For over five decades the Greenfield Community College Foundation has helped transform the lives of thousands of GCC students by ensuring that students have the resources they need to succeed. Read our stories of donor impact and student success →

Our Mission

The Greenfield Community College Foundation supports the College by raising funds, developing resources and building philanthropic and community relationships to enhance programs and initiatives that create opportunities for students, faculty and staff and to advance the College’s mission and reputation in the local and global community.

Our Priorities

  • Scholarship opportunities for GCC students
  • Emergency funding to help GCC students stay enrolled and engaged through financial and life challenges
  • Funding GCC programs and initiatives by providing a bridge between state funding and the actual costs of providing a high-quality education
  • Fostering closer relations between GCC and our alumni

Directors & Staff

  • President, James Fitzgerald | Pelham Police Department
  • Vice President, Jane Wolfe | Greenfield Cooperative Bank
  • Treasurer, Charles Jacques | CBIZ Advisors
  • Secretary | Mary Siano | Retired Social Worker
  • GCC Trustee Liaison, Judith Roberts | The Literacy Project (retired)
  • A.J. Bresciano | Greenfield Savings Bank
  • Nicole Gorman | Edward Jones
  • Tim Grader | Cohn & Company Real Estate
  • Brian Kapitulik | GCC Faculty Liaison
  • Colleen Kucinksi | The Literacy Project
  • Shardool Parmar | Pioneer Valley Hotel Group
  • Hannah Rechtschaffen | Greenfield Business Association
  • Emeritus, Robert Cohn
  • Executive Director of Institutional Advancement, Alexis Page
  • Associate Director of Advancement Administration & Services, Andrea Carlin
  • Assistant Director of Annual Giving, Lisa Middents
  • Alumni Liaison & Program Assistant, Nance Rifanburg

GCC makes the rest of your life make more sense
— Sarah ’99

You’re at this buffet of education
— Elisha ’18

The amazing thing with a liberal arts degree
— Jennifer ’19

My career path since GCC
— Jillian ’08