Megan McDonough ’99 wrote recently with the exciting news that she had accepted the position of Executive Director at Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity.  In a press release about the appointment, the organization noted that “Ms. McDonough has been working for Habitat for over a year and has demonstrated skilled leadership and vision since the previous director left in April.”

In an email, Ms. McDonough noted that the Williston Northampton School has a long history of working with Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity.

” Volunteers under the leadership of Stan Samuelson have been coming to the site regularly for years,”  she wrote.  “We are also starting construction this summer at a site in Easthampton.  We are sad that Mr. Samuelson is retiring – but look forward to partnering with the school and other teachers.”

According to the organization, Ms. McDonough holds a Master’s degree in Regional Planning from UMass Amherst and has previous experience at Center for EcoTechnology and the Franklin County affordable housing non-profit the Valley Community Land Trust.

Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity serves Hampshire and Franklin Counties. The organization builds homes with volunteer labor and donations of material, supplies, land, and services in order to eliminate homelessness and substandard housing by making decent affordable shelter a matter of conscience and action for all people. After the home is built, PVHH sells each home with a no-interest mortgage to a low-income family.  Since 1989, nearly three dozen families have become homeowners in the valley through Habitat’s work.