Greylock promotes Rathbun-Briggs and Stoddard
Pittsfield — Greylock Federal Credit Union’s board of directors has approved the promotions of Jodi Rathbun-Briggs to Senior Vice President/Chief Lending Officer and Michael Stoddard to Executive Vice President. Rathbun-Briggs was previously Vice President of Commercial Banking and will replace Chief Lending Officer Charles A. Bercury who is retiring at the end of 2015. Stoddard will continue in his role as Greylock’s chief financial officer.
Rathbun-Briggs has worked with Greylock for five years, following a 10-year banking career. She joined Greylock as Assistant Vice President of Risk Management and within a short time was promoted to Vice President of Commercial Banking. Prior to her banking career, Rathbun-Briggs was a CPA at a local accounting firm. She is a member of the Pittsfield Rotary Club and serves on the board of directors for the Berkshire Chamber of Commerce, and Community Health Programs.
Stoddard’s career with Greylock began in 2014. Previously he spent 30 years at Concord Savings Bank in Concord, N.H., and at Maine Bank & Trust in Portland, Maine. He held many leadership roles at these two financial institutions including Chief Financial Officer, and Head of Retail and Small Business Banking. Stoddard currently serves as a board member of United Cerebral Palsy of Berkshire County.
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The Trustees appoint area general managers
Boston — The Trustees, Massachusetts’s largest conversation and preservation organization and the nation’s first land trust, has named Brian Cruey to the new position of General Manager for the Southern Berkshires (which includes the properties of Naumkeag, Bartholomew’s Cobble, Monument Mountain, Ashintully Gardens, Tyringham Cobble, the McLennan Reservation, Mission House, and Ashley House) and Tom Por as General Manager for the Northern Berkshires (including the properties of Notchview, Tully Lake Campground, and Field Farm).
The General Manager position has been established by The Trustees at sites across the organization’s 114 properties in the state to help create a holistic, strategic, and multi-disciplinary approach to leading, operating, caring for and promoting some of Massachusetts’ most popular and iconic destinations.
In their new roles as General Manager, Cruey and Por oversee full time, part time, and seasonal staff members in all aspects of operations including public programming, tours, landscape, historic house and collections stewardship, and enterprise and recreation development.
The former Director of Marketing at Berkshire Botanical Garden, Cruey earned a BA from New York University and an MBA from Baruch College. Originally from Kentucky, he now resides in Otis with his husband Matt and their two dogs.
Por earned a BA from the University of Toronto and an NPD from the Niagara Parks Commission School of Horticulture in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He resides in Williamsburg with his wife Karen and two sons. Prior to joining the Trustees, Por gained valuable experience in the private sector as Manager of Horticulture, Long Island for Belvedere Property Management and also spent eight years as Arborist at the Arnold Arboretum.
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