{"id":22884,"date":"2024-07-11T16:44:25","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T20:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T12:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T16:03:18","slug":"four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Four New Members Join NECC Foundation Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>July 11, 2024 (Haverhill, MA) \u2013 The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/giving\/necc-foundation\/\">Northern Essex Community College Foundation Board<\/a> is pleased to welcome four new members.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 25%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-22884 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/greg-shaw\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/steven-smalley\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Steven-Smalley--200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Steven-Smalley--200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Steven-Smalley--36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Steven-Smalley--180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/steven-smalley-1-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Steven-Smalley-1-1-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Steven-Smalley-1-1-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Steven-Smalley-1-1-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Steven-Smalley-1-1-180x180.jpg 180w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>John Burcke<\/strong> of Portsmouth, NH is the President and Chief Lending Officer at Newburyport Bank. He has partnered professionally with the college, saying that the bank has worked with NECC\u2019s Career Services to hire students and graduates for open roles. The bank was also instrumental in supporting the college\u2019s new <a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/academics\/early-college\/promise\/\">Seacoast Promise Program<\/a> which launched this past spring.<\/p>\n<p>Burcke is the board chair for the local breast cancer charity Ink4Pink and has previously served on the advancement committees at Wentworth Douglass Hospital and Exeter Hospital.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tobit Garcia<\/strong> is a senior tax manager and partner at JBS Tax Corp in Lawrence, Massachusetts. \u00a0Garcia took several classes at Northern Essex and has family members who are alumni. He says he\u2019s also familiar with the college through partnerships with JBS. Garcia attended Fordham University and earned a certificate in financial accounting through Harvard Business School Online.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia is a Lawrence YMCA Board Member; Lawrence Partnership Network Committee Member; Leads Fellow and Network Member; Community Inroads: Cultural Inclusion Fellow; and Advocate for Esperanza Academy. He currently lives in Haverhill.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Gregory Shaw<\/strong> is the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer for Haverhill Bank. The Manchester, NH resident says he learned a lot about Northern Essex from his time coordinating workforce training for a previous employer- and that he found the program to be very beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>Shaw is also a board member of Penacook Place and Family Services of the Merrimack Valley. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Vermont.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steven Smalley<\/strong> is a Government Affairs Manager for National Grid. As a resident of Georgetown, he is familiar with Northern Essex from partnerships across the Merrimack Valley. Smalley holds a Master of Public Administration degree from Northeastern University\u00a0and a bachelor\u2019s degree in political science from Providence College.<\/p>\n<p>Smalley is a former member of the Salem, MA Zoning Board of Appeals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/giving\/necc-foundation\/\">The NECC Foundation, Inc<\/a>. is a nonprofit organization that supports the college and its students. Incorporated in 1972, the Foundation assists NECC by connecting with the business community, foundations, and other potential revenue sources. It additionally hosts fundraisers and special events.<\/p>\n<p>Funds raised are used for student scholarships, equipment purchases, program revitalization efforts, faculty and staff development, and other needs as they arise and as approved by the Foundation Board of Directors. Board members are appointed to multi-year terms.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the NECC Foundation, Inc. or giving to NECC, contact Allison Dolan-Wilson, vice president of institutional advancement and executive director of NECC Foundation, Inc., at 978-556-3624 or <a href=\"mailto:adolanwilson@necc.mass.edu\">adolanwilson@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 11, 2024 (Haverhill, MA) \u2013 The\u00a0Northern Essex Community College Foundation Board is pleased to welcome four new members. John Burcke of Portsmouth, NH is the President and Chief Lending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":26202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15,16,11],"tags":[444,460],"class_list":["post-22884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-press-releases","category-community","tag-necc-foundation","tag-newburyport-bank"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Four New Members Join NECC Foundation Board - NECC News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four New Members Join NECC Foundation Board - NECC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"July 11, 2024 (Haverhill, MA) \u2013 The\u00a0Northern Essex Community College Foundation Board is pleased to welcome four new members. John Burcke of Portsmouth, NH is the President and Chief Lending [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NECC News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-11T20:44:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-05-14T16:03:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1332\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mbouse\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mbouse\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/\",\"name\":\"Four New Members Join NECC Foundation Board - NECC News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-11T20:44:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-05-14T16:03:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/b067809b6ac2476027bcd15cea07449b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw.jpg\",\"width\":1440,\"height\":1332},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/home\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Four New Members Join NECC Foundation Board\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/\",\"name\":\"NECC News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/b067809b6ac2476027bcd15cea07449b\",\"name\":\"mbouse\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9bc5063d1d57b90679530f25125157606b6c761a74463fd22130b67b9567bc5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9bc5063d1d57b90679530f25125157606b6c761a74463fd22130b67b9567bc5?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mbouse\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/mbouse\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Four New Members Join NECC Foundation Board - NECC News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Four New Members Join NECC Foundation Board - NECC News","og_description":"July 11, 2024 (Haverhill, MA) \u2013 The\u00a0Northern Essex Community College Foundation Board is pleased to welcome four new members. John Burcke of Portsmouth, NH is the President and Chief Lending [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/","og_site_name":"NECC News","article_published_time":"2024-07-11T20:44:25+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-05-14T16:03:18+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1440,"height":1332,"url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"mbouse","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mbouse","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/","name":"Four New Members Join NECC Foundation Board - NECC News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw.jpg","datePublished":"2024-07-11T20:44:25+00:00","dateModified":"2026-05-14T16:03:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/b067809b6ac2476027bcd15cea07449b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2026\/03\/Greg-Shaw.jpg","width":1440,"height":1332},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/07\/11\/four-new-members-join-necc-foundation-board\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/home\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Four New Members Join NECC Foundation Board"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#website","url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/","name":"NECC News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/b067809b6ac2476027bcd15cea07449b","name":"mbouse","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9bc5063d1d57b90679530f25125157606b6c761a74463fd22130b67b9567bc5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c9bc5063d1d57b90679530f25125157606b6c761a74463fd22130b67b9567bc5?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mbouse"},"url":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/author\/mbouse\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22884"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26201,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22884\/revisions\/26201"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}