About The Connection

The Connection is published two times per year by the HCC office of Marketing & Communications, Holyoke, Massachusetts, and is distributed without charge to alumni and friends of HCC.


Vice President of Institutional Advancement 
Amanda Sbriscia, Ed.D.

Director of Marketing and Strategic Communications 
Jane Johnson Vottero

Editor-in-Chief
Chris Yurko

Creative Projects Coordinator
Althaea Carroll

Layout and Design
John Devanski, Guy With Glasses

Contributing Writer 
Doug Scanlon

Photography
Chris Yurko, Chris Evans

Class Notes/Change of Address
Please contact the Alumni Office at 413.552.2253 or alumni@hcc.edu.

Alumni Council Officers

President
Trudy Monson ’97

Vice President
Elizabeth Román ’03

Alumni Trustee
Nayroby Rosa-Soriano ’10

Alumni Director
Matt McMahon ’06

Alumni Council
Maureen Babineau ’00
Karen Brown ’04
Dawn Bryden ’89
Gloria Lomax ’75
Kim Monson, ’01
Lucy Perez ’87
Tom Rachele ’96
Ryan Rege ’08
Paul Rogers ’81, ’13
James Sheehan ’74
Chloe Soto ’17

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