Board Members
Our Board Members include regional leaders from the business community, elected officials, institutions of higher education, economic and workforce development organizations coming together to explore and take action on economic development issues that can help grow our region.
Board Members

Mayor Michael Cahill
City of Beverly (Board Chair)

Mayor Ted Bettencourt
City of Peabody

Jim Cowdell
Lynn EDIC (Vice Chair)

Beth Debski
Salem Partnership

Mayor Dominick Pangallo
City of Salem

Brian Pellinen
Montserrat College of Art

Michael Harrington
Hawthorne Hotel

Annie Harris
Essex National Heritage Commission

President William A. Heineman, Ed.D.
North Shore Community College

Sue Howland
Cummings Properties

President John Keenan
Salem State University

Mayor Jared C. Nicholson
City of Lynn

Elizabeth O’Hara
Eastern Bank

Ed O’Sullivan
Executive Director MassHire North Shore Workforce Board

Kurt T. Steinberg, Ed.D.
Peabody Essex Museum

Mike Wheeler
North Shore Bank