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F O C U S G E N E R A L I N T E R E S T
Top chambers of commerce
Ranked by total membership as of April 2017
Name Membership
Full-time
equivalent
employees Head of chamber
Board chairman/
company affiliation
Year
founded
1
Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce
446 Main St., Suite 200, Worcester 01608
508-753-2924 • www.worcesterchamber.org
2,300 11.0
Timothy P. Murray
president & CEO
Christopher Crowley *
Polar Beverages
Worcester
1875
2
North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce
860 South St., Fitchburg 01420
978-353-7600 • www.northcentralmass.com
858 14.0
Roy Nascimento
president & CEO
Anthony Mercadante
Mercadante & Mercadante PC CPAs
Fitchburg
1984
3
MetroWest Chamber of Commerce
1671 Worcester Road, Suite 301, Framingham 01701
508-879-5600 • www.metrowest.org
578 4.0
Paul Joseph
president & CEO
Lou Carrier
Distinctive Hospitality Group
Natick
1895
4
Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce
2 Shaker Road, Suite B200, Shirley 01464
978-425-5761 • www.nvcoc.com
535 N/A
Melissa Fetterhoff
president & CEO
Jason Kauppi
Kauppi Communications
Ayer
1984
5
Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce
11 Florence St., Marlborough 01752
508-485-7746 • www.marlboroughchamber.org
520 3.0
Susanne Morreale-
Leeber
president & CEO
Frank Collins
EES
Marlborough
1924
6
Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce
30 Lyman St., Suite 6, P.O. Box 1555, Westborough 01581
508-836-4444 • www.corridornine.org
507 3.0
Karen J. Chapman
president
Mary L. Simone
Courtyard by Marriott
Marlborough
1979
7
Blackstone Valley Chamber of Commerce
670 Linwood Ave., Suite 5, Whitinsville 01588
508-234-9090 • www.blackstonevalley.org
500 2.0
Jeannie Hebert
president & CEO
William Kerrissey
Millbury Savings Bank
Millbury
1979
7
The United Regional Chamber of Commerce
42 Union St., Attleboro 02703
508-222-0801 • www.unitedregionalchamber.org
500 2.5
Jack Lank
president
Ed McDonough
ECE Marketing
Walpole
1917
9
Milford Area Chamber of Commerce
258 Main St., Suite 306, P.O. Box 621, Milford 01757
508-473-6700 • www.milfordchamber.org
375 2.0
Laura O'Callaghan
president & CEO
Melvin McKee
Charles River Bank
Worcester, Westborough
1922
10
Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce
18 Church St., 2nd Floor, Hudson 01749
978-568-0360 • www.assabetvalleychamber.org
367 1.5
Sarah Cressy
president & CEO
Sarah Maston
Green Footprint Commissioning
Hudson, MA
1986
11
Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce
29 Parker St., P.O. Box 1381, Gardner 01440
978-632-1780 • www.gardnerma.com
302 3.0
Jim Bellina
president & CEO
Sarah Galvin
Fidelity Bank
Gardner
1889
12
Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce
179 Great Road, Suite 104B, Acton 01720
978-263-0010 • www.mwcoc.com
300 2.0
Kathleen McDonald
executive director
Maura Haberman
Acton Recreation Department
Acton
1989
13
Chamber of Central Mass South
46 Hall Road, Sturbridge 01566
508-347-2761 • www.cmschamber.org
277 2.0
Alexandra McNitt
executive director
Cindy Howard
The Center of Hope Foundation
Southbridge
1945
14
North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce
80 Freedom St., Athol 01331
978-249-3849 • www.northquabbinchamber.com
200 3.0
Mark C. Wright
executive director
Sara Lyman
Hometown Realtors
Athol
1982
15
Webster Dudley Oxford Chamber of Commerce
446 Main St., Suite 200, Worcester 01608
508-943-9700, ext. 224 • www.wdochamberma.com
195 0.5
Virginia Parent
affiliate liaison
Dennis Luukko
Aubuchon Hardware
Webster
1945
16
Wachusett Area Chamber of Commerce **
1174 Main St., Holden 01520
508-829-9220 • www.wachusettareachamber.org
174 1.0
Jennifer Stanovich
executive director
Iain McKinlay
McKinlay's Liquors
Holden
1991
17
Auburn Chamber of Commerce
446 Main St., Suite 200, Worcester 01608
508-753-2924, ext. 224 • www.auburnchamberma.com
172 0.5
Virginia Parent
affiliate liaison
Carrie Cross
Life Care Center of Auburn
Auburn
1962
18
Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 55, Hopkinton 01748
508-922-2302 • www.hopchamber.com
80 1.0
Tim Kilduff
executive director
Scott Richardson
Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects Inc.
Hopkinton
1990
Source: Each chamber via survey
* Vice chairman ** Previously named the Holden Area Chamber of Commerce - Compiled by: Stephanie R. Meagher, smeagher@nebusinessmedia.com
Now offering microloans to
businesses in the Assabet
Valley through a partner-
ship with the North Central
Massachusetts
Development Corp.
Named a 2017 finalist in
the Association of
Chamber of Commerce
Executives' "Chamber of
the Year" competition
In March, affiliated with
the Massachusetts
Business Alliance for
Education, a group
focused on workforce
development issues
Roy Nasciemento and Tim
Murray
Signed an
MOU with
Quinsigamond Community
College in June to create
an advanced
manufacturing training
program, a longtime goal
of the chamber
Added Sterling and West
Boylston to service area
when board members
approved a name change
in 2013
Jeannie
Hebert
