EDC Members
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.
Officers
- EDC Chair – Gus Kim, V. President & Legal Counsel – MGM
- 1st Vice Chair – Eric Weinstein, Lead Government Relations Advisor – MassMutual
- 2nd Vice Chair – Chancellor Javier Reyes, Chancellor of UMASS Amherst
- Treasurer – Daniel Keenan, Regional V. President Advocacy & Government Relations – Mercy Medical Center
- Clerk – Cesar Ruiz, President – USA International Sports Complex Group
EDC Members
- George Arwady, Publisher & CEO – The Republican Newspaper
- Paul Belsito, Executive Director – The Davis Foundation
- Hurbert Benitez, DDS, PhD-President – American International College (AIC)
- Deborah Bitsoli, President – Mercy Medical Center & Affiliates
- 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
- Andy Brydges, Director, Community Relations – FirstLight Power
- Megan Burke, President & CEO – Community Foundation of Western Mass
- Kate Campiti, Associate Publisher – BusinessWest
- Tricia Canavan, President – Tech Foundry
- Kristin Carlson, President – Peerless Precision, Inc.
- Peter Carmichael, Park President – Six Flags New England
- Steve Cary, President – Focus Springfield
- Gene Cassidy, President – Eastern States Exposition
- David Chase, VP Member Business Services – Freedom Credit Union
- John Ciolek, V.P. of Sales, Finance & Administration – Associated Builders Inc.
- 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.
- Glenn Davis, First V.P. Community Development/CRA Officer – Liberty Bank
- Ron DeCurzio, CEO – Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Co
- The Honorable Virginia “Ginny” Desorgher, Mayor – City of Greenfield
- Matthew Garrity, President – Florence Bank
- Kevin Dillon, Executive Director – Connecticut Airport Authority
- Elizabeth Dineen, CEO – YWCA of Western Massachusetts
- 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
- Keith Fairey, President – Wayfinders
- 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.
- Sam Hallemeier, Director, State Affairs – Pharmaceutical Care Management Assoc. (PCMA)
- Patience Hettrick, General Manager – Western Mass News/Gray Television
- James Hickson, SVP Commercial Regional President – Berkshire Bank a division of Beacon Bank & Trust
- Danielle Holley, President – Mount Holyoke College
- James Hunt, VP for Regulatory Affairs & Community Relations – Eversource
- Tim Ingerson, CFO – Balise Auto
- The Honorable Christopher Johnson, Mayor – Town of Agawam
- Robert Johnson, President – Western New England University
- James Kelly, President – Polish National Credit Union
- Timothy Kennedy, President – MassLive
- The Honorable Nicole LaChapelle, Mayor – City of Easthampton
- James N. Lavelle, General Manager – Holyoke Gas & Electric
- Sarah Willie-LeBreton, President – Smith College
- John Libera – Westover Metropolitan Development Corp.
- Ben Markens, Principal – The Markens Group, Inc.
- John Maybury, President – Maybury Material Handling
- The Honorable Michael McCabe, Mayor – City of Westfield
- Daniel Moriarty, President – Monson Savings
- Maurice O’Connell, Senior Director State Relations – CSX
- Francis Orlando, Vice President Public Affairs – Delta Dental Massachusetts
- 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
- The Honorable Domenic Sarno, Mayor – City of Springfield
- Michelle Schutt, President – Greenfield Community College (GCC)
- 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
- Jeffery Sullivan, President & CEO- New Valley Bank and Trust
- Nate Tassinari, Regional Vice President Western Mass – TD Bank
- Linda Thompson, President – Westfield State University
- Tom Tilas, Vice President – AECOM/Tishman
- George Timmons, President – Holyoke Community College (HCC)
- Gary Turku, Senior Vice President – BankESB
- Kevin Vann, Past Chair – The Vann Group
- The Honorable John Vieau, Mayor – City of Chicopee
- Zhaofu Wang, President – CRRCMA
- 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