With your support, Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity builds strength, stability and self-reliance through home ownership in Hampshire and Franklin Counties. We are an affiliate of Habitat for Humanity International, an ecumenical organization that envisions a world where everyone has a decent place to live. Habitat for Humanity partners with people all over the world to help them build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage.
Since 1989, Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity has built decent, affordable homes with more than 50 low income families in Hampshire and Franklin Counties. We build our homes with volunteer labor and donations of material, supplies, land, and services. Habitat homebuyers enter into a long term partnership with Pioneer Valley Habitat, and contribute 250 hours of labor during the construction of their home alongside volunteers from the community. Habitat is a hand-up, not a hand-out: the organization has a perpetual legacy in that all mortgage funds received are reinvested to build more homes.
Beyond the homeowners partnering with Habitat, thousands of community donors and volunteers are impacted by and have participated in the work of our local Habitat. Our construction volunteers receive on-site training ranging from basic building skills to high performance construction techniques. Volunteers are the heart, soul and muscle behind Habitat’s work. As they walk away from the construction sites, volunteers tell us that their lives have been transformed by helping build a Habitat home.
All are welcome. Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity has an open-door policy: all who believe that everyone needs a decent, affordable place to live are welcome to help with the work, regardless of race, religion, age, gender, political views or any of the other distinctions that too often divide people. In short, Habitat welcomes volunteers and supporters from all backgrounds and also serves people in need of decent housing regardless of race or religion. Habitat for Humanity and its affiliate organizations will not proselytize. Nor will Habitat work with entities or individuals who insist on proselytizing as part of their work with Habitat. This means that Habitat will not offer assistance on the expressed or implied condition that people must adhere to or convert to a particular faith or listen and respond to messaging designed to induce conversion to a particular faith.
Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity is an independent organization that is overseen by a board of directors and governed by its own policies. If you have a complaint about Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity, please contact us to discuss the issue or concern.
If you believe your concern cannot be adequately addressed or resolved by the affiliate, or if your concern relates to Pioneer Valley Habitat for Humanity leadership (board president or executive director), notify Habitat for Humanity International by following the process outlined on Habitat.org.
Staff
| Staff Member | Position | |
| Megan McDonough | Executive Director | megan@pvhabitat.org |
| Amy Landry | Director of Resource Development | amy@pvhabitat.org |
| Jess Flohr | Operations Manager | jess@pvhabitat.org |
| Eric Sussman | Construction Coordinator | eric@pvhabitat.org |
Board
| Name | Position | Term | Expiration |
| Mariah Kurtz | President | 2nd | 9/30/2026 |
| Darcy Johnson | Vice President | 1st | 9/30/2024 |
| Muthoni Magua | Treasurer | 2nd | 9/30/2026 |
| Kathy Caputo | Clerk | 2nd | 9/30/2026 |
| MaryAnne Kuroczko | Asst. Clerk | 2nd | 9/30/2025 |
| Sydney Pelletier | College Liason | 1st | 9/30/2024 |
| Zan Bross | 1st | 9/30/2025 | |
| Peter Graham | 2nd | 9/30/2025 | |
| Jim Hickey | 1st | 9/30/2024 | |
| Seth Lawrence-Slavas | 1st | 9/30/2024 | |
| William Levine | 2nd | 9/30/2025 | |
| Matthew Sherwood | 2nd | 9/30/2024 | |
| Rob Steinberg | 2nd | 9/30/2025 | |
| Nour Elkhattaby-Strauch | 1st | 9/30/2024 | |
| Holly Young | 1st | 9/30/2024 |
Committees
- Finance Committee: Muthoni Magua, Chair
- Family Support Committee: Nancy Blair, Chair
- Site Squad: Christine Aubrey, Chair
- Building Committee: Walt Kohler, Chair
- Safety Committee: Billy Pennington, Chair