Dennis Powell

BIO

• RETIRED CULINARY EDUCATOR
• RETIRED EXECUTIVE FOOD SERVICE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
• RETIRED FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR BERKSHIRE FARM CENTER AND SERVICES FOR YOUTH

THE PRESENT:

• PROUD FATHER OF FIVE & GRANDFATHER OF FOUR

• CONSULTANT FOOD SERVICE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY

• COMMUNITY ACTIVIST

• PRESIDENT OF THE BERKSHIRE COUNTY BRANCH OF THE NAACP SINCE 2015
• STEERING COMMITTEE W. E. B. DU BOIS LECTURE SERIES
• VICE CHAIR CLINTON CHURCH RESTORATION PROJECT
• BOARD MEMBER RAILROAD STREET YOUTH PROJECT (RSYP)
•  MEMBER PITTSFIELD LICENSING BOARD
• MEMBER PITTSFIELD SCHOOL COMMITTEE

THE PAST:
·        Past Board Member: Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield Economic Revitalization ,  Berkshire County Regional Employment, Berkshire Center For Families and Children;  Past Chair - Advisory Council – MCAD;   Past Member Police Citizen Advisory Committee;  Past Member Alumni Board Pittsfield Boys Club;  I Am MAPP Certified (Massachusetts Approach To Partnerships In Parenting).