Meet our Staff!
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| John Agoglia |
Learn more at WriteOneContent.com |
| John Agoglia, M.S. in Integrated Marketing Communications from Lasell College and founder of WriteOne Content Solutions, a marketing consultancy dedicated to helping small and mid-sized companies use content, engagement and social media marketing to grow their businesses. |
| Kristen Aguiar |
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| Kristen Aguiar is a certified ESL teacher and taught English as a Foreign Language to adult professionals in Santiago, Chile from July 2014-December 2015. |
| Anna Maria Alberghini |
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| Anna Maria Alberghini, BSN, CPC, CPC-OB, CPC-H, CPC-P, CPMA, is a compliance auditor at the renowned Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She has ten years of clinical experience as a nurse, sixteen years of experience as a practice manager in a medical office, and ten years as a compliance auditor for Brigham and Women's Hospital. She was project analyst for the implementation of PatientKeeper, a handheld coding and charge capture technology for Brigham and Women's Physician's Organization. |
| Bob Alessio |
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| Bob Alessio plays guitar, fiddle, and mandolin and sings in folk, country, and bluegrass bands. |
| Bob Aspell |
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| Bob Aspell facilitates this course which is taught by various business executives from the Worcester chapter of SCORE®. Each instructor has a wealth of personal experience in the evening's topic. |
| Luis Avery |
Learn more at www.ItsADogsLife.org |
| Luis Avery has been training, showing, and breeding dogs for almost thirty years. In 1998 he and his wife established It's a Dog's Life, Inc. in Bolton, MA where they board, groom, and train dogs. |
| Sally Ball |
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| Sally Ball is a certified English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher. She has many years of experience in teaching English to a wide range of students at all educational levels, as well as to international business professionals. She has worked extensively with students from South America, Asia, and Europe. In her lessons she integrates all the language skills: listening, speaking, pronunciation, grammar, reading, and writing, with an emphasis on active participation using role-play and student-to-student interaction. Sally also has a business background in the fields of public relations and research from positions held in both England and the United States. |
| Sandi Barrett |
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| Sandi Barrett has over 40 years of sewing experience. She is the owner of Barrett's Custom Design, as well as a pattern tester for Threads Magazine. Her custom fitting courses focus on helping students achieve an excellent fit with individual style. |
| Marsha Beals |
Learn more at NaturalBeautyFromWithin.com |
| Marsha Beals, Certified Holistic Practitioner, AADP, is board certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners and is a member of the International Association of Health Coaches. She is a graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition (IIN), the world’s largest nutrition school. |
| Laurie Bebick |
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| Laurie Bebick obtained a certificate in Natural Science Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design and has been the president of DC 112 New England; a chapter of the Colored Pencil Society of America. |
| Evelyn Brown |
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| Evelyn Brown has been baking since she was eleven years old. Every year she bakes special gingerbread cookies and other desserts for her family and friends. Evelyn also teaches painting, stained glass and other craft courses. |
| Stephan Brueckner |
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| Stephan Brueckner has over twenty-six years’ experience in the financial services industry and specializes in asset protection and wealth preservation strategies. |
| Ed Burch |
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| Ed Burch, instructor/choreographer for JoAnn Warren Studio, has been teaching for Assabet After Dark for over fifteen years. Ed has been a life-long dancer and gymnast, and has performed and taught ballroom, jazz, contemporary, tap, and hip hop nationwide. He is the Resident Artistic Director for the Freshman Arts Program Dance thread for Harvard University, a Board of Directors member for Stylized Movement, a dance and art company based out of Worcester, MA; as well as a national adjudicator for dance and gymnastics. Founder and president of Ed Burch Dance, Ed has worked to make ballroom dance a fun and approachable activity for anyone willing to try it and has worked with local schools, studios, and nonprofits providing classes for students in all styles of dance. |
| Mike Burchman |
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| Mike Burchman is a Massachusetts State Police Certified Basic Firearms Safety Course Instructor, an NRA Certified Instructor and Range Safety Officer, and a Utah BCI Concealed Weapons Instructor. |
| Beth Ann Burns |
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| Beth Ann Burns started cooking as a child and remains a Food Network junkie. She believes that food doesn't have to be boring to be healthy and that taking the time to use fresh ingredients makes a world of difference. Her make-ahead methods make cooking easy. |
