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Officers and Members

By statue, the Authority has eleven members, appointed by the Governor, who oversee the activity of the Authority. Five of these members are also Trustees of the University of Massachusetts. Two of the six non-trustee Members must be graduates of the University.

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Mary Burns
Chair*
Lowell
Vice Chair, UMass Board of Trustees
Principal, Splash Media East, LLC and Principal, Chesapeake Outdoor, LLC
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Michael O’Brien
Vice-Chair*
Southborough
Executive Vice President, WinnCompanies
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Gerald Colella
Secretary-Treasurer*
Seabrook, NH
Chairman and Former CEO, MKS Instruments, Inc.
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Angela Davis
Member
Foxborough
Assistant Undersecretary for Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice, Executive Office of Public Safety and Security
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Kenneth Fiola, Jr., JD
Member*
Fall River, MA
Bristol County Economic Development Consulting Group (BC EDC)
UMass School of Law '95 J.D.
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Thomas H. Green, III
Member
Retired Citigroup Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Finance
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Frank Marchione
Member
Attleboro
Managing Partner, Catahoula Development, LLC
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James McGaugh
Member
Needham
US Corporate Affairs, National Grid
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Daniel T. O'Brien
Member
Pipefitters Local 537 - Business Manager/Financial Secretary-Treasurer, Trustee
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R. Norman Peters, Esq.
Member
Worcester
Attorney, Peters & Sowyrda
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Charles Wu
Member*
Newton
Senior Fellow, Harvard Business School

* indicates a University Trustee seat