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EDC Members

The EDC Membership includes the mayor of each of the region's municipalities, representatives of major corporations and the chancellors/presidents of area colleges and universities.

EDC Members

  • Peter F. Straley, President & CEO - Health New England (Chair)
  • Peter Clarke, President - Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (Vice Chair)
  • Dr. Robert C. Holub, Chancellor - UMass - Amherst (Secretary)
  • Kevin B. Vann, President - Dufault, Vann & Carella (Treasurer)
  • Allan W. Blair - EDC of Western Massachusetts (President & CEO)
  • Alfred L. Griggs (Past Chair)
  • Ronald J. Abdow, President - Abdow Corporation
  • George Arwady, Publisher & CEO - The Republican Newspaper
  • Honorable Michael Bissonnette, Mayor - City of Chicopee
  • Robert Bolduc, President - Pride Stations & Stores
  • Christopher Borowiec, Sr. V.P. Market Executive - U.S. Trust, Bank of America
  • Douglas A. Bowen, President & CEO - PeoplesBank 
  • Charles Bowles, President Northampton BID - Bowles Enterprises, LLP
  • George Burtch, Vice President - Hasbro Corporation
  • Thomas Burton, President - Hampden Bank
  • Anthony S. Caprio, President - Western New England University
  • Fran Cataldo, Jr. - C & W Realty
  • John Chandler, Sr. V.P. & Chief Mkt. Officer - MassMutual Financial Group
  • Gregory Chiecko, Sales Director - Eastern State Exposition
  • Carol T. Christ, President - Smith College
  • Honorable Richard Cohen, Mayor - Town of Agawam
  • Richard Collins, President - United Bank
  • David Colton, Jr
  • Tom Creed
  • Frank Crinella, Sr. V.P. Commercial Loans - TD BankNorth
  • Ellen Cummings, Regional Director, Ext. Affairs - Central & Western MA - Verizon
  • Charles D'Amour, President & COO - Big Y Foods, Inc.
  • Stephen A. Davis, President - Ventry Industries, LLC
  • Francis D. Dibble, Esquire - Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP
  • Dr. Evan S. Dobelle, President - Westfield State University
  • Paul S. Doherty, Esquire - Doherty, Wallace, Pillsbury & Murphy
  • Raymond Evans
  • Dr. Richard B. Flynn, President - Springfield College
  • Daniel M. Glanville, V. P. of Government Affairs - Comcast Ct/West Region
  • David W. Glidden, Regional President - TD Bank, N.A.
  • Thomas Hazen                                                  
  • John Heaps, President & CEO - Florence Savings Bank
  • Williams S. Hogan, Jr., President & CEO - Easthampton Savings Bank
  • Timothy Hopkins, V.P. of Retail Marketing - Friendly's Ice Cream Corporation
  • Daniel Howard, General Manager - Westfield Gas & Electric
  • Harlan Kent, President & CEO - Yankee Candle, Inc.
  • Honorable Daniel M. Knapik, Mayor - City of Westfield
  • Marie Laflamme, Owner - Centennial Insurance Company
  • David W. Lahr, Plant Manager - Solutia, Inc.
  • James N. Lavelle, General Manager - Holyoke Gas & Electric
  • Carol A. Leary, President - Bay Path College
  • Steven Lowell, President & CEO - Monson Savings Bank
  • John Libera
  • Honorable William F. Martin, Mayor - Town of Greenfield
  • John Maybury, President - Maybury Material Handling
  • William F. Messner, President - Holyoke Community College
  • Steven Mitus, Executive V.P. & CFO - Balise Motor Sales
  • Daniel P. Moen, President & CEO - Sister of Providence Health Systems
  • Honorable Alex B. Morris, Mayor - City of Holyoke
  • John Musante, Town Manager - Town of Amherst
  • Honorable David Narkewicz, Mayor - City of Northampton
  • Honorable Gregory Neffinger, Mayor - Town of West Springfield
  • Paul Peter Nicolai, Esquire - Nicolai Law Group, P.C.
  • Lynn Pasquerella, President - Mount Holyoke College
  • Joseph Peters, President - Universal Plastics Corp.
  • Paul C. Picknelly, President - Monarch Enterprises
  • Peter A. Picknelly, Jr., President - Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc.
  • Hank J. Porten, President - Holyoke Medical Center
  • Dan Prestegaard, Senior Vice President & COO - Financial Partners Inc (FPI)
  • Robert L. Pura, President - Greenfield Community College
  • John Reed, President - Mestek, Inc.
  • Steven M. Roberts, President - F.L. Roberts & Co., Inc.
  • Peter Rosskothen, President - The Log Cabin & Delaney House
  • Ira Rubenzahl, President - Springfield Technical Community College
  • Honorable Domenic Sarno, Mayor - City of Springfield
  • Mary Ellen Scott, President - United Personnel Services
  • Paul Scully, President - Country Bank
  • Joseph P. Shaw, First Vice President - First Niagara Bank
  • David Shrair, Esquire - Cooley,Shrair, P.C.
  • David Southworth, President & CEO - Southworth Paper Company
  • Honorable Michael A. Tautznik, Mayor - City of Easthampton
  • Mark Tolosky, President & CEO - Baystate Health
  • Michael E. Tucker, Esq., President & CEO - Greenfield Co-Operative Bank
  • Timothy Van Epps, President, - Sandi Companies
  • Jake Goodyear, V.P. Renewable Energy - Sandi Companies
  • 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