MTC Board of Directors
MTC's governing panel is one of its greatest strengths, and its composition reflects the Collaborative's mission of promoting technology-sector growth through partnerships among industry, universities and state government. Senior management from some of the Commonwealth's most prominent technology companies, and academic and research communities are represented on MTC's Board of Directors. The Collaborative's Board also includes the state's leading economic development officials.
Executive Committee
Dr. Karl Weiss, Board Chairperson, MTC;
Professor Emeritus, Northeastern University
Mr. Lawrence J. Reilly, Board Vice-Chairperson, MTC
Mr. David D. Fleming, Group Senior Vice President, Genzyme Corporation
Dr. Paul C. Martin, John H. Van Vleck Professor of
Pure and Applied Physics, Harvard University
Mr. Gregory P. Bialecki, Undersecretary for Business Development, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Board Members
Mr. Martin Aikens, Business Agent, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 103
Secretary Ian A. Bowles
Secretary, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mr. Patrick Carney, Manager of Field Training, NSTAR
Mr. Philip Cheney, Visiting Professor, Northeastern University; Vice President of Engineering, Raytheon (retired)
Dr. Aram V. Chobanian, President Emeritus, Boston University
Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Medicine
Mr. Michael J. Cronin, President and CEO, Cognition Corporation
Dr. Priscilla Douglas, Vice President - Learning and Development, Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Patricia M. Flynn, Trustee Professor of Economics and Management, Bentley College
Ms. Debra Germaine, Partner, Christian & Timbers
Mr. C. Jeffrey Grogan, Partner, Monitor Group, LP
Mr. Alain J. Hanover, Managing Director and CEO, Navigator Technology Ventures
Ms. Kerry Murphy Healey, Fellow, Institute of Politics, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
The Honorable Leslie A. Kirwan, Secretary, Massachusetts Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Ms. Penni McLean-Conner, Vice President, Customer Care, NSTAR
Mr. Paul Wesley Nakazawa, President, Nakazawa Consultants; Lecturer in Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design
Dr. Lindsay Norman, Former President, Massachusetts Bay Community College
Dr. Patricia Plummer, Chancellor, Massachusetts Board Higher Education
Dr. Krishna Vedula, Professor of Engineering, UMass, Lowell
Dr. Jack M. Wilson, President, University of Massachusetts
Chairpersons Emeriti
Mr. George S. Kariotis, Chairman Emeritus (retired), Alpha Industries
Mr. Jeffrey Kalb, Technology Advisor, California Micro Devices Corporation
Mr. John T. Preston, President & CEO, Atomic Ordered Materials, LLC
Dr. Edward Simon, Unitrode Corporation (retired)
Mr. William R. Thurston, Genrad, Inc. (retired)
Officers of the Corporation
Mr. Mitchell L. Adams, Executive Director
Mr. Philip F. Holahan, Deputy Executive Director, General Counsel & Secretary
Mr. Christopher B. Andrews, Treasurer, Chief Financial and Administrative Officer