Executive Committee & Board of Directors

Executive Committee

Kelly R. Knee

Chair

Ann K. Gisinger

EBC President & Executive Director

Michelle N. O’Brien

Clerk

Michael J. Walsh

Vice Chair – Board Nomination

Marc Richards

Vice Chair – Membership

Francis Ricciardi

Vice Chair – Programming

Patricia M. Pinto

Vice Chair – Strategic Planning

Kathleen Campbell

Treasurer

Board of Directors

Jonathan Abplanalp

Sudip Bafna

Stephen B. Barrett

Julie P. Barry

Melissa A. Beauchemin

J. Matthew Bellisle

Kathleen M. Brill

Jackie M. Caceci

Bethany Card

Chad W. Cox

Gary Davis, Jr.

Robert L. Delhome

Peter F. Durning

Brenda L. Enos

Robert P. Hamilton, Jr.

Ross A. Hartman

David Hewett

Jennifer L. Johnson

Alan S. Kao

Isabel Kaubisch

Lisa French Kelley

Leslie Lombardo

Peter S. Lorenz

Arthur N. Mabbett

Stacy H. Minihane

Valerie A. Moore

David M. Peter

Jacob San Antonio

Chad B. Sumner

Curtis L. Thalken

Andrew Timmis

Mark Van Weelden

Aaron Weieneth

Past Leadership

Chair Emeritus / President of the EBC Board of Directors

1990 – 1992 – President – Arthur N. Mabbett
1992 – 1993 – Donald L. Connors, Esq. [In Memoriam]
1993 – 1995 – John N. Driscoll
1995 – 1996 – John A. S. McGlennon [In Memoriam]
1996 – 1997 – Vincent Rocco [In Memoriam]
1997 – 1999 – Elizabeth K. Levin
1999 – 2002 – Craig D. MacKay
2002 – 2004 – Robert V. Bibbo
2004 – 2006 – Jonathan L. Feinstein
2006 – 2007 – Joan N. Gardner
2007 – 2009 – John D. Rendall
2009 – 2011 – Edward W. Ionata
2011 – 2014 – Margaret B. Briggs
2014 – 2016 – Michael J. Scipione
2016 – 2018 – Thomas A. Mackie
2018 – 2020 – Robert D. Cox, Jr.
2020 – 2022 – Catherine A. Finneran
2022 – 2024 – Robert P. Hamilton, Jr.
2024 – 2026 – Patricia M. Pinto

Past Presidents / Executive Directors

1991 – 1993 – Executive Director – Diana S. Coates [In Memoriam]
1994 – 1995 – President – Merna Hurd
1996 – 1997 – President – Betty J. Diener [In Memoriam]
1996 – 2021 – Executive Director & President – Daniel K. Moon

Arthur N. Mabbett

Chairman
Mabbett & Associates, Inc.
5 Alfred Circle, Bedford, MA 01730-2318
email | 781.275.6050 x 321

Curriculum Vitae:

Arthur N. Mabbett is the Chairman, CEO and founder of Mabbett & Associates, Inc. (Mabbett®), Consultants, Engineers and Program Managers, Bedford, Massachusetts, an internationally recognized and award-winning firm specializing in integrated architectural-engineering, and environmental, health and safety consulting and engineering services to manufacturing and commercial industry, institutions and Federal, state and local public agencies. Mabbett is a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs verified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. Mabbett has regional offices in Rhode Island, New Jersey and Virginia and was established in 1980. Mabbett was recognized as one of the fastest growing private companies in the USA by Inc. magazine in 2010, 2011 and 2012 and by the Zweig Letter as one of the fastest growing architectural, engineering and environmental Hot Firms in North America in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. In 2012 Mabbett was also recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) with its Veteran Champion Award for both Massachusetts and New England and in 2015 as the SBA Small Business Prime Contractor of the Year in Region 1.

Mr. Mabbett is also the founder and Chairman of Mabbett & Associates Ltd, Glasgow, Scotland, a leading United Kingdom-European Union consultancy with regional offices in Rosyth (Edinburgh), Belfast, Inverness and a project office in Cardiff, Wales. Mabbett Ltd provides similar services to manufacturing and commercial industry, government agencies and municipal governments throughout the U.K, Europe and the Middle East and Caribbean. Mabbett Ltd was established in 1996.

Mr. Mabbett is also the President of Veterans Business Supply, Inc. (VBS) an online retailer of commercial, industrial, office-business, health and safety, and first aid supplies.

Mr. Mabbett holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts Boston and a Master of Science degree from Rutgers University. He is a Registered Professional Engineer; a Registered and Certified Environmental Health Scientist; a Certified Safety Professional; a Qualified Environmental Professional; and a Certified Hazard Control Manager. He served meritoriously in the U.S. Army as a Major, Environmental Science Officer; 6 years active duty and 13 years in the U.S. Army Reserve.

Mr. Mabbett has broad and multi-disciplinary experience in the environmental, health and safety fields. He is the author of numerous technical publications and is a regular featured speaker at various conferences and events. He is the founding President of the Environmental Business Council of New England and serves on several Boards in leadership positions to include: Boy Scouts of America, The Spirit of Adventure Council, British American Business Council of New England; and the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Bethany Card

Senior Policy Advisor
Smith, Costello & Crawford
One State Street Suite 1500 Boston MA 02109
email | 617.523.0600

Curriculum Vitae:

Beth Card is a senior policy advisor for the Boston-based firm Smith, Costello & Crawford. In her role, she is an advocate for her clients and uses her regulatory expertise to help them achieve their goals. Ms. Card has recently concluded her role as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Secretary of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. This cabinet level position serves as the Governor’s chief advisor on energy and environment and directs efforts that protect, preserve, and enhance the Commonwealth’s environmental resources while ensuring a clean energy future for the state’s residents. This role oversees the work of the Commonwealth’s environmental, natural resources and energy regulatory agencies. This involves developing policy and legislative initiatives, leading programs and projects, creating budget pathways for implementation, and serving as the front-line communicator with the press and public. In addition, the Secretary serves as the Chair the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority and the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center.

As Secretary, a key focus of her work was the development of approaches to invest in environmental infrastructure under the American Rescue Plan Act and implementation of the Administration’s comprehensive climate change law. During her tenure, the Administration successfully established an approach to investing in the Commonwealth’s water and sewer infrastructure, environmental infrastructure and state parks. Beth has also played a key role in advising on implementation of the environmental justice initiatives in the Commonwealth.

Beth has more than twenty-five years of service in state agencies and quasi-governmental organizations where she has been a leader on environmental policy development and implementation of regulatory programs. Prior to joining the Baker-Polito Administration, Beth served as the Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs for the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA). During her time at MWRA, Card developed and oversaw the implementation of environmental policies on behalf of the Authority that provides water and sewer services to 3.1 million people and more than 5,500 large industrial users in 61 metropolitan Boston communities. Before joining MWRA, Beth worked at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) for over six years as both Deputy Commissioner for Policy and Planning and Assistant Commissioner, Bureau of Water Resources. Her portfolio as MassDEP included programs that manage water and air resources as well as waste management. She was instrumental in work related to implementation of the global warming solutions act, the lead in schools initiative, wastewater planning on Cape Cod, and revising water management act requirements.

Card received a B.A. in Political Science from the University of New Hampshire and a J.D. from the Massachusetts School of Law.