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| Kaitlynn Campbell |
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| Kaitlynn Campbell has been working in food service for the past six years, and has been bartending since 2011. Her bartending experience ranges from home parties, family restaurants, and white-tablecloth fine dining. |
| Andrew Cefalu |
Learn more at www.AndrewCefalu.com |
| Andrew Cefalu, BFA in Illustration from UMass Dartmouth, is a local freelance illustrator and designer specializing in digital and narrative illustration and a longtime user of Apple Macs. |
| Diego Chaves |
Learn more at ArtOfDiegoChaves.com |
| Diego Chaves is a Boston based artist who has worked in comics, graphic novels, and card game art. He has published in the MetroWest Daily News and created an illustration for a Handel and Haydn concert, which has been displayed at the Symphony Hall. Diego loves to paint, draw, glue things together, and he loves to ink! |
| John Chavier |
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| John Chavier, B.S. in Electrical Engineering Technology, has years of technical experience assessing energy management, safety systems, and electrical/electronic systems projects for utilities and private companies. He has taught this course at adult education centers around the MetroWest area for many years. |
| Jei-Fei Childers |
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| Jui-Fei Childers (also known as Fay) is a native Chinese from Taiwan, who has been teaching Chinese Cooking and Language classes in New Hampshire for many years. She is also a freelance Chinese interpreter and translator. |
| Susan Clark |
Learn more at WeHealFromWithin.com |
| Susan Clark's ongoing passion for health and healing has led her to Reiki. As a reiki Master Teacher, she desires to share Reiki and educate as many people as possible in this tested form of healing. |
| Michael Cole |
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| Michael Cole, B.A. in Communications from Framingham State University, is currently working on his Masters. He spent five years in tech support within the cell phone industry where he fixed phone issues plus educated employees on their use. |
| Sue Conena |
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| Sue Conena has taught the Auto Damage Appraiser Course for the past twenty-two years and served as Chairperson for the Auto Damage Appraiser Licensing Board Subcommittee. Sue is I-CAR Certified and holds her Auto Appraiser license in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut. |
| Nicole Connolly |
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| Nicole Connolly was born and raised in a small town close to Stuttgart, Germany. She has been instructing cooking classes at Assabet After Dark for the past four years. |
| David Connors-MacMillan |
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| David Connors-MacMillan is a Clark CCI Certified Web Developer and a Microsoft Certified Professional. His professional experience includes Web and Application Development, Software Quality Assurance and Technical Support. |
| Christopher Corcoran |
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| Christopher Corcoran is a Licensed Cosmetology instructor in Massachusetts and has Master's Degree in Education. He has worked on Newbury Street in Boston for twenty years and also has experience in theatre, fashion, and education. |
| Carlene Covino |
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| Carlene Covino is a professional cake decorator with over twenty years' experience. She is a certified Wilton Method Instructor and has taught over nine-hundred students the art of cake decorating. |
| Jim Culhane |
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| Jim Culhane, an American Contract Bridge League Certified Bridge Teacher, has achieved the ACBL ranking of Bronze Life Master while playing in local, regional and national events. He is currently an elected Central Massachusetts Bridge Association (Unit 113) Board member and has twenty years of experience as a Corporate Trainer. |
| John Curran |
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| John Curran has been in the importing and exporting business for over ten years. |
| David Curry |
Learn more on Facebook at Dave Drumhead Curry |
| David Curry is the creator of Drums For One And All and the co-creator of the Eastern Massachusetts Rhythm Festival. He has led hundreds of public drum circles, drumming events and workshops across New England. |
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| Lynne Damianos |
Learn more at DamianosPhotography.com |
| Lynne Damianos, B.S. in Photography from RIT, has over thirty years experience as a professional photographer. Lynne teaches at Danforth Art, Hopkinton Center for the Arts, and at her studio. |
| Natalia Dashkovskaya |
Learn more at UprightPostureFitness.com |
| Natalia Dashkovskaya is a postural alignment specialist. Certified at the Egoscue University and the Restorative Exercise Institute as well as a Healthy Foot Practitioner™. She is a member of IDEA Health & Fitness Association and an owner of Upright Posture Fitness Studio in Hudson, MA. |
| Karen DaSilva |
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| Karen DaSilva has a Masters degree from Bentley College and is a senior software engineer for a software company in Westboro, MA. |
