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The EDC is governed by a Board of Directors that includes the mayor of each of the region's municipalities, C-level representatives of major corporations and the chancellors/presidents of area colleges and universities.
Board members meet quarterly while subcommittees (Governance, Finance, Marketing, HomeField Advantage, Infrastructure, Government Relations, Tourism, and the Executive Committee) meet monthly or bimonthly to guide every facet of the Economic Development Council in its mission.
Officers
Chairman Alfred Griggs
Vice Chairman Charles D'Amour
Secretary Peter Straley
Treasurer Kevin Vann
President/CEO Allan Blair
Directors
Ronald J. Abdow, President
Abdow Corporation
Paul M. Accorsi Sr., Senior Vice President MA Operations
NewAlliance Bank
Robert B. Atkinson, Esq.
Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas
The Honorable Michael Bissonnette
Mayor of the City of Chicopee
Robert Bolduc, President
Pride Stations & Stores
The Honorable Michael Boulanger Mayor of the City of Westfield
Douglas A. Bowen, President & CEO Peoples Bank
William A. Burke III, President
LENOX/American Saw
Thomas Burton, President
Hampden Bank
Anthony S. Caprio, President
Western New England College
Gregory Chiecko, Sales Manager
Eastern States Exposition
Carol T. Christ, President
Smith College
Dr. Thomas W. Cole, Jr., Interim President
UMass-Amherst
Richard Collins, President
United Bank
Thomas Creed, Senior Vice President
Sovereign Bank New England
Scott Creelman, President
Spalding Sports Worldwide
Joanne V. Creighton, President
Mount Holyoke College
John Cutter, Former President
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
Stephen Davis, President
Ventry Industries, LLC
The Honorable Susan Dawson Mayor of the Town of Agawam
John DeBarge, President
Arrow Security
Roland G. Desrochers, President & CEO
Monson Savings Bank
George Dickerman, Retired Chairman/CEO
Spalding Sports Worldwide
Paul S. Doherty, Esq.
Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy
Raymond Evans, Vice President Commercial Loans
TD Banknorth, N.A.
Susan Weiss Firestone, President
Plastic Packaging Corporation
Richard B. Flynn, President
Springfield College
The Honorable Christine Forgey
Mayor of the Town of Greenfield
John Gallup, Former Senior Vice President
Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield
The Honorable Edward J. Gibson
Mayor of the Town of West Springfield
Daniel M. Glanville, Vice President Government Affairs Comcast CT/ West Region
David W. Glidden, Regional Director
TD Banknorth
Michael Golden, President & CEO
Smith & Wesson
Andreas Gottzmann, President & CEO
Suddekor LLC
Thomas Hazen, President
Hazen Paper Company
John Heaps, President/CEO
Florence Savings Bank
The Honorable Mary Clare Higgins
Mayor of the City of Northampton
David Hobert, Senior Vice President
Sovereign Bank New England
William Hogan, President & CEO
Easthampton Savings Bank
Aaron Julien, Publisher
Daily Hampshire Gazette
George J. Koller, President & CEO
Nobel Health Systems, Inc.
Marie Laflamme, Owner
Centennial Insurance Agency
Carol A. Leary, President
Bay Path College
Larry Litton, Vice President & General Manager
Six Flags New England
John Maybury, President
Maybury Material Handling
Vince McCorkle, President/CEO
Sisters of Providence Health System
Paul McDonald, Special Advisor to Board of Directors
Friendly Ice Cream Corporation
William F. Messner, President
Holyoke Community College
Dr. James H. Mullen, President
Elms College
Steven Mitus
Balise Motor Sales
Paul Nicolai, Attorney
Nicolai Law Group
Keith Parent, CEO
Court Square Data Group, Inc.
Paul C. Picknelly, President
Monarch Enterprises
Peter A. Picknelly, Jr., President
Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc.
Hank J. Porten, President
Holyoke Medical Center
Rodney O. Powell, President
Western Massachusetts Electric Company
Dan Prestegaard, Executive Vice President & COO Farm Credit Financial Partners, Inc.
Robert L. Pura, President
Greenfield Community College
Arlene Putnam, Vice President & General Manager
Eastfield Associates, LLC
W. Lowell Putnam, President
Video Communications, Inc.
John Reed, President
Mestek, Inc.
Stuart H. Reese, President & CEO
MassMutual Life Insurance Co.
Jeffrey W. Roberts, Esq.
Robinson, Donovan
Steven M. Roberts, President
F.L. Roberts & Co., Inc.
Trish Robinson, Senior Vice President Deputy Head of Government Relations MassMutual Financial Group
Fred Rosenkranz, President
Marox Corporation
Peter Rosskothen, President
Log Cabin Meeting & Banquet House
Ira Rubenzahl, President
Springfield Technical Community College
Craig W. Rydin, Chairman & CEO
Yankee Candle
The Honorable Domenic Sarno Mayor of the City of Springfield
Mary Ellen Scott, President
United Personnel Services
Paul Scully, President
Country Bank
Larry Shaffer, Town Manager
Town of Amherst
David Shrair
Cooley, Shrair, P.C.
David Starr, President
The Republican
Glenn Steiger, General Manager MA Municipal Wholesale Electric Co.
Jeffrey Sullivan, Executive Vice President
United Cooperative Bank
The Honorabel Michael J. Sullivan
Mayor of the City of Holyoke
The Honorable Michael A. Tautznik
Mayor of the City of Easthampton
John C. Taylor, Division Manager
Mead/Westvaco
Mark R. Tolosky, President and CEO
Baystate Health System
Michael E. Tucker, President/CEO
Greenfield Co-Operative Bank
Paul Valickus, President
St. Germain Investment Management
Terry VanderWert, President & CEO
PRIMA North America
William J. Wagner, President
Chicopee Savings Bank
Donald Williams, President/CEO
Westfield Bank
Tyler Young, President & CEO
W F Young, Inc.
Richard J. Zilewicz, Market President & Sr. Credit Prod Officer
Middle Market Banking - Bank of America
EDC Counsel
David A. Parke
Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP
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