Of Greater Boston, Inc. Presents

Providing Employment
and Training Services to
Mature Workers 45 and
Older Since 1982.
operation a.b.l.e. of Greater Boston, Inc. presents
FY 2008 Annual Report
October 2008
Dear Friends of A.B.L.E.,
Another busy year at Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston providing employment and training services to mature workers! We served nearly
3,000 mature workers this year between the Senior Community Service Employment Program, our three training programs, our two job fairs
for mature workers and our other employment services. We were invited to partner with AARP on a Job Fair last September at AARP’s Life
@ 50+ National Conference and Expo in Boston. We piloted a six-week boot camp for professional job seekers and received rave reviews
from our 22 participants. We won an award from the Quincy Housing Authority which enables us to expand our services on the South Shore
which we are very excited to do.
John E. Drew, President and CEO of the Seaport Companies, was our 2008 Starfish Thrower Award recipient for his outstanding contributions
to the Greater Boston community. It was a wonderful evening, including Jim Curvey, Fidelity Investments Retired Vice Chairman, providing
a vivid picture of what the Seaport District looked like prior to John Drew reshaping the area.
We continue to build capacity at Operation A.B.L.E. This past year, we hired a seasoned Director of Training Services, Mark Gyurina,
and we were able to upgrade staff and classroom computers with a generous contribution.
None of this would be possible without your support! Thank you to all for your continuing support, whether you are an individual donor,
company, corporate or private foundation or public funder. We are so grateful to all of you for recognizing the importance of getting
mature workers back to work and helping companies find ways to retain mature workers for as long as they can. The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts does not have a worker to spare and it is critical to our economy that we keep mature workers working as long as possible.
Thank you to all for helping us carry out our very important mission.
Best regards,
Paul J. Murphy, Esq.
Joan Cirillo
President, Board of Directors
Executive Director
A.B.L.E. Programs & Services
Operation A.B.L.E of Greater Boston celebrates the enduring dedication, commitment, and loyalty of mature
workers age 45 and older. Our mission is deeply rooted in the belief that seasoned, experienced, and welltrained “older” workers are indispensable to an employer’s productivity, viability, and competitive position.
The products and services we provide for mature job seekers and the resources we offer to Massachusetts
employers share the common goal of creating employment opportunities for a generation of workers that
understands the value of a job well done. We work closely with human resource professionals from leading
local employers to devise job training programs and employment services that reflect real-world expectations
and requirements.
Operation EmployABLE is a 16-week office specialist training program. Operation Service! is a 10-week
customer service training program. Operation Success is an intensive six-week boot camp that helps mature
professionals and mid-level managers overcome age-related obstacles to meaningful employment. The U.S.
Dept. of Labor’s Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is available to low-income individuals
age 55 and older, providing paid, on-the-job training and job search assistance.
For employers, Operation A.B.L.E. offers well-qualified candidates online job postings, ABLE Showcases, and
Mature Worker Career Fairs that enable hiring managers to cost-effectively recruit from a richly talented pool
of mature and motivated candidates. Our annual Celebrating Experience Breakfast offers employers the
opportunity to honor the older workers that have contributed so greatly to their organizations’ growth and
prosperity. We also offer on-site training, outplacement services, and the ABLE Temps placement service.
Charlene Davis, Patient Service Coordinator,
Massachusetts General Hospital
“Operation Service brought to the surface aspects of me that had
been buried. The experience gave me a renewed sense of self
and the drive to do whatever it takes to succeed. I am forever
grateful for that!”
Top: Operation A.B.L.E. at the National AARP Convention in Boston
Second: CEO Faye Donohue and staff from Delta Dental of MA with
two oustanding workers at our Celebrating Experience Breakfast.
Above: Graduates of Operation EmployABLE receiving their certificates
at Graduation ’08 ceremony.
Providing Employment and Training Services to Mature Workers 45 and Older Since 1982.
