The EDC is governed by a Board of Directors that includes elected representatives of the EDC's membership, particularly including representatives of major corporations.

Board members and subcommittees meet regularly to guide every facet of the Economic Development Council in its mission.

Officers

Chairman Peter F. Straley, President & CEO - Health New England

Vice Chairman Peter Clarke, President - Western Massachusetts Electric Co.

Secretary Dr. Robert C. Holub, Chancellor - UMass - Amherst

Treasurer Kevin B. Vann, President - Dufault, Vann & Carella

President & CEO Allan W. Blair, EDC of Western Massachusetts

Board of Directors 

• George Arwady, Publisher & CEO - The Republican Newspaper
• Christopher Borowiec, Sr. V.P. Market Executive - U.S. Trust, Bank of America
• Charles Bowles, President Northampton BID - Bowles Enterprises, LLP
• George Burtch, Vice President - Hasbro Corporation
• Frank Crinella, Sr. V.P. Commercial Loans - TD BankNorth
• John Chandler, Sr. V.P. & Chief Mkt. Officer - MassMutual Financial Group
• Carol T. Christ, President - Smith College
• Tom Creed, Sr. V.P. Regional Commercial Lending Executive - Berkshire Bank
• Charles D'Amour, President & COO - Big Y Foods, Inc.
• Stephen A. Davis, President - Ventry Industries, LLC
• David W. Glidden, Regional President - TD Bank, N.A.
• John Heaps, President & CEO - Florence Savings Bank
• Timothy Hopkins, V.P. of Retail Marketing - Friendly's Ice Cream Corporation
• Harlan Kent, President & CEO - Yankee Candle, Inc.
• John Libera
• William F. Messner, President - Holyoke Community College
• Daniel P. Moen, President & CEO - Sister of Providence health Systems
• Paul Peter Nicolai, Esquire - Nicolai Law Group, P.C.
• Steven M. Roberts, President - F.L. Roberts & Co., Inc.
• Peter Rosskothen, President - The Log Cabin & Delaney House
• Mary Ellen Scott, President - United Personnel Services
• Mark Tolosky, President & CEO - Baystate Health
• William J. Wagner, President - Chicopee Savings Bank
• Glenn Welch, Executve Vice President - Hampden Bank
• Donald Williams, President & CEO - Westfield Savings Bank
• Richard Wuerthele, President - Lenox/American Saw
• David A. Parke, Esquire - EDC Counsel - Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP