The EDC is governed by a Board of Directors that includes elected representatives of the EDC's membership.
Board of Directors
- George Arwady, Publisher & CEO - The Republican Newspaper
- Paul Belsito, Executive Director - The Davis Foundation
- Erin Bissonnette, Sr. Energy Account Rep. - Secure Energy (ERC5 President)
- Deborah Bitsoli, President - Mercy Medical Center & Affiliates
- Andy Brydges, Director, community Relations - FirstLight Power
- Daniel Butterfield, President - US Tsubaki
- 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 & CEO - The Big E (GSCVB Chair)
- David Chase, VP Member Business Services - Freedom Credit Union
- John Cook, President - STCC
- Ellen Cummings, Regional Director, Ext. Affairs - Central & Western MA - Verizon
- Charles D'Amour, President & COO - Big Y Foods, Inc.
- Harry Dumay, President - Elms College
- Daniel Finnegan, Partner - Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP
- Daniel M. Glanville, V. P. of Government Affairs - Comcast Ct/West Region
- Philip Goncalves, Senior Vice President - Westfield Bank
- Dena Hall, Executive VP Chief Marketing Officer – bankESB
- James Hickson, SVP Commercial Regional President - Berkshire Bank (SBID Chair)
- James Hunt, VP for Regulatory Affairs & Community Relations - Eversource
- Daniel Keenan, Senior V.P. Advocacy & Government Relations - Mercy Medical (SRC Chair)
- Mark Keroack, President - Baystate Health, Inc.
- Sue Kristjansson, President & CEO - Berkshire Gas
- John Libera - (Westover Metropolitan Development Corp. (WMDC) Chair)
- Daniel Moriarty, President - Monson Savings Bank
- Shawn Pace, Site Manager, Indian Orchard - Eastman Chemical/Solutia
- Javier Reyes, Chancellor - UMASS-Amherst
- Barry Roberts, - Amherst BID (Amherst BID Chair)
- Robert Simone, Vice President & General Manager – WWLP-22 News & The CW Spfld.
- Richard Swift, President - Health New England
- Nate Tassinari, Regional Vice President Western Mass - TD Bank
- George Timmons, President _ Holyoke Community College
- Gary Turku, Senior vice President - BankESB
- Zhaofu Wang, President - CRRC MA
- Eric Weinstein, Lead Government Relations Advisor - MassMutual Financial
- David A. Parke, Esquire, EDC Counsel - Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP
- Rick Sullivan, President & CEO - Economic Development Council of Western MA