Committees - Executive Board

WPI Venture Forum Executive Board 2009-2010

Please call the Venture Forum office for additional information at +1-508-831-5075.

Officers

Chair:
Mitchell Sanders, Ph.D. '88, '92,
CEO & Founder

ECI Biotech
85 Prescott Street
Worcester, MA 01605

P: 508-752-2209
F: 508-752-4983

sanders@ecibiotech.com

Co-Vice Chair and Founding Member
James F. Fee, '65

President

(Marketing Committee)

Adhva
19 Burroughs Road
Lexington, MA 02420

P: 781-862-4342

jimfee@adhva.com

Co-Vice Chair
Deirdre E. Sanders, Esq.
Attorney at Law

(Membership Committee)

Hamilton Brook Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
530 Virginia Road
P O Box 9133
Concord, MA 01742-9133

P: 978-341-0036
F: 978-341-0136

deirdre.sanders@hbsr.com

Past Chair:
Patrick R. Jones, Esq.

Senior Legal Counsel

Fidelity Investment
FMR Corp. Legal Department
82 Devonshire Street, F7D
Boston, MA 02109

P: 617-392-0825
F: 617-385-1161

Patrick.jones@fmr.com

Treasurer:

David Graves-Witherell

Business Development Officer

Citibank, N.A.
99 High Street
Boston, MA 02110

P: 617-695-3862
C: 617-542-6510

David.b.graveswitherell@citi.com  

Clerk & Secretary
David Prince
Marketing Manager

WPI Department of Management
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609-2280

P: 508-831-5285
F: 508-831-5720
drprince@wpi.edu

William R. Cowen
Managing Partner

Long River Ventures
4 Biotech
377 Plantation Street
Worcester, MA 01605

P: 508-856-0269
Wcowen@longriverventures.com

Philip A. Cyr
Director, New Business Development

(Program Committee)

R.H.White Companies, Inc.
41 Central StreetPO Box 404
Auburn, MA 01501
www.rhwhite.com

P 508-832-3295
F 508-832-7084
M 508-847-0711
pcyr@rhwhite.com

Paul O. Danis
Founder and Principal
(Program Committee)

Eastwoods Consulting
278 Mile Hill Road
Boylston, MA 01505
www.eastwoodsconsulting.com

P 508-869-2303
paul.danis@eastwoodsconsulting.com

Brian M. Dingman, Esq.
Intellectual Property Law

(Program Committees)

Mirick O'Connell, LLP
1700 West Park Drive
Westboro, MA 01580

P: 508-898-1501
F: 508-898-1502

bmdingman@modl.com

Barbara Finer
Founder

(Marketing Committee)

QuiVivity Marketing Partners
197M Boston Post Road West, Suite 142
Marlborough, MA 01752

P: 978-562-5071
barb@quivivity.com

Frank Hoy, Ph.D.
Director, Collaborative for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Beswick Professor of Entrepreneurship

WPI Department of Management
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609-2280

P: 508-831-4998
F: 508-831-5720
fhoy@wpi.edu

Amar V. Kapur, '65
President & CEO
(Nominating Committee)

Aimtek, Inc.
201 Washington Street
Auburn, MA 01501-3224

P: 508-832-6542
F: 508-832-5043

avkapur@aimtek.com

Chick Kasouf

Associate Professor

WPI Department of Management
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609-2280

P: 508-831-5548
F: 508-831-5720

chick@wpi.edu

Paul S. Kennedy
Partner

Kennedy Affiliated Industries, LLC
30 Westwood Drive
Worcester, MA 01609

P: 508-868-8709
F: 508-831-7215
kennedyps@charter.net

Richard C. Koenig, CISSP

(Membership Committee)

Koenig & Associates
6 Flanagan Drive
Shrewsbury, MA 01545

P: 508-842-7329
F: 508-842-6461
RCKoenig@Compuserve.com

Paul F. McGrath, CPA

Robert A. Cooper, CPA, P.C.
225 Cedar Hill Road
Marlboro, MA 01752

P: 508-630-2271
pmcgrath@coopercpapc.com

Brigid Oliveri Siegel

Partner
(Sponsorship Committee)

Polachi & Company Inc.
10 Speen Street, First Floor
Framingham, MA 01701

P: 508-650-9938
C: 508-254-4343

brigid@polachi.com

Kevin O'Sullivan

President

(Nominating Committee)

Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives
Gateway Park

60 Prescott Street

Worcester, MA 01605

P: 508-797-4200 ext. 215
F: 508-799-4039
kosullivan@massbiomed.org

Richard F. Powell, CPA
Senior Vice President

Greenberg, Rosenblatt, Kull & Bitsoli P.C.
The Day Building
306 Main Street, Suite 400
Worcester, MA 01608

P: 508-791-0901
F: 508-799-2059
rpowell@grkb.com

Richard H. Prince
(Sponsorship, Nominating Committees)

P.O. Box 866
Boylston, MA 01505

P: 508-869-2385
F: 508-869-0273

Stephen Pytka, '68

CEO

VIGIX, Inc.
485 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

P: 781-710-0703
spytka@vigix.com

Gail E. Radcliffe, Ph.D.
President

Radcliffe Consulting, Inc.
231 Fairbanks Street
West Boylston, MA 01583

P: 508-835-1688
F: 508-835-1661

gradcliffe@charter.net

John E. Rainey, CMA
Senior Management Counselor

Massachusetts Small Business Development Center
Clark University
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA 01610

P: 508-793-7615
F: 508-793-8890

jrainey@clarku.edu

Jerry Schaufeld

Visiting Instructor

WPI Department of Management
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609-2280

P: 508-831-6114
F: 508-831-5720

jjs@wpi.edu

Shari L.S. Worthington

President
(Membership, Networking Events Committee)

Telesian Technology, Inc.
49 Midgley Lane
Worcester, MA 01604

P: 508-755-5242
F: 508-795-1636

sharilee@telesian.com

Michele J. Young, Esq.

Bowditch & Dewey LLP
311 Main Street,P O Box 15156
Worcester, MA 01615-0156

P: 508-926-3456
F: 508-929-3093

myoung@bowditch.com

Emeritus Members

McRae C. Banks Ph. D.
Department Head and Professor

WPI
Department of Management
100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609-2280

P: 508-831-5218
F: 508-831-5720
macb@wpi.edu

Janet Britcher
President

Transformation Management, LLC
PO Box 320552
Boston, MA 02132

P: 617-244-5757
janet@transformationmanagement.com

Norman T. Brust
President

NTB Associates
50 Oak Ridge Lane
Bridgewater, MA 02324-2340

P: 508-697-7200
F: 508-697-0568
ntbrust@ntbassoc.com

Robert Creeden

Partners HealthCare
800 Boylston Street
Boston, MA  02199

617-278-1090
rcreeden@partners.org

Robert E. Hokanson, CLU
Registered Representative

REH Financials
P.O. Box 561
Boylston, MA 01505

P: 508-869-2984
F: 508-753-8756

Peter D. McDermott, Esq.

Banner & Witcoff, LTD
28 State Street – 28th Floor
Boston, MA  02109-1775

P: 617-720-9600
pmcdermott@bannerwitcoff.com

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