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Operation A.B.L.E. Celebrates Our 26th Anniversary
Board President Paul Murphy and Treasurer George Uveges
John Drew, 2007 Starfish Thrower Award Recipient
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Clare Cox, Bob Miller, Patty and Paul Murphy and
Michael Clarkson
Operation A.B.L.E of Greater Boston
With John E. Drew As Our Starfish Thrower
Executive Director
Joan Cirillo
and Board
member
Linda Austin
Jim Carmody, Emcee Extraordinaire
Top: John Drew and Jim Curvey
Second: Graduate Juanita Battle
accepting her award at the gala
Above: Jeff Cook and John Drew
Top: John Drew and Joan Cirillo
Above: John Drew and Family
Providing Employment and Training Services to Mature Workers 45 and Older Since 1982.
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Donations 2008
than k y ou to our generous
Funders:
Government
Funders:
Corporate
CareerWorks
Economic Development & Industrial
Corporation of Boston/Office
of Jobs And Community Services
Massachusetts Rehabilitation
Commission
Metro North Regional Employment
Board
Metro South/West Employment
and Training Administration
Quincy Housing Authority
South Coastal Career Development
Administration
U.S. Department of Labor
Adecco Staffing
AARP of Massachusetts
Albertsons C/O Shaw’s Supermarket/
Star Market
Ameriprise Financial
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
By Appointment Only, Inc.
CDM
Century Bank
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Children’s Hospital Boston
Clean Harbors Environmental Services
Colleges of the Fenway
Comcast
Constellation NewEnergy
Dentaquest Ventures, LLC
Elder Services of Merrimack Valley, Inc.
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Fidelity Investments
Generations Incorporated
Harvard University
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Isaacson, Miller
John Hancock Financial Services
Lahey Clinic Hospital, Inc.
Lowe’s Companies
M/C Communications
Macy’s
Marriott Corporation
Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Massachusetts Financial Services
Company
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Measured Progress
Minuteman Senior Services
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
North Shore ARC
Northeastern University
Northwestern Mutual Financial Network c/o The Wellesley Group
Partners Healthcare System c/o
Massachusetts General Hospital
Partners Healthcare System c/o
North Shore Medical Center
Philips Lifeline
Preservation of Affordable
Housing, Inc.
Resource Partnership
Ron Gilefsky Company, Inc.
SEA Consultants, Inc.
Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services
Sovereign Bank
Sunsetter Products
T.H.E. Brain Trust
The Boston Park Plaza Hotel & Towers
The Home for Little Wanderers
The Inn at Robbins Brook
The Skill Bureau
TSA c/o Corporate Personnel Services
Tufts University
Unitarian Universalist Association
of Congregations
United Way of Massachusetts Bay
and Merrimack Valley
VA Boston Healthcare System
Visiting Nurse Association of Boston
& Affiliates
Sheila Cole, Documentation
Specialist, Semper International
“Operation A.B.L.E. has allowed
me to reinforce my computer
skills and to get to know a great
group of men and women
who are in the same situation. While attending Operation
A.B.L.E., I became a teacher’s
assistant and enjoyed helping
and interacting with the other
students and sharing my knowledge and experience. Operation A.B.L.E. not only
teaches you the latest
technology, but they also help
you in other aspects of your life.” Manny Glin, Sr. Assistant Director of Admissions, ITT Technical Institute
“Before I came to Operation A.B.L.E., I was consistently a step or two behind my colleagues and competitors. I basically was treading water
and lacking confidence. Operation A.B.L.E. not only gave me the comprehensive computer skills I previously lacked, but the vision of how to
apply them. Combined with my life experience, the ball is now in my court. How fortunate we all are who were reinvented by Operation A.B.L.E.”
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Operation A.B.L.E of Greater Boston
funders & contributors
Major Donors
$25,000+
Anonymous
State Street Foundation, Inc.
United Way of Massachusetts Bay
& Merrimack Valley
Benefactors
$10,000 - $24,999
AARP of Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
Boston Guild of Oenophilists, Inc.
Alice Willard Dorr Foundation
The Drew Company, Inc.
