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nnual Meeting includes election of the Board of Directors Class of 2019 & Officers for 2016-2017
2016 Annual Meeting Nominations
In accordance with Somerville Chamber of Commerce by-laws, Nominating Committee is charged with nominating a slate of candidates for the election of ten members to the Board of Director’s Class of 2019 and posting said slate 10 days before the Chamber Annual Meeting of the Membership and its regular election. (10:00 A.M., Wednesday, October 26, 2016, Winter Hill Bank Loan Center, 337 Broadway Somerville MA). The Committee has solicited recommendations from the Chamber Membership and now proposes the following for election by the Membership:
Class of 2019
Bob Arnold Ames Business Park
Morgan Bigley Highland Kitchen
Nancy Busnach Busnach Associates
Sara Rodewald Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty
Jessica Manganello Attorney
Alex Resnick Sprout & Co.
Erica Jones Scomerville Community Access Television
Holli Banks Scout Somerville
Mark Roopenian Divco
(Representative TBA) Partners HealthCare
Annually, the Chamber Board of Directors also asks the Nominating Committee to recommend that the Membership declare vacancies and recommend individuals to complete unfinished terms. The Committee has solicited recommendations, and now proposes the following for election by the Classes of 2017, 2018, 2019, and Past Chairs:
Class of 2017
Declaring vacancy of Befekadu Defar Fasika Ethiopian Restaurant
Proposing election of Peter Marquez Art Farm
Annually, the Chamber Board of Directors also asks the Nominating Committee to propose the slate of Officers. The Committee has solicited recommendations, and now proposes the following for election by the Classes of 2017, 2018, 2019, and Past Chairs:
Officers 2016-2017
Chair Rod Laurenz Laurenz Financial
Treasurer Kevin Gatlin Winter Hill Bank
Assistant Treasurer Paula Vancini Vancini Accounting
Clerk Mernaysa Rivera Bujosa Rivera Bujosa Law
Executive Comm Clerk John Norris Century Bank
Vice Chairs Ryan Burkart Holiday Inn
Pat Cain The Cooper Cain Group
Lou Carrier Distinctive Hospitality Group
Matt Ehrie Federal Realty Investment Trust
Greg Karczewski Union Square Station Associates
Andrea Morton aMorton Design
Larry Venezia Rockland Trust
Lindsay Venza Cambridge Savings Bank
Jess Willis The Independent etc
John Wiseman Middlesex Federal Savings Bank
2016 Nominations Committee – Jennifer Blundell, Matt Martino, Emily Reichert, Barbara Rubel, Daniel Skeritt, Don Hughes, Chair
