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Position: Project Development Administrator
School: Westford Academy, UMass Lowell
Years at Company: 1.5 years
Age: 31
massmep.org
27A Mid State Drive Suite 200, Auburn, MA 01501
Key Contact: Kristy Grignon
Phone: 508-340-9569, 508-831-7020 (Main)
Founded: 1999
Full-time employees: 34
MassMEP
MassMEP creates economic impact by transforming
manufacturing enterprises and the manufacturing
ecosystem. This outcome is achieved through providing
operational excellence, workforce development
strategies and innovative growth initiatives, enhanced
by leveraging strategic public/private relationships.
AT A GLANCE
"I feel extremely lucky to be a
part of this organization and
feel that I have accomplished so much
in such a short amount of time. It is
so nice to get the chance to work at a
company that you truly feel has your
best interest in mind at all times. This
can most certainly be attributed to the
immense support and trust from all of
management as well as my colleagues.
I am looking forward to all that I can
accomplish in my new role moving
forward!"
Sarah O'Brien is a project development administrator working with
the grants team at MassMEP. She works internally with MassMEP's
project development managers and business development advisors,
as well as with external clients to help apply for state-funded grants
within Massachusetts to assist with the funding of trainings for their
companies.
She started with MassMEP in March of 2021 as an administrative
coordinator and after a year, moved on to the project development role.
Kathie Mahoney is president of the Massachusetts
Manufacturing Extension Partnership. Kathie began her
MEP career here in 1999 and was coached and mentored by
MassMEP's forward-looking founder, Jack Healy. In her MEP
career, she has held several positions culminating as the center
director in 2017 until she transferred to the RI MEP Center,
Polaris MEP, to serve as its center director..
She is recognized as a next generation leader among her
peers throughout the National MEP Network where she
serves on the National Institutes of Standards and Technology
MEP Center Leadership Team, the advisors to the federal
administrators. Kathie brings with her years of manufacturing
experience and skills in leadership, management, strategic
planning and project management.
Sarah O'Brien
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Executive/CEO:
Kathie Mahoney
President/CEO
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