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CHAMBER VOICES

CONNECTIONS

An invitation to Thrive.

CHAMBER’S NEW WOMEN’S INITIATIVE IS A CATALYST FOR SUPPORT, GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITIES

By Mary Anne Clancy Institution for Savings

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hat’s in a name? In this case, everything.

Thrive. is the name of a new North Shore Chamber of Commerce initiative, the brainchild of President and CEO Karen Andreas and other Chamber members to foster connections between women members and others.

Thrive.’s mission is to empower women on the North Shore to succeed both professionally and personally

by creating meaningful and inclusive opportunities through mentorship, networking, programming, education, inspiration and support.

The vision of Thrive. differs from that of a typical women’s business networking group and is not designed to gain leads or market one’s business.

Rather, the hope of our planning group is that this initiative be built around the spirit of both professional and personal accomplishment.

Let’s face it, women professionals have unique attributes in the workplace. For me, personally, I have always worked in a fast-paced job whether it was for a U.S. senator, as mayor of a small city or now as head of marketing and communications for a $4 billion bank.

But I also know that I still relish the chance to share inspiration, exchange ideas and have the support of a strong community of peers.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I also know that I would have greatly benefited from these same concepts at the start of my work life as a young professional. Or even more so in mid-career, when I juggled work responsibilities with raising a family and would have enjoyed some guidance on setting myself up for advancement and other workplace issues.

Thrive. is designed for the working woman at all stages of her work life. Every offering won’t be

Mary Anne Clancy is senior vice president of marketing and communications for the Institution for Savings, headquartered in Newburyport.

She previously served as mayor of Newburyport in the early 2000s. She serves on the North Shore Chamber’s Board of Directors.

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Catch the Thrive. momentum Thrive. will host an introductory soft launch on Wednesday, June 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Mansion at the Hellenic Center at 117 County Road in Ipswich. Guests are invited for cocktails and conversation on the new initiative. Tickets are $20, and may be purchased at northshorechamber.org.

An official kickoff luncheon for Thrive. is set for Thursday, Sept. 9.

Virginia Buckingham, of Marblehead, a former chief of staff to two Massachusetts governors and the CEO of the Massachusetts Port Authority at the time of 9/11, will be the guest speaker. Buckingham’s life and career were suddenly derailed following the 2001 bombings and she was sued for wrongful death by the family of a 9/11 victim who held her personally responsible.

Buckingham, who chronicles her experience in her new memoir, “On My Watch,” will share her inspirational journey as she struggled to rebuild her life in the aftermath of the unimaginable tragedy that occurred under her watch.

Details of the Sept. 9 Thrive. kickoff are being finalized. To stay up to date, visit The Chamber at northshorechamber.org. appropriate for every person, but rather Thrive. will present a diverse array of programs that will appeal to a broad group.

A potpourri of breakfast how-to presentations, luncheon speakers, evening educational opportunities, mentorship programs and, yes, even the occasional social hour or yoga class is planned, with members encouraged to choose the offerings

that best meet their needs and schedules.

What’s truly special is that much of the mentoring, educating, supporting and inspiring will come right from our own membership. So many of us have stories to tell and experiences to share that will help others.

Women who are succeeding in maledominated industries, forging new careers midlife, serving as elected

officials, persevering through tragedy, starting their own businesses, leading nonprofit organizations and so much more … these are the women whose insight we hope to capture.

This will not be a leadership circle, and it will not be exclusive. While Thrive.’s principal focus will be on issues primarily pertinent to women, all genders are welcome and can benefit from Thrive.’s programs and offerings.

A member survey was sent out recently to obtain feedback and ideas for the initiative, and all members are urged to complete it as soon as possible to help guide the planning committee’s work.

A shoutout to our Planning Committee who has worked tirelessly to launch this new initiative: Bernadette Butterfield, Groom Construction; Hannah Ginley, Windover Construction; Betsy Merry, Merry Fox Realty; Clair Ward, Shore Country Day School; and Chamber President and CEO Karen Andreas.

We look forward to seeing you all at our introductory event on June 9, and we welcome your input, suggestions and ideas for Thrive. I

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CHAMBER VOICES

LEADERSHIP

Are you a true leader? Start by looking inward

By Joe Riley Salem Five

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hy do we want to lead? Some seek leadership for the want of admiration or, worse yet, authority. Others align it with financial reward.

Too often, the reasons are not worthy of the obligation that leadership entails.

While the titles are often impressive and the compensation attractive, those who truly lead understand their role as comprised of inspiration, mentorship and coaching.

The leader’s mantle is earned, best bestowed on those who willingly give it. Mutual respect is at its foundation. So, the question becomes, “How is that respect realized?”

Real leaders understand that people’s actions are motivated by a variety of reasons — including a desire for increased earnings, a higher position on the corporate ladder and to contribute meaningfully while maintaining a balanced lifestyle.

Most of us are driven by some combination of these and other factors. Successful leaders take the time to understand what motivates those in their charge. This speaks to their sense of caring about an individual, and in that discovery, the seeds of mutual respect are sown.

Strong leaders come in many forms. They can be social extroverts or introverts. They can be specialists or generalists. Most importantly, though, they are students of human nature and the dynamics that guide behavior. They appreciate the uniqueness of individuals as well as their shared commonalities.

Successful leaders are visionaries, too. They see what can be achieved, and then routinely communicate their vision to their people — both individually and collectively. The vision must be seen as worthy in the minds of those being led. Why is it important? What is its

purpose? How can it be achieved?

Simplicity, honesty and transparency are essential communication tools. Eloquence is nice, but it isn’t a differentiator. Sincerity and authenticity are. People can detect what’s real. They will see if the messenger believes his or her own message. The fine orator lacking credibility, much less sincerity, may mislead for a time, but ultimately will be recognized for what they are.

How do you know if you have earned the right to lead? You will almost never come to realize it in lush times. When all is well, we go along merrily. It’s when circumstances are challenging — when you ask for what may seem impossible — that determines your ability to lead.

When those times come and you ask your people to do more than they ever thought possible, and they respond positively because you asked them to do so — only then will you know that you are their leader.

It’s important to remember that leadership is learned.

Sure, some people are natural leaders. But the greatest leaders learn over time, generally through failure and perseverance. We learn from our teachers, who may be wonderful leaders themselves, but we quite possibly learn more from those who never earned the right to be our leaders.

Those thrust into leadership roles that they never sought may be most blessed as they likely have no preconceptions on how to act in a leadership role. Rather, a commitment to a cause is so often the spark to great inspiration and, therefore, impactful leadership.

A good friend once shared, “In our business, we think that the hard skills are hard, but, in reality, the soft skills are the hardest, but the most important ones of all.” I

Joe Riley is executive vice president of Salem Five and a vice chairman of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Committee.

Originally from Dorchester, he is a 40-year resident of the North Shore.

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HUMAN RESOURCES

Adding up the benefits FINANCIAL WELLNESS IS A WIN-WIN FOR BUSINESSES, EMPLOYEES

By Rebecca Regnet Newburyport Bank

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sk CEOs what the most important factor in the success of their company is and research has found that 71 percent will point to their employees, according to the University of Lahore, Pakistan, Strategic Human Resources Planning Curriculum.

Yet those employees also contribute to the biggest financial challenges for CEOs. Many agree that cost management — primarily management of employees’ health care costs — is a major concern for their businesses.

Health care expenses cost companies approximately $4,003 per year for single employees and $9,764 for families.

While businesses with less than 50 employees are not required to offer health care benefits, there are important reasons to do so. Business owners who take advantage of economical health insurance plans are eligible for tax breaks. Moreover, health care is essential for recruiting top talent, perhaps even surpassing compensation and time off as critical to a benefits package.

In addition to a competitive benefits plan, businesses might also consider offering a financial wellness program to their employees.

Only one-third of people in America are financially healthy (GreenPath Financial Wellness). These are individuals who are spending, saving, borrowing and planning in a way that allows them to be resilient and pursue opportunities over time. With so few people in this category, the value of an employee financial wellness program, in addition to health benefits, seems imperative.

What is more apparent is the potential advantages that financial wellness programs hold for a company.

Money is considered a perennial stressor for 62 percent of Americans (American Psychological Association’s 2017 Stress in America: The State of our Nation survey).

When faced with financial stress, employees lose focus and are distracted from their day-to-day work.

When people are stressed for a long period of time, they are more prone to experience health problems, such as anxiety, depression or sleeping disorders. This leads to absenteeism, increased accidents on the job, lack of motivation and a decline in overall productivity.

A financial wellness program involves a partnership between a business owner and his or her financial institution, and both the business and its employees stand to realize financial and cultural value when one is implemented. The benefits are:

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Reduced fees for Treasury services.

Reduced rates for merchant management services

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Increased 401(k) participation.

Reduced absenteeism, accidents and turnover.

Lower payroll taxes.

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Financial Free checking accounts with direct deposit.

Reduced financing costs.

Credit report review and credit counseling.

Bank-specific programs and offers.

Guidance toward financial goals.

Cultural Improved job productivity.

Increased financial stability.

Added savings.

Acquisition of assets for retirement.

Each time you pay an employee, he or she makes choices about how that money is saved and spent.

Smart choices add up to financial wellness and, ultimately, gains for everyone. I

Rebecca Regnet is executive vice president, chief talent officer of Newburyport Bank, where she runs the “Lead Well” management development program that she launched while owner/president of the Center for Practical Management. She has two-plus decades of experience as an attorney, manager and executive in all facets of banking.

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THE LAW

The business divorce AVOIDING PITFALLS WHEN DEALINGS TURN ROCKY

By James L. Rudolph, Esq. Rudolph Friedmann LLP

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he success of a small business is certainly cause for celebration, with all those involved eager to enjoy the rewards. It is not unusual for a key employee to request ownership interest in a company or for an owner to provide stock to retain top talent.

Business owners should understand there are significant legal duties owed to minority stockholders. When relationships sour, minority stockholders are known to flex their legal muscles, often alleging that majority owners have violated any number of legal obligations.

Accordingly, some business owners opt against stock offerings in favor of other carefully crafted incentives, such as: Pay increases or bonuses tied to the employee’s or the company’s performance.

Enhanced life insurance or health insurance benefits.

Vehicle, entertainment or other expense allowances or reimbursement of auto insurance or travel expenses.

Deferred compensation plans.

Still, some business owners feel they have no choice but to offer stock rewards to an employee. Consider these recommendations if you find yourself in that position: If a stockholder employee is terminated, the company should be allowed to buy back the stock, usually at a formula predetermined in a stockholder’s agreement.

(I advise using book value or some other formula than fair market value.)

If a stockholder employee is terminated for cause, the company should be allowed to buy back the stock

at a reduced price.

A stockholder employee should be restricted from transferring stock without consent of the majority of stockholders. This may become especially important if the employee gets divorced.

The business owner should always retain a majority (51 percent) interest in the company.

If company policy calls for reimbursing the owner for certain expenses, the stockholder employee should agree to continue paying those expenses.

The stockholder’s agreement should specifically waive any fiduciary duties that the stockholders may have by law to each other.

Many startups are initially organized as a “close” corporation, in which the stockholders are also the decision makers. Generally, a close corporation has a small number of stockholders, there is no ready market for the corporate stock and there is substantial majority stockholder participation in the management, direction and operation of the firm. (The same rules apply to limited liability companies and limited liability partnerships.)

By contrast, “open” corporations have many stockholders. These stockholders do not necessarily participate in the management of the company, and the stock is usually publicly traded.

