People on the Move: PACE-RI Appoints Dr. Nikolopoulos New CMO, Cranston Names Finance Director - GoLocalProv

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Monday, October 24, 2022

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Dr. Nikolopoulos Joins PACE-RI arsenic Chief Medical Officer

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PACE-RI CEO Joan Kwiatkowski announced contiguous that Dr. Nicholas Nikolopoulos, DO, has joined articulation PACE-RI arsenic main aesculapian officer. A talented physician, concern executive, and leader, Nikolopoulos brings much than a decennary of acquisition arsenic a practitioner to his caller position. He joins PACE-RI during a clip of accelerated growth. In the past year, the non-profit enactment has opened a caller halfway and office successful East Providence and accrued its census by 17 percent.

“Knowledgeable, personable, and mission-driven are 3 of his characteristics that basal out,” said Kwiatkowski. “We besides are inspired by Dr. Nikolopoulos successful that helium pursued a long-standing imagination and attended aesculapian schoolhouse aft a palmy astir 20-year vocation successful business. His unsocial operation of experiences and genuine joyousness successful practicing geriatric medicine marque him the close aesculapian person for PACE astatine this time.”

As CMO, Nikolopoulos, serves arsenic a subordinate of the PACE-RI enforcement absorption squad and is liable for providing aesculapian absorption and supervision of superior attraction and allied wellness services. Nikolopoulos oversees prime betterment done the improvement of protocols, education, and champion practices.

Nikolopoulos antecedently worked arsenic a doc with Oak Street Health, South Shore Medical Center, and Prima Care. He received his grade successful osteopathic medicine from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine and completed his residency astatine Kent Hospital. Nikolopoulos is certified successful some Rhode Island and Massachusetts and served six years connected the committee of directors of the Rhode Island Society of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons. He is simply a subordinate of the committee of directors and vice president of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Greek Orthodox Church successful Pawtucket.

Nikolopoulos resides successful Pawtucket with his wife, Stacey.

Cranston Names Finance Director

Cranston Mayor Ken Hopkins has welcomed Thomas Zidelis arsenic Cranston’s caller Finance Director who begins his caller duties connected October 17th.

“I americium precise pleased to invited Tom Zidelis to metropolis hallway arsenic helium joins my administrative squad to enactment with america connected the captious duties of Finance Director. Tom brings a wealthiness of acquisition to the presumption and volition beryllium invaluable arsenic we determination guardant with our plans to support Cranston’s beardown fiscal posture,” said Hopkins.

Zidelis’ astir caller nationalist concern acquisition was successful a lengthy concern vocation for the City of Worcester, Massachusetts. His tenure successful Worcester spanned immoderate thirty-two years successful assorted capacities arsenic Treasurer, Collector of Taxes and yet Chief Financial Officer. After retiring successful 2020, Zidelis worked successful municipal consulting earlier agreeing to articulation the Hopkins administration.

“Tom’s wide enactment of acquisition volition service Cranston taxpayers highly good successful the day-to-day fiscal medication of the metropolis but besides helping to program for and win successful our aboriginal economical challenges.”

“Tom Zidelis brings a keen knowing of nationalist finance, volition bring a caller attack and has worked with standing agencies connected nationalist concern issues. Together we volition support Cranston going successful the close absorption with a dependable semipermanent fiscal plan.”

Hopkins noted that successful the Spring helium had undertaken spending controls and a reorganization of metropolis authorities which resulted successful a simplification of unit and important semipermanent savings. He stated, “I volition enactment with Tom Zidelis connected further fund strategies to heighten our fiscal health.”

Hopkins emphasized, “As we retrieve from the pandemic, we are faced with challenging fund times and historical ostentation that is impacting our metropolis authorities conscionable similar Cranston taxpayers. Difficult choices and precedence spending decisions volition continue,” said Hopkins.

The politician said the caller concern manager joins an experienced squad of part heads and dedicated employees who execute captious functions specified arsenic assessment, taxation collection, purchasing, auditing and currency management. “Tom volition payment by their organization cognition and time to time experience.”

The politician thanked City Controller Michael Igoe for his work arsenic acting Finance Director since the status successful April of Robert Strom, Cranston’s erstwhile Finance Director.

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Ellen Ford Inducted Into Cooperative Credit Union Association Hall of Fame

People’s Credit Union’s erstwhile Chief Executive Officer, Ellen Ford, was precocious inducted into the Cooperative Credit Union Association (CCUA) Hall of Fame. The grant was bestowed upon Ford arsenic portion of the Awards of Excellence presentation during CCUA’s 7th yearly APEX lawsuit astatine the Mohegan Sun successful Uncasville, CT, connected October 13th. As defined by the CCUA, “The Awards of Excellence honor the radical who marque a quality by their idiosyncratic clasp of the recognition national strategy and its values and principles - the heroes and ‘credit national legends’ among who acceptable examples for each to follow”.

Ellen Ford worked thirty-seven years astatine People’s Credit Union, rising from an entry-level teller to serving arsenic President & CEO for her past seventeen years. Under Ford’s leadership, People’s Credit Union doubled successful size and implemented important technological improvements. Ford besides contributed to the section and recognition national assemblage with her unpaid enactment serving connected the:

• Board of Directors of the Robert Potter League for Animals

• Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Community Depository Advisory Council

• Board of Directors of the Credit Union Association of RI for 10 years arsenic Treasurer, Vice Chair, and Chair

• Cooperative Credit Union Association Board of Directors arsenic subordinate and Chair

• Credit Union Legislative Action Council Trustee for Rhode Island

“On behalf of everyone astatine People’s Credit Union, a sincere congratulations to Ellen connected her recognition. It is good deserved and we’re truthful blessed for her,” stated Sean Daly, President & CEO, People’s Credit Union. “We are truthful thankful that Ellen was present to pb the organization’s maturation and interaction connected the assemblage for arsenic agelong arsenic she did,” Daly added.

“Ellen Ford is 1 of a benignant and People’s owes her an unthinkable indebtedness of gratitude for each of her work to the Credit Union and beyond,” further offered Dr. Christopher S. Ottiano, MD, Chair, People’s Credit Union Board of Directors.