Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc. (NYSE: BHLB) has announced the following changes to the membership of the Boards of Directors of both the Company and its subsidiary, Berkshire Bank:

Scotty Aquilino, former co-owner of the Winhall Market, has purchased the Bromley Market, on Route 11 in Peru, and has brought her chef and manager from the Winhall Market with her.

Aquilino has been a “foodie” from back when “foodie” wasn’t even a term; before her three and a half year stint at the Winhall Market, Scotty and her late husband ran Bondville’s very popular River Café for eighteen years. Terasa Williams head-chefed at Winhall the entire time Scotty was there, and long-time store manager, Lisa “Lisa B” Bauch, had been a fixture at the Winhall store for many years.

Rick Milliken, General Manager of the DoubleTree by Hilton Burlington has announced that David Goodman has received the hotel’s 2012 Manager of the Year Award. Goodman serves as Controller and manages financial operations, forecasting and budgeting for the hotel and Trader Duke’s restaurant.

A native of Albany, NY, he graduated from Paul Smith’s College with a degree in Hotel & Restaurant Management. He joined the hotel in 2001 as staff accountant and payroll administrator prior to his promotion to Controller in 2011. He is a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America.

James J. Gozzo, Ph.D., President of Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, announced today that U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont will be the commencement speaker at the first graduation ceremony of the school's Colchester Campus. The ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. at the Champlain Valley Exposition.

Vermont Catholic Charities, Inc. has announced that Mr. Lawrence F. Assell, the Executive Director of Vermont Catholic Charities, Inc., will retire effective June 30, 2013, completing a remarkable tenure of five years of leadership for the diocesan charitable organization.

Secretary of State Jim Condos announced today that State Archivist Tanya Marshall has appointed Mary Ide of Brattleboro, Leah Korce of Huntington, and Brian Lindner of Waterbury to the Vermont Historical Records Advisory Board (VHRAB).

“Mary, Leah, and Brian each have a great amount of professional expertise and a diversity of experience related to archives and records management. We are very excited that they will be lending their talents to the board,” Condos said.

Tyler Dumont of Dracut, Mass., a junior in Lyndon State College’s Electronic Journalism Arts program, has been nominated for three Emmy™ Awards by the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. An Emmy is the television industry’s most coveted peer-recognition symbol of distinction.

Dr. Karen Gross, President of Southern Vermont College, has announced

two important changes within the SVC Athletic Department effective today. Michael

McDonough has been promoted to full-time Director of Athletics and Dan Engelstad, until recently assistant basketball coach at the College of Holy Cross, has been named SVC’s head men’s basketball coach.

People’s United Bank has announced that Scott D. Carpenter has joined People’s United Bank as Senior Vice President, Director of Wealth Management and Private Banking in Vermont. As Director, Carpenter will oversee all aspects of wealth management and private banking operations. Carpenter succeeds Sylvia MacKinnon who recently announced her retirement. Carpenter will assume his new position in mid-April.

Jack Russell, broker/owner of CENTURY 21 Jack Associates announced that Century 21 Real Estate LLC, franchisor of the world’s largest residential real estate sales organization recently recognized sales associate Lisa Meyer with the CENTURY 21 Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award.

"The Quality Service Pinnacle Producer Award is an integral part of the CENTURY 21 System’s commitment to excellence and recognizes Lisa’s dedication to making each and every client interaction a positive one," said Rick Davidson, president and CEO of Century 21 Real Estate LLC.