WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL - Key Persons


Al Kasper

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President & CEO - Savage Arms

Andy Brydges

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Director, Community Relations - FirstLight Power

Ann Marie Dowd

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Tamarack Advisors, LLC

Anne DeWolf - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations

Anne Kandilis

Job Titles:
  • Director

Anthony Worden - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the EDC
  • President

Barry Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Chairman - Amherst BID ( Amherst BID Chair )

Ben Markens

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Principal - the Markens Group, Inc

Cesar Ruiz

Job Titles:
  • Clerk
  • Member of the Officers Team

Charles D'Amour

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President & COO - Big Y Foods, Inc

Craig Reed

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • CFO - All States Materials Group

Daniel Butterfield

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - US Tsubaki

Daniel Finnegan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Partner - Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP

Daniel Keenan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Regional Vice President Advocacy & Government Relations - Trinity Health of New England ( SRC )
  • Senior V.P. Advocacy & Government Relations - Mercy Medical ( SRC Chair )

Daniel M. Glanville

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • V. P. of Government Affairs - Comcast Ct / West Region

Daniel Moriarty

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Monson Savings
  • President - Monson Savings Bank

Danielle Holley

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Mount Holyoke College

David A. Parke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • EDC Counsel - Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP

David Chase

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • VP Member Business Services - Freedom Credit Union

Deborah Bitsoli

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Mercy Medical Center & Affiliates

Dena Hall

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Executive VP Chief Marketing Officer - BankESB

Diana Szynal - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Edward Garibian

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - LLumin

Elizabeth Dineen

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • CEO - YWCA

Elle Bonnevie

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Group Controller Engine Systems - Tell Tool - Cadence Aerospace

Ellen Cummings

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Regional Director, Ext. Affairs - Central & Western MA - Verizon

Eric Weinstein

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Lead Government Relations Advisor - MassMutual Financial

Erin Bissonnette, Sr.

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC

Gabrielle Gould

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Gary Turku

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Senior Vice President - Bank ESB

Gene Cassidy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President & CEO - the Big E ( GSCVB Chair )
  • President - Eastern States Exposition ( GSCVB Chair )

George Arwady

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Publisher & CEO - the Republican Newspaper

George Timmons

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President of the Board of Directors
  • President - Holyoke Community College ( HCC )

Grace Barone

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Gus Kim

Job Titles:
  • 1st Vice Chair
  • Member of the Officers Team

Harry Dumay

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Elms College

Herbie Flores

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President & CEO - Partners for Community

Hope Ross

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Hubert McGovern

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President & CEO - OMG, Inc

Hurbert Benitez

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - American International College ( AIC )

Jaimye Kelley - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Officers Team
  • Treasurer

James Hickson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • SVP Commercial Regional President - Berkshire Bank ( SBID Chair )

James Hunt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • VP for Regulatory Affairs & Community Relations - Eversource

James Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Polish National Credit Union

James N. Lavelle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • General Manager - Holyoke Gas & Electric

Javier Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Chancellor - UMASS - Amherst

Jeffery Sullivan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President & CEO - New Valley Bank and Trust

John Ciolek

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • V.P. of Sales, Finance & Administration - Associated Builders Inc

John Cook

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - STCC

John Libera

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors

John Maybury

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Maybury Material Handling

Kate Campiti

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Associate Publisher - BusinessWest

Keith Fairey

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Wayfinders

Kevin Dillon

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Executive Director - Connecticut Airport Authority

Kevin O'Shea

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Director of Government Affairs - National Grid

Kevin Vann

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC

Kristin Carlson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Peerless Precision, Inc

Linda Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Westfield State University

Mark Keroack

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President & CEO - Baystate Health Inc.
  • President - Baystate Health, Inc

Mary Beth Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Springfield College

Mary Kay Wydra - President

Job Titles:
  • President

Matthew Garrity

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Florence Bank

Maurice O'Connell

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Senior Director State Relations - CSX

Megan Burke

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President & CEO - Community Foundation of Western Mass

Michael Bolton

Job Titles:
  • Director of Civil Aviation

Michele Goldberg - CMO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Marketing

Michelle Grout

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director

Michelle Schutt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Greenfield Community College ( GCC )

Nate Tassinari

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Regional Vice President Western Mass - TD Bank

Patience Hettrick

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • General Manager - Western Mass News / Gray Television

Paul Belsito

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Executive Director - the Davis Foundation

Paul Bockelman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Town Manager - Town of Amherst

Paul C. Picknelly

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Monarch Enterprises

Paul Scully

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Country Bank

Peter A. Picknelly

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Peter Pan Bus Lines, Inc

Peter Carmichael

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Park President - Six Flags New England

Philip Goncalves

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Senior Vice President - Westfield Bank

Richard Swift

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Health New England

Rick Sullivan - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President
  • President & CEO - Economic Development Council of Western

Robert Bolduc

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Founder - the Hope Foundation for Youth and Families

Robert Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Western New England University

Robert Simone

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Vice President & General Manager - WWLP - 22 News & the CW Spfld

Ron DeCurzio - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the EDC

Sam Hallemeier

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Director, State Affairs - Pharmaceutical Care Management Assoc. ( PCMA )

Sam Skura

Job Titles:
  • 2nd Vice Chair
  • Member of the Officers Team

Sandra Doran

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Bay Path University

Sarah Willie-LeBreton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Smith College

Seth Stratton

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Managing Shareholder - Fitzgerald Law

Shawn Pace

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • Site Manager, Indian Orchard - Eastman Chemical / Solutia

Steve Cary

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - Focus Springfield - ( Focus Springfield Chair )

Steve Wolf

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Information Technology

Steven M. Roberts

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC

Sue Kristjansson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • Member of the EDC
  • President & CEO - Berkshire Gas

The Honorable Christopher Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Mayor - Town of Agawam

The Honorable Domenic Sarno

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Mayor - City of Springfield

The Honorable John Vieau

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Mayor - City of Chicopee

The Honorable Joshua Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Mayor - City of Holyoke

The Honorable Michael McCabe

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Mayor - City of Westfield

The Honorable Nicole LaChapelle

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Mayor - City of Easthampton

The Honorable Virginia "Ginny" Desorgher

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Mayor - City of Greenfield

The Honorable William Reichelt

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Mayor - Town of West Springfield

Thomas Senecal

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President & CEO - Peoples Bank

Tim Ingerson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • CFO - Balise Auto

Timothy Kennedy

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - MassLive

Todd Goodrich

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • CEO - Sulco Warehousing & Logistics / Lancer Trans & Logistics

Tom Flaherty

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • General Manager - Westfield Gas & Electric

Tom Tilas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • Vice President - AECOM / Tishman

Tricia Canavan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the EDC
  • President - the Tech Foundry ( EDC past Chair )

Xiomara DeLobato - VP

Job Titles:
  • Chief
  • Vice President

Zhaofu Wang

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board of Directors
  • President - CRRC