Ms. Kent joined Gandara Center in early 2021 as CFO, and is responsible for strategic planning, financial analysis, budgeting, compliance, and risk management functions.
Her career spans twenty-five years, initially in public accounting with Deloitte & Touche in Hartford, CT, followed by positions in the private and public non-profit sectors. Ms. Kent holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in accounting and a Master of Business Administration, both from Western New England University.
Ms. Kent currently serves as Vice Chair on the board of directors for Holyoke Community Charter School and as Treasurer at the Hospice of the Fisher Home in Amherst, MA. She has previously served on the board of the Martin Luther King Jr. Charter School in Springfield, MA.
Ms. Kent and her husband of nearly forty years reside in Hampden, MA, and have two grown sons, and one beautiful granddaughter.