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CIVIC AND CULTURAL LIFE Worcester's rebirth has been driven by a significant growth in the arts, restaurants and entertainment venues. While the pandemic has put tremendous stress on these industries, the city's path to greater vitality will continue to lean on the success of this sector that has such a powerful impact on quality of life and attracting young adults and new businesses. In this session we'll hear from established players and new investors about their take on the market and what they see for 2021 and beyond. PANELISTS: SESSION 2: March 16th • Noon-1:00PM CHE ANDERSON, Assistant Vice Chancellor for City and Community Relations, UMass Medical School Che Anderson, is the new assistant vice chancel- lor for city and community relations at UMass Medical School. Previously Che worked as the deputy cultural of- ficer for the City of Worcester. He is however, perhaps best known as the founding director of the Worcester edition of the international mural festival known as POW! WOW!. The festival brings artists from around the world and has cu- rated more than 100 pieces of public art in the city since its inception in 2016. Anderson received the first of two keys to the city because of this work, but he's most proud of the relationships he built during his time with the city. Anderson's most recent endeavors include serving on the Rose MODERATOR: JOE MATHIEU, Anchor and Executive Editor, WGBH Morning Edition Joe Mathieu is the anchor and executive editor of WGBH's Morning Edition. Before joining WGBH Radio, Joe worked for six years as morning an- chor on WBZ NewsRadio in Boston, where he was part of the team that received a Peabody Award for coverage of the Boston Marathon bomb- ings. Joe also received the Edward R. Murrow Award for best newscast in a major market. While at WBZ, Joe covered major political conven- tions, traveled to Rome for the Papal conclave, and broadcast live from a nuclear aircraft carrier deployed in the fight against ISIS. He provided regular field reports and analysis for WBZ-TV. Before returning to Boston in 2011, Joe spent 13 years in Washing- ton, D.C., where he was the managing editor and anchor of the CBS MarketWatch Radio Network, providing business news to more than 200 stations. In that role, Joe was a regular contributor to the CBS Radio News network. Joe later moved to XM Satellite Radio, where he was the founding program director of the POTUS political news and talk channel. POTUS became the first pure-play channel on the merged SiriusXM Satellite Radio and was the first addition to the White House 'protective pool' in a decade. During that time, Joe provided regular political analysis on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. During his years in Washington, Joe worked as a White House cor- respondent and also covered Congress, the Federal Reserve and NASA. His first major assignment in the nation's capital was covering the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton. Joe also covered the wind down of NASA's Space Shuttle program, anchoring the final night launch from Cape Canaveral, and broke the sound barrier in a fighter jet over the Air Force Test Firing Range in Nevada. Joe started on the air before he could drive. At 14 years old, he got his first job as a weekend disc jokey at WINY Radio in Putnam, Connecticut, where Joe eventually found the newsroom. After attending Emerson College in Boston, it was clear this would become a career — one that has culminated in his role at WGBH. When Joe is not on the air, he's an avid guitarist, having played elec- tric and acoustic blues guitar for more than 20 years. And he loves all-things wine — so much, Joe went to school for it, achieving an advanced certification with London's Wine and Spirits Education Trust, which has made him the most shrewd cheapskate at the wine store. He lives with his wife and daughter in Boston. businesses, and nurture those in emerging sectors. Prior to the Chamber, Tim was elected Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in 2006, following a historic grass- roots campaign alongside Governor Deval Patrick. As Lieutenant Gov- ernor, he worked to promote job growth, delivered landmark reforms in ethics, education, pensions, and the transportation system. Tim led the Patrick Murray administration's negotiation with CSX regarding the historic acquisition of tracks across the Commonwealth and facilitat- ed Massport's acquisition of Worcester Regional Airport. As Lieutenant Governor, Tim chaired the National Lieutenant Governor's Association. A life-long Worcester resident, he was a former three-term Mayor of Worcester, New England's second largest city. Under Tim's leader- ship, Worcester experienced unprecedented progress, with $1 billion of new economic development projects, such as Gateway Park and City Square, that are helping to transform an older industrial city into one that is well positioned to lead and grow in the new economy. Tim attended public schools in Worcester and St. John's High School in Shrewsbury. He studied at Fordham University in New York City and put himself through Western New England College School of Law, at- tending classes at night, while working days as a substitute teacher and housing advocate. Following law school, he became a partner in the Worcester firm of Tattan, Leonard and Murray. Tim and his wife Tammy (Sullivan), also a Worcester native, continue to live there and are proudly raising their two daughters, Helen and Katerine. Timothy P. Murray cont.

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