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Fall River Office: 200 Pocasset Street Fall River, MA 02721 (508) 676.8226 • fax (508) 675.5932
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Terms to Expire in December 2028:
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New Bedford Office: 25 Elm Street, Suite 101 New Bedford, MA 02740 (508) 999.5231 • fax (508) 999.5237
Interim CEO, Ian Trombly Vice President of Marketing & Events, Katie Greene Vice President of Corporate Member Engagement & Sponsorships, Kimberly Coroa Moniz Director of Membership & Retention, Clifford Athouriste Business Office Manager, Nicole Morris Marketing & Communications Coordinator, Hunter Tackett Executive Director, Southeastern Massachusetts Visitors Bureau, Chrisanne Tyrrell Executive Director, Fall River Arts and Culture Coalition (FRACC), Tracy Silva Barbosa
2026 OFFICERS & EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Executive Committee: • • • • • • •
Chair: Catherine Dillon, BankFive Immediate Past Chair: Rose Lopes, Sylvia Group Treasurer: Matthew Schondek, Fall River Municipal Credit Union Vice Chair-Government Affairs: William Burns, Southcoast Health Vice Chair-Governance Committee: Eileen Migliozzi, St. Anne's Credit Union Vice Chair-One SouthCoast Chamber Foundation: Carl Sawejko, Sawejko Communications Vice Chair-Membership Committee: Nathan Araujo, Advance Career Services Members of the Board of Directors:
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Terms to Expire in December 2027:
William Burns, Southcoast Health System Marie Pellegrino, BayCoast Bank Stephen W. Connulty, Paul & Dixon Insurance Catherine Dillon, BankFive Charlie Fellows, Lafrance Hospitality Jeffrey Glassman, Darn It, Inc. Jeff Pagliuca, Bristol County Savings Bank Derek Santos, New Bedford Economic Development Council Matt Zenni, Liberty Utilities
Nathan Araujo, Advance Career Services Kevin Carando, Acushnet Company Barbara Casagrande, AHEAD Rose Lopes, Sylvia Group Lynne Mastera, Precix Douglas Rodrigues, D. E. Rodrigues & Company, Inc. Carl Sawejko, Sawejko Communications Matthew Schondek, Fall River Municipal Credit Union Dr. Mark Fuller, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Cindy Ko, Cindy Ko Photography
Peter Daley, People Incorporated Eileen Migliozzi, St. Anne’s Credit Union Dr. Sedgwick Harris, Bristol Community College Lucria Ortiz, YMCA Southcoast Chris Johnson, Isaksen Solar Jeff Davis, Waring-Sullivan Funeral Home Carole Billington, Saint Anne’s Hospital/Brown University Health
Thank You, Mike O'SULLivan On behalf of the Board of Directors of One SouthCoast Chamber, we extend our sincere gratitude to Mike O'Sullivan for more than eight years of dedicated leadership and service to our business community.
worked alongside him will tell you that his greatest strength is who he is as a person. Known for his authenticity, warmth, sense of humor, and genuine commitment to others, Mike has built relationships and friendpandemic. At a time ships throughout the Mike's vision and com- of uncertainty for bu- SouthCoast business mitment played a pi- sinesses of every size, community. votal role in bringing Mike worked tirelessly together the Bristol to keep members infor- We thank Mike for his County Chamber of med, connected, and years of service, leCommerce and the supported. Through adership, and commitSouthCoast Cham- advocacy, resource sha- ment to our members ber of Commerce to ring, and steadfast le- and our community. We form what is now One adership, he helped bu- wish him all the best in SouthCoast Chamber. sinesses navigate one his next chapter and By uniting these orga- of the most difficult look forward to builnizations, he helped periods in recent his- ding upon the legacy he create a stronger, more tory. leaves behind. influential voice for the region, representing Throughout his tenure, Thank you, Mike, more than 1,100 mem- Mike remained a passio- for your lasting contbers and advancing the nate advocate for eco- ributions to One interests of businesses nomic development, SouthCoast Chamber across the SouthCoast. regional collaboration, and our community! and business growth. -Catherine Dillon, Chair His leadership and deOne SouthCoast Chamber dication was especially While Mike's accomp- Board of Directors evident during the un- lishments have left a precedented challen- lasting mark on the ges of the COVID-19 Chamber and the region, those who have 4
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