MSBDC - Key Persons


Alana Atkinson

Job Titles:
  • Director of Personnel and Finance

Alison Moriarty

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Allen Kronick

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Advisor

Anita Eliason

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Advisor

Anne Fenton

Job Titles:
  • Client Services Coordinator

Anthony Fiore

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Advisor

Antoinette Uwamwiza

Job Titles:
  • Reporting Analyst

Awilda Irizarry

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Advisor & Financial Specialist

Catherine Cornwell

Job Titles:
  • Publications and Web Manager

Cliff Paredes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board
  • State Director

Clifford Robbins

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Advisor

Daniel Lilly

Job Titles:
  • Procurement Specialist
  • SBIR Specialist

David Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board
  • Senior Vice President / Middlesex Savings Bank

Debra Raisner Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Gavin Rocha

Job Titles:
  • Client Services Coordinator

Georgianna Parkin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board
  • Professional Staff
  • State Director

Gina Flynn

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board
  • Vice President / Branch Manager / Eastern Bank

Grace Otta

Job Titles:
  • Procurement Specialist

Jason Hoagland

Job Titles:
  • Assistant International Trade Specialist

Jay Pateakos

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board
  • VP Business Development - South Region

Jayne Bellora

Job Titles:
  • Business Advisor
  • Client Services Coordinator
Jayne joined the MSBDC in November 2016 as our Client Services Coordinator. Prior to joining the Berkshire Regional Office, Jayne held a position as a licensed insurance agent and for over 13 years was in sales, marketing and advertising at local radio stations. She has extensive knowledge in promoting local businesses throughout Berkshire County. Jayne, a Pittsfield native, graduated from Pittsfield High School, Berkshire Community College and received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Leadership from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Jill Beresford

Job Titles:
  • Business Advisors
  • Senior Business Advisor

Julia Dvorko

Job Titles:
  • Central & Western Massachusetts Regional Director

Kaitlin Muldoon

Job Titles:
  • Client Services Coordinator

Kathleen Kinahan-Newell

Job Titles:
  • International Trade Compliance Manager

Keith Girouard

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director
  • Regional Director and Senior Business Advisor
  • Senior Business Advisor With the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network
Keith Girouard has been a senior business advisor with the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network since December 2007. He is also the regional director for the office. Prior to joining the MSBDC, Keith operated his own business consulting firm, and served as an adjunct faculty instructor in Business Management at Berkshire Community College. He also held the position of executive director for the Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire, Inc. Keith received his Bachelors degree in English at the University of Connecticut and a Master of Science in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Springfield College with a specialty in Strategic and Organizational Change and Development. In addition to his many published articles and business training initiatives, Keith has been actively involved in various community organizations including Business Network International, the Berkshire Film and Media Arts Commission, Berkshire Connect, Toastmasters International and the Southern Berkshire Chamber of Commerce.

Liora Stone

Job Titles:
  • President of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board

Michael Bevilacqua

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board
  • Vice President / Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce

Nancy Gerardi

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Nancy Lowd

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Advisor

Paula Murphy

Job Titles:
  • Director

Paula Pawloski

Job Titles:
  • Client Services Coordinator

Peter Cokotis

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Peter Hurst - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board
  • President

Peter Milano

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board
  • Director of Strategy & Business Development

Robert DelMastro

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Robert Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board
  • District Director

Rosa Taormina

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Advisor & Certified Digital Marketing Professional

Sandra Ledbetter

Job Titles:
  • Government Sales Advisor / Southeastern Massachusetts

Sarah Doran

Job Titles:
  • Client Services Coordinator

Stanley Grip

Job Titles:
  • Procurement Specialist

Thomas Herald

Job Titles:
  • Regional Director

Vince Jackson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Massachusetts SBDC Network Advisory Board
  • Executive Director / Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce