Mitchell Adams
Executive Director

Mitchell Adams is Executive Director of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC), the state’s development agency for the innovation economy, renewable energy, and advancement of electronic healthcare solutions.

Under Mitchell’s leadership, MTC’s John Adams Innovation Institute is leveraging more than $35 million in federal funding for research centers at major universities and making critical investments to support regional economic growth across the state. The Renewable Energy Trust is helping communities build high performance “green” schools, supporting record numbers of solar and wind energy installations, and strengthening the Commonwealth’s growing renewable energy industry cluster by providing direct support to clean energy companies. And the e-Health Initiative is speeding the adoption of lifesaving healthcare technologies that also lower cost. Mitchell is also working with the Patrick Administration to support the state’s strategy for growing the state’s life sciences supercluster.

Mitchell has a distinguished record of 30 years in leadership positions in the private and public sectors in regulation, law enforcement, healthcare, banking/investment management, real estate development and in a variety of entrepreneurial ventures.  As State Revenue Commissioner from 1991-1998, he downsized the agency over 30% by introducing cutting-edge information technologies, including the touchtone telephone system “Telefile,” now a national model.  The Revenue Department’s Child Enforcement Program became a template for the country in terms of aggressive enforcement and the use of computers to speed collection of delinquent payments.  Most recently he served as Chairman and CEO of HWT, Inc., a company that pioneered the use of advanced data mining tools to ensure the integrity of healthcare payment systems.

Mitchell is currently a member of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University and a member of the Overseers’ Committees for Information Technology and the Harvard Medical School.  He also serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Boston Athenaeum.  Previously, he served as Dean for Finance and Business at the Harvard Medical School and Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center.

Mitchell holds A.B. and M.B.A. degrees from Harvard University.