Fidelity Investments
Seaport Companies
Distinguished Donors
$5,000 - $9,999
A.C. Ratshesky Foundation
Arbella Charitable Foundation
William A. Berry & Son, Inc.
Bovis Lend Lease LMB, Inc.
Wayne & Jacqui Budd
Bushrod H. Campbell and Adah F. Hall
Charity Fund
Century Bank
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Commercial Construction Consulting
Delta Dental of Massachusetts
Devonshire Investors
EMCOR Facilities Services
Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
Hill/Holliday
Tim Hilton
Kearney Donovan & McGee P.C.
Lehman Brothers, Inc.
Caleb Loring Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John J. Remondi
Sovereign Bank
Staples Foundation for Learning
The Savings Bank Life Insurance Company
of Massachusetts
TJX Foundation
TRO Jung/Brannen Corporation
Turner Construction Company
UNICCO Service Company
Supporters
$2,500 - $4,999
Linda & David Austin
BBG Technical Services, Inc.
Jeanne Benoit
Capital Paper Recycling, Inc.
Paul & Margaret Chisholm
Eastern Bank
Lena G. & Ronald P. Goldberg
Goodwin Procter, LLP
John Hancock Financial Services
Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
Paint Systems of New England, LLC
Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.
SEi Engineering, Inc.
Structure Tone, Inc.
Suffolk University
The Beal Companies
The Home For Little Wanderers
Advocates
$1,000 - $2,499
Bank of New York Mellon
Curvey Family Foundation
Edgewater Technology
Fiduciary Trust Company
Janice & Thomas Forster
Gretchen Fox and Fox Relocation
Freeman Decorating Services, Inc.
Harvard University
Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
M & M Associates
John & Denise Murphy
New Directions, Inc.
F.H. Perry Builder, Inc.
Regan Communications Group, Inc.
Seyfarth Shaw, LLP
Jack Shaughnessy
Vitale Caturano
Patrons
$500 - $999
Patricia Baillieul
Deborah Banda
Arthur & Janet Banks
Cushman & Wakefield
Alice DiPietro
Elaine Construction Company, Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Fox
Lahey Clinic Hospital, Inc.
McPhail Associates, Inc.
Mount Washington Charitable
Foundation, Inc.
Rod & Lori Rohda
Simmons College
The Drucker Company, Ltd.
Contributors
$250 - $499
Boston Courthouse Management
Association
Boston Minuteman Council
Kenneth Brown Jr.
Stanley W. & Jill Burrows
Karen Ernst Connolly
Tim Driver
Mr. & Mrs. Fred K. Foulkes
George & Margaret Gray
Harvey & Helene Greenberg
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Stephen & Mary Jane Lenhardt
McNamara & Salvia, Inc.
Needel, Welch & Stone, P.C.
Northeastern University
James & Cathleen Stone
The Plymouth Rock Foundation
Tidemark Consulting Solutions
Maureen & Andrew Thurnauer
D. Richard & Joan Tufenkjian
George & Renee Uveges
VNA Private Care
Paul White
Friends Under $249
A Better City
ADD, Inc.
J. Mark Beamis & Gabrielle Sullivan
Helen Bickford
Vivian T. Bolt
Katherine Burnes & Jay Levin
Maria & Charles Burnham
Kathryn E. Cade
James & Theresa Carmody
Diane Cline
Chin & Curtis, LLP
Patricia A. Daley
Delegation Du Quebec A Boston
Joan E. & Steve Delott
Maria Eugenia Doherty
Fay Donohue
Martin Doo
Providing Employment and Training Services to Mature Workers 45 and Older Since 1982.
Martha Edson
Janet B. Fierman
Lewis M. Finfer
Sister Eileen Finnigan
Kathleen A. Gallery
R.D. Gatti & Associates, Inc.
F. Gorham & Amy Brigham
Carol & David Greenfield
Deborah A. Hackett Trust
Polly Harold
Lee Hecht Harrison
Eleanor & Hertz Henkoff
J. Bradley Hildt
Thelma Kaminsky
George & Myrsini Karkazis
Peter & Teresa Landry
Living Care Villages of Massachusetts, Inc.
