HADLEY — UMassFive College Federal Credit Union welcomes Timothy (Tim) Webster to its board of directors as an associate director. Webster brings extensive experience in law, governance, higher education and international affairs, along with a longstanding commitment to service and community engagement.

Webster is a professor of law at Western New England University, where he teaches property law, international human rights law and comparative law. He has also held faculty appointments at Case Western Reserve University and Yale Law School, as well as universities in France, China and Taiwan.

Prior to his academic career, Webster practiced law in the New York and Tokyo offices of Morrison Foerster LLP and served as a law clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Throughout his career, he has been actively involved in organizations that promote legal scholarship, professional collaboration and community service.

HOLYOKE — Mass Humanities welcomes Jillian Morgan to its staff as the humanities council’s new director of development. An expert in cultivating philanthropy in the nonprofit space, Morgan will lead fundraising and donor relations for the organization. Her hire comes at a pivotal time, with the National Endowment for the Humanities facing continued pressure from the federal government.

Morgan previously served as the director of development at the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts from 2022-2026, where she brought in $7 million in annual donations. She also supported a $30 million capital campaign for FBWM, as well as oversaw the annual March for the Food Bank with Monte Belmonte, which raised over $900,000 this year.

Morgan holds a bachelor’s degree in communication from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Master’s in Business Administration in Entrepreneurial Thinking and Innovative Practices from Bay Path University.

Her interest in the humanities stems from her experience on stage as a child, where she was inspired by the power of performance to tell stories and foster a sense of belonging. That passion for storytelling continues today, she said, in the form of improv classes.

Mass Humanities is a nonprofit foundation that creates opportunities for the people of Massachusetts to transform their lives and build a more equitable commonwealth through the humanities.

AMHERST — Kuhn Riddle Architects & Designers announces that Thom Barry received his Massachusetts Certified Public Purchasing Official certification in June.

The MCPPO program is administered by the Massachusetts Office of the Inspector General. It equips professionals with the specialized knowledge required to ensure fairness, accountability and legal compliance in public contracting. With this certification, Barry expands his capability to manage high-stakes public, educational and municipal design projects from inception to completion.

Barry’s journey as an architect uniquely bridges the gap between raw craftsmanship and advanced public sector navigation. His deep construction background combined with this new expertise makes him an invaluable asset to our municipal and education clients.

SOUTH HADLEY — The Loomis Communities, the longest-serving provider of senior living in the Pioneer Valley, has announced three new members to its board of directors: Zachary Steigmeyer, assistant vice president in commercial lending at PeoplesBank; Dr. Kevin Whitney, president and chief operating officer of Cooley Dickinson Hospital; and Frances M. Bancroft, Applewood in Amherst resident who is a retired learning products specialist.

The organization also announced Deborah Snow, former owner of Blue Heron Restaurant and Catering, as board chair and Sanford (Sandy) Belden, Loomis Village resident and retired CEO of Community Bank System, as vice chair.

Steigmeyer has been with PeoplesBank for more than five years. He graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a degree in economics, where he also played Division 1 Men’s Ice Hockey and was a National Champion in 2021. A resident of Ludlow, Steigmeyer also serves as an assistant coach for Women’s Ice Hockey at Amherst College, and does volunteer work with the Special Olympics and local food pantries.

Whitney earned his doctor of nursing practice from the MGH Institute of Health Professions, a Master of Arts, Health Care Administration, from Framingham State University, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Massachusetts Lowell, and an Associate of Science in Paramedic Technology from Northeastern University.

Bancroft served as the vice chair of the Applewood residents association Executive Committee, chair of the Nominating Committee, and coordinator for the community’s Meditation Group. A retired learning products specialist with experience in education, communications and technology organizations, Bancroft worked at Philips, Agilent Technologies, Hewlett-Packard, and also served as a communications consultant for Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum.

Snow, who has served on the Loomis Communities board of directors since 2017, is the former owner of Blue Heron Restaurant and Catering and a teacher of culinary arts at the Windham Regional Career Center. She is a member of the Women’s Presidents Organization; serves on the Development Committee of the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts; and serves on the Culinary Program Advisory Board for both Franklin County Technical School and Holyoke Community College.

Belden and his wife, Betsy, became residents of Loomis Village in South Hadley in 2018. Belden retired in 2006 as the CEO of Community Bank System, a large-scale regional financial institution headquartered in Syracuse, New York. He has served on over 30 governance boards for both for-profit and not-for-profit entities around the country.