The EDC is governed by a Board of Directors that includes elected representatives of the EDC's membership.
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
Board of Directors
- George Arwady, Publisher & CEO - The Republican Newspaper
- Robert Babcock, Marketing President - Western-Central MA - TD Bank
- Alicia Barton, CEO - FirstLight Power, Inc.
- Erin Bissonnette, Sr. Energy Account Rep. - Secure Energy (ERC5 President)
- Deborah Bitsoli, President - Mercy Medical Center & Affiliates
- Jia Bo, Chairman of the Board - CRRC MA
- 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.
- Stephen A. Davis, President - Ventry Industries, LLC
- Kevin Day, President - Florence Bank
- Barbara-Jean DeLoria, Senior Vice President - Florence Bank (SRC Chair)
- 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
- Gus Kim, Vice President & Legal Counsel, Northeast Group - MGM
- Sue Kristjansson, President & CEO - Berkshire Gas
- John Libera - (Westover Metropolitan Development Corp. (WMDC) Chair)
- Shawn Pace, Site Manager, Indian Orchard - Eastman Chemical/Solutia
- Barry Roberts, - Amherst BID (Amherst BID Chair)
- Cesar Ruiz, President & CEO - Golden Years Home Care Services
- Robert Simone, Vice President & General Manager – WWLP-22 News & The CW Spfld.
- Kumble Subbaswamy, Chancellor - UMASS - Amherst
- Richard Swift, President - Health New England
- 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