D/B/A North Hill
Deborah Lipton
Arthur L. Lyons Jr.
Helene Markey
Enery Martinez, DBA, Careers by Design
Anne Mathieu
Carol McKean Events
Mr. & Mrs. David Mikell
Marilyn S. Morgan
New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans
Joel & Sherri Nemirow
Anne Marie O'Connoll
Martha & Theo Papas
Laksmi Prawiroatmodjo
Leontine Provost
Mary Ellen Radtke
Eleanor Reyes
Rafael & Ada Rosado
Kenneth Rossano
Nancy Sandman
Sappi Fine Paper of North America
Bruce Schwartzman
April Seiz
Jocelyn Sierra
Patricia D. Smith
Ruth & James Ford Spalding
James & Anne Sullivan
Gail Sumner
Anne Deulin Tagliaferro
Harold W. Taylor
The Catholic Schools Foundation, Inc.
The Skills Bureau, Inc.
James & Rosemary Tuite
VNA Private Care
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Thank You
To The Community-Based and Government Agencies in the A.B.L.E. Network, and the in-kind contributors
AARP Massachusetts
African Community Economic
Development of NE, Boston
Aids Action Committee, Boston
American Red Cross, Beverly
American Red Cross of Merrimack Valley
American Red Cross, Worcester
American Textile History Museum, Lowell
Amesbury Council on Aging
Amesbury Department of Veterans’
Services
ARC of Northern Essex County, Haverhill
Arlington Council on Aging
Arlington Seniors Association
Asian Center of Merrimack Valley
Belmont Council on Aging
Beverly Council on Aging
Michael
Costello,
Administrative
Support,
Financial
Aid Office,
Tufts University
“When I was laid off after 30 years
at the same job, I realized that I
didn’t have the computer skills
required to find a new job. Because
of the Operation EmployABLE office
skills training program I made a
complete 180 degree turnaround
from the hospitality industry to doing
administrative work. I never would
have been able to do that without
the training I received at Operation
A.B.L.E.”
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Beverly Historical Society
Billerica Council on Aging
Billerica Town Hall
Boomerang’s, Jamaica Plain
Boston Cares
Boston Career Link
Boston Elder INFO
Boston Office of U.S. Congressman
Stephen F. Lynch
Boys and Girls Club of Greater Lowell
Boys and Girls Club of Middlesex
County, Somerville
Brookview House, Boston
Caleb Foundation
Cambridge Employment Center
Cambridge Human Rights Commission
Cambridge Public Library
Career Center of Lowell
Career Center of North Central MA
Career Place, Woburn
Career Source, Cambridge and Everett
Career Works, Brockton
Casa Myrna Vasquez, Boston
Catholic Memorial School
Central MA Agency on Aging
Central MA Workforce Investment Board
Centro Las Americas, Worcester
Centro Latino de Chelsea
Charles River Museum of Industry, Waltham
Charles River Public Internet Center,
Waltham
Chelsea Human Services Collaborative
Chelsea Public Library
Chelsea Soldiers Home
Chelsea-Revere-Winthrop Elder Services
City Mission Society
City of Haverhill, Mayor’s Office
City of Revere, Mayor’s Office
Commonwealth Corporation
Communities United, Inc., Newton
Community Action, Inc., Amesbury
Community Action, Inc., Haverhill
Community Art Center, Inc., Cambridge
Community Enterprises, Gloucester
Community Enterprises, Somerville
Community Learning Center, Cambridge
Community Minority Cultural Center, Lynn
Community Service Agency, Inc., Lawrence
Community Teamwork, Inc., Lowell
C.T.I. Headstart, Lowell
Cyber Space, Salem
Danvers Council on Aging
Danvers Historical Society
Danvers Police Department
Department of Mental Retardation,
Walpole/Worcester
Department of Transitional Assistance
Dress for Success, Boston
Elder Service Plan – Cambridge Health Association, Cambridge
Elder Services of Merrimack Valley,
Lawrence
Emmanuel College
Emmaus House, Haverhill
Employment and Training Resources, Marlborough, Newton, Norwood
English at Large, Medford
Ethiopian Community Mutual Assistance Association, Cambridge
Everett Council on Aging
Executive Office of Elder Affairs
Executive Service Corps. of New England,
Boston
Fenway Community Development Corp.
