BOSTON – The Massachusetts Fee on the Standing of Ladies (MCSW) will likely be celebrating the nineteenth annual Commonwealth Heroines on Wednesday, June 22, 2022 on the The Venezia Resort, 20 Ericsson Road in Dorchester. Opening remarks will likely be made by MCSW Chairwoman Denella Clark, adopted by a particular recognition of all 121 honorees.
Former Chair of the College Committee and Choose Board in Winchester, the MCSW will honor Susan Verdicchio as one of many Commonwealth Heroines.
“As the primary Black girl to chair the Massachusetts Fee on the Standing of Ladies, and in addition as a proud appointee of Governor Baker and Lieutenant Governor Polito, we’re thrilled to acknowledge ladies from all throughout our nice Commonwealth who typically should not seen for his or her wonderful contributions. We’re additionally happy to be joined by our devoted Lieutenant Governor who will ship a keynote handle. We’re excited that this yr’s occasion will likely be in individual and sit up for celebrating our honorees,” commented Chairwoman Clark.
Our Commonwealth Heroines are ladies who’ve been chosen by their legislators for his or her extraordinary acts of service, making an enormous distinction of their communities however not essentially making the information. They carry out unheralded acts every day that make our properties, neighborhoods, cities, and cities higher locations to stay. Commonwealth Heroines use their time, expertise, spirit, and enthusiasm to complement the lives of others of their neighborhood. They’re mentors, volunteers, and innovators who attempt to guard and characterize the pursuits of seniors, victims of violence, kids, immigrants, and different susceptible populations. They’re the glue that retains a neighborhood collectively.
We’re proud to announce the next ladies as this yr’s Commonwealth Heroines and sit up for publicly recognizing them at our occasion on June 22 in Boston:
Donna Kivlin, Littleton
Mary Jenewin-Caplin, East Longmeadow
Maureen Reilly Meagher, Newton
Mary Jo Rossetti, Somerville
Lisa Daoust, Spencer
Allison Baker, South Boston
Linda Dunlavy, South Deerfield
Cynthia Roy, New Bedford
Michelle Guzman, Lynn
Danielle Smida, Haverhill
Mary Waldron, Brockton
Wendy Heiger-Bernays, Lexington
Sandy Middleton, Cambridge
Matzaris Del Valle, Hyde Park
Megan Driscoll Greenstein, Duxbury
Susan Verdicchio, Winchester
Yvonne Gittens, Cambridge
Patti Machado, Centerville
Irene Fernandes, Taunton
Cynthia Espinosa-Marrero, Holyoke
Jennelle Gadowski, West Tisbury
Nina Goodick, Gloucester
Arlene Omosefunmi, Fall River
Helena Tonge, Boston
Roberta Lynch, Franklin
Alison Web page, Tyngsborough
Kim Hanton, Revere
Levenia Furusa Mavingire, Lowell
Jeanine Calabria, Harmony
Nancy Thomas, Somerset
Erin Gaffen, Studying
Pam Tarallo, Seekonk
Susan Chalifoux Zephir, Leominster
Kim Lalli, Maynard
Toy Vongpheth, Lowell
Joan Levesque Arguin, Rehoboth
Carmela Dalton, Lynnfield
Maribeth Lynch, Shrewsbury
Tamika Olszewski, Auburndale
Lillian Fournier, Clinton
Luisa Fernandez, Fitchburg
Janet DiLeo Wade, Kingston
Susan Swanson, Worcester
Rebecca Crawford, Framingham
Susan Salamoff, Natick
Ann McGonigle Santos, Wakefield
Alexi Conine, Boston
Mary E Leach, Billerica
Mary Cole, East Boston
Deb Leonczyk, Huntington
Tammy Turner, Everett
Katie Leavitt Sutton, Hingham
Aimee Coolidge, Arlington
Kathleen Pease, North Andover
Masika Gadson, Dorchester
Jo-Ann Keegan, Lowell
Daybreak Anderson, North Grafton
Margaret “Peg” Web page, Plymouth
Carole Krauss Mullen, Hopedale
Donna Gill, Tewksbury
Lisa Nemeth, Ludlow
Jeanne Kjellman, Lakeville
Jocelyn Tager, Watertown
Kenann McKenzie-DeFranza, Beverly
Hadley Luddy, Orleans
Michele Fronk Schuckel, Weston
Chanie Minkowitz, Sharon
Denise R. Jordan, Springfield
Annette Simmons, Springfield
Cathy Miles, Framingham
Fran Yuan, Belmont
Joanne McKenna, Revere
Kate Cardoso, Florence
Marleen Nienhuis, Boston
Tracy Priestner, Westport
Cyndi Lavin, Ayer
Marlene Santos, Fall River
Kelly Grant, Bellingham
Marybeth Duffy, Waltham
Clare Ryan LaMattina, Whitman
Betsy Merry, Salem
Diana Jeong, Malden
Dyan Blewett, Somerville
Sarah Moser, Amesbury
Jane Piercy, Brookline
Carolyn Wynn, Peabody
Lynn Carlson, South Dennis
Donna Lawson, Marstons Mills
Chief Jen Collins Brown, Topfield
Fredericka Veikley, Boston
Fatima Ali-Salaam, Boston
Heather Bialecki- Canning, Athol
Marcia Johnson, Newton
Adriana Paz, Lynn
Lisa Welch, Clinton
Barbara Dominic, LICSW – Brewster
Carol Casey, Amesbury
Deena Ferrara, Acton
Michelle Loglisci, Monson
Lisa Piscatelli, Mansfield
Anne Marie Stronach, Tewksbury
Christine Bongiorno, Arlington
Ana Jewell, Springfield
Brett Westbrook, MSW – Pittsfield
Paulette Van der Kloot, Medford
Levenia Furusa, Lowell
Mechilia Salazar, Longmeadow
Carol Mori, Beverly
Suzanne Remington, Shrewsbury
Sarah Cloud, Pembroke
Maryellen Maguire-Eisen, Hingham
MacKenzie Atwood, Franklin
Nicole Obi, Chestnut Hill
Rachel Lee, Hamilton
Anne Toland, Braintree
Kathi Cotugno, Montgomery
Patricia Romney, Amherst
This system e book with bios of every Commonwealth Heroine will likely be obtainable on our web site for public viewing after the occasion concludes.
For added info relating to this occasion, please contact Shaitia Spruell, Interim Govt Director for the Massachusetts Fee on the Standing of Ladies.
The Massachusetts Fee on the Standing of Ladies is an unbiased state company that was legislatively created in 1998 to advance ladies of the Commonwealth to full equality in all areas of life and to advertise their rights and alternatives. The MCSW supplies a everlasting, efficient voice for the ladies of Massachusetts.