| Véronique Dixey |
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| Véronique Meynard Dixey is a French native, from Bordeaux, who has lived in the USA for the past ten year. She has a French Baccalaureate in literature. She spent over twenty years traveling the world as an export director in the cosmetic field. She had to master new languages for her professional activity and is aware of the challenge to learn a new language. |
| Tom D'Orazio |
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| Tom D'Orazio is an experienced golfer and a former club champion. Over the last twenty-five years, he has been a golf instructor in local continuing education programs. His light, easy methods and step-by-step approach makes the classes enjoyable and informative. |
| Mary Dragon |
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| Mary Dragon was born into a military family where traveling allowed for dance instruction at various studios. She made the switch over to line dancing in 1995 and became the choreographer and dancer with the Country Kickers Dance Team in 1996. |
| Carrie Ducey |
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| Carrie Ducey is certified PiYo Strength Instructor and a BeachBody Coach. |
| Benjamin Dunbar |
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| Benjamin Dunbar is a graduate of Assabet's Metal Fabrication shop and WTI Welding Technology school with over eighteen years' experience in the trades. He is a Metal Shop manager for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. |
| Mark Durrenberger |
Learn more at NewEnglandCleanEnergy.com |
| Mark Durrenberger, M.S. in Energy Engineering and B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, is the founder and president of New England Clean Energy in Hudson, MA. |
| Casey Duva |
Learn more at RegattaPoint.org |
| Casey Duva, Manager, Regatta Point Community Sailing. RPCS instructors will teach this course. |
| David Elliott |
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| David Elliott is a Mechanical Engineer currently designing optical medical devices who has also taught SolidWorks to undergraduates and adults since 2003. |
| Laura Emerald |
Learn more at LauraEmerald.com |
| Laura Emerald is a professional Psychic Medium who has been helping people connect with their spirit guides, Angels, and loved ones in spirit for over a decade. Laura has helped thousands of clients through her healing readings and has taught hundreds of students to develop their own abilities to connect to the higher realm! She is the author of "We ARE Here: Whispers of Love", (Amazon ebook) a channeled short collections of messages from children in spirit. |
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| Kathy Faddoul |
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| Kathy Faddoul, R.N., has thirty years of experience as a Registered Nurse and currently works as an ICU nurse at MetroWest Medical Center. She also teaches at Assabet as an instructor in the Health Technology Program. |
| Jennifer Ferrari |
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| Jennifer Ferrari, M.Ed., has had years of experience demonstrating basic and advanced Facebook applications and features. She is also a local high school visual arts and ceramics teacher and a self-taught jewelry designer. |
| Rosangela Folchini |
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| Rosangela Folchini has taught English as a Second Language as well Portuguese/Brazilian Culture for the past fifteen years. She is very passionate about languages and cultures, and is excited to help students improve their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. |
| Marion Garver |
Learn more at Feldenkrais.com |
| Marion Garver, ACSM CPT and a Certified Feldenkrais ® Practitioner uses the Feldenkrais® method to teach people how to re-establish and maintain more optimum movement habits. Marion, an avid cyclist, has a fitness practice in the Metrowest area where she enjoys working with people who seek rejuvenating stress relief and fitness. |
| Meghan Gaucher |
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| Meghan Gaucher is a graduate of Dean College with a BA in dance. She is a creative and versatile dance instructor who enjoys sharing her knowledge with students of all ages and levels. |
| Jennifer Gaudette |
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| Jennifer Gaudette is an AFAA certified Aerobic Instructor and is Zumba certified. |
| Robert Gemma |
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| Robert Gemma, Firefighter for twenty-one years and EMT Instructor/Coordinator for twenty-eight years, has been involved in the instruction of EMS at Northeastern University, Bunkerhill Community College, Brandeis University, First Response EME, and NCTI. |
| Mike Gilchrest |
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| Mike Gilchrest is licensed by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a Refrigeration Technician, Oil Burner Technician and Master Sheet Metal Worker. He is also a Massachusetts Certified Vocational Educator in the field of HVAC/R and a certified EPA examiner for ESCO Institute. |
| Debbie Gitner |
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| Debbie Gitner, L.C.S.W. partner with Eldercare Resource Services has over thirty-five years of experience working with the geriatric population in acute and long-term care settings. She is also a professional geriatric care manager, certified court mediator, and is certified in Alzheimer's Care. She team teaches this course with Linda Sullivan, R.N., L.N.C. |
