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Abbington Bank
Kevin McGowan has been named vice president of commercial lending at Abbington Bank.
BayCoast Mortgage Co.
BayCoast Mortgage Co. has hired Janice McCarthy of Rehoboth as assistant vice president and mortgage underwriter.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Commonwealth Real Estate announced the appointment of Amy Rutkowski of Weston to the position of sales manager for the growing firm’s Winchester office. Most recently, she served as chief of staff for The Carucci Group, a division of Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty.
City of Boston
Dr. Taylor Cain has been appointed as director of the city of Boston’s Housing Innovation Lab.
Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod
The Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod is pleased to announce the recent promotion of four employees. Patricia Coffey was promoted from assistant vice president to vice president. Paul Forni was promoted from assistant vice president to vice president. Charlotte Green was promoted to residential mortgage sales manager. Robert Carey has been promoted from assistant vice president to vice president and relationship manager.
ERA Key Realty Services
Northbridge-based ERA Key Realty Services has hired Kevin B. Harris of Framingham as manager of its Marlborough office.
Fidelity Bank
Leominster-based Fidelity Bank promoted Vice President of Business Development Sherri Pitcher of Worcester to fill the newly created role of senior vice president and chief LifeDesign officer. Fidelity Bank’s LifeDesign promise is the bank’s commitment to being a team of caring people, who take a caring approach to provide caring solutions.
Gienapp Architects
Danvers-based Gienapp Architects announced that Rob Kuhn has joined the firm as a project manager.
The Grossman Cos.
The Grossman Cos. has hired AVi Shoss as the company’s first asset and development manager. Prior to joining TGC, Shoss founded SN Consulting Group, an architectural consulting firm which was acquired by EBI Consulting.
Kaplan Construction
Kaplan Construction Senior Project Manager Rachael Montosi has been named one of the 2019 Women in Construction by the editorial board at Constructech Magazine.
Nutter
Mike Scott, co-managing partner of Boston law firm Nutter and a member of the firm’s executive committee, was named co-chair of the Transportation & Infrastructure Leadership Council of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
Perry Brokerage
Boston-based Perry CRE announced that Victoria Bond has joined the team as creative marketing associate.
Reading Cooperative Bank
Reading Cooperative Bank recently promoted Crystal Hodson from bank secrecy act/anti-money laundering analyst to BSA officer.
Robert Paul Properties
Boston-based real estate brokerage Robert Paul Properties has appointed Emily Clark as president. Clark will succeed longtime company President Wissy Wendt, who is retiring after more than three decades in the real estate industry. Since 2017, Clark served as the general sales manager at Robert Paul Properties, during which time the brokerage added 40 new agents and saw a 65 percent increase in sales volume in Greater Boston while expanding its coverage to MetroWest.
Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Boston law firm Sherin and Lodgen LLP announced the addition of Colleen V. Collins and Tanya M. Larrabee to the firm’s growing Renewable Energy Practice Group. Collins joins as Of Counsel and Larrabee joins as an associate.
Small Business Administration
Peter Kontakos was appointed deputy district director of the SBA Massachusetts district office. Kontakos has worked for the federal Department of Transportation since 2008 and before that was an assistant branch manager with Eastern Bank.
South Shore Habitat for Humanity and HarborOne Bank
South Shore Habitat for Humanity has named Adam Cupples to its board of directors. Cupples has been the vice president of digital marketing at HaborOne Bank for the past nine years.
Tocchio & Morgan, P.C.
Anthony Panebianco, an attorney at Hingham-based Drohan Tocchio & Morgan, P.C., was named to the boards of trustees for the Cape Symphony and Cape Conservatory.
