Board of Directors

Officers

President

Meagen Donoghue

Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority

166 Boulder Drive, Suite 104

Fitchburg, MA 01420

 

Treasurer

Trevor Beauregard

Gardner Redevelopment Authority

115 Pleasant Street, Room 201

Gardner, MA 01440

 

First Vice President

Julie Cowan

MassDevelopment

1350 Main Street, Suite 1110

Springfield, MA 01103

 

Secretary

Michael Coakley

City of Pittsfield

70 Allen Street, Room 205

Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Second Vice President

Pamela McCarthy

Town of Stoughton

10 Pearl Street

Stoughton, MA 02072

 

Chair, Council of Past Presidents

Roberta Brien

Worcester Business Development Corporation

89 Shrewsbury Street, Suite 300

Worcester, MA 01604

 

Members

Berkshires

Michael Coakley

City of Pittsfield

70 Allen Street, Room 205

Pittsfield, MA 01201

 

Greater Boston

Sal DiStefano

City of Gloucester

3 Pond Road

Gloucester, MA 01930

 

Southeast

VACANT

 

At-Large

Meagen Donoghue

Fitchburg Redevelopment Authority

166 Boulder Drive, Suite 104

Fitchburg, MA 01420

 

At-Large

Maria DiStefano

Massachusetts Office of Business Development

370 Essex Street

Lawrence, MA 01840

Cape and Islands

Erin Perry

Cape Cod Commission

3225 Main Street

Barnstable, MA 02630

 

Northeast

Michael Bevilacqua

Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce

264 Essex Street

Lawrence, MA 01840

 

At-Large

Trevor Beauregard

Gardner Redevelopment Authority

115 Pleasant Street, Room 201

Gardner, MA 01440

 

At-Large

Pamela McCarthy

Town of Stoughton

10 Pearl Street

Stoughton, MA 02072

 

Executive Director

Samantha Penzone

Worcester Business Development Corporation

89 Shrewsbury Street, Suite 300

Worcester, MA 01604

Central MA

Roberta Brien

Worcester Business Development Corporation

89 Shrewsbury Street, Suite 300

Worcester, MA 01604

 

Pioneer Valley

Cliff Paredes

MA Small Business Development Center

23 Tilson Farm House Road

Amherst, MA 01003

 

At-Large

Julie Cowan

MassDevelopment

1350 Main Street, Suite 1110

Springfield, MA 01103

 

At-Large

Mark Melnik

UMass Donahue Institute

100 Venture Way, Suite 9

Hadley, MA 01035

 

Council of Past Presidents

Roberta Brien - Present

Georgianna Parkin - 2023

Roberta Brien - 2021 - 2022

Trevor Beauregard - 2015 - 2020

Joe Bevilacqua - 2013 - 2014

Kathy McCabe - 2010 - 2012

The Council of Past Presidents serves in conjunction with the Board of Directors and acts as its Nominating Committee.