7th Champions for North Shore Community College Program Book

PRESENTING SPONSORS

JAMES HORROCKS

THE LORING FAMILY

GOLD SPONSORS

SILVER SPONSORS

Caleb and Bonny Loring

BRONZE SPONSORS

Joel and Mary Abramson

Richard and Margaret Bowen

Dr. Patricia Gentile and George Ditzel

Dr. William and Linda Heineman

Diane Stern and Neil Ungerleider

NET PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT BENEFIT INITIATIVES THAT ENHANCE STUDENT SUCCESS AND EDUCATIONAL ACCESS AT NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

Securing resources to improve, promote, and maintain access to a high-quality education.

WELCOME

OUR DISTINGUISHED 2024 CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREES, David Masse, Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals, and Dr. Kiame Mahaniah are transforming the future for promising students, families, and the North Shore region. They share a core value that every member of our community has the promise and potential to succeed, and investing in an individual’s well-being paves the way for opportunity, empowerment, and transformation for us all. Our 2024 Rising Champion Award Honoree, Maria Rosario, brings this vision to life through her exemplary academic accomplishments and her professional dedication to elevate our local community.

You, too, can be a champion for higher education! Join us today with a gift of your time, talent and treasure, and make this life-changing vision a reality for our entire region.

John Fouhy President

“I will graduate from UMass Amherst in 2025 with a BS in Computer Science, and my aspiration is to take care of my family financially.”

Dr. William Heineman with Ayman Alabbasi, NSCC Class of 2023

THE MOTIVATION OF A CHAMPION

Like the Champions Award Honorees that we celebrate today, our students are pursuing something greater than themselves. With every course completed and every challenge overcome along the way, they move closer to earning a college degree that opens the door to a world of opportunities for themselves and their loved ones. Our students’ dreams are realized when their own hard-earned academic and professional journeys in turn transform the lives of those around them. This outcome is the underpinning of our bold vision that an NSCC education consistently leads to excellent and equitable life outcomes for our students and the greater community.

I am honored to join with our exemplary Champions Award honorees, our exceptional faculty, dedicated staff, key stakeholders, and committed philanthropic partners to ensure excellence and equity for our amazing students, our incredible alumni, and our community as a whole. It is our shared commitment to pursue something greater than ourselves that will turn this bold vision into reality for our region and elevate us all.

Dr. William A. Heineman NSCC President

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ttending NSCC was a critical step in my career aspirations. The education and guidance I received from the college were instrumental in launching my career path with a strong foundation.”

NSCC CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREE

In recognition of PHILANTHROPY & VOLUNTEERISM

David Masse NSCC Class of 1984

When David graduated from Beverly High School , college seemed completely out of reach. He found his passion for business at NSCC while working to support himself through school, the beginning of a hard-earned successful career in commercial banking and real estate. In 2022, David turned his journey into an opportunity for determined students like him by sponsoring the first-ever scholarship to cover the entire cost of an associate degree at NSCC.

“I believe in giving back, because when I was financially challenged, I wish I had the opportunity to get help like I can provide someone today.”

After NSCC, David graduated from Salem State University and completed the Bank of New England Executive Commercial Lending Training Program. He has been involved with over $3.5 billion of real estate transactions in his nearly four-decade career. Today, David is Founder and CEO of AAM15 Management, which focuses on investments in hospitality, apartments, and student housing. A resident of Ipswich and parent of two college students, David serves on the Beth Israel-Lahey Clinic President’s Council and the Cabot Theater Board of Directors.

CHAMPIONS AWARD PRESENTED BY

“Supporting local students directly impacts the health and wellness of our communities. We are grateful to make the North Shore healthier and stronger with the help of NSCC.”

