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110 Worcester Business Journal | Book of Lists 2020 | wbjournal.com Top chambers of commerce Ranked by total membership Chamber Membership Full-time equivalent employees Head of chamber Board chairman/ company affiliation Year founded 1 Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce 311 Main St., Worcester 01608 508-753-2924 • www.worcesterchamber.org 2,050 9.0 Timothy P. Murray president & CEO Robert D. Cox, Jr. Bowditch & Dewey Worcester 1875 2 North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce 860 South St., Fitchburg 01420 978-353-7600 • www.northcentralmass.com 700 12.0 Roy Nascimento president & CEO David A. Duval Protective Services, Inc. Lunenburg 1984 3 Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce 2 Shaker Road, Suite B200, Shirley 01464 978-425-5761 • www.nvcoc.com 590 2.0 Melissa Fetterhoff president & CEO Dana Roberts Fidelity Bank Leominster 1984 4 Corridor 9/495 Regional Chamber of Commerce 30 Lyman St., Suite 6, P.O. Box 1555, Westborough 01581 508-836-4444 • www.corridornine.org 552 N/A Karen J. Chapman president & CEO Rebecca Roman Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital Westborough 1979 5 Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce 670 Linwood Ave., Suite 5, Whitinsville 01588 508-234-9090 • www.blackstonevalley.org 500 N/A Jeannie Hebert president & CEO Joshua Lee Smith Bowditch & Dewey Worcester 1979 6 Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce 11 Florence St., Marlborough 01752 508-485-7746 • www.marlboroughchamber.org 438 3.0 Robert Schlacter president & CEO Tim Nelson Boston Scientific Marlborough 1924 7 MetroWest Chamber of Commerce 860 Worcester Road, Framingham 01702 508-879-5600 • www.metrowest.org 425 2.0 Jim Giammarinaro president & CEO David Podell Massachusetts Bay Community College Framingham 1895 8 The United Regional Chamber of Commerce 310 South St., Plainville 02762 508-316-0861 • www.unitedregionalchamber.org 370 1.0 Jack Lank, IOM president & CEO Rebecca Marshall-Howarth The Last Word Attleboro 1917 9 Milford Area Chamber of Commerce 258 Main St., Suite 306, Milford 01757 508-473-6700 • www.milfordchamber.org 345 2.0 Laura O'Callaghan president & CEO Sandra Biagetti Bright Insurance Agency Milford 1922 10 Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce 18 Church St., 2nd Floor, Hudson 01749 978-568-0360 • www.assabetvalleychamber.org 325 1.5 Sarah Cressy president & CEO Carolyn Read Habitat for Humanity N. Central MA Acton 1986 11 North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce 80 Freedom St., Athol 01331 978-249-3849 • www.northquabbinchamber.com 301 1.5 Melissa Eaton executive director Tabitha Fournier Athol Savings Bank Athol 1982 12 Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce 29 Parker St., P.O. Box 1381, Gardner 01440 978-632-1780 • www.gardnerma.com 300 (a) 2.5 Carol Jacobson president & CEO Tracy Hutchinson GAAMHA Gardner 1889 13 Chamber of Central Mass South 46 Hall Road, Sturbridge 01566 508-347-2761 • www.cmschamber.org 260 1.5 Alexandra McNitt executive director Laurie Cashman Yellow Iris Farm Thompson, CT 1945 14 Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce 179 Great Road, Suite 104B, Acton 01720 978-263-0010 • www.mwcoc.com 240 1.0 Jonathan Kerr executive director Peter Daniel Rapscallion Table & Tap Acton 1989 Deborah Barry, JPMorgan's market executive for Massachusetts The investment banking giant JPMorgan Chase has opened New England offices in the past five years in Hartford, Providence, Manchester, N.H., and Portland, Maine. It doesn't have a physical Worcester office yet, but the firm has a local team working from home and focused on the region. "In the past year we've made a push to make our presence and our efforts known in the Worcester region," said Deborah Barry, JPMorgan's market execu- tive for Massachusetts. The firm has been covering commercial banking in and around Worcester from its Boston office but is now looking to serve the area more directly, Barry said. There's no timeline yet for a physical office in Worcester, but three employees are in the area working remotely to lend to Greater Worcester institutions; and the firm has joined the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce, she said. JPMorgan has focused locally in large part on life sciences, pro- fessional services and manufac- turing, and typically on mid-mar- ket companies. The firm's com- mercial investing arm also works JPMorgan adding Worcester focus to growing New England portfolio F O C U S G E N E R A L I N T E R E S T The Chamber of Central Mass South service area includes both Massachusetts and Connecticut communities. Pictured is chamber Executive Director Alexandra McNitt.