First Church Unitarian Universalist, Leominster
Fitchburg Senior Center/Council on Aging
Fitchburg Spanish Council
Food For The World, Inc., Lawrence
Friends of Millbury Seniors, Inc.
Fuller House, Stoneham
Generations, Inc., Boston
Georgetown Housing Authority
Gloucester Housing Authority
Gloucester Senior Center
Grant African Methodist Episcopal Church
Great Wall, Malden
Greater Gardner CDC
Greater Lawrence Community Action, Inc.
Greater Lowell Workforce Investment Board
Operation A.B.L.E of Greater Boston
Haitian American Public Health Initiative,
Boston
Haitian Coalition, Somerville
Hallmark Health, Medford
Harvard University Kennedy School Library
Haverhill City Hall
Haverhill Public Library
Heading Home, Cambridge
HopeFound Boston
Hopkinton Council on Aging
Housing Families, Inc., Revere
Hunt Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
International Institute, Lowell
International Institute of Boston
Ipswich Housing Authority
Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development
Corporation
Jewish Family Services of the North Shore,
Salem
Jewish Vocational Service, Boston
JobNet, Boston
Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston
Kit Clark Senior Services, Boston
Lahey Clinic, Burlington
Lawrence Boys and Girls Club
Lawrence Council on Aging
Lawrence General Hospital
Lawrence Public Library
Lawrence/Methuen Community Coalition
Lazarus House, Lawrence
Lexington Community Media Center, Inc.
Lowell Association for the Blind
Lowell Community Charter School
Lowell Community Health Center
Lowell Council on Aging
Lowell Fire Department
Lowell Housing Authority
Lowell Transitional Living Center
Lowell Wish Project
Lynn Community Connections
Lynn Museum and Historical Society
Lynn Social Security Administration
Malden Adult Social Day Care
Malden Housing Authority
who provide support, on-the-job training, and resources to operation a.b.l.e. and our participants.
Margaret Fuller Neighborhood House,
Cambridge
Massachusetts General Hospital/Revere Clinic
Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission
Massachusetts Veterans, Inc., Worcester
Medford Community Cablevision
Melrose Council on Aging
Merrimack Public Library
Merrimack Valley Food Bank, Lowell
Merrimack Valley Legal Services
Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment
Board
Merrimack Valley YMCA, Lawrence
Metro North Regional Employment Board
Metro South/West Regional Employment
Board
Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership
Metrowest Center for Independent Living,
Lowell
Middleton Council on Aging
Montachusett Opportunity Council, Fitchburg/Westminster
Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries,
Boston
Multi-Service Center, Leominster
My Brothers Table, Lynn
Mystic Valley Elder Services, Malden
National Alliance for Democracy,
Cambridge
National Park Service of Lowell
National Plastics Museum, Leominster
Neighborhood Legal Services, Lawrence
Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc.
New England Shelter for Homeless Veterans,
Boston
New Perspectives
North Andover Council on Aging
North Brookfield Council on Aging
North Central Career Centers,
Gardner and Leominster
North Central MA Workforce Investment
Board
Northeastern University, Boston
North Shore Association for Retarded
Citizens, Danvers/Beverly
North Shore Career Center,
Gloucester, Lynn, Salem
North Shore Elder Services, Danvers
North Shore Health Aid Project, Gloucester
North Shore Workforce Investment Board
Office of Boston City Councilor Sam Yoon
One Lowell Coalition
Pathfinders Safe Haven, Lowell
Pauline Agassiz Shaw School
Peabody Council on Aging/Life Care
Center
Pepperell Council on Aging
Pepperell Housing Authority
Pollard Memorial Library, Lowell
Quincy Career Center
Quincy Community Action Programs, Inc.
Quincy Crisis Center
Quinsigammond Community Center,
Worcester
Reading Elder Services
Reading Housing Authority
Refugee Immigrant Assistance Center,
Boston
Reagle Players, Waltham
Resource Partnership, Inc., Natick
Revere Housing Authority
Rosie’s Place
Roxbury Community College
Russian Community Association of
Massachusetts, Lynn
Ruth’s House, Haverhill
Salem Council on Aging
Salem Cyberspace
Salem Department of Recreation
& Community Service
Salem Mayor’s Office
Salem Mission
Salem Veterans Services
Salisbury Council on Aging
Salvation Army, Chelsea
Salvation Army of Haverhill
Sarah’s Place, Haverhill
Saugus Council on Aging
Senior Care, Gloucester
Social Security Administration, Chelsea,
Gardner, Lowell
Solutions@ Work, Cambridge
Somerville YMCA
Somerville-Cambridge Elder Services
SCALE – Somerville Center for Adult
Learning Experiences
South Coastal Workforce Investment Board
Spanish American Center, Inc., Leominster,
Springwell, Watertown
St. Joseph’s Food Pantry, Salem
Suffolk University Legal Services, Chelsea
Tailored for Success, Malden
Temple Israel, Brookline
The Boston Private Industry Council
The Work Place, Boston
Three Pyramids, Fitchburg
Topsfield Council on Aging
Town of Norwood
Town of Spencer
Triangle, Inc., Malden
Tri-City Mental Health Center, Lowell
Tyngsborough Housing Authority
United Teen Equality Center, Lowell
Valleyworks Career Center, Haverhill
and Lawrence
Walk Boston
Waltham Community Development Corp.
Wang YMCA, Boston
WATCH, Waltham
West Boylston Council on Aging
West Brookfield Senior Center
Westford Council on Aging
Westwood Council on Aging
Wilmington Community Television
Wilmington Department of Elderly Services
Windsor House Adult Day Care, Somerville
Workforce Central, Milford, Southbridge,
Worcester
Yawkey Center for Early Education & Care
Providing Employment and Training Services to Mature Workers 45 and Older Since 1982.
In-Kind Contributors
AARP Massachusetts
Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
Boston University
Dress For Success
Griffin-Carty Communications
Morgan Memorial Goodwill
Industries
Oldies 103.3 FM
Organization Renewal Associates,
Jeffrey H. Davis
Ruth’s House, Haverhill
Rose Hom
Tiffany & Company
The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Linda Foote,
Program
Manager,
Operation A.B.L.E.
of Greater Boston
“I saw the flyer from Operation A.B.L.E.
about their Senior Community Service
Employment Program (SCSEP) and
couldn’t believe my luck. Here was
a program designed for people just
like me. My work experience allowed
me to be placed into the position of
Employment Specialist in which I was
able to help others like me. Eventually
Operation A.B.L.E. offered me a job as
a Program Manager.”
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Thank You
to all of our a.b.l.e. volunteers
Alarie, Kathy • Marriott Corporation
Allen, Juanita • Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Alliance-Valcimond, Lucienne •Spherion Staffing
Aversa, Diana • Massachusetts General Hospital
Babbitt, Jay • Intercontinental Hotel
Barros, Eurydice • Venturi Partners
Bradley, Megan • Massachusetts General Hospital
Bruno, Pat • New Perspectives
Cain, William • Harvard University
Cate, Jessica • Kelly Services
Conant, Tim • Harvard Kennedy School Library
Conneely, Anna Marie • Mass. Eye & Ear Infirmary
Connelly, Megan • Spherion Staffing
Dagami, Jocelyn • Sovereign Bank
Debarros, Maggie • Massachusetts General Hospital
Doherty, Lisa • Spherion
Edwards, Christina • Pine Street Inn
Elle, Larry • Success Associates
Evans, Edie • John Hancock Financial Services
Finnigan, Sr. Eileen
Forster, Jan • Boston Federal Savings Bank (ret.)
