Board of Directors & Advisory Committees

Board of Directors

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Xuan Kong, Ph.D., President, Acton, MA
Senior VP for Research and Intellectual Property, NEUROMetrix Inc.
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Lisa Giglio, Treasurer, Hubbardston, MA
Retired, Vice President, Global Payroll Strategy & Operations and HR M&A, Dell Technologies
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Cheryl Beaudoin, Clerk, Sharon, MA
"Grandparent Discoveries" blogger; Retired Kindergarten Teacher, Acton-Boxborough Regional School District
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David J. Cote, Acton, MA
Program Manager, Draper Laboratory; Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government Center for Public Leadership Fellow; Retired US Marine Corps Reserves
Kathryn Dailey
Kathryn Dailey, Carlisle, MA
Owner TrainDailey, LLC; Personal Trainer, NASM, Nutrition Coach, PN1, Pilates Instructor since 2022
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Courtney Hanna Renkes, Brookline, MA
Attorney at Law, formerly in civil litigation and nonprofit work in Washington, D.C.
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Scott Harris, Acton, MA
Co-founder and VP of SolidWorks and Onshape Corps; Distinguished Partner for Engineering and Entrepreneurship & Trustee, Olin College of Engineering; Mentor-in-Residence, WPI
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Henry Houh, Lexington, MA
Intellectual Property Expert Witness; Founder of H3XL dba Einstein’s Workshop; President, Houh Consulting Inc.
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Bill Huss, Ph.D., Wayland, MA
Business Analytics Faculty, Babson College; Retired Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Xenergy Consulting
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Samira Lawande, Acton, MA
Senior Medtech Advisor, Global Health Labs, Inc.
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Andrew Magee, Acton, MA
Retired Partner, Epsilon Associates, Inc.
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Herbert Mason, Pepperell, MA
Vice President, Talent Development & Training Manager, Reading Cooperative Bank
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Shelly Shaw, Wayland, MA
Vice President, Associate General Counsel, Corporate, Securities, and M&A and Assistant Secretary, Analog Devices
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Umair Zia, Jericho, NY
Vice President of Electric Systems Operations, Long Island Power Authority

Emeritus/a Board Members

Paula Bentinck-Smith
Harry Hollenberg

Emeritus/a Board Members, Retired 

Carolyn W. Platt
William H. Ryan
Lees Stuntz
Donald B. Verger

Science and Technology Advisory Council

Scott Harris, Chair
Christina Agapakis
Fanglin Che
Snimar Chhabra
Jason Coutermarsh
Robin Deits
Peter Fearey
Anthony Ferrara
Pamela Gannon
Maxwell B. Hall
Henry Houh
Annu Jain
Xinfang Jin
Carleton F. Kilmer
Shelley Kobrenski
Xuan Kong
Allison Little
Gareth H. McKinley
Gayle M. Merling
Peter Morico
Anthony Rao
Hetal Sheth
James D. Shields
Stefan Suarez
Kevin Sullivan
Janice Vatland
Balvinder Vig
Michael Volkert
Tom A. Witkin
Peter Wurman
Liyu Yang
Umair Zia