Experience

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  Berkshire Music School

  • Pittsfield, Massachusetts Area

  • Board of Trustees Member, Retired

    • Mar 2012 - Jun 2016
    • Pittsfield, Massachusetts Area

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  Elder Services of Berkshire County, Inc.

  • Director of Community Services, Retired

    • 2001 - 2013

    Retired as the Director of Community Services, a senior management position responsible for supervision of Federal Area Agency on Aging programs including Planning, Subgrants, Nutrition, Ombudsman, and the Senior Community Service Employment Program - as well as for SHINE (Serving Health Information Needs for Elders), Money Management, and Community Service Volunteer Programs such as transportation to medical appointments, shopping and companionship; Berkshire Senior Newspaper, and Berkshire Senior TV. Implemented the CMS funded 3026 Initiative known as the Community Care Transition Program - in partnership with Berkshire Health Systems to reduce the thirty day readmission rate among Medicare beneficiaries.

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  IBM

  • Client Executive, Retired

    • 1967 - 2000

    Retired from IBM after a 33-year career in marketing and administrative management positions. Starting in Brooklyn, NY, with moves to Bethesda, MD, Detroit, MI and Albany, NY, assigned to provide information technology sales and distribution support to customers across the public sector - including state and local human services agencies and education institutions. Recipient of 1998 Business Educator of the Year Award presented by the Honorable Virginia Fields, Manhattan Borough President, on behalf of the City College of New York.