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wbjournal.com | Book of Lists 2018 | Worcester Business Journal 127 G E N E R A L I N T E R E S T F O C U S 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 446 Main St., Suite 200, Worcester 01608 508-753-2924 • www.worcesterchamber.org 2,200 12.0 Timothy P. Murray president & CEO Kate Sharry Group Benefits Strategies Auburn 1875 2 North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce 860 South St., Fitchburg 01420 978-353-7600 • www.northcentralmass.com 803 12.0 Roy Nascimento president & CEO Mark Freeman Steel-Fab Inc. Fitchburg 1984 3 Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce 2 Shaker Road, Suite B200, Shirley 01464 978-425-5761 • www.nvcoc.com 581 3.0 Melissa Fetterhoff president & CEO Jason Kauppi Kauppi Communications Ayer 1984 4 MetroWest Chamber of Commerce 1671 Worcester Road, Suite 301, Framingham 01701 508-879-5600 • www.metrowest.org 558 4.0 Paul Joseph president & CEO David M. Bennett Middlesex Savings Bank Natick 1895 5 Corridor Nine Area Chamber of Commerce 30 Lyman St., Suite 6, P.O. Box 1555, Westborough 01581 508-836-4444 • www.corridornine.org 523 3.0 Karen J. Chapman president & CEO Mary L. Simone Courtyard by Marriott Marlborough 1979 6 Marlborough Regional Chamber of Commerce 11 Florence St., Marlborough 01752 508-485-7746 • www.marlboroughchamber.org 504 3.5 Susanne Morreale-Leeber * president & CEO Mary Jo Nawrocki Framingham State University Framingham 1924 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 Daniel Crossin Homefield Credit Union North Grafton 1979 7 The United Regional Chamber of Commerce 310 South St., Plainville 02762 508-316-0861 • www.unitedregionalchamber.org 500 2.5 Jack Lank president Ken Abrahams Fun Enterprises Stoughton 1917 9 Milford Area Chamber of Commerce 258 Main St., Suite 306, P.O. Box 621, Milford 01757 508-473-6700 • www.milfordchamber.org 350 2.0 Laura O'Callaghan president & CEO Tony Gallo Gallo Moving & Storage Milford 1922 10 Assabet Valley Chamber of Commerce 18 Church St., 2nd Floor, Hudson 01749 978-568-0360 • www.assabetvalleychamber.org 345 1.5 Sarah Cressy president & CEO Chuck Randall Randall Properties Hudson 1986 11 Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce 29 Parker St., P.O. Box 1381, Gardner 01440 978-632-1780 • www.gardnerma.com 301 3.0 Jim Bellina president & CEO Carol Chellis UNITIL Fitchburg 1889 12 Chamber of Central Mass South 46 Hall Road, Sturbridge 01566 508-347-2761 • www.cmschamber.org 257 2.0 Alexandra McNitt executive director Jocelyn Callis OFS Fitel Sturbridge 1945 12 Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce 179 Great Road, Suite 104B, Acton 01720 978-263-0010 • www.mwcoc.com 257 2.0 Jonathan Kerr executive director Jeffrey Turcotte Worker's Credit Union Fitchburg 1989 14 North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce 80 Freedom St., Athol 01331 978-249-3849 • www.northquabbinchamber.com 215 2.5 Mark C. Wright executive director Kim Stewart Kessler Investments Athol 1982 15 Wachusett Area Chamber of Commerce ** 1174 Main St., Holden 01520 508-829-9220 • www.wachusettareachamber.org 178 1.0 Jennifer Stanovich executive director Sharon Taubert Busy Bee Nursery and Landscape Construction Holden 1991 16 Auburn Chamber of Commerce 446 Main St., Suite 200, Worcester 01608 151 1.0 Virginia K. Parent Dr. Francis DeFalco DeFalco Family Chiropractic 1962 12 Chamber of Central Mass South 46 Hall Road, Sturbridge 01566 508-347-2761 • www.cmschamber.org 257 2.0 Alexandra McNitt executive director Jocelyn Callis OFS Fitel Sturbridge 1945 12 Middlesex West Chamber of Commerce 179 Great Road, Suite 104B, Acton 01720 978-263-0010 • www.mwcoc.com 257 2.0 Jonathan Kerr executive director Jeffrey Turcotte Worker's Credit Union Fitchburg 1989 14 North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce 80 Freedom St., Athol 01331 978-249-3849 • www.northquabbinchamber.com 215 2.5 Mark C. Wright executive director Kim Stewart Kessler Investments Athol 1982 15 Wachusett Area Chamber of Commerce ** 1174 Main St., Holden 01520 508-829-9220 • www.wachusettareachamber.org 178 1.0 Jennifer Stanovich executive director Sharon Taubert Busy Bee Nursery and Landscape Construction Holden 1991 16 Auburn Chamber of Commerce 446 Main St., Suite 200, Worcester 01608 508-753-2924 • www.auburnchamberma.org 151 1.0 Virginia K. Parent affiliate liaison Dr. Francis DeFalco DeFalco Family Chiropractic Auburn 1962 17 Webster Dudley Oxford Chamber of Commerce 446 Main St., Suite 200, Worcester 01608 508-943-9700 • www.wdochamberma.com 133 1.0 Virginia K. Parent affiliate liaison Dennis Luukko Aubuchon Hardware Webster 1945 18 Hopkinton Chamber of Commerce P.O. Box 55, Hopkinton 01748 508-922-2302 • www.hopchamber.com 122 1.0 Tim Kilduff executive director Scott Richardson Gorman Richardson Lewis Architects Inc. 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