76 Worcester Business Journal • Book Of Lists 2015 www.wbjournal.com
Top chambers of commerce
Ranked by total membership as of May 2015
Name Membership
Full-time
equivalent
employees Head of chamber
Board chairman/
Company affiliation Year founded
1
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce
446 Main St., Ste. 200, Worcester 01608
508-753-2924 • www.worcesterchamber.org
2,300 17.0
Timothy P. Murray
President & CEO
Susan Mailman
Coghlin Electrical Contractors Inc.
Worcester
1875
2
North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce
860 South St., Fitchburg 01420
978-353-7600 • www.northcentralmass.com
870 12.0
Roy Nascimento
President
Paul DiGeronimo
Geronimo Properties
Leominster
1984
3
MetroWest Chamber of Commerce
1671 Worcester Rd., Ste. 301, Framingham 01701
508-879-5600 • www.metrowest.org
639 4.0
Bonnie P. Biocchi *
President & CEO
Lemonia Mironidis
Bay State Savings Bank
Worcester
1895
4
Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce
100 Sherman Ave., Ste. 3, Devens 01434
978-772-6976 • www.nvcoc.com
560 N/A
Melissa Fetterhoff
President & CEO
Wally Dwyer
North Middlesex Savings Bank
Ayer
1984
5
Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce
11 Florence St., Marlborough 01752
508-485-7746 • www.marlboroughchamber.org
525 3.0
Susanne Morreale-Leeber
President & CEO
Douglas Rowe
Rowe Law Office
Marlborough
1924
6
Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce
30 Lyman St., Ste. 6, P.O. Box 1555, Westborough 01581
508-836-4444 • www.corridornine.org
520 3.0
Karen J. Chapman
President
Bette O'Reilly
Commerce Bank
Westborough
1979
7
Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce
110 Church St., Whitinsville 01588
508-234-9090 • www.blackstonevalley.org
500 2.0
Jeannie Hebert
President & CEO
William Kerrissey
Fidelity Bank
Millbury
1979
7
Milford Area Chamber of Commerce
258 Main St., Ste. 306, P.O. Box 621, Milford 01757
508-473-6700 • www.milfordchamber.org
500 2.0
Siobhan Bohnson
President & CEO
David Price
Brightstar Care
Milford
1922
7
The United Regional Chamber of Commerce
42 Union St., Attleboro 02703
508-222-0801 • www.unitedregionalchamber.org
500 N/A
Jack Lank
President
Jack McCarthy
Bristol County Savings Bank
Franklin
1917
10
Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce
18 Church St., 2nd Floor, Hudson 01749
978-568-0360 • www.assabetvalleychamber.org
366 1.5
Sarah Cressy
President & CEO
James McGowan
Baystate Financial Services
Hudson
1986
11
Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce
179 Great Rd., Ste. 104B, Acton 01720
978-263-0010 • www.mwcoc.com
350 2.0
Sarah Fletcher
Executive director
Melissa Levine-Piro
Levine-Piro Law
Maynard
1989
12
Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce
29 Parker St., P.O. Box 1381, Gardner 01440
978-632-1780 • www.gardnerma.com
303 3.0
Jim Bellina
President & CEO
Ryan McGuane
Advent Financial Planners & Advent Benefit Consultants
Ashburnham
1889
13
Central Mass South Chamber of Commerce
380 Main St., Sturbridge 01566
508-347-2761 • www.cmschamber.org
280 2.5
Alexandra McNitt
Executive director
Michael Checkosky
Southbridge Savings Bank
Southbridge
1945
14
Wachusett Area Chamber of Commerce **
1174 Main St., Holden 01520
508-829-9220 • www.wachusettareachamber.org
185 1.0
Jennifer Stanovich
Executive director
Iain McKinlay
McKinlay's Liquors
Holden
1991
15
North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce
251 Exchange St., Athol 01331
978-249-3849 • www.northquabbinchamber.com
180 3.0
Mark C. Wright
Executive director
Brian Hunton
MBA Mortgage
Athol
1982
Source: Each chamber. Note: N/A = Not Available
* Stepping down in August 2015 to accept a position with Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester. A search committee for her replacement was formed in June 2015.
** Previously named the Holden Area Chamber of Commerce.
- Compiled by: Roger Magnus, rmagnus@nebusinessmedia.com