kevin Sears – Broker/Owner, Sears Real Estate
Elizabeth Sillin, J.D. – Attorney, Bulkley, Richardson and Gelinas
James Spinelli, CLU, ChFC – Financial Representative, Northwestern Mutual
Cheryl Stanley, Ed.D. – Dean, Department of Education, Westfield State University
Fred Steinman – President, Valpak
Paul Stelzer – President, Appleton Corporation
William F. Steplar – William F. Steplar Financial Services
Tina Stevens – Principal & Creative Director, Stevens 470
Eileen Sullivan, SSJ – Outreach Minister, St. Michael’s Cathedral
Michael Tarby – Vice-President, PIP Printing & Marketing Services
Henry Thomas – President, Urban League of Springfield
James Tourtelotte, Esq. – Managing Partner, Robinson, Donovan (Retired)
Sabrina Woodgett – Director, Relationship Management Retirement Services, MassMutual (Retired)
Walter Woodgett – Financial Representative, B&L Financial Architects/OneAmerica
Victor Wooldridge – Vice President, Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers LLC
Tyler F. Young – CEO, W.F. Young

Note: Members of the Board of Trustees are also Corporators. For a list of Trustees please click here.