Chairman Ex-Officio
2022-23

Joshua Lee Smith
Partner, Attorney
Bowditch Attorneys
311 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608

Chairman
2023-2024

Kevin Hayes
Sr. Vice President
Millbury Federal Credit Union
50 Main Street
Millbury, MA 01527

Vice Chairman
2023-2024

Heather Elster
Executive Director
Whitin Community Center
60 Main Street
Whitinsville, MA 01588

Clerk
2023-2024

Wendy Brown
Vice President Retail Banking
UniBank
49 Church Street
Whitinsville, MA 01588

Treasurer
2023-2024

Anthony Dragga
Attorney
Bowditch Attorneys
311 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608

President and CEO

Jeannie Hebert
BVCC
670 Linwood Avenue, Ste. 5
Whitinsville, MA 01588

John Allen
Economic Development Specialist
Town of Grafton
30 Providence Rd
Grafton MA

allenj@grafton-ma.gov

Minna Chebanni
VP Business Development Officer
Fidelity Bank
9 Leominster Connector
Leominster MA

 gchebbani@fidelitybankonline.com

Kham Inthirath
CEO
Compound Effect
1 Marina Park Drive
Boston, MA 02210

Kham@getcompoundeffect.com

John Longo
VP Sr. Wealth Mgr.
Mayflower Advisors
287 Turnpike Road
Westborough, MA 01581

john.longo@mayfloweradvisors.com

Mark Lyons
Technology Consultant
AET Labs
239 Western Ave.
Essex, MA 01929

Robert Minarik
Economic Development Project Facilitator 
Town of Douglas
29 Depot St.
Douglas, MA

rminarik@douglas-ma.gov

Karen Pelletier
VP WRCC
311 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01608

Lucille Ward
HR Manager
Package Steel Systems, Inc.
15 Harback Road
Sutton, MA 01590