Rochester Council on Aging Staff

Board of Directors

Jill Bodeau, President
Pat Ryan, Vice-President
Yvette Beaumont, Treasurer
Linda Cobb, Secretary
Jean Armstrong, Member
Gordon Helme, Member
Jacquie Ashley, Member
Elizabeth Florindo, Member
Donald George, Member

Staff Members

Sharon Lally, Director
Beverly Brewer, Outreach Worker
Marie McCarthy, Secretary/Receptionist
Margaret George, Secretary/Receptionist
George Smith, Custodian
Norman Demarais, Van Driver
Ron Terranova, Van Driver
Joe McCarthy, SHINE Counselor

Sharon Lally became Director of the Rochester Council on Aging (COA) in March 2006. She previously worked as the Director of the Needham COA for eight years, and also Director of the Duxbury and Andover COAs, giving her a total of 13 years experience with the Council on Aging and Senior Center network.

Sharon has also experienced the development and operation of a new Adult Day Care Facility in Hingham and a Social Day Care in Andover. Prior to the COAs, Sharon worked for fourteen years in the nursing home setting in Therapeutic Recreation and as Instructor for Activity Certification Courses. During those years, she obtained her Master’s Degree in Gerontology from New Hampshire College and her Nursing Home Administrator’s License in Massachusetts.

Sharon's experience also includes a brief stint at Lesley University’s Threshold Program, where she taught human services vocational skills to students with learning disabilities. She acquired her Bachelor’s Degree from Framingham State College in Home Economics Secondary Education. Sharon is a MCOA (Massachusetts COA Association) Certified Senior Center Director and currently serves as the Secretary of MCOA. She is also a Massachusetts Delegate-At-Large to the National Institute of Senior Center’s Delegate Council, a constituent unit of the National Council on the Aging.

Ms. Lally was born and raised in the SouthCoast Massachusetts area, and now resides in Lakeville, MA, with her husband.