Mayor Richard Kos announced
today that he has appointed John M. Hale, J.D., as a member of the ValleyOpportunity Council Board of Directors on behalf of the City of Chicopee. Mr.
Hale is currently a professor of criminal justice/pre-law at the College of OurLady of the Elms. Formerly, he was a captain at the Hamden County Sheriff’s
Department and prior to that served our country in the U.S. Air Force as MasterSergeant for 23 years.

“I thank John for his
willingness to continue to serve his community in accepting this appointment tothe Board,” said Mayor Kos. “I look forward to his continued contributions to
the City and the region.”

Mr. Hale, a Chicopee
resident, is a graduate of Western New England University School of Law.

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