Unlike stockholders in “open” corporations who have a duty of good faith toward the company, but no special

James L. Rudolph, Esq., is a founder and managing partner of Rudolph Friedmann LLP. His law firm of 20 attorneys has offices in Boston and Marblehead. Rudolph is a longtime member of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce and current member of the Board of Directors.

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obligations to each other, stockholders in a close corporation owe each other a fiduciary duty to conduct themselves with the utmost of good faith and loyalty.

The courts have interpreted these duties as imposing a variety of obligations on majority owners. As a result, minority stockholders have certain rights beyond other employees when a majority owner sells the company, terminates the stockholder employee, goes out of business, or takes monetary or other benefits (often called corporate opportunities) not offered to all stockholders.

The courts have also imposed a number of disclosure obligations on certain business information. For example, most states require that owners provide stockholder employees with periodic financial statements and tax returns.

A fairly frequent breach of fiduciary duties occurs when a majority stockholder employs certain tactics to cut off a minority stockholder from any benefits he or she may derive from the corporation in an effort to force the individual out of the company. These actions are called “freeze-outs” or “squeeze-outs.”

Where a breach of duty has occurred, courts may order the return of the stockholder employee to the position he or she held prior to the breach or extend a benefit to the minority stockholder.

Among the orders that courts can enact when a freeze-out has occurred include: Rescission, or revocation, of a stock sale.

Purchase of minority stockholder’s interest on the same terms as the majority stockholder or based on “reasonable expectations.”

Realignment of stock ownership.

Payment of monetary damages to the company and/or individual stockholders.

A freeze-out usually ends in a business divorce, which can be expensive and time consuming and often creates as much drama as a divorce between spouses.

In most cases, a well-drafted partnership or stockholder agreement can avoid later problems between partners. I

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A SMART PURPOSE

The need for Cataldo Ambulance Service’s SmartCare program, which provides health care to patients at home, soared during the pandemic.

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hen the pandemic unleashed in early 2020, Cataldo Ambulance Service was uniquely and properly prepared.

As an industry that thrives on preparedness, Cataldo managed to continue offering its signature patient transports, but more importantly stepped into its newer role of providing SmartCare — a mobile integrated health care resource — directly to individuals at home.

While Cataldo’s company leaders couldn’t have predicted COVID’s arrival, they were nonetheless primed for it — and that was no

accident, vice president Daniel Hoffenberg says.

The 44-year-old ambulance company had spent fiveplus years prior to the pandemic piloting and tweaking SmartCare, which essentially brings Dennis Cataldo, nonemergency serpresident vices into the home via specially trained paramedics.

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Hoffenberg says. “With the use of an iPad and telehealth tools, we are able to bring the physician into the conversation. They use SmartCare paramedics for their clinical intervention.”

RECOGNIZING A NEED The idea of mobile integrated health care actually goes back seven years, when, under the Affordable Care Act, Medicare began penalizing hospitals and providers for hospital readmissions. That was the catalyst for devising a program to care for recently released patients and those with chronic health conditions in the

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In 2014, Cataldo partnered with a Boston hospital that had launched its own mobile integrated health carestyle program. Eventually, Cataldo struck out on its own — creating the framework for SmartCare, perfecting it, training staff and securing a license.

Cataldo teased out the glitches the next few years and had just secured the first license for mobile integrated health care issued by the state of Massachusetts when COVID was making its presence known.

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As the medical transportation side of the company, which is the cornerstone of Cataldo’s business, realized a 25 percent reduction in calls during the past year, the need for mobile integrated health care has soared.

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recognizable medical institutions in the state,” says Dennis Cataldo, president of Cataldo and the son of its founders. “Our experience in supporting our municipal and health care partners has strengthened our ability to be trained and prepared for almost any situation, emergent or routine.

“The pandemic certainly was a new twist, with many challenges, both internally and externally, for those we serve. The strength of our leadership, wide geographic coverage and our many partnerships were key aspects of our success in the height of the pandemic, and we think it speaks volumes about the organization we operate.”

SERVING THE PATIENT The pandemic altered patients’ access to health care, but it didn’t eliminate the need for medical intervention. While emergency room visits declined and elective surgeries were placed on hold, patients still required interaction with their providers. Telehealth found its way and SmartCare found its footing.

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Cataldo Ambulance Service earned the first license in Massachusetts to offer mobile integrated health care in 2019.

During the first quarter of 2020 alone, Cataldo completed 600 SmartCare visits. That number ballooned to 1,700 for the first quarter of 2021.

Since the launch of the program in the fall of 2019 to April 2021, SmartCare has provided more than 4,000 patient interventions, Hoffenberg says. The average visit lasts 57 minutes, although paramedics have

stayed with a patient for as long as six hours in special instances.

For many patients, SmartCare’s model is an entirely new concept, Cataldo says.

“Sure, some people have experience with visiting nurses or home care services, but few, if any, have experienced this level of closely monitored, highly capable and interactive health care right in their own home,” he says. “This can occur just once or on an ongoing basis with the continuous coordination of their primary-care provider or network.”

SmartCare paramedics undergo specialized training in direct, inhome patient care and communication and have a minimum of five years of field experience with at least three years in a 911 emergency environment. A hospital or other health care partner, such as hospice, is responsible for ordering and paying for the mobile integrated health care visit.

The service, which is available within a 30-mile radius of Boston, has yielded “incredible feedback,” Hoffenberg says.

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“It is all about the patient experience,” he says. “At least five times a week, we receive phone calls from patients or providers regarding a successful visit. We are thrilled that we are able to provide this level of service in the patient’s home.”

SETTING THE STANDARD It was not kismet that positioned Cataldo to roll with the pandemic, Hoffenberg says. It was old-school preparedness.

“This is what we do,” he says. “We have a history of being flexible. We are always training for disaster preparedness, whether it is COVID, Ebola or the bird flu. We are always training in some respect, which positions us to do things quickly.”

Cataldo was able to avoid layoffs and furloughs for its field staff, he says, in part because they were dispatched initially to administer COVID tests across the state and, more recently, to distribute vaccines at mass vaccination sites like Fenway Park and the Hynes Convention Center, as well as at pop-up clinics in Boston and Fall River.

Hoffenberg says the pandemic and Cataldo’s response has been an eyeopener to state and regional government officials.

“Our response has shown people what we are capable of doing and demonstrated our ability to adapt,” he says.

Cataldo, who is on the Board of Directors of the North Shore Chamber of Commerce, learned a few lessons along the way as well.

“For sure, the biggest lesson is learning that you can never be too prepared,” he says. “We have always prided ourselves in our ability to meet every challenge, and we did remarkably well since the onset of the pandemic. Still, knowing today what we didn’t know in February of 2020 would certainly have been invaluable.

“The second was learning to be flexible and have greater vision ....

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CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT

CELEBRATING THE CHAMBER’S 2021 HONORS SCHOLARS

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or more than 50 years the North Shore Chamber of Commerce has celebrated the accomplishments of the top high school seniors in the region.

These members of the Class of 2021 are the North Shore’s brightest, achieving outstanding grades to rank in the top 5 percent of their high school’s graduating class.

The Honors Scholars tradition began in 1968 with just the top seniors from Beverly High being recognized, as the Chamber served only the city of Beverly at that time.

Today, with the growth of The Chamber, we are proud to recognize more than 350 students from 35 public and private high schools across the region.

This year’s Honors Scholars are an impressive group. Several are headed to Ivy League colleges and other prestigious universities to pursue majors in a host of fields — from business to engineering, nursing to neuroscience, and international studies to the arts.

Some are entering the United States Naval Academy and various other branches of the military, while others are furthering their diverse interests as they contemplate their future paths.

Their career aspirations are just as varied — ranging from desires to become everything from an astrobiologist to a saxophonist to a crime scene investigator to a professional golf course manager.

But all possess a shared desire to excel. Wherever their journeys take them, we stand confident in their abilities to strive for success and to make a difference in the world around them.

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ongratulations to the North Shore Chamber of Commerce’s 2021 Honors Scholars for their accomplishments, their parents for the support they provided that has helped make their success possible, and their educators and community leaders who invested wisely in nurturing this future generation of leaders.

The last 1½ years have challenged us all in the way we educate, learn, work and stay connected. These students and their supporters have proven their resiliency and ability to overcome great obstacles. All should be very proud.

Students, as you embark on the next phase of your journeys, I share with you “64U” — my six principles for success in life, which I initially presented to the 2018 Honors Scholars.

These principles have served me well throughout my career.

1. BALANCE THINKING AND DOING

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Devote time to thinking about what you want to attain and then take action to make it happen. Find what you want to do and work to achieve it.

2. STAY POSITIVE

See roadblocks/obstacles as opportunities. Your reaction to setbacks will define you. Choose to surround yourself with positive people.

3. BE YOUR WORD

Your actions determine your reputation: how people see you, what they expect from you and what they think of you. If people feel you are honest and can be trusted to do what you say you will do, opportunities will come your way.

Tim Collins is founder and CEO of EBSCO Information Services, based in Ipswich — the lead sponsor for The Chamber’s 2021 Honors Scholars recognition. A 1982 graduate of Masconomet Regional High School in Boxford, he was named a North Shore Chamber of Commerce Distinguished Leader in 2012, in addition to being selected for the inaugural North Shore 100, a list of the region’s top business leaders. In 2021, he was inducted into the University of New Hampshire’s Entrepreneur Hall of Fame.

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4. HELP OTHERS

Know that doing the right thing and treating people well will pay future dividends in intangible and tangible forms. We’ve all heard of the Golden Rule: treat people as you would like to be treated. Know that it has a corollary: others will treat you as you treat them. So, treat people well and you’ll find that you’ll be treated well.

— From Tim Collins’ “64U”

5. BE DRIVEN

I define drive as “the combination of a commitment to thoughtful goal setting, determination, persistence and the will to succeed.” Drive is like a muscle; exercise it and it will strengthen over time. The best pushups you will ever do are the ones where you push yourself up after a failure. As you are shaking the dust off, ask yourself what you learned, and then get back in the game. Don’t let your failures define you — let them teach you.

6. MINIMIZE REGRETS

How? It’s simple — by doing your best. Put forth your best to get the most out of your life. Live by the motto of “Do a job, big or small, do it right or don’t do it at all.” Knowing that you made your best effort — no matter what the outcome — provides real satisfaction. Save yourself from the pain and lifelong regret of wondering what would have happened if only you had tried harder and done your best.

In conclusion, I offer this message: The good memories you will hold throughout your life are of the things that you did and the chances you took, not of the risks averted or the times you played it safe.

Congratulations again to the 2021 Honors Scholars, their families, educators and supporters. I wish each of you the best as you go forward to define what success means for you, enjoy the work of striving to attain it, and then experience the deep satisfaction of achieving it.

Tim Collins’ complete “64U” booklet is available under his profile in the Leadership section of EBSCO’s website: ebsco.com/about/leadership/ tim-collins.

