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David Silva, provost and academic vice president at Salem State University, was elected to serve on the board of directors at The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines, as vice president for chapter development. For his two-year term, he will chair the Chapter Development Committee and work with the society’s five divisional vice presidents to strengthen its over 300 chapters. Silva was founding president of the Phi Kappa Phi chapter at The University of Texas at Arlington, established in 2007. At the society’s national level, he was a south central regional representative from 2010 to 2012 and a member of the task force for the development of Phi Kappa Phi’s Excellence in Innovation Award. Silva is also the education and academics columnist for the society’s quarterly magazine, Phi Kappa Phi Forum.
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SV Design, Siemasko + Verbridge, an architectural, interior, and landscape design firm, has hired John Peterson as architectural project manager at the firm’s Beverly office. He has experience in residential architecture and is well-versed in carpentry, industrial engineering and metal fabrication, design build practices, and corporate prototyping. Peterson holds a bachelor’s degree from Temple University.
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Acord Food Pantry, a nonprofit food assistance provider in Hamilton, has four new members on its board of directors: Deborah Everett, Jennifer Frain, Alana Mitchell, and Anthony Passaretti, all residents of Hamilton. They join board members Tom Ackerman, Beth Webber, and David Wescott, also all from Hamilton, and Bergen Daley, Michael Daley, Julie Lear, Adam Liptak all from Ipswich. Lear and Wescott will serve as co-presidents, Daley will serve as treasurer, and Daley will act as secretary. Former directors Joelle Moroney and Rick Nielsen, both of Wenham, will be leaving after completing four-year terms on the board.
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Stephen Doyle, a resident of Peabody, has joined Salter HealthCare in Winchester as executive director of its Aberjona Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Previously, he was executive director of Seacoast Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Gloucester, and has assumed leadership roles at HealthBridge, Maplewood, and Kindred Healthcare Inc., where he was named “Executive Director of the Year for the East Region.” Doyle holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Sacred Heart University.
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Montserrat College of Art has named Selvin Chambers, Bonnie Henry, Tim Johnson, and Barbara Schaye to its board of directors.
Chambers has over 15 years of experience in local government work and nonprofit business development. He is executive director of Root NS, a nonprofit culinary arts social enterprise in Salem. He holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Fitchburg State University, a Certificate in Non-Profit Management from the Boston University School of Management, and a Certificate in Strategic Perspectives in Non-Profit Management from Harvard Business School.
Henry is a senior executive, entrepreneur, and board member with 38 years of experience across multiple industries, including grocery, food service, specialty foods, consumer packaged goods, health care, and management consulting. She has served as chair of the board at G.F. Solutions and Hellas Int’l and in leadership roles at various angel investing groups. Henry holds a bachelor’s degree in business and communications from the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh and a master’s in business management and labor relations from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania.
Johnson, of Hamilton, is head of school at Pingree School. Under Johnson’s leadership, the school opened a new arts wing and athletics center in 2014. Previously, he served in various leadership roles at Springside Chesnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, and taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Hampton Roads Academy in Newport News, Virginia. He graduated magna cum laude from Bowdoin College with a degree in studio art and art history, received a master’s degree in painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and holds a Doctorate of Education from the University of Pennsylvania.
Schaye, of Marblehead, was one of the first women in institutional equity research sales to cover investment departments of major banks and insurance companies, including mutual fund portfolio managers and security analysts who purchased stock and economic research from the firms she represented. She was also a senior vice president in the wealth management industry, where she structured portfolios for individuals and large family offices.
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Kathleen Barnes has been appointed dean of the Bertolon School of Business at Salem State University. She was previously associate dean and tenured professor of management at the Cotsakos College of Business at William Paterson University in New Jersey. Barnes holds a master’s degree in management information systems and marketing management from Syracuse University and a doctorate in organizational studies from the University at Albany, SUNY.
Milestones
The Center for Consumer Engagement in Health Innovation at Community Catalyst recognized Nancy Houghton, of Beverly, at its Speak Up for Better Health Awards. The program honors those working to improve their health and the health of their communities. Houghton, a grandmother who copes with several complex health needs of her own, is a leading advocate with both the Boston Center for Independent Living and MassADAPT, a national grassroots community that organizes disability rights activists to engage in nonviolent direct action.
Giving
Dunkin’ Donuts of Marblehead will provide coffee and doughnuts to those participating in the fourth annual Trouble the Dog Motorcycle Ride on Sunday, Sept. 9, in Wilmington. Proceeds from the event will help place Trouble the Dog plush dogs in police cruisers, fire trucks, and ambulances to help first responders provide a source of comfort to children in the event of an accident, fire, domestic situation, or other emergency.