| Bonnie Greenwood |
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| Bonnie Greenwood, Pharm.D., BCPS, is the manager of Perioperative Services and Staff Development at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston where she has been employed for nine years. She is Board-certified as a Pharmacotherapy Specialist and specializes in anesthetic and surgical critical care. Bonnie is part of a multidisciplinary team that is working to develop a cardiac surgery program in Rwanda. |
| Debbie Gruber |
Learn more at EasyPianoStyles.com |
| Debbie Gruber has a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting. She has published many books, CDs, and DVDs on how to play popular piano music. |
| Leah Guerin |
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| Leah Guerin has a B.F.A. in Ceramics and a Masters in Art Education from UMass Dartmouth. Pottery is her favorite art form. Leah has been a full-time studio potter for over five years. |
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| Alexis Harris |
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| Alexis Harris, member of the American Association of Daily Money Managers, is a financial coach, helping people succeed in the management of their saving and expenses. |
| Healthy Living Center for Excellence |
Learn more at BayPath Elder Services |
| The Healthy Living Center of Excellence has partnered with BayPath Elder Services, Inc to provide trained instructors from the Healthy Living Center of Excellence MetroWest to facilitate the workshops. Sponsored by BayPath Elder Services, Inc. |
| Kathleen Hebert |
Learn more at ArtKatCards-Paintings.com |
| Kathleen Hebert has a B.F.A from Pratt Institute and has been teaching Art since 1986. An artist living in Worcester, Hebert enjoys painting and teahing classes at her studio. She has had many solo shows, student shows and her work is often featured in the Metrowest area. You can view her and her students work at www.artkatcards-paintings.com. |
| William D. Heinold |
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| William D. Heinold, graduated from UMass, Penn State, Shanghai Normal University, Japan Foundation and the Xiang Yang Gong Yuan, Shanghai. He has had a multi-faceted international teaching career spanning elementary through adult education. Bill is president of the HEINOLD LANGUAGE SCHOOL, offering a variety of language courses and the HAN TAIJI MARTIAL ARTS SCHOOL, specializing in Chinese Martial Arts. |
| Marty Henry |
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| Marty Henry is Board of State Examiners-trained and approved continuing education session instructor. He utilizes the IAPMO curriculum to deliver the most up-to-date information while ensuring consistency and accuracy to all licensed attendees. |
| Tim Higgins |
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| Tim Higgins is a Certified Financial Planner™, a Chartered Financial Consultant and manager of his own financial planning practice in Southboro, MA. The author of Unconventional Investing, he has appeared on many TV shows and in many articles. Tim was named FIVE STAR Wealth Manager in Boston Magazine. |
| Larry Hilow |
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| Larry Hilow is a trade school and technical college graduate with twenty-five years' experience in welding including structural steel erection, sheet metal, light to heavy weldments, custom metal fabrication and repair welding. |
| Sarah Hooper |
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| Sarah Hooper has a Masters of Science and had been a working mother for nine years. She has held various professional positions that have required commuting into Boston, occasional travel, office and home based work. Sarah is currently working full time and raising two children. |
| Sandra Joniaux |
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| Sandra Joniaux was born and raised in Guayaquil, Ecuador. She has lived in the U.S. for the past thirteen years and is a former Assabet Valley ESL student. |
| Geri Joseph |
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| Geraldine Joseph has over twenty years' experience teaching art at elementary, high-school and college levels. She has worked extensively in watercolor, acrylic and oil media.She received her Master's Degree in Fine Arts from Case Western U./Cleveland Institute of Art. |
| Amy Nicole Karibian |
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| Amy Nicole Karibian is a food, health, and wellness teacher, as well as a writer and speaker. Amy, an active tri-athlete and marathon runner, has been vegetarian for twenty-three years and vegan for seven. She is the owner of Mystic Fitness in Framingham and Absolute Yoga in Hopkinton. |
| Kent Kissinger |
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| Kent Kissinger is an accomplished blues musician who plays drums, guitar, trumpet, and harmonica. He has a passion for blues and a blues collection second to none. |
| Michael Koykka |
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| Michael Koykka is an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator, and webmaster with thirteen years of InDesign experience and nineteen years of Photoshop experience. He is an Adobe Authorized Print Service Provider and is a graduate of the Adobe SuperPro training program. |
| Ned Kroeker |