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2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

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OLIVIA ANDERSON Colgate University

JAKE BEDARD UMass Amherst BIOLOGY

EVIS BLETA University of Chicago PHYSICS

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HALEY MURPHY College of the Holy Cross

CATHERINE NEMESKAL Dartmouth College

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LAUREN COVELLO Northeastern University

ASHLEY CURCURU Purdue University

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, MATH

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OLIVIA VIEL University of Connecticut

CAROLINE VONTZALIDES Boston College

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HOLLY DEANGELIS UMass Lowell

ASHLEY DEROCCO Boston College

COMPUTER SCIENCE

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, FINANCE

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SYDNEY WANTMAN University of Chicago MATHEMATICS

Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School Wakefield

NICOLE ALMENDARESJOSHI Western Governors University

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ROSMERY BONILLA ALVARADO

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IT MANAGEMENT

ALYSON HURLEY Wentworth Institute of Technology

DYLAN CADIGAN Wentworth Institute of Technology

MARISA MEJIA Bridgewater State University

CHRISTIANNA RAMEAU UMass Boston

UNDECIDED

NURSING

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING

NORTHSHORECHAMBER.ORG

LIAH RIVERA

KIMBERLY IBARRA SUAREZ Regis College NURSING

VICTORIA FAMA

JESSICA GANINO Boston Architectural Montserrat College College of Art INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE

Valedictorian

VICTORIA VIEIRA UMass Boston

ART, GRAPHIC DESIGN

KEYLA ZELAYA

UNDECIDED

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2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

Masconomet Regional High School Boxford

KATIE BERNARD Colby College

TRENT BUNKER Tufts University

ALYSSA COLANNINO College

JUSTIN CROSBY College

BIOLOGY/ BIOCHEMISTRY, COMPUTER SCIENCE

POLITICAL SCIENCE

KINESIOLOGY, PSYCHOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE

POLITICAL SCIENCE

ANDREW GALLAGHER

LAUREN HANSON College

MARIA KOUTOULAS College

JACOB MAIR College

BUSINESS

VISUAL ARTS, BIOLOGY

BUSINESS, SCIENCE

MADELINE DEMERS

ERIKA DING

CATHERINE MALATESTA University of Denver PSYCHOLOGY

AINSLEY NOVACK College GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL SCIENCE

JOSEPH DOX Bucknell University

MARION DUVAL College

ENGINEERING

BIOCHEMISTRY OR CHEMISTRY

KARLEIGH ODIET Emmanuel College

ANDREA WALKER Boston College

NURSING

APPLIED PSYCHOLOGY, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Landmark School Beverly

LILLIAN ABBOTT Gettysburg College

LEORA FINKEL MassBay Community College

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

NICHOLAS LESLIE College COMPUTER SCIENCE

Valedictorian

MORGAN SEBASTIAN Endicott College UNDECIDED

MIA SILVERMAN College BIOLOGY, FINANCE

NATHANIEL SMITH American University

NAOMI VOLPI Ithaca College PHYSICAL THERAPY

HISTORY

Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School

Valedictorian

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LOUISE BASSOM College

DEBORAH DARKO College

BIOLOGY

BIOLOGY OR KINESIOLOGY

GRANT LANDON Brown University APPLIED MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE

NIDHI PILLAI College DATA SCIENCE

MADELEINE ROSTAD University of Richmond (tentative) BIOLOGY

EMMA SULLIVAN Vassar College POLITICAL SCIENCE

LILY WATERMAN Purdue University BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

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2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

Lynn English High School

MALAZ ABDELRAHMAN Undecided

VICTORIA ROSE AGUILAR

MARKETING, BUSINESS

ALEJANDRA GOMEZGUZMAN

MARVELOUS AKANDE College/Army National Guard

KEVIN VATHANA BIV

KHOA ANH CHRISTOPHER BUI

AFIFA FARJANA UMass Amherst

TYLER GENERAZZO

NYAH VIZCARRA LALIMARMO

EMELINE LAURA LEJEUNE

JENNY LY College

SABRIN SEFA College

COLE STORY

VERONICA SEREITHAVADEE VONG College

COMPUTER SCIENCE

ARCHITECTURE

SHAKIB AHAMED IDRIS College

ALEXIS IRAWANDI College

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

NURSING

TRACY AIVY NGUYEN

SAMANTHA PARKER College

ALI KHAMIS College ENGINEERING

UNDECLARED

Valedictorian

ALYX NELSON Northeastern University NURSING

ERIGNACIO FERMIN PEREZ

BIOLOGY; PRE-MED

BIOLOGY; PRE-MED

BIOLOGY

Triton Regional High School Byfield

JACOB DORING College

DANIEL GRODER College

BUSINESS

BIOCHEMISTRY; PRE-MED

NORTHSHORECHAMBER.ORG

Valedictorian

SARAH HARRINGTON College MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

HALEY MORLAND College

KYLE ODOY United States Naval Academy

ROBERT RICHENBURG College

LILLIAN SCHROEDER College

ALEXANDER SHARPE College

BIOCHEMISTRY; PRE-VETERINARY

ENGINEERING

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

BIOLOGY OR BIOCHEMISTRY; PRE-MED

PHYSICS

25

2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

Peabody Veterans Memorial High School The Waring School Beverly

OLIVIA BARRETE Northeastern University

MAGGIE BENA Massachusetts College of Pharmacy

WILLIAM BORNSTEIN Rensselaer Polytechnic

MATH, BUSINESS

UNDECIDED

NUCLEAR ENGINEERING

STEPHANIE GUGLIELMO College

LILY BROMBERGER College

HARRISON FISHER College

ENGINEERING

HEALTH SCIENCE

MATHEMATICS, ECONOMICS

CLARA CORCORAN College NEUROSCIENCE OR PHYSICS

Valedictorian

SOPHIE IZZO University of Vermont

JAKE MALIONEK Boston College

JOÃO PEDRO RIBEIRO Tufts University

JENNA RICH Salem State University

HEALTH SCIENCES

BUSINESS

POLITICAL SCIENCE

NURSING

KIRA SHAPIRO Northeastern University HEALTH, SCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY; PRE-MED

BJORN SHURDHA Boston College COMPUTER SCIENCE

JAMIE GABBAY College COMPUTER SCIENCE

Not pictured ALEXANDER FRANKLIN ERIC MEDEIROS UMass Lowell CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

SAMANTHA SILVA College

FRANCISCA SOUSA College

PAULINA STRATICOS College

Chemistry

BIOCHEMISTRY

LINGUISTICS

Valedictorian

ZOE TORRES UMass Amherst

THOMAS SPARHAWK MULDER University of Vermont

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

BIOLOGY OR SOCIOLOGY

Ipswich High School

AUDREY BERGER College

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

26

TEAGHAN DUFF College ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, HISTORY

CARINA JONES College BIOCHEMISTRY

EMMA KENNEDY UMass Boston SPANISH, SECONDARY EDUCATION

Valedictorian

MARIANNA MATTIN College APPLIED MATHEMATICS

DOMENIC MORELLO College

AIDAN O’FLYNN College

BIOLOGY

ECONOMICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE, BUSINESS

IMPACT MAGAZINE

2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

Essex North Shore Agricultural & Technical High School Danvers Clark School Rowley

GREGORY ANDRIOTAKIS Merrimack College

SARAH BACCI University of Rhode Island

DATA SCIENCE

AQUACULTURE, FISHERIES SCIENCE

ANGELA CUTONE University of New England

ANGELA DEANGELIS Salem State University

DENTAL HYGIENE, PRE-DENTAL

GRAPHIC DESIGN/ ENGLISH

SAMANTHA BANASZAKFABBRI UMass Amherst

EMILY BROWN Wentworth Institute of Technology

ANGELINA BUCCO University of Maine, Orono

HELEN “ELLIE” CLARK Salisbury University

BEHAVIORAL, SOCIAL SCIENCES

BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

EARTH, CLIMATE SCIENCES

BIOLOGY, ENVIRONMENTAL

AMANDA FRIESER New York University

KYLE IRVINE College

JACK DONOVAN College MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ALLY FACELLA Mount Holyoke College BIOLOGY

ANIMAL SCIENCE

SOFIA CHAPPELL North Shore Community College COSMETOLOGY

SAMUEL DEILY-SWEARINGEN College or gap year GAME WRITING/DESIGN, ENGLISH LITERATURE

GLOBAL LIBERAL STUDIES

Not pictured

Valedictorian

AMY KEIFER Military, then UMass Amherst NATURAL SCIENCES

ABIGAIL KILBRIDE Regis College DENTAL HYGIENE

MOLLY McDONALD Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or United States Naval Academy

SAMANTHA SORRENTO UMass Dartmouth

STEVEN O’HARA College CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

JAELYN ROSSIGNOLL Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences UNDECIDED

MATTHEW FORD Worcester Polytechnic Institute STEM

ART EDUCATION

ENGINEERING

The Governor’s Academy Byfield DELILAH GRANT Wheaton College UNDECIDED

MARIA “BIMBA” CARPENTER Harvard University

JUNESEEK KIM Vanderbilt University

RUI “LEO” LIN Carnegie Mellon University

PUBLIC POLICY

MATH, DATA SCIENCE

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OR FILM STUDIES

NORTHSHORECHAMBER.ORG

CARIDAD NUGENT Northwestern University BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; PRE-MED

TREVOR NUGENT Bucknell University ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

JESSICA QUIRK Middlebury College NEUROSCIENCE

CAROLINE LUCEY Plymouth State University ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

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2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

Salem High School Pingree School Hamilton

DEYA ARNOLD Northeastern University UNDECIDED

THOMAS BEAUREGARD Wheaton College BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT

DUNCAN MAYER Northeastern University

DWIGHT MAYER Northeastern University

ENGINEERING

UNDECIDED

SARAH CAYOUETTEGLUCKMAN Dickinson College

EVA FERRIERA Gap year

ALEX L’HEUREUX

PHOUNTHASEN LAM

UNDECIDED

JULIANNA AGUJA Vassar College

RELIGION, HISTORY

Valedictorian

CHRISTIN NAPIERKOWSKI University of Rochester

HISTORY AND PRISON STUDIES

JOSEPH PARR Boston College FINANCE

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, MATHEMATICS; PRE-MED

BRENDAN SHEEHAN Worcester Polytechnic Institute UNDECIDED

MIYA WHITFIELD University of Vermont

KELLY BLUNDIN Princeton University CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

UNDECIDED

Lynn Vocational Technical Institute LARA ROELOFS Dartmouth College ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Valedictorian

JACKLYN VILLATORO CALLEJAS College

KELSEY CASTRO Cornell University

PSYCHOLOGY

UNDECIDED

JETFERSON JOSE UMass Lowell

JUNIOR PHEM North Shore Community College

ENGINEERING

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HEALTH SCIENCE

MERALIS VENTURA DELGADO Electrical union or college

EMILY DEVEAU UMass Lowell

CLARISSE EBEH College

UNDECIDED

BIOCHEMISTRY; PRE-MED

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

EMILY REIS College PSYCHOLOGY AND BIOLOGY

ETHAN RODRIGUEZ UMass Lowell

JYUHOUT SENG College

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

COMPUTER SCIENCE

HEIDI ZACARIAS GOMEZ Endicott College BIOLOGY

KENT THEN College or work UNDECIDED

KATHERINE SILACCI Emory University (tentative) NEUROSCIENCE, BEHAVIORAL BIOLOGY

ANNA SOUTER Northwestern University ENGLISH; PRE-MED

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Gloucester High School Not pictured TESS BUSHFIELD

Valedictorian

IVAN DEMARJIAN Undecided

MILA BARRY Harvard University

JAZZ SAXOPHONIST, MUSICIAN

UNDECIDED

OWEN HARDY Bates College UNDECIDED

KELSEY LOWTHERS University of Georgia

CAMERON MUNIZ Cornell University

DLYAN ORLANDO Florida Gulf Coast University

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERIN

CHEMISTRY

PROFESSIONAL GOLF MANAGEMENT

MICHAEL SILVA Vassar College BIOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE

North Andover High School Salem Academy Co-Valedictorian

PRANALI ASHARA College ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

AUDREY BARTLETT College BUSINESS LAW

HANNAH BROOKS McGill University

EMMA BUYEA Tufts University

AINSLEY DION Colby College

BIOLOGY

UNDECIDED

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

KELCEY DION Middlebury College UNDECIDED

ANH-THU DUONG UMass Amherst COMPUTER SCIENCE

Co-Valedictorian

NICOLE FISCHER College COMPUTER SCIENCE

ELIZABETH FORASTE Boston College

SHRUTI GAJJAR College

SUPRAJA GANTI UMass Amherst

BIOCHEMISTRY

NEUROSCIENCE, POLITICAL SCIENCE

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

SEGEV MORITZ College COMPUTER SCIENCE

EAMON O’CEARUIL College ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Valedictorian

LENA PARNASSA Macalester College EDUCATION

ANIKA SHROFF University of California, Berkeley

CHIARA TRAFTON University of Vermont

JACOB WOLINSKI United States Naval Academy

CHEMICAL, BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING

PLANT SCIENCES

ENGINEERING

NORTHSHORECHAMBER.ORG

CLARENCE YEH SOPHIA College ZNAMIEROWSKI Syracuse COMPUTER University SCIENCE BIOLOGY, NEUROSCIENCE

MAEVE ROTOLO Lesley University ENGLISH OR CREATIVE WRITING

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2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

Beverly High School

JULIA BLOCK College COMPUTER SCIENCE

SOFIA BUCCO Suffolk University BIOLOGY

LEAH KATZ College FILM, MEDIA AND TELEVISION

ARIANE CHANDA Clemson University

JACKSON CLARK College

MAYA CORMIER Bennington College

PHYSICS

BIOLOGY; PRE-MED

ANNE CURTIN College BIOLOGY; PRE-MED

VISUAL ARTS

ASHLEY MACGOWN University of California

CHARLES MACK University Of Michigan

CALLIE MARTICIO Dartmouth College

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES/ NEUROSCIENCE, PSYCHOLOGY

NATURAL SCIENCES

BIOCHEMISTRY; PRE-MED

HEIDI EBERHARDT University at Buffalo

RORY HARMON Gordon College LINGUISTICS, ART

CIVIL ENGINEERING

SYDNEY RUGGIERI William & Mary BIOLOGY

Valedictorian

ALEXIA VAYEOS Columbia University BIOLOGY; PRE-MED

ELI YOUNGER College MUSIC PRODUCTION, SONGWRITING

North Reading High School New England Academy Beverly

ANNA BALIN Worcester Polytechnic Institute

OLIVIA GIURLEO Northeastern University

COMPUTER SCIENCE, MATH

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

SHEA HANSON University of Vermont ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

SAMUEL MCGEACHIE College of the Holy Cross MATHEMATICS OR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

NESSREN OURDYL Tufts University

JACQUELINE RAIMO UMass Amherst

BIOPSYCHOLOGY

FINANCE Co-Valedictorian

DEREK ASSARIAN Providence College BUSINESS

Valedictorian

MARGARET REGAN Northeastern University STEM FIELD

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RACHEL SCHLADENHAUFFEN Boston University TECHNICAL PRODUCTION, ENGINEERING

JOHN TRAMONTOZZI Northeastern University

MARK TRAMONTOZZI Providence College

NURSING

ACCOUNTING

JUSTIN WILDMAN Northeastern University

BIOCHEMISTRY

Co-Valedictorian

AVI PATEL Brandeis University PSYCHOLOGY

IMPACT MAGAZINE

2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

Lynn Classical High School Rockport High School

DANIEL CABRERA UMass Boston

MARY COLLINS UMass Amherst MARKETING

SEBASTIAN COSTE REYES

ENGINEERING

DESTINY EUNG UMass Boston NURSING

Valedictorian

ANTHONY EVELYN

DAVID JUSINO

ELOWYN AKERS Worcester Polytechnic Institute MATHEMATICS

BRUCE LENG

KATHLEEN MANNION

LUKA MARIC Boston University

DEVIN MONACO

FINANCE, COMPUTER SYSTEMS

JESSICA PAGE Western New England University

JADALISE RICHARDS Valedictorian

RIZZA ANDERSON Olin College of Engineering

PHARMACY

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

JAMES SCUZZARELLA

KAITLYN SOPER

JACOB SSOZI Tufts University ENGINEERING, DATA SCIENCE

JENNIFER TRAN Boston University

BROOKE WARREN Emmanuel College

MARKETING, BUSINESS

BIOLOGY

RACHEL DAILEY University of Virginia BIOLOGY, PUBLIC HEALTH

Bishop Fenwick High School Peabody Not pictured ALEXA BETTENCOURT

LILY BROWN Emerson College JOURNALISM

MEGHAN CABRAL Colgate University (tentative) MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

NORTHSHORECHAMBER.ORG

SAMANTHA CAHILL Northeastern University SCIENCE, ENGINEERING

EMMA ROTONDO College UNDECIDED

ISABELLA SCOLARO New York University PSYCHOLOGY OR ANTHROPOLOGY

VERONICA TACHE College ECONOMICS

31

2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

St. John’s Preparatory School Danvers

NOLAN ADAM Tufts University UNDECIDED

DALLON ARCHIBALD Northeastern University

JULIUS BOURBEAU Trinity College HISTORY

UNDECIDED

GIDEON DALEY College UNDECIDED

CHARLES DANIS University of Virginia BIOLOGY; PRE-MED

JACKSON DESANTO College FINANCE, ECONOMICS

JACOB GARLAND Dartmouth College ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Valedictorian

MICHAEL MADDISON Dartmouth College BIOCHEMISTRY, BIOENGINEERING

Not pictured YIJIE GUI University of Toronto UNDECIDED

MATTHEW QUINN Colby College COMPUTER SCIENCE

STEVE ROSARIO Worcester Polytechnic Institute

CAMERON SAVORY Colby College

SAM SCHERKENBACH College

BRETT SMITH University of Michigan

MARK ZOLOTT Tulane University

GLOBAL STUDIES

UNDECIDED

ENGINEERING

UNDECIDED

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Marblehead High School

MATTHEW CAPLAN Tufts University MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Valedictorian

THEODORE CHEMEL College

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FARRAH FINN

COMPUTER SCIENCE

ELIZABETH ROSEN College BIOLOGY

JACK DALTON

ANN SABIN College BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE

CAMERON JANOCK University of Pennsylvania

CHRISTOPHER KING

PRE-MED

LUCA SCOLA Tufts University ARCHITECTURE, SPANISH

JACOB SHERF Middlebury College UNDECIDED

JESSICA WEST College BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING OR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

ISABELLA LONDON Ohio State University COMPUTER SCIENCE

CANNAN WHITTIER College BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, SPANISH

IMPACT MAGAZINE

2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

Newburyport High School Winthrop High School

SAMUEL COOPER College and business school FINANCE, ECONOMICS

CAROLINE DESIMIOMALONEY College NURSING

LEAH METSKER ADELINE College MOORE College BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

PSYCHOLOGY; PRE-MED

DREESE FADIL Massachusetts Institute of Technology ENGINEERING

ANNA REES College BIOCHEMISTRY

CAROLINE KELLY College

ELINOR MEINHART College

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

CHEMISTRY

ANNELIESE TRUESDALE College BIOLOGY; PRE-MED

MICHAEL GILLIS Undecided

NATALIA KIRILOVA Undecided

STATISTICS

INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, BIOLOGY

LILIANA NAPOLI High Point University

EVAN SMOTRICH University of Connecticut

Valedictorian

CAROLINE WALSH Tufts University BIOCHEMISTRY

Lynnfield High School

NURSING, ITALIAN LANGUAGE

FINANCE

JAMI SNOW Suffolk University

AYAT WALID Undecided

BIOLOGY

LAUREN BRACONNIER College MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

YVONNE CHEN College LIBERAL ARTS

ALEX LIN

JENNIFER MILLER College

MICHELLE MILLER College

STATISTICS AND PSYCHOLOGY DOUBLE MAJOR

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

STEM

Not pictured MAX CORREIA Northeastern University COMPUTER SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS

COLLEEN WHITTAKER Undecided LINDSAY NARDONE College

NICK PASSATEMPO College

ECONOMICS, FINANCE

HEALTH SCIENCES

NORTHSHORECHAMBER.ORG

ALEXIS ROBLES ERIN SHARKEY College BUSINESS

Valedictorian

ANTHONY ZHANG Duke University

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING OR COMPUTER SCIENCE

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2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

Swampscott High School Covenant Christian Academy KRISTA DARIOTIS University of Rhode Island

HENNA DOMIAN Cornell University

DOUGLAS DWYER Northeastern University

PAUL FLACKE Tufts University following gap year

PHARMACY

UNDECIDED

COMPUTER SCIENCE

UNDECIDED

Peabody

Not pictured MARIEL FULGHUM

JOSIAH GONZALES Taylor University or Upperroom School of Ministry

ANNA NAZARENKO ALLISON TRIBENDIS Carnegie Mellon University BUSINESS

SARAH TRIBENDIS Carnegie Mellon University

MAX SCANLON LEAH STEWART

MUSIC, MINISTRY

BUSINESS ANALYTICS AND TECHNOLOGIES

St. Mary’s High School Lynn Valedictorian

MEGHAN MACBEATH College Valedictorian

MICHELLE CALLAHAN Northeastern University BIOLOGY; PRE-MED

SUSANNAH CORNELL Wesleyan University

MARINA DIBIASIO Boston University

POLITICAL SCIENCE, GOVERNMENT

UNDECIDED

JUSTIN LI University of Wisconsin Madison ECONOMICS

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LUCAS FRITZ Bentley University

JACK HOGAN Bentley University

FINANCE

BUSINESS, FINANCE

GINA PALERMO EMILY SANTOS Bentley Brown University University UNDECIDED

BIOLOGY; PRE-MED

ARCHITECTURE, DANCE

FAITH WARDWELL George Washington University JOURNALISM

IMPACT MAGAZINE

2021  HONORS SCHOLARS

Saugus High School

ARIANA BROWN UMass Lowell

SERENA CACCIOLA UMass Amherst

COMPUTER SCIENCE

BIOLOGY; PRE-MED

Top Scholar

MICHAEL KENNY Harvard University BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

VINCENT COLUCCIO Bryant University BUSINESS

VICTORIA PAGLIARULO Bentley University ACCOUNTING

KYLEIGH DALTON University of New Hampshire MECHANICAL ENGINEERING OR ARCHITECTURE

MATTHEW RUGGIERO UMass Lowell

HANNAH STRONG UMass Lowell

EXERCISE SCIENCE

PSYCHOLOGY

CHARLES DENOVELLIS UMass Lowell BIOLOGY; PRE-VETERINARY

GABRIELLE SURETTE University of Rhode Island NURSING

Manchester Essex Regional High School Not pictured ALEXANDER ROSEN McGill University Valedictorian

EMERSON KAHLE University of Southern California MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE

NORTHSHORECHAMBER.ORG

SAMUEL KENNEY Villanova University

ETHAN O’HARA Dartmouth College

SCIENCE

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, ECONOMICS, MATH

SYLVIE OLDEMAN Barnard College of Columbia University BIOLOGY AND STATISTICS

ALIZA “HATTIE” WILSON Colby College BIOLOGY OR CHEMISTRY; PRE-MED

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Words to live by

MEMBERS’ ADVICE TO THE CLASS OF 2021 DOUG REED

President and CEO, Meridian Associates, Beverly President, FosterGrowth University of Vermont, 1978, Bachelor of Science, engineering Northeastern University, Boston, Master of Science, civil engineering

Joanne Scott, seen as a teen, left, and today.