– Tom Sands, FACHE, President, Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals

NSCC CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREE

In recognition of COMMUNITY IMPACT

Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals

Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals’ community-centered approach to the provision of health care and commitment to elevating the education and skills of its workforce at every level are essential to the strength and resiliency of the North Shore region. As NSCC deepens investment in academic centers of excellence that align with workforce needs for social mobility, Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals under the leadership of its President, Tom Sands, is among the first and most engaged employers in this endeavor. Expanding on its longstanding engagement as a practicum placement site for NSCC Health Professions students and as an employer of choice for many of our graduates, Beverly Hospital piloted its first ESL program in 2022 for its employees through NSCC, with onsite instruction led by college faculty and a 100% graduation rate. Hospital leadership serve on the Advisory Board for the Bertolon Simulation Health Care Center of Excellence, providing expertise on the expansion and integration of simulation for students and for professionals seeking continuing education or teaching opportunities. By aligning together, NSCC and Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals are improving life outcomes for local residents, especially those in our community most marginalized. Beverly Hospital and Addison Gilbert Hospitals serve North Shore and Cape Ann communities, and are part of Beth Israel Lahey Health.

CHAMPIONS AWARD PRESENTED BY JAMES HORROCKS

“NSCC is an embodiment of my two great passions: a more just society and the educational dreams of those most disenfranchised.”

NSCC CHAMPIONS AWARD HONOREE

In recognition of PUBLIC SERVICE AND ADVOCACY

Dr. Kiame Mahaniah

Undersecretary for Health

MA Executive Office of Health and Human Services

Dr. Mahaniah’s passion for social justice and his steadfast commitment to the quality, equity, and outcomes of patient care are shaping the values of today’s Health Professions students, who comprise more than one-third of NSCC’s student body and fill critical health care positions across our region upon graduating. Valuing the synergies between community-based health care and community college education, Dr. Mahaniah, as CEO of Lynn Community Health Center, deepened and expanded LCHC’s collaboration with NSCC. He laid the groundwork clinical placements for NSCC Medical Assistant and Human Services program students, employee trainings in specialties such as Medical Interpreting, Phlebotomy, Central Sterile Test Prep, and Surgical Technology Test Prep, and launched the campus-based flu clinics during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Joining the Healey/Driscoll administration in 2023 as Undersecretary of Health, Dr. Mahaniah is charged with co-leading Advancing Health Equity in Massachusetts, an initiative to eliminate racial, economic, and regional disparities in health outcomes. Dr. Mahaniah is a practicing physician in the fields of addiction and primary care. Prior to his appointment as Undersecretary of Health, his career was centered in federally qualified community health centers. He was honored by the Massachusetts Medical Society as the 2023 recipient of the Society’s Special Award for Excellence in Medical Service.

CHAMPIONS AWARD PRESENTED BY

“NSCC is the best choice I ever made, because it really made me who I am today.”

NSCC RISING CHAMPIONS

AWARD HONOREE

In recognition of TRANSFORMATION AND EMPOWERMENT

Maria Rosario NSCC Class of 2019

MARIA’S SUCCESS IN NSCC’S EARLY COLLEGE PROGRAM as a Lynn English High School senior and first-generation college student opened her eyes to the excellence and affordability of community college. Maria matriculated to NSCC in 2017, earning donor-funded scholarships through the NSCC Foundation and graduating with an associate degree in Health Science in 2019. Her plan was to pursue nursing, but higher education once again opened her eyes to opportunities beyond patient-facing positions. She quickly found her passion in health care administration where she can positively impact people working in health care. Maria has since earned her bachelor and master’s degrees in Health Care Administration from Salem State University and Suffolk University while working full-time at Lynn Community Health Center, where she continues to advance in her career. Most meaningful to Maria is the opportunity to contribute her professional skills to the local community where she and her family reside.

“I grew up here, and I love the people here. In order to have a community feel united, you have to help out in any way possible.”