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| Ned Kroeker is a U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Search and Rescue Coxswain. |
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| Genevieve Labbe |
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| Genevieve Labbe is a certified mathematics teacher. She is a fellow of the Society of Actuaries (FSA) and is Summit certified in SAT tutoring of mathematics. |
| Phil Lacroix |
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| Phil Lacroix is a day time Drafting Instructor at Assabet Valley with ten years of teaching experience. He is a mechanical engineer with a background in packaging and medical device design. He has more than thirty years of drafting experience using various CAD software and has been using Solidworks for the past fifteen years. |
| Michael Lashua |
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| Michael Lashua, MBA from Fitchburg State University, is a Financial Advisor and office manager with Edward Jones Investments in Marlborough. |
| Daniel LeBlanc |
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| Daniel LeBlanc has worked in the engineering field as a project manager for the last 20 years. In that role, he has been responsible for communicating to teams and management numerous forms of information including high-level overviews and project details for which Microsoft Project and Microsoft Visio have served extremely well. |
| David Lelievre |
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| David Lelievre teaches collision repair and estimating to vocational high school students. He has twenty-five years' experience in the auto collision repair and estimating profession and is an I-CAR certified instructor. David has been a Massachusetts licensed appraiser since 1998 and I-CAR Platinum Certified since 1996. |
| Dennis Lipka |
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| Dennis Lipka has over thirty years of construction experience and currently serves as the Building Commissioner for the Town of Holden. In addition to the Massachusetts certification as Inspector of Buildings/Building Commissioner, he is nationally certified by the International Code Council (ICC) as a Master Code Professional and holds other ICC certifications for residential and commercial construction. |
| Pamela Lisak |
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| Pam Lisak has a BS degree in Education from Framingham State University and is a Certified Zentangle Teacher (CZT). She has taught Zentangle in area libraries, shops and for various groups. Pam’s artwork appears in two publications; 'The Beauty of Zentangle' by Suzanne McNeill and Cindy Shepard, and '500 Tangled Artworks' by Beckah Krahula. |
| Marcus Loureiro |
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| Marcus Loureiro, a Certified A.S.P.T. Technician (American Society of Phlebotomy Technicians) has designed and taught his EKG Technician class for over twenty years in health care institutions, community colleges and continuing education programs. His prior experience includes Registered EMT; Electrophysiology, Pacemaker implant, and cardiac stress testing lab tech; and experience in Holter monitoring and sonagrams. |
| Danna Mancini |
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| Danna Mancini, B.S. in Product Development Technology, has over forty years' experience designing, developing, manufacturing, and protecting new products. He currently has fourteen U.S. patents and has been involved with patent, trade mark, and copyright protection throughout his career. Danna also ran his own consulting firm helping individual inventors and small businesses develop and protect their new products. |
| Meghan Mangsen |
Learn more at MetrowestBallet.com |
| Meghan Mangsen is a professional ballet dance at Pioneer Valley Ballet in Easthampton, MA and a Ballet and Jazz teacher at Metrowest Ballet in Hudson, MA. She will be retiring from her performing career at the end of the Nutcracker season this year and is excited to focus more on her teaching career. |
| Jennifer Markham |
Learn more at MetrowestBallet.com |
| Jennifer Markham is a professional ballet dancer and instructor. She is the Associate Director of Metrowest Ballet now located in Hudson, MA. In addition, she is on the faculties of the Boston Ballet School and the Franklin School for the Performing Arts. She is a certified instructor for the American Ballet Theatre® National Training Curriculum from Pre-Primary to Level 5. |
| Jane Martin |
Learn more at www.SaltboxStudios.com/ |
| Jane Martin is the former owner of the Salt Box Studios in Westborough and has been teaching stained glass for over twenty years. |
| Alex Massar |
Learn more at www.alismadia.wix.com/alismadia/ |
| Alex Massar, BFA in Music and a MFA in Ethnomusicology from the University of Limerick, Ireland, is a wizard of the arts, craft, music, & technology, and loves nothing more than to share his skills with those who are willing to learn. |
| Ron Matthews |
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| Ron Matthews, an engineer and physicist in the defense and high tech industries is a certified Practicing Astrologer who practices both Natal and Horary astrology. He gained his certification at the Astrology Career Institute of New York. |
| Sarah Mayer |
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| Sarah Mayer is an instructor and performer in Vegetable Circus, a nutritional movement arts program that explores eating, moving and living healthy. |