Follow your bliss, “ and don’t be afraid ... and (find) that the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living.”

“‘Push yourself well beyond your limits. If you don’t get all the way there, you will likely have made more progress Doug Reed recalls lessons learned than if you just stayed in your comfort zone.’

“This was the attitude of my civil engineering professors at the University at the University of Vermont. As a student, we didn’t like of Vermont. that approach and had many arguments with our professors about it, as getting a test score of a 48% never felt good. But then you’d find out that was a good score compared to many others who had taken the test.

“Now as I look back at my 30-plus years in the engineering business, I see that I actually have done what my professors were pushing us to do. I DON’T SHY FROM SOMETHING BECAUSE IT’S RISKY OR HARD. I actually gravitate to that. There is a downside to that (long hours), but it is why I have reached where I am today.”

— Joanne Scott, sharing the wisdom of Joseph Campbell, American mythologist, writer and lecturer

JOANNE SCOTT

Executive director, Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem Winthrop High School, 1971 Northeastern University, 1976, Bachelor of Science, biology Boston University, 1987, master’s in public health

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Jo Ann Simons, seen in high school, left, and today.

“The best advice I got was from Wilma Scott Heide, a feminist and activist and the third president of the National Organization of Women, who spoke at my 1975 graduation from Wheaton College, then an all-women’s college in Norton.

“At the time, pre-Title IX, women were still fighting for equality. We couldn’t play Little League as children and there were

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Do something you “ love, work hard at it, Tom Sands, seen in high school, left, and today.

TOM SANDS

President, Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester Southwest High School, Macon, Georgia, 1980 Morehouse College, Georgia, 1984, Bachelor of Science, biology Georgia State University, 1989, Master of Business Administration; 1990, Master of Health Administration “Congratulations to the Class of 2021! You have persevered through an unprecedented pandemic that has changed the world and all the physical and emotional challenges that came along with it. Through all of this, you have not only completed this stage of your education, but excelled at it.

Navigating this difficult time over the last year has uniquely positioned you to take on new opportunities and challenges in the next phase of your education and life.

“In considering pearls of wisdom to share with you that I have received and live by, I will simply say: LIVE BOLDLY AND AUDACIOUSLY (boldaciously!), expand beyond your comfort zones, take good care of yourselves, be kind to others and have fun!”

no town sports. Fortunately for me, I found my way into competitive swimming, one of the few opportunities for girls.

While an exchange student at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut , I swam on the men’s team, because there wasn’t a women’s team, and I became the first woman to earn points on a men’s team.

“Wilma Scott Heide told us we,

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don’t be afraid to try new things and make the world a better place than how you found it.”

— Maureen Woodman’s favorite advice from Latin teacher Fr. Edward Nedder, Matignon High School

MAUREEN WOODMAN

Director of sales, Woodman’s of Essex Chair, Mr. and Mrs. Woodman Scholarship Fund Matignon High School, Cambridge, 1979 Suffolk University, Boston, 1981, associate degree, political science

Maureen Woodman cheering for Matignon High, top, and at Woodman’s today.

I try to live by the KISS “ philosophy that my teacher,

Mr. Casey, announced to me in the fifth grade: ‘Keep It Simple, Stupid. Don’t overthink or complicate things; get it done the way it was done before!’”

— Alan Gibeley, recalling the advice of Joe Casey, his middle school teacher in Topsfield

ALAN GIBELEY

Alan Gibeley as a fifth grader, top, and today.

President, Giblees, Inc., Danvers Masconomet Regional High School, Boxford, 1988 Syracuse University, New York, 1992, Bachelor of Science, retailing

women, could be anything we wanted except sperm donors. That has stuck with me, and she was proven right. WE CAN BE ANYTHING. DO ANYTHING. I hope that the girls and women of today know that and take a moment to celebrate the shoulders that they stand upon.

“But I also have to salute my father, who told me long before that commencement day that I could do anything.”

JO ANN SIMONS

President and CEO, Northeast Arc, Danvers Swampscott High School, 1971 Wheaton College, Norton, 1975, Bachelor of Arts University of Connecticut School of Social Work, 1977, master’s in social work

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Hiring on a

Handshake ONLINE CAREER SERVICES PLATFORM CREATES PATHWAYS FOR EARLY TALENT

By Sonya Vartabedian The Chamber.

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handshake has sealed many a deal over time And now it’s being used to create opportunities — especially for the young workforce.

Handshake — a growing online career services network — is changing the way companies recruit college students and recent graduates for internships and staff positions.

Since its launch in 2014 by three Michigan Tech University students, Handshake has been adopted by more than 550,000 employers, including every Fortune 500 company, and 1,200 colleges and universities nationwide.

More than 18 million job seekers are now part of the Handshake network.

Northern Essex Community College, with campuses in Haverhill and Lawrence, was the first community college in Massachusetts to enroll in Handshake in the summer of 2020 and was soon joined by the Danvers-based North Shore Community College.

Together with Massachusetts Bay Community College, the three schools secured a $44,693 grant from the nonprofit Boston Foundation and training provider SkillWorks last year to implement Handshake at 13 of the 15 community colleges in the state.

Ashley Moore, director of career services at Northern Essex, says Handshake allows companies to cast a wide net in reaching the best candidates for positions, while giving students a chance to market themselves more purposely

and aggressively — at no cost to anyone involved.

Employers can post their jobs on Handshake for free, targeting candidates with specific qualifications and skills through various job match tools, while also engaging directly with individual candidates they are interested in.

Companies must establish a direct connection with the colleges they want to recruit from before posting their jobs and hiring events. But once that connection is made, the relationship between the employer and the college’s students and alumni can flourish.

“It allows for a much more robust experience,” Moore says.

More than 800 Northern Essex students and about 150 of its alumni have joined Handshake, granting them access to almost 4,000 job postings from the 2,000 employers who have connected with the college.

Not only are NECC’s students finding positions through Handshake, Moore adds, but the college’s human resources department and work study program are now using the platform to fill openings, too.

With an easily searchable database of positions nationally and even abroad, Handshake’s platform is highly personalized on both ends. Students enroll by creating a profile, which then positions them to receive custom recommendations for both jobs and internships based on their major, interests and skills.

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Ashley Moore, director of career services for Northern Essex Community College, says Handshake levels the playing field in the jobs market for students at a community college.

companies, network with other students and career professionals, and acquire job interview skills.

“It’s a system designed by students to be used by students,” says Lorin Buksa, North Shore Community College’s coordinator of experiential education and internships. “There’s something familiar about it. It feels very comfortable.”

After introducing Lorin Buksa, Handshake as a pilot North Shore program, North Shore Community Community College College intends to launch the platform campus-wide in late August.

Buksa says she has already granted over 1,000 employers approval to post their internships, jobs and careerrelated events to NSCC’s Handshake community.

“Many of those employers are local to our area,” Buksa says, adding that over 80 percent of North Shore’s students return to the local community to work.

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comprehensive treatment to children and adults with psychological and development disabilities and other challenges across the North Shore and beyond.

Tuttle says Bridgewell is regularly recruiting for a very specific set of employees in diverse areas — from operational to direct care. Handshake, he says, enables his team to access a wealth of information on job candidates, including their interests and career aspirations, so that they can identify compassionate and caring prospects who best fit their needs.

“The right candidate is key in our field,” says Tuttle, explaining that Bridgewell often works with the most vulnerable individuals in the commonwealth who are dealing with significant issues and need help and support. “It’s not a job for everybody.

“It’s almost like we become the head hunter and can engage with students who are looking at our field as a career.”

Tuttle, a North Shore Chamber board member, adds that Handshake further extends the “remarkable job” that the region’s colleges, including Salem State University as well as North Shore and Northern Essex community colleges,

are doing to promote their students and assist them in pursuing career opportunities locally with organizations like Bridgewell Moore says Handshake also succeeds in significantly leveling the playing field for community college students, many of whom are minorities, low income or nonnative English speakers — giving them the tools to compete for the same positions as their counterparts at four-year colleges.

Buksa and Moore say the capabilities of Handshake stand to impact all areas of their colleges, including recruitment, since students often look to the future success of a school’s graduates when choosing where to further their education. They encourage North Shore businesses to join their individual college’s Handshake networks and take advantage of the ready pool of talent that exists.

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Advocating from experience PERSONAL JOURNEY INFORMS ATTORNEY’S WORK WITH IMMIGRATION LAW

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first arrived in the United States 14 years ago from Poland. However, only in the past year have I fully appreciated how diversity, equity and inclusion issues and values have shaped my life and my transition to a new country.

Since immigrating, I have experienced the diversity of this nation in a variety of settings — from social circles (having friends from many different backgrounds and countries), through educational pursuits (completing my legal education at Suffolk University Law School in Boston alongside students from many different countries), to the professional arena (working as an immigration paralegal, immigration attorney and, most recently, partner at Goldman & Partners Immigration Law).

As an immigrant and immigration attorney, I have developed unique definitions for DE&I that I believe American companies should consider when interviewing, hiring and retaining foreign talent.

Diversity Diversity is the presence of people with distinctly different characteristics — such as nationality, gender, race and sexual orientation — in a group setting. Immigrants and temporary international workers in the U.S. are included in this term.

A 2019 McKinsey report found that “diversity is correlated with company profitability. Companies with ethnic and racially diverse teams are 36 percent more likely to outperform their peers on profitability.” The international workforce brings ethnic and racial diversity to teams, along with unique perspectives, training

and life experiences.

Every day, I work with companies sponsoring engineers, entrepreneurs, scientists and other talent for work visas because they have seen the benefits that they offer firsthand. They realize the value that diverse talent can bring to their products, services, developments and company growth and are willing to make the necessary investment to attract and retain them.

Inclusion Having diverse talent on a team, however, does not automatically mean the group is going to be productive and work well together. An atmosphere of

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respect and acceptance is essential for team members to feel truly valued and appreciated. In the words of DE&I educator Verna Myers, “Diversity is being asked to the party. Inclusion is being asked to dance.” Team members will only give 100 percent to a group that they feel part of.

When I started working for Goldman & Partners Immigration Law in 2012, I didn’t intend to stay at the firm for an extended period due to a long commute and unclear vision for my future. It was only through the respect and appreciation I received from Jeff Goldman and others at GPI that I found myself included in their team and, with time, more committed to our common goals and ready to contribute my best.

It was refreshing to be valued and listened to regardless of my accent (trust me, there is nothing more disturbing and annoying to a foreign national than to be treated with suspicion or disregard because of an accent). Representing my business clients now as a partner at GPI, I see similar inclusion efforts across different industries sparking growth

and innovation thanks to the dedication and skills of the foreign workers on their teams.

Equity Equity is another essential element to foster successful teams of diverse talent. It speaks to an understanding that each of us has different limitations related to our backgrounds and individual characteristics. For companies to successfully enable diverse talent to fully contribute to the goals of the group, some efforts need to be made to even the scale. Continuing with our “being asked to dance”

metaphor, I would argue that equity is providing dance lessons to those invitees who have never gone to a dance party before.

