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VICTOR WOOLRIDGE
GISENIASTEWART
SYDNEYBRADY
DR. DAVID KATZ
MARGARET MANTONI
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while advancing equity, diversity, and inclusion in the healthcare industry, most recently as vice president of Community Health and Health Equity at Brigham
and Women’s Hospital in Boston. She has also held leadership roles within the organization, including executive director of the Center for Community Health and Equity and chief of staff to the president. She also spent nearly five years as director of Community Benefit Partnerships for Partners Health Care System, now Mass General Brigham.
Woolridge, a successful busi- ness and civic leader from Springfield, has more than four decades of experience in business, finance, and real estate.
He most recently served as managing director of Debt Capital Markets and Derivatives at Barings Real Estate Advisers, LLC. Prior to that, he served as a vice president at Cornerstone Real Estate Advisors, LLC, and held leader- ship positions at Babson Capital Management, LLC, and MassMutual Financial Group.
Baystate Wing Welcomes
Dr. David Katz to Medical Staff
PALMER — Baystate Wing Hospital announced it has added a new member to its surgical team, Dr. David Katz.
He will begin seeing patients at the hospital on Aug. 22.
Katz joins the Baystate Wing Medical Staff with more than 40 years of diverse experience in gen- eral surgery. He graduated from the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa and completed his internship and resi-
dency in general surgery at New Britain (Conn.) General Hospital. Currently affiliated with Baystate Franklin Medi- cal Center in Greenfield, he is a member of the American Medical Assoc. and the Massachusetts Medical Society.
Thunderbirds Name Julia Snow Assistant Athletic Trainer
SPRINGFIELD — St. Louis Blues President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Doug Armstrong an- nounced that the team has named Julia Snow the assistant athletic trainer for its AHL affiliate, the Springfield Thun- derbirds.
Snow, who becomes the third female athletic trainer in the AHL, spent last season as the head athletic trainer for the ECHL’s Worcester Railers. During the season, Snow worked closely with Springfield as Worcester produced many of its player call-ups. Prior to joining Worcester, she served stints as the athletic trainer for the Hyannis Harbor Hawks of the Cape Cod Baseball League and as the as- sociate head athletic trainer for the Massachusetts Pirates indoor football team.
Snow graduated from Worcester State University with
a health education and therapeutic studies degree in 2018, and went on to obtain her master’s degree in athletic train- ing from Boston University.
ServiceNet’s Gisenia Stewart to Join Baby Bonds Task Force
NORTHAMPTON — ServiceNet’s diversity coordinator, Gisenia Stewart, will join a group of experts, leaders, and community members to spearhead the Baby Bonds Task Force, a group charged by the state treasurer, Office of Eco- nomic Empowerment, and Economic Empowerment Trust Fund to provide recommendations for creating a Baby
Bonds initiative in Massachusetts. Baby Bonds is an initiative that
provides government-supported trust funds for children. When account holders reach adulthood, they can access their fund and spend it on assets that can grow over time or generate wealth (e.g., higher education, buying a home,
starting a business, etc.). Studies show that Baby Bonds can help close the racial wealth gap.
The Task Force’s diverse, cross-sector group includes people who have expertise and lived experience in racial wealth equity, community engagement, child welfare, and asset-growth initiatives. The Task Force will be chaired by former Massachusetts State Treasurer Shannon O’Brien.
Outside of her work as diversity coordinator for Ser- viceNet, Stewart is also a doula, an active member in her community, and a mother.
Margaret Mantoni Elected to SSO Board of Directors
SPRINGFIELD — Margaret Mantoni, president and CEO of the Loomis Communities, has been elected to the Springfield Symphony Orchestra
(SSO) board of directors. Mantoni is president and CEO
of the Loomis Communities. She served for 30 years as the organi- zation’s CFO prior to taking her current position. She is a certified public accountant and worked in a local accounting firm for eight
years before joining the Loomis Communities. She serves on the Audit Committee of the United Way of Pioneer Val- ley, is a member of the LeadingAge Massachusetts board, and serves on the Capital Projects Planning Committee for the city of West Springfield. Mantoni has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts and an MBA from Western New England College.
Also elected to the SSO board were Andrew Cade, senior vice president of the Urban League of Springfield Inc.,
and Evan Plotkin, president of NAI Plotkin, a full-service brokerage and property-management company.
Dr. Molly Ingemi Receives Baystate’s Anthony P. Lovell Award for Excellence
SPRINGFIELD — Dr. Molly Ingemi, a member of the Population-based Urban and Rural Community Health (PURCH) class of 2022, is the recipient of the inaugural Anthony P. Lovell MD Memorial Endowed Award for Excellence.
Ingemi will begin her internal-medicine residency training at UMass Chan - Baystate this July. Her clinical interests include addiction medicine, care for underserved
communities, and care for critically ill patients.
After graduating from Northeastern University, Ingemi joined AmeriCorps and served at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program. She had several roles through-
out her three years there, including educating patients at risk for hepatitis C in shelters and substance-use treatment programs, linking them to care, and providing support throughout treatment. She also participated in research activities and co-authored a journal article.
While in medical school, Ingemi volunteered for the Hampden County Medical Reserve Corps and for the Friends of the Homeless/Baystate Health partnership designed for homeless individuals exposed to COVID-19. She also volunteered to administer flu vaccines to elemen- tary-school children as part of a UMass community-health intervention.
United Way of Pioneer Valley Welcomes Sydney Brady
SPRINGFIELD — United Way of Pioneer Valley (UWPV) recently welcomed Sydney Brady as the call- center supervisor for the Call2Talk Center in Springfield. Call2Talk is United Way’s emotional-support and suicide-
Parents
prevention hotline.
Brady holds a bachelor’s
degree from Lasell University and previously served as a Call2Talk intern. She is currently earning her master’s degree in Social Work at Springfield College.
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Listen for Clues in Conversations
Many parents will state they do not want to burden their busy adult children with a request for help. We often hear older adults describe feeling foolish for not being able to keep up with their home cleaning, medications, shopping, or repairs. Those subtle clues in your conversations may indicate the need for more in-home support.
Having the Talk
Finally, how do you convince your aging parent that they need help and that you, their family caregiver, cannot do it alone? I often say it’s all in ‘how your wrap the gift’ — in this case, the gift of help and support you want to offer your parents.
Begin with considering when the best time to talk
is. Everyone involved in the conversation should be rested, limit other distractions, and not be time- constrained. Ask open-ended questions for a two-way conversation with your parent’s input. Frame your questions in a non-threatening manner. For example, ‘Dad, is it sometimes hard to do the laundry with the washer in the basement?’ Or, ‘Mom, you seem to have a lot of unopened mail. Can I help open them for you to read?’
Be patient. You may have to rewrap the gift a few times. n
Brenda Labbe is Outreach director at Greater Springfield Senior Services Inc. For more than 50 years, GSSSI has shared local resources for advice, support, and care. Call weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., to speak with a community resource specialist.