Goodwill Industries promotes retail, finance directors | Business

PITTSFIELD — Karen Harrington has been promoted to director of retail operations, northern territory, and Mary Killeen to director of finance by Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires and Southern Vermont, which is primarily based in Pittsfield.

Harrington has been the manager of Goodwill’s retail store in Bennington, Vt. given that 2015. She oversees functions at Goodwill’s store in North Adams and in Rutland, Vt., and is a member of the team that is functioning on the July reopening of Goodwill’s flagship store in Pittsfield.

Prior to joining Goodwill, the Bennington native was employed at the Bennington Museum for 22 years, which include 16 years as administrative assistant to the govt director.

Killeen, a native and resident of Pittsfield, joined Goodwill in 2020 as senior accountant. She holds a bachelor of science diploma in business administration from Stonehill Higher education.

In her new purpose as director of finance, Killeen will oversee all the day-to-day economical areas of Goodwill’s operations, as perfectly as limited- and very long-time period setting up for the nonprofit group.

Killen previously worked at WCVB-Television in Boston and in television generation at Boston-centered Metromedia Producers. She owned and operated The Bookshelf, a former secondhand bookstore in Pittsfield, for 20 several years, and served as an IndyCar Collection timing and scoring official for eight decades.