In my work as an immigration attorney, I am fortunate to assist many successful U.S. businesses in sponsoring their key workers for work visas. For these foreign workers, the ability to secure their stay and work authorization in the U.S. often is an absolute priority. When these workers feel they have the security and support they need for themselves and their families, they can fully contribute and be invested in their company’s future.

What can we do?

The values surrounding diversity, equity and inclusion offer ways to find harmony by understanding and learning from each other. Only with the presence of all three can people of different backgrounds and characteristics feel empowered and encouraged to succeed. By reflecting on these principles of DE&I and increasing awareness, each of us can make a difference in our communities, schools and workplaces. I

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EDUCATION, SKILLS ARE ESSENTIAL TO INMATES’ SUCCESSFUL RELEASE

By Dr. Lane Glenn and Sheriff Kevin Coppinger

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he United States of America puts more of our citizens in jail than any other country on the planet.

While we account for only 5 percent of the world’s total population, we have 25 percent of the world’s prisoner population. According to the World Prison Population List, an astonishing 716 of every 100,000 Americans are behind bars in local and county jails, state prisons or federal penitentiaries.

Nationally, imprisonment falls disproportionately on low-income and minority citizens. Though African Americans and Hispanics make up approximately 32 percent of the U.S. population, they represent 56 percent of all incarcerated people in America.

In addition, many inmates lack educational credentials that would prepare them for the workforce. About 40 percent of prisoners in state and federal prisons and local jails do not have a high school diploma, and up to 50 percent have some kind of learning disability and are in need of additional special education services.

For our criminal justice system to be effective, we must recognize that various levels of punishment are necessary, but should be based on the facts and circumstances presented in each case. Jails and prisons remain a necessity for some, but the current approach to mass incarceration has proven too costly, and too ineffective, for everyone involved: The U.S. spends more than $80 billion each year on corrections — an amount that has increased at triple the rate of spending on public education for prekindergarten through grade 12 students over the past three decades.

Recidivism — the rate at which those convicted of a crime and incarcerated commit another crime and return to prison — remains alarmingly high. A recent report from the U.S. Department of Justice indicates that more than 80 percent of state prisoners were arrested again at least once within nine years of their release.

A criminal record can reduce the likelihood of a callback or job offer by nearly 50 percent, and this negative impact of a criminal record is twice as large for minority applicants.

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law by Gov. Charlie Baker, Massachusetts became the leader in a national effort to reduce rates of incarceration including how juvenile offenders are treated in the criminal justice system and how states can implement an array of services — such as education and employment counseling, behavioral therapy, substance abuse treatment and domestic violence prevention — to reduce the need for imprisonment.

As a result, according to an analysis by the Brennan Center for Justice, between 2007 and 2017, 34 states reduced both imprisonment and crime rates at the same time. Massachusetts led the pack, with the steepest declines in both crime (40 percent) and incarceration (51 percent). Massachusetts now has the lowest incarceration rate in the country.

Of all the ways proven to help reduce the likelihood that someone who has been in prison is going to commit another crime, the one that has the greatest impact for the lowest cost is quite clear: Education.

A national study of the effectiveness of correctional facility education programs by the Rand Corporation reveals that: I n m a t e s w h o p a r t i c i p a t e i n

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Research has found that for every $1 spent on correctional education programs, taxpayers save $5 on incarceration costs.

correctional education programs are 43 percent less likely to re-offend than those who do not.

The odds of finding a job after

release for inmates who participate in correctional education is 13 percent higher than for those who do not.

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complete their high school diplomas; learn English as a second language; improve reading, writing and math skills; access a special lending library and take classes in computer applications.

With the groundwork now laid through the partnership between the Essex County Sheriff ’s Department and NECC, a comprehensive network of services is available to inmates as they reenter our communities — including additional educational programs, job training and employment assistance, transitional housing, medical and substance abuse follow-up and mental health treatment — each “handed-off ” to community-based partners with client monitoring provided by the Essex County Sheriff ’s Department, Probation and/or Parole.

A generation ago, many people approached criminal justice with a “lock them up and throw away the key” mentality. Today, whether it is more humane treatments for inmates with opioid addiction, mental health treatment services, or education and training, we understand that our role is not simply to punish, it is also to prepare our “residents” for living productive

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education, taxpayers save $5 on incarceration.

For all these reasons, the Essex County Sheriff ’s Department and Northern Essex Community College are proud to be working together on a $1 million project to provide educational and vocational skills for inmates in the Essex County Correctional Facility, the Jail and House of Correction in Middleton, the Essex County Pre-Release Center in Lawrence and the Women in Transition facility, all in support of the Sheriff’s Department’s community-based reentry initiatives.

The Essex County Sheriff’s Department and NECC are focusing specialized efforts on the high-risk/high-need inmate population, those most likely to recidivate, through directed interventions involving academic testing and education efforts and clinical interventions and programming, as well as connections with our many enthusiastic reentry partners.

Even through the obstacles of the COVID-19 pandemic, NECC faculty and staff have been working “behind the walls” with corrections professionals at each of these facilities, providing inmates with the opportunity to

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lives when they reenter society.

Our most important job — and the most important job of every inmate, every correctional officer and every college teacher and counselor in this program — is ensuring that when each resident’s time is served, they walk out the door better than when they entered and are more prepared for a brighter future — and they don’t come back. I

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We are grateful to Mr. and Mrs. Ulf B. Heide, Angus and Leslie Littlejohn, Sam and Tracey Byrne, Lee Campbell Jr., Chip and Susan Robie, Tim and Joanie Ingraham, the Salem Marine Society, Fiduciary Trust Company, Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus R. Gillespie, Howard and Wendy Hodgson, Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kneisel, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart W. Pratt, Abby and Gene Record, Mr. and Mrs. Ernst H. von Metzsch, Connie and Stan Grayson, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen S. Lash, and Amanda Clark MacMullan for their generous support, and to Carolyn and Peter S. Lynch and The Lynch Foundation, Jennifer and Andrew Borggaard, James B. and Mary Lou Hawkes, Kate and Ford O’Neil, and Henry and Callie Brauer for their ongoing exhibition support. We also recognize the generosity of the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.

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Empowering objective ENGAGING AND RECONNECTING WITH THE POST-PANDEMIC WORKFORCE

By Hannah B. Ginley Windover Construction

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et’s face it. It has been a tough year (plus) for employers and employees. Starting in March 2020, long-term and dedicated team members were laid off; cohesive, well-functioning teams were sent home to attempt collaboration remotely; and the depth of personal and business losses was staggering.

Suffice to say, it has been challenging to remain united, maintain a robust company culture and engage our employees.

Yet, as we attempt to crawl back to some semblance of normalcy, we must continue to treat our employees as our most valuable assets and respond to their needs in this ever-changing business landscape.

Whether your business is starting to bring employees back to the office, continuing with remote work or managing a hybrid workforce, engaging your employees is more important than ever.

There are countless definitions of employee engagement, but simply, engagement shows up when employees: Believe in the direction the organization is headed.

Understand how their role affects and contributes to that direction.

Genuinely want the organization to succeed.

There is no doubt that engaged workforces thrive. An abundance of literature and research cite the benefits of employee engagement. Well-engaged organizations often beat their competition; build better, stronger and more resilient organizations; cultivate innovation; and enjoy stronger retention.

Here are a few tried-and-true tips to ENGAGE your workforce as we round a new corner.

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E XCITE If you are like most businesses, you have spent considerable time defining your core purpose, mission and company values. If that work has remained dormant for a while, dust it off and reorient your employees to “why” and “how” you exist as an organization. Aligning employees to your core can be very energizing to them.

N OTICE Catch your employees in the act of good decisionmaking. If your employees are going above and beyond in their problem-solving, no matter how big or small, celebrate it in a way that is comfortable to them. Not only will they be more invested, but they will become more confident taking intelligent risks.

G ATHER As your employees feel more comfortable, bring them together in a safe manner. They have missed you and one another. Most are yearning for the social interaction that has been gone from their lives in the last year.

Encourage, but do not mandate attendance. Remember, psychological safety is as important as physical safety.

A SK Conduct personal, one-on-one “stay” interviews to avoid “exit” interviews. Finding out why employees continue working for your business will yield valuable insight that can help improve workplace culture. Questions related to feedback and recognition; work and home life balance; newly unearthed skills and interests; and even changes they might recommend not only promote healthy discussion, but signal to employees that who they are — not just what they do for the organization — matters.

G ROW This is the perfect time to develop your employees. If you missed your performance management season, reinstate it. If your employees did not set goals for 2021, work with them so they understand the organization’s goals and how they fit into the bigger picture. If training lapsed, get it back on track. Your employees will thrive when they feel they are receiving the attention they so deserve.

E MPATHIZE It has been a long and difficult road for many. Your employees likely faced a variety of situations in the past year that you may not be aware of. Leading with empathy is critical. Understanding that your employees are shouldering personal and familial issues while upholding their professional responsibilities shows caring and promotes trust. Having a manager or supervisor check in with them each week leads to more engagement and willingness to go that extra mile.

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Indoor air quality in the time of COVID-19

By Rob Pellegrini ENCON Commercial Services

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s local and national economies ramp up and businesses begin to invite workers back to offices, we are left with some very fundamental questions surrounding workplace safety in the era of COVID-19.

While various regulatory agencies differ on their positions, most everyone agrees that steps should be taken to mitigate the transmission of the coronavirus through the air.

Here is a guide to help building owners, building operators and company executives understand the many different options.

Who are the experts?

The Centers for Disease Control, Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization all feel that COVID-19 is spread primarily from person to person.

Most experts agree that the coronavirus can survive in the air in an indoor environment for up to three hours, although this does vary with temperature, humidity and air turnover.

The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers, which is considered the nation’s leading indoor air-quality professional organization, takes its guidance a step further.

It states in a recent report that airborne transmission of the coronavirus “is significant and should be controlled.”

“Changes to building operations, including the operation of heating, ventilating and air-conditioning systems, can reduce airborne exposures,” it further states.

As a result, the industry group’s guidance has prompted many building operators to take action to mitigate the transfer of viruses through the air.

What do filters do?

The rise of COVID-19 has brought the historically boring discussions around a filter’s minimum efficiency reporting value, or MERV rating, to the forefront of virtual cocktail party conversations.

Simply put, a filter’s MERV rating speaks to how effectively the filter stops particles from passing through it. It is important to understand that the standard filters in HVAC systems (MERV 7-12) are not intended to improve air quality for the people inside, but to protect the components of the system to increase its life expectancy and promote more efficient heat transfer. Addressing microscopic COVID-19sized particles in the air is best accomplished through filters with higher-than-standard MERV ratings.

What are HEPA filters and should I use them?

HEPA filters are widely considered the most-efficient filters at capturing particles and will rid the air of as much as 99 percent of viruses. The downside is they are typically not a good fit for retrofit applications, are very expensive and need to be changed

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often. As strong as they are, HEPA filters create a restriction in the air stream that can strain your mechanical system to the point of failure, specifically with a HVAC unit’s blower motor. Mechanical engineers typically specify the use of HEPA filtration with a HVAC system in specialized spaces such as clean rooms or surgery rooms.

UV and UVC: How do they stack up against COVID? Ultraviolet and Ultraviolet C have long been held as the gold standard in indoor air quality. This is the strategic placement of a UV light inside a building’s HVAC system. Unlike HEPA, they work well in retrofit applications and have the added benefit of killing the virus (air filters, even HEPA ones, are only capturing the virus in the filter).

