GREENFIELD — Peter G. Albero has been appointed chief financial officer and treasurer of Greenfield Savings Bank. He will be responsible for all aspects of financial operations of the bank including internal and external financial reporting, investments, and asset and liability management.
Albero joins the bank with more than 35 years in the financial industry. Most recently he served as chief financial officer at Salisbury Bank & Trust. In addition, he has been a risk advisory consultant at Pricewaterhouse Coopers where he designed and implemented financial and risk data reconciliations for foreign banks. For more than 26 years, he worked at Morgan Stanley in a variety of senior roles in the Financial Controller group. He also is a licensed CPA in the state of New York.
Albero has a bachelor of science in accounting and finance from Manhattan College and an MBA in finance and international business from New York University. He is relocating to the valley from Danbury, Connecticut.
DEERFIELD — Historic Deerfield has hired Erika Gasser, Ph.D., as director of academic programs, and Lea Stephenson, as Luce Foundation Curatorial Fellow in American Paintings and Works on Paper.
Erika Gasser, who started on Sept. 25 is an historian of religion and gender in early New England and the Atlantic World with undergraduate degrees from Brown University in American History and Educational Studies (Honors). At the University of Michigan she received a master’s degree in history and a doctorate in history and women’s studies. In her most recent position as associate professor of history at the University of Cincinnati, Gasser developed and taught many courses, including Colonial America; Gender in Britain and North America, 1600-1850; Comparative Atlantic Worlds; and Witchcraft and Religion in Early America.
As director of academic programs, Gasser will serve as a collaborative scholar and teacher and will function as Historic Deerfield’s public historian. She will lead Historic Deerfield’s academic programming, which includes public lectures, workshops, and field trips for students and adults. She will also work with the museum’s curatorial team to develop new programs and exhibitions that explore American history and material culture through the lens of Deerfield and the Connecticut River Valley. Gasser will also direct Historic Deerfield’s renowned Summer Fellowship Program, which has trained advanced undergraduates for museum careers for over 65 years.
Stephenson, a Ph.D. candidate in art history at the University of Delaware, started as Historic Deerfield’s Luce Curatorial Fellow (a two-year position) on Sept. 11. Stephenson has an undergraduate degree in art history from Temple University and a master’s degree from the Williams College graduate program in the History of Art. She has held previous curatorial and fellowship positions at the Clark Art Institute, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, and the Preservation Society of Newport County. Her research has varied greatly within fine and decorative arts, ranging from 18th-century Philadelphia silver and Aesthetic Movement stained glass in Newport interiors to the artist Ida O’Keeffe, the younger and slightly less famous sister of Georgia O’Keefe.
As the Luce Curatorial Fellow, Stephenson will work with Historic Deerfield’s collection of 18th- and 19th-century paintings and works on paper, conducting research, curating exhibitions, and developing public programs that highlight the collection’s unique strengths and perspectives.
BOSTON — Three LGBTQ-owned businesses — two in Northampton and one in Hadley — are among 12 small businesses statewide receiving community impact grants from the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC).
The businesses, Majestic Saloon and Bella Vegetarian Restaurant in Northampton, and Egg & Company LLC,will each receive $5,000.
The NGLCC Community Impact Grant Program, supported by the Grubhub Community Fund, annually provides financial support to businesses with grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000. The program specifically supports LGBTQ+-owned and allied restaurants, cafes, bars serving food, and other eating establishments.
Tech Foundry has opened applications for the spring 2024 IT support classes, which will run from Feb. 12 through June 14, 2024.
Tech Foundry’s training includes 14 weeks of tech-focused classes supported by professional development activities and individualized coaching and tutoring, followed by four weeks of internship experience and ongoing job placement support. Tech Foundry’s graduates successfully launch careers in IT help desk and technical support roles, as well as network administration and digital imaging and deployment positions, leading to living-wage jobs in the tech sector.
To apply, visit thetechfoundry.org/the-program/apply-now/ and complete an application by Dec. 31.