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.
Officers
Tricia Canavan
Chair
Tricia Canavan
Executive Director
Tech Foundry
Christina Royal
Vice Chair
Christina Royal
President
HCC
Lisa McCarthy
Vice Chair
Lisa McCarthy
President
Home Fragrance
Yankee Candle
Steve Lowell
Treasurer
Steve Lowell
President
Monson Savings
Katie Allan Zobel
Clerk
Katie Allan Zobel
President & CEO
Community Foundation of Western Mass
EDC Members
- George Arwady, Publisher & CEO - The Republican Newspaper
- Robert Babcock, Marketing President - Western-Central MA - TD Bank
- Alicia Barton, CEO - FirstLight Power, Inc.
- Hurbert Benitez, DDS, PhD-President - American International College (AIC)
- Erin Bissonnette, Sr. Energy Account Rep. - Secure Energy (ERC5 President)
- Deborah Bitsoli, President - Mercy Medical Center & Affiliates
- Jia Bo, Chariman of the Board - CRRC MA
- Paul Bockelman, Town Manager - Town of Amherst
- Robert Bolduc, Founder - The Hope Foundation for Youth and Families
- Elle Bonnevie, Group Controller Engine Systems - Tell Tool-Cadence Aerospace
- Megan Burke, President & CEO - Community Foundation of Western Mass
- Daniel Butterfield, President - US Tsubaki
- Kate Campiti, Associate Publisher - BusinessWest
- Kristin Carlson, President - Peerless Precision, Inc.
- Peter Carmichael, Park President - Six Flags New England
- Steve Cary, President - Focus Springfield (Focus Springfield Chair)
- Gene Cassidy, President - Eastern States Exposition (GSCVB Chair)
- David Chase, VP Member Business Services - Freedom Credit Union
- Kristin Cole, Director of Workforce Training Programs – Greenfield Community College
- John Cook, President - STCC
- Mary Beth Cooper, President - Springfield College
- 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
- Kevin Day, President - Florence Bank
- Ron DeCurzio, CEO - Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co
- Barbara-Jean DeLoria, Sr. V.P. - Florence Bank (SRC Chair)
- Kevin Dillon, Executive Director - Connecticut Airport Authority
- Dianne Fuller Doherty, Entrepreneurship/Capacity Building - Social Entrepreneurship
- Sandra Doran, President - Bay Path University
- Ann Marie Dowd, President - Tamarack Advisors, LLC
- Harry Dumay, President - Elms College
- Daniel Finnegan, Partner - Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP
- Tom Flaherty, General Manager - Westfield Gas & Electric
- Herbie Flores, President & CEO - Partners for Community
- The Honorable Joshua Garcia, Mayor – City of Holyoke
- Edward Garibian, President - LLumin
- Daniel M. Glanville, V. P. of Government Affairs - Comcast Ct/West Region
- Philip Goncalves, Senior Vice President - Westfield Bank
- Todd Goodrich, CEO - Sulco Warehousing & Logistics/Lancer Trans & Logistics
- Alfred Griggs - Al Griggs Industries, Inc.
- Dena Hall, Executive VP Chief Marketing Officer – bankESB
- Sam Hallemeier, Director, State Affairs - Pharmaceutical Care Management Assoc. (PCMA)
- James Hickson, SVP Commercial Regional President - Berkshire Bank (SBID Chair)
- James Hunt, VP for Regulatory Affairs & Community Relations - Eversource
- Tim Ingerson, CFO - Balise Auto
- Robert Johnson, President - Western New England University
- Al Kasper, President & CEO – Savage Arms
- Jaimye Kelley, Senior V.P. and Team Leader WMass Commercial Banking - M&T Bank
- James Kelly, President - Polish National Credit Union
- Timothy Kennedy, President - MassLive
- Mark Keroack, President & CEO - Baystate Health Inc.
- Gus Kim, Vice President and Legal Counsel, Northeast Group - MGM Springfield
- Sue Kristjansson, President & CEO - Berkshire Gas
- The Honorable Nicole LaChapelle, Mayor - City of Easthampton
- James N. Lavelle, General Manager - Holyoke Gas & Electric
- John Libera - (Westover Metropolitan Development Corp. (WMDC) Chair)
- The Honorable Jennifer Macksey – City of North Adams
- Ben Markens, Principal - The Markens Group, Inc.
- John Maybury, President - Maybury Material Handling
- The Honorable Michael McCabe, Mayor – City of Westfield
- Kathleen McCartney, President - Smith College
- Hubert McGovern, President & CEO - OMG, Inc.
- Marsha Medina, President – Pride Operating, LLC
- Daniel Moriarty, President – Monson Savings
- Dana Neves, Vice President & General Manager WFSB
- Maurice O'Connell, Senior Director State Relations - CSX
- Kevin O’Shea, Director of Government Affairs – National Grid
- Shawn Pace, Site Manager, Indian Orchard - Eastman Chemical/Solutia
- Paul C. Picknelly, President - Monarch Enterprises
- Peter A. Picknelly, Jr., President - Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc.
- Craig Reed, CFO - All States Materials Group
- The Honorable William Reichelt, Mayor - Town of West Springfield
- Barry Roberts, Chair - Amherst BID (Amherst BID Chair)
- Steven M. Roberts, Former Owner - F.L. Roberts (Retired)
- Cesar Ruiz, President & CEO - Golden Years Home Care Service
- The Honorable William Sapelli, Mayor - Town of Agawam
- The Honorable Domenic Sarno, Mayor - City of Springfield
- The Honorable Gina-Louise Sciarra – City of Northampton
- Paul Scully, President - Country Bank
- Thomas Senecal, President & CEO - Peoples Bank
- Robert Simone, Vice President & General Manager – WWLP-22 News & The CW Spfld.
- Seth Stratton, Managing Shareholder – Fitzgerald Law
- Kumble Subbaswamy, Chancellor - UMASS - Amherst
- Jeffery Sullivan, President & CEO- New Valley Bank and Trust
- Richard Swift, President - Health New England
- Beverly Daniel Tatum, President - Mt. Holyoke College
- Linda Thompson, President - Westfield State University
- Tom Tilas, Vice President - AECOM/Tishman
- The Honorable Linda Tyer, Mayor - City of Pittsfield
- Kevin Vann, Past Chair - The Vann Group
- The Honorable John Vieau, Mayor - City of Chicopee
- The Honorable Roxann Wedegartner, Mayor - Town of Greenfield
- Eric Weinstein, Lead Government Relations Advisor - MassMutual Financial
- Anthony Worden, President & CEO - Greenfield Co-Operative Bank
- David A. Parke, Esquire, EDC Counsel - Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP
- Rick Sullivan, President & CEO - Economic Development Council of Western MA