Board of Directors

Ed Anthes-Washburn, Managing Director/Partner, Coast Line Transfers, LLC

Jose Bahena, Senior Vice President, Joseph Abboud Manufacturing

Steven A. Beauregard, Executive Director, New Bedford Housing Authority (NBHA)

Jean Breault, Chief Human Resource Officer, Coastline Elderly Services, Inc.

David Burek, Director, Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA)

David A. Cabral, President, Five Star Manufacturing

Stephanie Chase, BSN, RN, AMB-BC, Staff Educator, Greater New Bedford Community Health Center

Sara A. Cunha, HR Manager, Precix

Helena DaSilva Hughes, Executive Director, Immigrants Assistance Center (IAC), and At Large Member of our Executive Committee

Lauren De Simon Johnson, SVP & Chief Human Resources Director of SouthCoast Hospitals Group

John Fernandes, Regional VP/Executive Board Representative, The Greater Southeastern Massachusetts Labor Council, At Large Member of our Executive Committee, Chair of our Business Development Committee, and Member of our Performance & Oversight Committee

Shannon M. Finning, Ph.D., Director, Employee & Labor Relations, and Sr. HRBP for Patient Care Services, Southcoast Health

Jeff Glassman, CEO, Darn It!, Inc.

Margarita Graham, President/CEO, Reliable Bus Lines, Inc., and At Large Member of our Executive Committee

Bernice Jensen, Manager, New Bedford Public Schools Division of Adult/Continuing Education & Summer School

Angela Johnston, Director, Business Solutions & Partnership, Bristol Community College, and At Large Member of our Executive Committee

Haskell Kennedy III, Certified General Appraiser, Kennedy Appraisers Inc.

Pam Kuechler, Executive Director, PACE

Lisa M. Lemieux, President, Greater SE MA Labor Council, our Board Secretary, and member of our Executive Committee Secretary

Ron Melbourne, General Manager, Membrane Concepts

Bonnie Mello, President & CEO, Lifestream, Inc., and Member of our Performance & Oversight Committee

Stephen Merrill, Area Director, Mass Rehabilitation Commission (MRC)

Michael O’Sullivan, CEO, One SouthCoast Chamber, and Member of our Business Development Committee

Jeffrey Pelletier, President & CEO, Junior Achievement of Southern Massachusetts, our Board Treasurer, Member of our Executive Committee, and our Youth Council Chair

Victor Pereira, Business Manager, Construction & General Laborer’s Union Local No. 385(L.I. U.N.A.)

Aaron Polansky, Superintendent-Director, Old Colony Regional Vocational Technical High School

Charles Quinn, Owner/CEO of East Coast Fabrication, President of Quinn Fisheries Inc., and Owner/Partner of Standard Marine Outfitters

Christopher J. Rezendes, Founder, Partner, Chief Business Officer, INEX Advisors LLC, and our Youth Council Vice-Chair

Derek Santos, Executive Director, New Bedford Economic Development Council (NBEDC)

Wendy Savary, Director of Claims and Appeals, Department of Unemployment Assistance

Duarte Silva, President/CEO, South Coast Federal Credit Union, our Board Chair, and Chair of our Executive Committee

Michael Tavares, General Manager/CEO, Horacio’s

Michael Watson, Superintendent, Greater New Bedford Regional Vocational Technical High School

Dr. Steven White, Dean, Charlton College of Business, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and member of our Business Development Committee

Corinn Williams, Executive Director, Community Economic Development Center of SE, MA (CEDC)

Michael Williams, Director, Field Management & Oversight/EOLWD Financial Liaison, Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD)