Executive Committee & Board of Directors

Catherine A. Finneran

Vice President, Sustainability and Environmental Affairs
Eversource Energy
247 Station Drive, SE270, Westwood, MA 02090
catherine (dot) finneran (at) eversource (dot) com | 781.441.8859

Curriculum Vitae:

Catherine Finneran is Vice President of Sustainability and Environmental Affairs. She oversees environmental and climate initiatives, including work to achieve the company’s industry-leading goal to become carbon neutral by 2030. She leads the team responsible for corporate sustainability, an area where Eversource has repeatedly been recognized for leadership by outside evaluators. Her scope also includes transmission, distribution, gas and clean energy environmental permitting, environmental emergency response, and management of environmental reserve sites.

Catherine has more than 20 years of experience focused on clean energy, environmental protection, and economic development. Before joining Eversource, she served as Senior Director of Renewable Energy Generation at the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center, where she oversaw the design and implementation of programs to grow the Massachusetts clean energy market. That included oversight of state grant and rebate programs for solar, land-based wind, renewable gas, and clean heat.

She previously served as the Director of Clean Energy for the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) working with agency staff to promote clean energy initiatives across air, water, waste and other MassDEP programs. She also served as the central point of contact for the state for brownfields redevelopment, working with developers and municipalities to support the cleanup and reuse of underutilized sites. Early in her career Catherine served as Development Manager for the City of Chicopee, where she helped the City form a 501c3 non-profit community development corporation.

Catherine is Chair of the Board of Directors for the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBCNE), as well as Director and Membership Chair for New England Women in Energy and the Environment (NEWIEE). She is a Governor appointee on the Connecticut Blue Plan Advisory Committee and the Massachusetts Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) Commission. She represents Eversource on the Massachusetts Implementation Advisory Committee (IAC) which advises the Administration on the implementation of the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA).

Arthur N. Mabbett

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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.