Immigrants’ Assistance Center, Inc. elects annual officers and three new board members

Lurdes C. da Silva, O Jornal
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NEW BEDFORD – The newly elected Immigrants’ Assistance Center Board members bring a diverse set of experience.

Elected on July 12 at the center’s 52nd annual meeting, they are Derek Mendes, a Health Information Management Supervisor at the Greater New Bedford Community Health Center; António R. Lima, a Chief Probation Officer; and Laurie Bullard, now retired, an experienced non-profit developer.

In this file photo, IAC's President and CEO Helena da Silva Hughes, second from the left, and IAC's Board Chair Laurie Bullard, at right, enjoy the 2022 Community Foundation's Summer's Last Blast fundraiser with Paul Heroux and Liz Lozada.
In this file photo, IAC's President and CEO Helena da Silva Hughes, second from the left, and IAC's Board Chair Laurie Bullard, at right, enjoy the 2022 Community Foundation's Summer's Last Blast fundraiser with Paul Heroux and Liz Lozada.

Also elected as IAC officers were Laurie Bullard, as chair; Rosemary Neto Hazzard, President of Neto Insurance, Inc. and daughter of IAC’s founding member Manuel Fernando Neto, as vice-chair; Anne Broholm, CEO of Ahead Manufacturing, as treasurer; and Jennifer Velarde, Immigration Attorney, as clerk.

Additional Board members include Anna Smith, Jeffrey Pelletier, Dr. Bob Caldas, Taylor DeLoach, Robyn Branco, and Gus Araujo.

Helena da Silva Hughes remains as IAC’s president and CEO.

This article originally appeared on The Herald News: Immigrants’ Assistance Center elects officers and new board members