There are two downsides to this approach, however. The first is that UV can be harmful if not properly maintained since it is essentially controlled radiation. The second downside is that it can be very expensive to maintain.

Most UV bulbs should be changed yearly, and the costs add up quickly in buildings with many HVAC systems.

What is Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization?

Needlepoint Bipolar Ionization, which has been around long before COVID-19, uses an electronic charge to create a plasma field filled with a high concentration of positive and negative ions. It works by attaching the ions to microscopic particles in the air to increase their size and allow them to be easily captured by filters. Additionally, these ions break down volatile organic compounds into more harmless compounds.

The original value of NBPI was to reduce a building’s code requirements for fresh air by replicating outside air to some degree. Essentially, this was a (successful) play at reducing building costs, particularly here in New England, as heating 30-degree air in the winter or cooling 90-degree air in the summer becomes extremely expensive. When COVID-19 emerged, NBPI became extremely popular as the ions it produces kill pathogens such as the COVID-19 virus by robbing them of hydrogen.

indoors is ultimately affected by the technology in place.

For example, according to a 2009 Environmental Protection Agency report, using only a standard filter with a MERV rating of 7 offers just 7 percent protection against viruses.

Adding UVC increases the amount controlled to 12 percent and adding an ionization system brings the amount controlled to 61 percent.

A filter with a 13 MERV rating yields 46 percent protection when used alone, 84 percent in combination with UVC, and 97 percent with the addition of ionization. A HEPA filter (MERV rating 17) will provide 99.9 percent protection.

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Clockwise from top, The Spirit of ‘61 float celebrates Salem’s 300th anniversary during a parade in 1926 (courtesy Salem State University archives); a circa-1765 newspaper ad reports a runaway slave in Marblehead; and the now-public 17th century Rebecca Nurse Homestead in Danvers (courtesy Essex Heritage), which was associated with the Salem Witch Trials, provide a glimpse of the diverse history of the Essex National Heritage Area.

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By Annie C. Harris Essex National Heritage Commission

his year marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of the Essex National Heritage Area by an act of Congress.

National heritage areas are places that exemplify important aspects of American history. Their purpose is to conserve, interpret and promote America’s stories and the natural, historic and cultural resources associated with them.

There are currently 55 national heritage areas across this nation, and they have a special, affiliated relationship with the National Park Service.

When Essex County was designated in 1996, the National Park Service prepared an extensive, two-year study that identified three “themes” that epitomized the importance of the 500-square-mile region in American history.

Those themes are: Early Settlement commemorating the first Europeans who settled this region in 1623.

The Great Age of Sail during and immediately following the American Revolution, when the seafarers from this region established trading empires across the world.

Early Industrial Revolution, which was established along the Merrimack River with the fortunes made in the maritime trade.

Along with these nationally significant stories, the Park Service study noted that this region still has hundreds of historic sites and thousands

of historical records associated with these themes, as well as the geography that helped to shape this history — including the rocky landscapes that were so difficult to farm, the snug harbors and expansive ocean that encouraged maritime pursuits, and the mighty Merrimack River that powered the early factories.

When I first became involved in the idea of forming a heritage area, these historic themes appeared to be immutable. The purpose of the heritage area was to preserve these assets intact and to tell others about this agreed-upon history.

But in the last 25 years, our thinking about history and heritage has evolved in a way that has been very exciting to witness.

This evolution has resulted from such factors as the internet, which has connected researchers across the glob e; digitization, which makes thousands of historical records accessible; social unrest, which has created demand for reassessing “traditional history”; and the new voices, who want their stories told.

Within the Essex National Heritage Area, we are uncovering a plethora of new stories and changing how we look at “traditional history.”

For example, most of us know about the abolitionists of New England and are proud of their legacy, but it is only recently that we have come to understand how pervasive slavery was here. It was

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far more common and ubiquitous than our history books have acknowledged, as illustrated by the frequent advertisements for “runaways” that were published in local newspapers.

There were also thriving African American communities on the North Shore and successful Black entrepreneurs whose accomplishments have only recently come to light.

Lucretia and Joseph Brown ran the lively Black Joe’s Tavern in Marblehead (and are believed to be the inventors of the Joe Froggers molasses cookie). The very popular Hinton Family Ice Cream business was run by Allen Hinton and his family in Andover for over 60 years. In Salem, members of the Remond family were highly sought-after caterers for more than 40 years, as well as being very active in social causes.

Most of this information has been in local archives for years. But it’s only recently that it’s been uncovered — thanks, in large measure, to the diligent research of Dr. Kabria Baumgartner, an associate professor at the University of New Hampshire who specializes in 19th-century African American history and literature, and Dr. Elizabeth Duclos-Orcella, chair of the Interdisciplinary Studies Department at Salem State University.

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Nancy and John Remond, respected caterers and social activists in Salem, were among the region’s successful Black entrepreneurs of the 19th century.

its 300th in 1926, it was celebrated with great fanfare and parades focusing on the glory of the European settlement of this “new land.”

As the 400th approaches — first in Gloucester in 2023, then in Salem in 2026, before spreading year by year across this region — a more thoughtful approach is being taken.

Communities are seeking to understand who lived here before the Puritan settlers arrived, how those individuals contributed to the survival of these early settlers and what a brutal price these people paid. The 400th will be more nuanced and the community commemorations are likely to be more inclusive than they were a century ago.

In this period of reappraisal, we are also listening more carefully to traditional voices. There is a lot to learn from both old and new.

As we begin to emerge from the pandemic, this poem by John Greenleaf Whittier is surprisingly relevant:

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JP Blood employees are seen dressed as Puritans for Salem’s 300th anniversary. The 400th observance is expected to reflect a broader view of the region’s history.

“When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, “When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, “When the funds are low and the debts are high, “And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, “When care is pressing you down a bit, “Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.”

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Whether you’re back in the workplace or logging in hours from home, warmer temperatures are a cue for some refreshing downtime.

Nick Harron and his team at REV Kitchen & Bar in Beverly have just the thing for washing away our pandemic fatigue.

When Harron remade the former Evviva Cucina on Enon Street in 2019, he focused on creating a neighborhood-first eatery serving up a flavorful twist on classic American fare in a vibrant atmosphere.

Along with its scratch-made cuisine prepared in an open kitchen, REV is known for its array of handcrafted cocktails — from its signature Rev-A-Rita margarita with house-made sour and a salted rim to its Strawberry Smash Mule with Meyers’s lemon vodka, elderflower liqueur, hibiscus lemonade, mint simple and strawberry purée.

But for those truly dreaming of summer, Harron suggests two warm-weather favorites — REV’s Untie Your Tai, which has become the most popular afterwork drink with patrons, and the Blood Orange Sangria, which is a tall drink of happiness.

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UNTIE YOUR TAI INGREDIENTS 1 ounce Bacardi rum 1 ounce Gran Gala orange liqueur ¾ ounce citrus juice 1 ounce pineapple juice ¼ ounce Luxardo juice ½ ounce Myers’s dark rum Luxardo cherry and orange slice, for garnish

STEPS Fill cocktail shaker with ice.

Add first five ingredients. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds. Pour into a tiki glass.

Layer on a ½-ounce pour of Meyers’s dark rum Garnish with a cherry and orange slice.

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BLOOD ORANGE SANGRIA INGREDIENTS 3 ounces pinot grigio ½ ounce strawberry purée ½ ounce St. Elder liqueur 1 ounce blood orange purée 1 ounce white cranberry juice ½ ounce Bacardi rum (Amounts are approximate)

STEPS Combine all ingredients and whisk well.

Pour over ice.

Top with prosecco.

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t’s no wonder The Landing has earned a following for its local cuisine.

You can’t get much closer to the sea than at the old-school eatery situated right on historic Marblehead Harbor.

For nearly 50 years, The Landing has taken full advantage of its enviable location along the Atlantic and treated diners to the freshest of flavors plucked right from the waters it overlooks.

It’s a recipe The Landing has no intention of altering, says general manager Robert Simonelli, who has been the face of the 81 Front St. resExecutive taurant for nearly two decades.

But as The Landing prepares to chef Alex celebrate its golden anniversary next Pineda — year, it is casting its net deeper into the son the sea. of Lydia After a brief hiatus, The Landing reopened this spring with an updated Shire — has global menu, a fresh logo that plays raised the off its history of fine dining and the culinary region’s sailing heritage, and a new standing culinary team led by the son of a celof The ebrated Boston chef.

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Executive chef Alex Pineda — the son of Lydia Shire, who led such top Boston restaurants as Pignoli, Excelsior and Scampo — has raised the culinary standing of The Landing, infusing it with international influences, while maintaining its foundation culled from its shores.

Pineda, who lives in Marblehead, has worked all over the world, most recently as the executive chef at Scampo at the Liberty Hotel in Boston, before arriving at The 58

The Landing general manager Robert Simonelli, center, welcomes new partner and executive chef Alex Pineda, right, and co-executive chef Noe Ortega to the Marblehead restaurant.

The Landing’s burrata, a semi-soft Italian cheese of soft curd and fresh cream inside a mozzarella pouch, is served with roasted tomato and frisée with sliced bacon and a tomato vinaigrette.

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1 shallot, chopped 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt ½ cup white wine 2 cups peas 1 cup heavy cream Handful of spinach Half of a white onion 2 cups risotto rice 3 bay leaves 1 cup white wine ½ cup mascarpone cheese ½ cup Parmesan cheese

FOR THE PEA PURÉE Sauté shallots in oil with sugar and salt. Once caramelized, deglaze the pan with ½ cup white wine.

Add peas once the wine has

Landing as chef and partner.

Joining Pineda as co-executive chef is Noe Ortega, the former chef at The Envoy Hotel at the Seaport in Boston who has roots in California and Mexico. Pineda and Ortega have worked together for years.

“Alex made a promise to Noe that when he opened his first restaurant, Noe would be with him,” Simonelli says. “He’s a man of his word.”

Pineda is also true to his talents. He started making pizzas at age 7 in the kitchen of one of his mother’s earlier eateries, Biba. He trained in London and in Spain, and also spent some time in China learning the cooking techniques and culinary skills of the culture.

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Risi e bisi is a traditional Venetian dish that The Landing general manager Robert Simonelli says “speaks spring in an Italian language.”

While simply translated rice and peas, Simonelli says there’s nothing simple about the flavor. The Landing’s version incorporates mascarpone cheese in addition to Parmesan, and diners who order it off the menu can add crab to take the dish to the next level.

It’s also a comforting seasonal choice to make at home.

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reduced and the alcohol has cooked off, and let cook for about 5 minutes.

Add cream, bring to a simmer and cook for about 10 minutes.

Remove pan from heat and add spinach, stirring. Let the mixture cool for about 10 minutes.

Using a blender, purée the mixture until smooth. Set aside.

FOR THE RICE Bring pot of water to boil. In a separate pan, sauté white onions and bay leaves. Once the onions

The Landing has earned a solid reputation for its fresh lobster roll on a buttered bun, served with homemade chips.

New Hampshire, and then spent a few years helping to manage Scampo, in his mother’s charge.

At The Landing, he oversees a

and bay leaves have sweat a bit, add rice, then 1 cup white wine.

To cook the rice, add boiling water 1 cup at a time until the rice is al dente, but cooked through.

Once the rice is at a desired texture, add mascarpone cheese, then Parmesan cheese. Finish with a scoop of the pea purée, then top with some fresh peas.