| Steve McGrath |
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| Steve McGrath is a professional freelance photographer and photography teacher who has been taking photos for twenty years. He first began by shooting sports photography for local high schools, weddings and stock agencies, but his passion for the outdoors led him to focus on nature photography. Steve has won multiple awards for his work and many of his images have been published in school textbooks. |
| Scott McKeown |
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| Scott McKeown has over fifteen years of computer software and hardware experience and is a Senior Network Administrator. |
| Maria Mendonça |
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| M.S.in Education, has studied Homeopathy, CranioSacral Therapy and is a certified Master Practitioner of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. She implements guided relaxation techniques and kinesiology to promote whole brain learning. |
| Carolyn M. Mitchell |
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| Carolyn M. Mitchell, Esq.'s practice includes family law, mediation, and collaborative law. |
| Jennifer Murphy |
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| Jennifer Murphy first fell in love with the French language in grade school and continued her studies through college and the Alliance Francaise in New York City. |
| Jim Mushinsky |
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| Jim Mushinsky is president of Centsable Inspection in Framingham which provides home inspection education and business tools for home inspectors. Jim is approved by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Home Inspectors as a Provider of Education and he also provides consulting services and inspections. |
| Ravi Mynampaty |
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| Jim Mushinsky is president of Centsable Inspection in Framingham which provides home inspection education and business tools for home inspectors. Jim is approved by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Home Inspectors as a Provider of Education and he also provides consulting services and inspections. |
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| Adriana Nica-Buda |
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| Adriana Nica is a certified English as a Second language (ESL) teacher and has taught language (English & German) to students for over seven years. She has two Language Masters and has worked with a diverse group of ESL learners. Adriana lived in Austria and Romania before coming to the United States where she studied and began teaching. She is passionate about cultures and enjoys helping her students embrace a new language as well as new perspectives within cultures. |
| Derek Niemi |
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| Derek Niemi is a Master Electrician with twenty years' experience in Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Utility. He is OSHA, Substation, Advanced Metering, and Risk Insurance certified and taught Electrical Code and Theory for the Journeyman's License at Assabet After Dark for several years. |
| Rosemary Roman Nolan |
Learn more at AMTAMembers.com/RosemaryNolan
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| Rosemary Roman Nolan is an organic gardener, hereditary foodie, tree-venerating Lithuanian and Tribal Fusion bellydancer who has been teaching adult education classes for over ten years. She is also a Massachusetts licensed massage therapist and Reiki Master. |
| Andrew B. O'Donnell |
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| Andrew B. O'Donnell, Esq. is a partner in the Worcester law firm of Mirick, O'Connell, DeMallie & Lougee where he concentrates in tax and estate planning matters. |
| Christine Oliveri |
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| Christina Oliveri is a certified ESL instructor and has taught adolescents and young adults in Boston as well as in Chile and Columbia. |
| Nancy Opp |
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| Nancy Opp has a B.S. in Fashion Design from the University of Cincinnati and has taught art and sewing classes locally for several years. Nancy has combined her love for sewing and art in her Hudson studio, Eclectica Designs and her scarves and jackets are in several local artisan stores. |
| Martin O'Sullivan |
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| Martin O'Sullivan is a Community Development Officer with Marlborough Savings Bank. |
| Parker Professional Driving School |
Learn more at ParkerCDL.com |
| Parker Professional Driving School has been providing quality training for twenty years. |
| Pete Petkauskos |
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| Pete Petkauskos is currently self-employed in the custom paint and auto body business. |
| Gypsy Phillips |
Learn more at GypsyMoonDanceCompany.com |
| Gypsy Phillips has been teaching belly dancing for over thirty-five years and has completed Master classes and workshops with many well-known belly dancers. She also performs with her troupe "The Velvet Moon Gypsies". |
| Mark Pirrello |
Learn more at OnTheMarkArchery.com |
| Mark Pirrello is the founder & CEO of On the Mark Archery LLC. He is a certified USA Archery and National Field Archery Association (NFAA) instructor. |
| Paula Pogorzelski |
