The business people who work to keep the SCDP focused, relevant and effective include many of the most influential citizens and opinion leaders in the region. The SCDP is proud and pleased to include the following people in our ranks.
SouthCoast Development Partnership Membership
Peter Kavanaugh, Co-Chair
President, Kavanaugh Development
Nicholas Christ, Co-Chair
President Citizens Union Bank
Dr. Jean MacCormack
Chancellor, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Mayor Scott W. Lang
New Bedford, Massachusetts
Mayor William Flanagan
Fall River, Massachusetts
Attorney Kenneth Fiola, Jr.
Executive Vice President, Fall River Office of Economic Development
Matthew Morrissey
Executive Director, New Bedford Economic Development Council
State Senator Michael Rodrigues
State Senator Mark C. W. Montigny
Thomas Davis
Executive Director, Greater New Bedford Industrial Foundation
James Sabra
Greater Fall River Development Corporation
Paul Burke
Insurit Agency Inc.
Scott Costa
Co-owner/Treasurer, Bufftree Building Company
William Eccles
President, BankFive
Peter Meyer
Publisher SouthCoast Media Group
Mary O’Keeffe
Comcast
Lisa Lundy Kusinitz
Dominion Power, Brayton Point
Ex Officio
State Representative Kevin Aguiar
State Representative Antonio F. D. Cabral
State Representative Keiko Orrall
State Representative Susan Williams Gifford
State Representative Patricia Haddad
State Representative Steven S. Howitt
State Representative Robert M. Koczera
State Representative Christopher M. Markey
State Senator Therese Murray
State Representative Paul A. Schmid
State Representative William Straus
State Representative David B. Sullivan
Greg Bialecki
Secretary of Housing and Development
Anne Struthers
Executive Director
Mass Office of Business Development
Buddy Rocha
Regional Director, Mass Office of Business Development
Paul Vigeant, Assistant Chancellor for Economic Development
Thomas F. Lyons, Co-Chair
Retired President, BankFive
James Mathes
Executive Director, SouthCoast Mentoring Initiative for Learning, Education & Service (SMILES)
Affiliated Organizations
MSBDC Massachusetts Business Development Center Network
Southeastern Massachusetts Convention and Visitors Bureau
SRPEDD Southeastern Regional Planning and Economic Development District
Staff
Jennifer J. Menard
Executive Director, SouthCoast Development Partnership
508-999-8412
jmenard@umassd.edu