Season with salt and pepper before serving.

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creative menu influenced by every corner of the globe, with dishes from South America, the Middle East, Asia, Italy and, of course, New England, all well represented. The menu, which is paired with an approachable wine list, changes seasonally, but always with a nod to the fresh fish being delivered off the boats along the shore.

Guests can choose to take in the views from the dining room or alfresco style from the covered deck or new patio area, which runs along the working fishing dock. There’s also a function space for private gatherings, with wine dinners and special events in the off-season that make The Landing a year-round destination.

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TAKE NOTE Communities join to produce North Shore Diversity Catalog Six North Shore communities have partnered to create the North Shore Diversity Catalog — a regional vendor registry for minority- and womenowned businesses that aims to improve equity and diversity in municipal contracts and bids.

Leaders from Salem, Beverly, Peabody, Lynn, Swampscott and Marblehead are collaborating on the initiative in an effort to help their municipalities identify diverse businesses so they can proactively increase equity in their procurement opportunities.

The Diversity Catalog will serve as both a directory and a marketing tool for businesses seeking to offer their services or products on the North Shore to not only the participating communities, but to the region’s residents and fellow businesses as well.

As part of the collaboration, a series of virtual training programs with state procurement specialists is planned. The videos will help local businesses learn how they can meet the state’s minority/women-owned business enterprises (MWBE) designation, which would open them up to even more opportunities for contracts and endeavors.

To qualify for the catalog, a business must be located within the greater North Shore region and have at least 51 percent of its ownership team in at least one of the following categories: immigrant, women, service-disabled veteran, veteran-owned, lesbian gay bisexual or transgendered (LGBTQIA) or disabled.

Qualified businesses can register at salem.com/diversitycatalog. The catalog will be published on the participating municipalities’ websites and shared with community partners in the region.

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Rivers of 2021, citing the grave threat to ecosystem health and regional water security in the context of climate change.

Association leaders say there are a number of ways to get involved and increase public awareness surrounding the connection between clean water and a thriving regional economy.

Opportunities include the Greenscapes Lawn by Lawn pledge, the association’s Paddle-a-thon fundraising initiatives, a free paddle week for COVID-19 first responders and corporate membership.

The Watershed Association is particularly eager to engage and partner with North Shore businesses in communities that rely on the Ipswich River for their water supply, which include Salem, Beverly, Lynn and Peabody. In total, more than 350,000 residents and businesses in 13 communities utilize the endangered Ipswich as their main source of freshwater.

To learn more about the Ipswich River Watershed Association’s efforts to protect the shared resource, contact Patrick Lynch, director of policy and planning, at plynch@ipswichriver.org or visit ipswichriver.org.

Lawmakers unite to preserve Essex National Heritage Area Federal, state and local leaders are pledging their support for the future of the Essex National Heritage Area.

The North Shore’s Congressional lawmakers — U.S. Sen. Edward J. Markey and U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, together with U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren and U.S. Rep. Lori Trahan — have filed legislation to maintain federal authorization and funding for the 500-square-mile historic region north of Boston.

The current authorization is due to expire Sept. 30.

Since the creation of the Essex National Heritage Area in 1996, Congress has been authorized to invest up to $17 million in the region. In 2019, Markey and Warren were able to secure an increase in funding to $20 million The Essex National Heritage Area “leverages federal funds with impressive return on investment to bring millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of visitors to the region,” Markey said at a press conference outside the U.S. Custom House in Salem this April.

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Jaguar Graphics

Graphics, printing and promotional products Patrick Vitale, owner 3 Southside Road, Danvers 978-338-5561 sales@jaguarprint.com Jaguarprint.com

Louise Michaud Photographer

Photography Louise Michaud 222 Derby St., Salem 978-375-5507 louise@michaudphotography.com Louisemichaud.com

Coastal Windows & Exteriors Home improvement David and Stephanie Vanderbilt, owners 236 Cabot St., Beverly 978-578-0090 SVanderbilt@MyCoastal Windows.com Mycoastalwindows.com

Charing Cross Realty

Real estate William Luster, president

420 Lafayette St., Salem 978-239-9487 bluster@charingcrossrealty.com Charingcrossrealty.com

Caruso & Caruso

Attorneys Peter J. Caruso II, attorney 68 Main St., Andover 978-475-2200 pcarusoii@carusoandcaruso.com carusoandcaruso.com

Diane Carnevale Art

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Fine art painting and graphic design Diane Carnevale, principal diane@dianecarnevale.com dianecarnevale.com

President Celebrating 20 Years in Business

USI Insurance Services

Commercial insurance James Hale, vice president 12 Gill St., Suite 5500, Woburn 978-273-1382 james.hale@usi.com USI.com

Duffy Insurance

Commercial insurance Doug Garabedian, account executive 49 Margin St., Peabody 781-710-1222 doug@duffyins.com Duffyins.com

Profile Research is a Massachusetts based global Consumer Reporting Agency that provides background screening services across all industries.

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Business technology services Brian English, co-founder/vice president P.O. Box 184, Kingston, N.H. 781-566-0280 info@cielo.us.com cielo.us.com

Costa’s Pro Paint

Painting Rodrigo Da Costa, president 75 Walnut St., Unit 216. Peabody 978-395-7817 costapropaint@gmail.com costapropaint.com

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Cranney Self Storage

Moving and storage Brian Cranney, owner 24 Water St., Danvers 978-777-9193 jamesc@cranneystorage.com cranneystorage.com

Dempsey, Lucey & Associates Government affairs Brian S. Dempsey, president and CEO 11 Beacon St., Suite 1120, Boston 617-742-2000 tatum@dempseylucey.com dempseylucey.com

Ocean States Investigative Group

Private investigative services Edward Spicer, owner 100 Cummings Center, Suite 249F, Beverly 978-473-4154 Ed@oceanstatesinv.com oceanstatesinv.com

Leadership coaching, consulting

Melisa Gillis, president

17 Bayview Ave., Danvers

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Goddu Printing

Printing and marketing

Steve Goddu, president/CEO

5 Candlestick Lane, Salem, N.H.

603-890-2406

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Betsy Merry, president

224 Derby St., Salem

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Technology

Alita Kaszuba, director of operations

85 Lafayette Road, Salisbury

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Norman & Associates

Attorneys William Norman 11 Nahant St., Lynn 978-979-4727 williamnorman@normanassociatespc.com Normanassociatespc.com

Sail Beyond Cancer North Shore

Nonprofit Suzanne Johnson, executive director 6 Lynde St. D-LL, Salem 978-594-7245 suzanne@saibeyondcancer.org sailbeyondcancer.org

The Hamilton Group

Financial planning Thomas Burger, president 900 Cummings Center, Suite 201U, Beverly 978-279-9100 tburger@thehamiltongroup.com thehamiltongroup.com

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of race and religion played out in the United States in the 20th century.

Former state Sen. Katy O’Connor Ives is assuming a new role: president of the Greater Newburyport Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Ives, who served three terms as senator for the First Essex District, replaces Frank G. Cousins, who stepped down as president this spring after three years.

At the Statehouse, Ives was co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Committee on Tourism, Arts and Cultural Development and its Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses.

After retiring from the Senate, Ives launched an e-commerce startup. A former Newburyport city councilor, she lives in the Clipper City with her husband, Jeff, and son, Ronen.

the Women’s Business League Ipswich chapter and on the board of directors of the Beverly Children’s Learning Center.

Leslie S. Ray Insurance Agency has been assisting families and local businesses with their property and casualty insurance needs from their North BevSarah Goyette erly location since 1954.

In addition to being one of only 26 current independent insurance agencies awarded the FIVE STAR designation by its state insurance association, Leslie S. Ray Insurance has been named Best Insurance Agency in 2020 and 2021 by the readers of The Salem News and 2020 Family Business of the Year by the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce.

Contact Goyette at 978-522-5660 or sarahg@leslieray.com.

Leslie S. Ray Insurance Agency has promoted Sarah Goyette, CRIS, to vice president.

Goyette manages the agency’s Commercial Lines Department and office operations. She is also co-leader of

Profile Research, based in Rowley, is celebrating its 20th year of providing background screenings and investigative services.

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MaryAnn Email Levasseur at Levasseur mlevasseur@profileresearch.net or visit profileresearch.net for more information.

North Shore Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Karen E. Andreas has been selected by state Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr, R-Gloucester, as his appointee to the Unemployment Trust Fund Solvency Commission — a new state commission reviewing and developing recommendations on the solvency of the state’s unemployment trust fund.

The 21-member commission, chaired

by Rep. Josh Cutler and Sen. Patricia Jehlen, also includes Rosalin Acosta, secretary of the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development; Richard Jeffers, director of the Department of Unemployment Assistance; Carolyn Ryan, senior vice president of

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‘There’s a reason why you’ve got two ears. Listen.’

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lan L. Temkin spends his days preparing for the future — his and his clients.

As an entrusted senior financial planner with close to four decades of experience, he builds relationships with clients while managing their most personal details as he prepares them for life’s eventualities.

It’s not a role the longtime Beverly resident takes lightly. He’s seen how the value of financial planning not only affects his clients’ lives, but, more importantly, their families. And he aims to ease some of the stress and responsibilities that can overwhelm loved ones at their most difficult times.

“There are very specific things that people want to see happen with their lives, and we can make sure those things happen,” says Temkin, who operates Temkin Financial Group, based in Wakefield. “That feeling that we’ve made a difference is important to me.”

Temkin’s desire to build security for families may stem from his being a devout family man himself — a husband to wife Francine; father to two grown daughters, and grandfather to three granddaughters, who are the joys of his life.

He also values community — as a Chamber member, a member of the Beverly Rotary Club and a board member of Harborlight Community Partners, which helps to put roofs over the heads of some of the region’s most vulnerable so they can build their own family memories.

An avid bicyclist who enjoys the warm weather and says he’s more regimented now with his health than he’s ever been in his life, Temkin turns 65 this year. He says his priorities have shifted since he entered the financial services field in 1977. But he’s still committed to making an impact in people’s lives.

What advice would you give a young professional?

It’s the same advice I’ve told my youngest daughter since she was a girl. I don’t care how many degrees or certificates or achievements you put on your office walls, if you can’t get along with people, you are not going to go anywhere. … Figure out how to work with people. Figure out how to get along with people. And beyond that, as you get into leadership, figure out 80

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Everybody has a motivator. Know what that is.”

Alan L. Temkin what’s the motivator. Everybody has a motivator. Know what that is, and the only way you can know what that is is to sit and shut up. There’s a reason why you’ve got two ears. Listen.

What skill do you consider your biggest asset?

My ability to communicate is pretty good. I’d like to think my listening skills have gotten a lot better over the years, and if they haven’t, I want them to.

What quality do you admire most about yourself?

I look back now at my age and think of some of the things I’ve been involved with that maybe I should not have done or should have done differently. The good thing about getting some gray hairs on your head is you learn. Learning from life’s experiences and putting those lessons to use is a quality I strive for.

What one thing can you not live without?

On a personal level, nowadays, I would say my grandchildren (a 7-year-old and 4-year-old twin granddaughters). I’d also have difficulty living without routine. Spontaneity can be fun; I’m very open to that. But I can’t imagine waking up without any idea how I’m going to spend my day.

How do you make an impact?

I love contributing and donating and getting the feeling — for whatever the reason is that I’m in a position where I have the ability to do so — of helping others.

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