RISING CHAMPION AWARD SPONSORED BY

70% PURSUING ASSOCIATE DEGREES

NSCC FAST FACTS

74% WORKING WHILE IN SCHOOL

55% FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENTS

47% RECEIVING FINANCIAL AID

BI POC STUDENTS

52% BLACK, INDIGENOUS, STUDENTS OF COLOR

29% SINGLE PARENTS

NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE –a nationally recognized leader and innovator of excellent, accessible and affordable higher education – offers 12 academic pathways with 71 degree and certificate programs, as well as Early College for high school students and continuing education for adult learners. NSCC serves 7,000 students annually at its Danvers and Lynn campuses. More than 90% of NSCC graduates live and/or work on the North Shore.

22% NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS

4%

VETERANS OR ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY

26 AVERAGE AGE

TRANSFORMING OUR FUTURE WITH OUR COMMUNITY

Academic Centers of Excellence

Deepening investment in programs that meet workforce needs

“My plan is to transfer to a four-year school for Mechanical Engineering, and NSCC has helped me achieve the first steps towards my goal.”

– Allan Segura, NSCC Class of 2024

Social Justice

Eliminating equity gaps

“Going to high school on a college campus makes me feel more studious and more focused. Graduating high school with my associate degree is going to help me get a head start.”

– Mariana De Leon, NSCC’s Frederick Douglass Collegiate Academy, Class of 2026

Holistic Student Support Meeting students where they are

“NSCC invests in all kinds of students and at all stages of life. Everyone here can be sent off to a better life with a clear vision of themselves.”

– Jiarong “Lotus” Carlson, NSCC Class of 2024

“What we are doing is equitable, and what we do impacts a variety of communities, not just one.”

Mark Anthony Hunter

Director, The North Shore Community College Foundation Owner, The Goddard School of Middleton and The Goddard School of Saugus Danvers Resident

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My own journey and my own education, especially getting my MBA, transformed my life and the different opportunities that were afforded to me.

I want to make sure that I can help others live out that same dream for themselves.”

OPPORTUNITY TO ACHIEVE

Our Mission

To secure resources to improve, promote, and maintain access to a high-quality education.

Our Vision

We believe that higher education is a catalyst and an agent of change for individuals, families and communities. We envision a community that recognizes the importance of educational opportunities and assures that positive outcomes are accessible to all, regardless of economic or any other circumstance.

Our Impact

We invest in scholarships, emergency and flexible assistance, facility development, academic programs, technology advancement, and career training opportunities that increase student access, retention and completion of higher education at North Shore Community College.

“My whole focus is on school thanks to the donors of the North Shore Community College Foundation. You have changed my life.”

– Bruna Oliveira, NSCC Class of 2024 NSCC Foundation Student Director

Best Wishes to you all from the demakes family

Beverly

Gilbert Hospitals are proud to be honored as a North Shore Community College 2024 Champion.

& Addison

Rockland Trust is dedicated to giving back to the communities we serve. That’s why we’re happy to support the North Shore Community College Foundation.

To learn more about Rockland Trust, visit any branch or RocklandTrust.com

Salem Five is dedicated to helping our region thrive by understanding and supporting what matters most.

We are pleased to support the North Shore Community College Foundation, Inc.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CHAMPIONS, each in their own way serving their community and opening doors for our students.

Dr. William and Linda Heineman

As a long-standing partner with North Shore Community College, Salem State University congratulates all Champions, particularly SSU alumni David Masse and Maria Rosario, for their support of public higher education. Thank you for recognizing the transformative impact education has on the lives of our students, alumni and the communities we serve.

salemstate.edu

Congratulations on this prestigious award! Well deserved for making a di erence for others.

Dr. Patricia Gentile and George Ditzel Congratulations to our Champions! Shari

COMCAST CONGRATULATES

David Masse

Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals

Dr. Kiame Mahaniah

Maria Rosario

As Champions for North Shore Community College and Leaders Dedicated to Excellence in Higher Education

GOOD EDUCATES

Eastern Bank is committed to recognizing the good in our communities and celebrating the work of

THE NORTH SHORE COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOUNDATION, INC.

We proudly support

7TH ANNUAL CHAMPIONS AWARDS

Congratulations to Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals, Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, David Masse, and Maria Rosario