Fowkes, Bob • Congressman Stephen F. Lynch, Boston Office
Gill, Anne • Wentworth Institute of Technology
Giokas-Slifer, Demonda • WGBH
Glidden, Nancy • Boston Medical Center
Gray, George • Fiduciary Trust (ret.)
Griffin-Carty, Tricia •Griffin-Carty Communications, Inc.
Hannon, Christine • Massachusetts General Hospital
Heitsch, Caitlin • Massachusetts General Hospital
Joy, Kathy • Workforce Central Career Center
Kendzior, John • Harvard University
Kenney, Caitlin • Boston Medical Center
Knox, Charlotte
Mackiewicz, Ruth • City of Cambridge
Maffei, Alisa • Massachusetts General Hospital
Makin, Emily • Spherion
Martin, Roxolona • Spherion Staffing
Masciarelli, Ryan • John Hancock Financial Services
Mitra, Nina • New Perspectives
Molla, Robert • Unitarian Universalist Association
Monteiro, Sheryl • Fiduciary Trust
Morreale, Kristen • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Munger, Chuck • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nandi, Joanna • Spherion
Neri, Maria • Massachusetts General Hospital
O’Hara, Meg • John Leonard Employment Services, Inc.
Owens, Ken • Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Pattison, Laura • Kirstein Business Library
Pavlides, Lisa • The Westin Hotel
Phillips, Kristy • U.S. Department of Labor
Pokaski, Joanne • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Rhodes, Jamie • Citizens Bank
Richardson, Patricia • U.S. Department of Labor
Rizzolo, Angela • U.S. Department of Labor
Saunders, Cheryl • Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Sweet, Laura • John Hancock Financial Services
Tang, Christine • U.S. Department of Labor
Vanaria, Steven • Verizon
Whipple, Yasmin • Century Bank
Willingham, Sonia • Northeastern University
Winer, Dave • John Hancock Financial Services
Pat Dowling,
Secretary,
The Skill Bureau/
General Services
Administration/
Tishman Construction
“I went to Operation A.B.L.E. after losing my job
of 15 years and found that I wasn’t prepared
for the fast pace of job hunting. Operation
A.B.L.E. gave me back my sense of worth.
They reminded me that I was a valuable person
with something to offer. The training I received
really prepared me so that when I went to an
interview, I could do it with confidence.”
Operation A.B.L.E of Greater Boston
Top: Paul Graham and career fair job seeker
Second: Linda Foote mentoring Georgina Lightfoot
Third: Our students have access to the latest office
technologies
Above: Joan Cirillo and Past Board President
Jeanne Benoit
Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston FY 2008 Accomplishments
Joan Cirillo and Gene Williams,
Director of Senior Programs,
Commonwealth of MA
Laura Sweet and Tricia Hayes of
John Hancock Financial Services
A.B.L.E.’s Operation Success class at Graduation ‘08
•
Celebrated our 26th year of providing employment and training services
to mature workers 45 and older.
•
Served 440 economically-disadvantaged seniors age 55 and older
in Essex, Middlesex, Suffolk and Worcester counties through the Senior
Community Service Employment Program.
•
Graduated 92 participants from our three training programs:
Operation EmployABLE, Operation Service and Operation Success.
•
Piloted our new six-week boot camp for professionals, Operation
Success, with seed money from The John Merck Fund. Twenty-two
students participated.
•
Awarded grant to provide computer and office skills training programs
to the Quincy Housing Authority.
•
Co-sponsored career fair for mature workers with AARP at the
organization’s Life@50+ Expo in September 2007. Forty employers were
on hand for the three-day event, meeting with thousands of mature job
seekers from around the country.
Susan Jepson counsels career fair job seeker
•
Hosted Mature Worker Career Fair on January 29 at Boston’s Radisson
Hotel, where 23 employers met one-on-one with more than 400 mature
job seekers from Greater Boston.
•
Relicensed by the Department of Education to provide education and
training programs in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
•
Honored John E. Drew, President and CEO of the Seaport Companies,
as our 2008 Starfish Thrower Awardee for his significant contributions to
the Greater Boston community.