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| Paula Pogorzelski is a self-confessed "black belt shopper," who was introduced to mystery/secret shopping several decades ago and has been supplementing her income with "shops" of all sorts ever since. She is also a lifelong knitter who loves discovering new, unique and unusual fibers. |
| Ray Pourali |
Learn more at EnviroPal.org |
| Ray Pourali, Chemical Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Process Engineer, Clean Energy Researcher and founder of EnviroPal.org. He has been delivering indoor/outdoor year-round composting solution nationwide. |
| Charles Preston |
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| Charles Preston, CMA, M.ED., is an accounting and financial systems and subject matter expert for a Fortune 500 manufacturing company. His career combines accounting and IT experience to find solutions for users - solutions that often include the power, flexibility, and ease of use offered by Excel. He has helped many people, at all levels of proficiency, better understand and use Excel in their personal and professional lives. |
| Amanda Preston-Penny |
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| Amanda Preston-Penny, PMP, SSBB, Scrummaster, has been delivering business value to companies for over twenty years. She delivers projects using traditional Project Management and helps students prepare for their PMP Certification. As a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, she implements process improvement to her company. This makes her a valuable mentor and coach. |
| Philip Raymond |
Learn more at Transforming-Spaces.com/Meet-Julie/ |
| Philip Raymond is Co-Chair of The Cryptocrrency Standards Association (crypsa.org), and former director of Vanquish Labs. He is moderator for Bitcoin P2P, the largest LinkedIn Bitcoin group with 14,000 members, and was Producer & MC for “The Bitcoin Event” in New York. He is a columnist for Sophos, Lifeboat Foundation and A Wild Duck. |
| Julie Remele |
Learn more at Transforming-Spaces.com/Meet-Julie/ |
| Julie Remele has a BA in Performing Arts from Point Park College and has spent many years developing a skilled eye for great staging. She is well-versed in design, layout and lighting in both architectural and interior design. For twenty years, she was a professional lighting designer working in diverse venues from theatres and music clubs, to trade shows and corporate presentations. |
| Debra Rolfe |
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| Debra Rolfe has been practicing and teaching weaving for twenty years. She recently received a People's Choice Award for her basket "In Harmony" at the Northeast Basketmakers Guild's annual convention. Debra is a member of the Northeast Basketmakers Guild and the National Basketry Organization. |
| Kathleen Romeo |
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| Kathleen Romeo was born with a progressive hearing loss. She attended Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf. Kathleen has been signing for over twenty-five years and has been a Cochlear Implant user for eleven years. |
| Lorna Rousseau |
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| Lorna Rousseau has been a certified group fitness instructor with AFAA (Aerobics and Fitness Association of America) since 1990. Her training includes yoga, Pilates, muscle conditioning, step, spin, kickboxing, and nutrition as well as advanced studies with seniors and prenatal clients. She has been a certified personal trainer with AFAA since 2004. |
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| Pamela H. Sager |
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| Pamela H. Sager, Esq. is a business attorney with Sager & Schaffer LLP in Westborough. She has over twenty-five years experience handling diverse business law issues and regularly counsels clients on starting and operating businesses. |
| Melanie Salort |
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| Melanie Salort, pediatric occupational therapist, is a food enthusiast who has found a passion for Paleo cooking. After years of eating "healthy," her family switched to Paleo and has never looked back. She has seen a remarkable turnaround in her family's health, energy level, and medical issues. |
| Henry Schmidt |
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| Henry Schmidt co-operates a landscaping business specializing in perennial gardens. He has worked at Weston Nurseries in Hopkinton for over forty years as senior salesperson, in-house designer, and floral designer. |
| Timothy J. Schnelle |
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| Timothy J. Schnelle, CFSL, has been consulting and teaching, both one-on-one and in workshops and seminars, for over thirty years specializing in debt elimination. Tim works closely with local attorneys providing debt elimination alternatives to their clients, where appropriate, through his business Debt Free Tonight. |
| Evelyn Schraft |
Learn more at SummerBeez.com |
| Evelyn and Michael Schraft established "Summer Beez", a family owned and operated apiary in Berlin, Massachusetts. Evelyn, a nurse, is focused on taking care of the bees. Michael, an engineer, builds and maintains the hives and equipment. Together they have mentored multiple new beekeepers and truly enjoy sharing their knowledge of beekeeping. |
| Steele Shane |
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| Steele Shane has many talents. He has conducted computer training classes since 1980 and taught Microsoft classes for various companies including Clark University Computer Career Institute. Steele has also been teaching dancing for over nineteen years and is the Director of Dance Programs at the Longfellow Club in Wayland, MA. |
