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Meredith Wise

Meredith Wise, SPHR, Meredith has over 20 years of experience in the field of Human Resource Management. Prior to joining the Association, she spent 15 years as a Human Resources Manager/Director at various financial institutions. Prior to assuming the responsibilities of President, Meredith's position at EANE involved answering hotline calls, assisting members with a diverse range of benefit, employee relations, and compensation projects; and conducting human resource based training programs. As President, she provides leadership to the organization as it continues to move forward on a number of initiatives designed to enhance services and benefits to member companies. She is also working collaboratively with a wide range of other organizations.

Meredith has a B.S. degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Vermont and is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources by the Society of Human Resource Management.

Mark R. Adams

Mark R. Adams, Esq., SPHR, Mark R. Adams, Esq., SPHR,Mark is a Cum Laude graduate of Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He received his law degree from Western New England College and is a member of the Massachusetts Bar. He has served members of the Employers Association since 1990. Mark is one of the primary editors of the Association's newsletter, directs the association's wage and salary survey programs, and develops and directs the association's affirmative action services, 125 benefits administration and reference checking services. A certified trainer with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), Mark not only trains on the subject of sexual harassment but also trains on such diversified subjects as COBRA, affirmative action, family and medical leave, and other employment/legal related matters. Mark also provides informational assistance to members as a primary supporter of the association's hotline service.

Susan Miller

Susan Miller,Ms. Miller is responsible for developing, conducting, and customizing training programs for our member companies. Susan's training background includes team building, problem solving, total quality, work flowcharting and process improvement, as well as leadership and supervisory training. She works with large and small organizations training hundreds of employees in culture change, continuous improvement and management development.

Susan's training background is strengthened by over seventeen years of hands-on management experience with John Deere. Ms. Miller holds a Business degree with a focus in Quality and Productivity.

Patti D'Amaddio

Patti D'Amaddio, SPHR, joins the Association with twenty years of experience as a Human Resource generalist, functioning for over fifteen of these years within executive and senior HR leadership positions.

Patti has been associated with large employers within the manufacturing environment and most recently with a nationally based provider of technical outsourcing services. In each capacity, Patti has been responsible for managing the full spectrum of Human Resource services. Patti brings particular strength to the team in the disciplines of compensation and benefit plan design, labor and employee relations.

Patti completed her Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and her Masters of Business and Human Resource Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).

Peter Brunault, Esq. Peter attended American International College, Springfield, MA graduating with a B.S.B.A, majoring in personnel management. He then graduated from Western New England University School of Law with a Juris Doctor in 1991.

While working in a Human Resources career for over 15 years with several area companies, Peter was involved in Recruitment, Training & Development, Employee Relations, Policy Development and Safety Management. He has provided training to all level of management from first time supervisors to senior executive. Training topics have included performance management, sexual harassment, recruitment & selection and employee relations.

A member of the Massachusetts Bar Association since 1992, Peter was a partner in the Law Firm of Brunault, Proulx & McGuinness in Holyoke, MA. He is a past president and member of the Holyoke Rotary Club. He serves on the Board of Directors of several area non- profits organizations including Providence Ministries for the Needy, Inc and the Holyoke Visiting Nurses Association.

Marge Stepansky served as the Vice President of Training Services at National Training Associates, Inc for the past ten years. She has a diverse career including experience in retail and manufacturing operations, training and development, human resource management, and grant administration.

Prior to NTA, she served as a senior consultant for Management Development International, Inc. She has designed and delivered highly acclaimed professional development programs for manufacturing and retail, financial, hospitality, and health care industries in the Northeast. She has also served as the Director of Training and Development at Albert Steiger, Inc., a retail department store chain in Western Massachusetts and Vision Corner, a retail optical chain in Connecticut. There she designed and implemented comprehensive customer service, executive development programs, and performance management systems. When LensCrafters acquired Vision Corner, she continued in her role as a Regional Training Director. In this role, she recruited frontline and management associates, developed a mentor program for new hires that dramatically reduced turnover, and designed and conducted a new hire orientation program. In addition, she served as the General Manager of a LensCrafter’s store in Hartford, Connecticut.

Marge has earned a Master of Science Degree and an Educational Specialist Certificate from the State University of New York at Albany in Higher Education Administration and Human Resources.

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