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Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce introduces 2021 Board of Directors
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Newport, RI - The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce introduced the 2021 Board of Directors at their Annual Meeting, held virtually on January 27th. At the event, sponsored by Berkshire Bank, out-going board chair Bonnie Gomes, owner of 3G Broadcasting, gave her farewell after serving as Chair for two years, including the Chamber’s Centennial in 2020. Cristina Feden spoke on behalf of Berkshire Bank. In-coming Governor Dan McKee gave the keynote..png)
Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce introduces 2021 Board of Directors
The Chamber’s executive board will now be led by Joe Pratt, executive director and CEO, Boys & Girls Club of Newport County as Chair, with Adam Thayer, Esq. Sayer, Regan & Thayer, LLP. serving as Vice Chair, Steve Senteio, Financial Advisor, Edward Jones, serving as Secretary, Andrew Tavares, CPA, MST, Partner, KLR serving as Treasurer and Cristina Offenberg, Esq, Silva, Thomas, Martland, Offenberg, Ltd. continuing as Legal Counsel. Bonnie Gomes will be Chair Ex Officio. Gail Alofsin, Sales & Marketing Executive at Newport Harbor Corporation and Jacques Afonso, Manager, Community & Customer Management at National Grid also joined the Executive Board.
Continuing Board Members are: Lucas Barry, Barry’s Auto Group, CJ Barone, Empire Tea & Coffee, Christopher Bender, Stoneacre Brasserie/Stoneacre Wine & Spirits, Michael Brostek, Cox Media, Dick Cromwell, Freedom Boat Club/Maritime Solutions, Bill DeWitt, People’s Credit Union, Katy Donovan, The Connect Real Estate Group, Molly Magee, SENEDIA, Joe Moore, Tiverton Casino, Jenny Patridge, SEACorp., Evan Rose, BankNewport, Evan Smith, Discover Newport, Tobias Stapleton, Blue Innovation Symposium, Dr. Nathan Tilman, DDS, Newport Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, and Lynne Tungett, Newport This Week.
The Chamber welcomed the following new members to the board for 2021: Garrett Behan, Behan Brothers Construction, Molly Kirby, Kirby Properties, Bill Cardinal, Cardinal Restaurant Group, Sandy Kristiansson, Black Diamond Marketing, Lisa Raiola, Hope & Main, Melissa Varao, Salve Regina University, Matthew Vargas, KVH, and Amy Walsh, Bank of America.
“I look forward to working with this year’s new slate of Board Members. We have a talented crew coming on board during an important year. There is a lot of work ahead of us and I commend them for stepping into this leadership role at this very difficult time. Together, our community will be stronger than we were at the start of 2020!” says Erin Donovan-Boyle, executive director.
ABOUT THE GREATER NEWPORT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The Greater Newport Chamber of Commerce is one of the state’s largest business advocacy organizations, whose mission is to connect, innovate, enhance and advocate for the businesses of Greater Newport. As a trusted and reliable institution for nearly 100 years, the Greater Newport Chamber is a vibrant collective body of the greater Newport business community with nearly 1,100 members representing over 50,000 employees. We work to create valuable strategic partnerships, promote strong economic growth, diversity and prosperity to serve its members and the Greater Newport region.
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