| Bob Silva |
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| Bob Silva is a Massachusetts Licensed Master Electrician with more than twenty years of residential and commercial experience. He also holds several certifications including low voltage wiring, EPA RRP and OSHA 30. |
| Ken Silva |
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| Ken Silva, owner and chief coach for Personal Triumph, is a certified personal trainer, certified wellness coach and meditation instructor who has trained hundreds of clients. His approach, human performance management, incorporates skills from many disciplines with a focus on overcoming the mental obstacles that stand in the way of living a more fulfilled life. |
| Mark Stone |
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| Mark Stone has been in the construction industry since 1989. He specializes in interior trim, including custom kitchens and built-ins. |
| Mary Ellen Streeton |
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| Mary Ellen Streeton is a scientist with over twenty years of experience who loves to experiment in the garden and kitchen. She was raised in a suburban farm where she learned all about harvesting and preserving, and has been making her own jellies and jams ever since. |
| Ken Stukonis |
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| Diane St. Laurent |
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| Dianne St. Laurent has been Knitting since she was nine years old.Taught by her Grandmother, she developed her skills further and opened her own Yarn Shop which she ran for twenty-eight years. She has taught knitting classes many times in the past. |
| Linda Sullivan |
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| Linda Sullivan, R.N., L.N.C. partner with Eldercare Resource Services has over 35 years of experience working with the geriatric population in acute and long-term care settings. She is also a professional geriatric care manager, certified court mediator, and is certified in Alzheimer's Care. |
| Jo-Ann Szymczak |
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| Jo-Ann Szymczak, GRI, CRS, SRES, earned a B.S. in Education and is a graduate of Realtor® Institute. Jo-Ann is a Realtor with RE/MAX Advantage 1. She has thirty-six years of experience as a practicing Real Estate Broker and has worked as an appraiser and as an appraisal instructor. |
| Gary Thurston |
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| Gary Thurston earned his B.S. in Accountancy from Bentley University in Waltham, MA. He has been working in accounting for over thirty years in both public and private sectors. Gary is also part of a team of trainers providing top quality CPR, AED and first aid instruction and is a Certified American Heart Association Instructor and a Certified American Red Cross Instructor. |
| Louis Trudeau |
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| Chef Louis Trudeau, a graduate of Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, worked as Executive Chef for over twenty-one years for Marriott Hotels. He returned to Assabet in 2003 to share his talents as an instructor in the Culinary Arts & Hospitality Program. |
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| Kelly Viera |
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| Kelly Viera served as the Girls Varsity Tennis Coach at Hopedale High School for seven seasons and holds a coaching record of 109-38. Throughout her coaching tenure, her teams achieved four league titles, one district title, and a state final bid. She is an MIAA certified coach and has served as an assessor for college recruitment showcases. |
| Kim Washisko |
Learn more at IntentionalJourney.com |
| Kim Washisko, a Certified Professional Coach with a practice devoted to supporting women in various stages of their journey and founder of Intentional Journey. |
| Joseph Whitley |
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| Joseph Whitley has more than twenty years of meditation experience and has had meditation instruction from various teachers including Lama Surya Das (Tibetan Dozgchen meditation) and Adyshanti (American/Zen meditation). |
| Ginny Wholley |
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| Ginny Wholley is an accountant, QuickBooks expert and specializes in business start-ups. Over the years she has mastered teaching accounting and Quickbooks in a way everyone can learn. |
| Olivia Wirtanen-Lucier |
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| Olivia Wirtenan-Lucier, an English teacher at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, earned her B.A. in English and her teaching certificate from Fitchburg State University and is currently working on her Masters Degree in English. |
| Daniel R. Williams |
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| Daniel R. Williams, CLU, CHFC, and CFP®, is a Certified Financial Planner and was named one of Boston's top financial planners. |
| Felipe Zamora |
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| Felipe Zamora is a UMass Lowell graduate with a degree in graphic design and an active member of the Metrowest Art Community; participating in shows at the Fountain St. Art Studios and Green Marlborough. He studies at the Danforth Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, and Framingham State University. |
