Greenfield Cooperative Bank announces promotions
GREENFIELD — Greenfield Cooperative Bank has announced the promotions of seven employees.
Michael Buckmaster is being promoted to executive vice president, commercial lending. Buckmaster has been with the bank since 2020 leading the commercial lending team and has more than 30 years of experience in banking.
Sean Sormanti is being promoted to executive vice president, human resources. Sormanti has been with the bank since 2019 leading our Human Resources department and has more than 15 years of experience in human resources and benefits administration.
Shelly Malo is being promoted to vice president, mortgage originator. Malo rejoined the bank in 2024, as senior mortgage originator, after previously working at Greenfield Co-op for eight years in the early 2000s.
Matthew Donovan is being promoted to assistant vice president, commercial lender. Donovan joined the bank in 2023 as a senior credit analyst with several years of credit experience working for America Honda Finance. He was promoted to commercial lending officer last year.
Kristen Canedy is being promoted to branch manager officer. Canedy joined the bank in 2020 and quickly rose the ranks to become the branch manager of the Northfield Branch in 2024.
Harlin Glovacki is being promoted to branch manager officer. Glovacki joined the bank in 2022 and advanced quickly to become the branch manager of the Shelburne Falls Branch in 2024. He provides assistance to the treasury management team that share the Shelburne Falls Branch and will be completing the New England School of Financial Studies program this year.
Marina Connor is being promoted to assistant branch manager and lead training officer. Connor started with the bank as a teller in 2017 and has risen to assistant manager while also acting as the bank’s lead trainer over the past several years. She has developed, maintained and lead the training program for the entire retail division over that time.
“These promotions represent more than just new titles, they reflect the commitment to our community that our employees at GCB embody. We’re proud to recognize their hard work and dedication to our ‘customer first’ mindset,” said Tony Worden, CEO and president of Greenfield Co-op. “When we invest in our people we’re investing in the continued human experience that sets us apart. We are proud to have such a talented and committed team.”
Historic Deerfield appoints Isabella Galdone as assistant curator
DEERFIELD — Historic Deerfield has announced the appointment of Isabella Galdone as assistant curator. She brings academic training and museum experience that will support the museum’s exhibitions, collections and interpretive initiatives.
Galdone is a Ph.D. candidate in the history of art at Yale University. She specializes in 19th-century material culture, with strengths in object-based research and teaching, women’s history, Atlantic World studies, and the Arts and Crafts Movement. Her dissertation examines “Pre-Raphaelite Women Artists and the Intersection of Painting, Needlework, and Amateur Science.”
Galdone brings both academic and hands-on museum experience to her role. She served as Head Teaching Fellow for the course “Decorative Arts in a Global Context” at Yale and was an Archives Fellow at the Yale Center for British Art. She held internships at the Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire; the Château d’Acquigny in Normandy; and the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont. She received a master’s degree from the University of York and an undergraduate degree from Smith College.
“We are so pleased to welcome Isabella to the museum,” said Curatorial Department Director Amanda Lange. “She brings deep expertise in 19th-century material culture and the history of craft, which will be invaluable as we plan an upcoming installation of 18th- and 19th-century woodworking tools.”
To learn more about Historic Deerfield, visit historic-deerfield.org.
CDCs unite at annual Lobby Day at State House
BOSTON — The Franklin County Community Development Corporation was on hand at the State House when the Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations brought together more than 250 community development leaders earlier this month for annual Lobby Day. The group rallied around a unified message: Massachusetts must do more to keep residents in their homes, support its most vulnerable communities, and ensure that economic opportunity reaches everyone. Community Development Corporation leaders from across Massachusetts met with legislators to advance four priorities — the Small Business Technical Assistance grant program, the Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act, the PROTECT Act and the Chapter 206 Foreclosure Prevention Counseling program.
Franklin County Community Development Corporation Executive Director John Waite and Communications Director Kate Lawless met with Rep. Susannah Whipps, I-Athol, Rep. Aaron Saunders, D-Belchertown, and Sen. Jo Comerford, D-Northampton.
Introduction to business planning workshop on May 8
GREENFIELD — Franklin County Community Development Corporation Business Assistance Manager Angela Varilly will lead an introduction to business planning workshop at the Greenfield Business Association offices at 278 Main St. on May 8 at 9:30 a.m. No registration necessary. For more information, contact hello@fccdc.org.
The Franklin CDC also hosts free virtual information sessions on the first Monday of each month. The Grow Your Business session welcomes businesses of all types at any stage. To register for the next upcoming session on May 4 at 11 a.m., visit https://bit.ly/4t279jX
Business Community Listening Session to be held May 4
GREENFIELD — The third annual Business Community Listening Session with Mayor Ginny Desorgher, co-hosted with the Greenfield Office of Economic Development and Franklin County Chamber of Commerce will be held Monday, May 4 at 5 p.m. at the John Zon Center.
To register, visit https://forms.gle/zzCBBipvxQ8gLBSh6. This form may also be used to submit questions for those who are not able to attend.