Erik Bruun joins CHP board; Brian Drake was elected president Business

GREAT BARRINGTON – Eric Brown has joined the Board of Directors of Community Health Programs. Brian Drake was elected president and Celia Clancy vice president at the board’s annual reorganization.

A Berkshire resident since 1984, Brown is president of JPC Capital and owner/operator of Soco Creamery Ice Cream Shop and Factory in Great Barrington. He is also board president of the Berkshire Waldorf School in Great Barrington and serves on the board of the Railroad Street Youth Project, for which he is a founding board president. He lives in Great Barrington.

Drake, who most recently served as vice president of the board, succeeds Christopher Phillips as president. He is Senior Vice President of Group Benefits at MountainOne. He received his MBA from the University of Massachusetts Lowell and his undergraduate degree from the University of Connecticut. He lives in Williamstown with his family.

Clancy’s professional background is in retail and consumer businesses. She is the former president/CEO of Domestic Curtains in Stockbridge and served as interim president of Berkshire Business and Professional Women. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Wellesley College and did graduate coursework at Boston College’s Carroll School of Management.

Alison Holmes remains board secretary. She is a partner at the Pittsfield law firm of Smith, Green & Holmes, specializing in estate planning, elder law and real estate. She is a graduate of Williams College and Suffolk University School of Law. She lives in Pittsfield.

Chuck Leach will continue as treasurer. He is president and CEO of Lee Bank and previously worked for Berkshire Bank and TDBank in New York and New England. A resident of Lee, Leach earned his MBA from Claremont Graduate University School of Management and a bachelor’s degree in government from Colby College.