•
Serve on nine local Massachusetts Workforce Investment Boards and the statewide Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board which provides an opportunity for Operation A.B.L.E. to advocate for mature workers.
•
Testified twice at the State House for Bills #4420 and #4423 which
promoted opportunities for mature workers.
•
Continue to serve as one of four Boston Globe Job Docs since 2002.
•
Continue to serve as national judge for AARP’s BEST Awards for workers
50 and older.
Eleanor Reyes, Administrative Assistant, Springfield College, Boston Campus
“After losing my job at 55 years of age and feeling lost, confused and hopeless, Operation A.B.L.E. gave me hope, inspiration and a new,
beautiful life with it’s SUPERB training skills program and dedicated teachers. I am now working in a college which is dedicated to Human
Services and will be taking courses towards a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services.”
Providing Employment and Training Services to Mature Workers 45 and Older Since 1982.
A.B.L.E.
Board
of Directors
Operation A.B.L.E. Staff
Founder
Ezra Merrill (1909 - 1985)
Honorary Chairman • Caleb Loring Jr., Fidelity Investments, Retired
President • Paul J. Murphy, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Vice President • Jeff Cook, Fidelity Investments
Treasurer • George Uveges, The Tallwood Group
Secretary • Ann S. Anderson, Blue Cross Blue Shield of MA
Board of Directors
Linda B. Austin • The PFE Group
Patricia Baillieul • The Village Bank
Robert T. Banaski • Lehman Brothers
Deborah Banda • AARP Massachusetts
Jeanne Benoit* • The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Stanley Whitfield Burrows • Microsoft Corporation
Michael Clarkson • Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
Fay Donohue • Delta Dental of MA
Janice M. Forster • Boston Federal Savings Bank, Retired
Robert D. Miller • Tidemark Consulting Solutions
Suzanne Moot • M & M Associates
Ruth Ann Moriarty • Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston, Inc., Retired
D. Richard Tufenkjian* • Sweetheart Plastics, Retired
Mary Alves • SCSEP Employment Specialist
Teleahoun Bekele • SCSEP Program Assistant
Lonzie Brown • SCSEP IT Technician
Joan Cirillo • Executive Director
John Eckert • Director of Finance
Charlotte Fafel • SCSEP Business Development Clerk
Magda Feijoo • SCSEP Program Assistant
Linda Foote • SCSEP Program Manager
Kevin Gouveia • Accounting Manager
Paul Graham • Business Development Officer
Mark Gyurina • Director of Training Services
Polly Harold • SCSEP Program Manager
Rose Hom • Computer Skills Instructor
Susan Jepson • SCSEP Area Manager
Wayne Jones • SCSEP Administrative Records
Coordinator
Joan Hanley • SCSEP Employment Specialist
Anthonia Kim • SCSEP Program Assistant
Enery Martinez • Operation EmployABLE Program
Manager
Executive Director
Joan Cirillo
* Past President
Operation A.B.L.E. of Greater Boston, Inc.
131 Tremont Street, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02111-1336
Tel: 617.542.4180 Fax: 617.542.4187
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.operationable.net
A.B.L.E. Staff
Anne Mathieu • SCSEP Employment Specialist
Kathy McDermott • SCSEP Employment Specialist
Caryl McDonnell • SCSEP Employment Specialist
Tom McFarland • Communications Director
Peg Moore • SCSEP File Coordinator
Irene Murphy • SCSEP Employment Specialist
William Nadler • Senior Training Specialist
Margaret Neubert • SCSEP Employment Specialist
Colleen O’Malley • Operation EmployABLE,
Program Manager, Quincy
Juan Ortiz-LeBron • SCSEP Employment Specialist
Kathy Pacheco • SCSEP File Specialist
Tee Provost • Operation Service!/Operation
Success Program Manager
Sandy Rubins • SCSEP Payroll Clerk
Ella St. Marie • SCSEP Employment Specialist
Florence Sullivan • SCSEP Receptionist
Elizabeth Tinsley • SCSEP Receptionist
Jack Wolfe • SCSEP Employment Specialist