Gregory P. Bialecki, Chair
Secretary, Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Gregory P. Bialecki is Massachusetts’ Secretary of Housing and Economic Development. Prior to serving in this capacity, Mr. Bialecki had been Undersecretary for Business Development. He has more than 20 years’ experience as a real estate development and environmental lawyer at the law firms of Hill & Barlow and DLA Piper Rudnick, where he focused on major urban redevelopment projects in the Greater Boston area. He also worked extensively with public agencies, non-profit organizations and private landowners on land conservation and open space protection in the Commonwealth. Mr. Bialecki is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.
David M. Abromowitz
Partner, Goulston & Storrs
David M. Abromowitz is a partner in the law firm Goulston & Storrs, where he has worked on a variety of economic development and community revitalization initiatives, particularly involving housing and historic tax credit investment, HUD-assisted housing, public housing revitalization, assisted living, community land trusts, shared-equity homeownership, multifamily rental housing development, planned homeownership communities, and other multi-layered public/private projects.
A former adjunct professor at Northeastern Law School, Mr. Abromowitz received his BA from Princeton University and his JD from Harvard Law School. Mr. Abromowitz was appointed to the MassDevelopment Board of Directors in May 2009.
Gerald D. Cohen
President, SF Properties, Inc.
Gerald D. Cohen is a founding partner of SSG Development, LLC, and founder and manager of SF Properties, LLC, SF Properties, Inc., (“SF Properties”), and CGI Companies with expertise in financing, leasing, developing, and managing real estate. Mr. Cohen is in charge of financing and strategic planning for SSG Development. In addition, he operates more than 30 properties consisting of shopping centers, downtown store blocks, and office buildings. SF Properties has extensive experience in the renovation and restoration of properties throughout Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
A graduate of Brown University, Mr. Cohen received his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management. Mr. Cohen was appointed to the MassDevelopment Board of Directors in November 2007.
Katherine P. Craven
Executive Director, Massachusetts School Building Authority
Katherine P. Craven is Executive Director of the Massachusetts School Building Authority. She most recently served as Director of Policy for the Massachusetts House of Representatives where she provided counsel to the Speaker and members of the House on major legislative initiatives, including the financing of the $7 billion state Medicaid program and the Uncompensated Care Pool, the Commonwealth’s $23 billion annual operating budget, the 2003 Economic Stimulus Act, the 2003 municipal relief package, and billions of dollars in capital bond bills.
Ms. Craven serves on the Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Association for Mental Health and has been nominated as a member of the Board of Incorporators for Partners Healthcare, Inc. She was appointed to the MassDevelopment board in March 2005.
Jay Gonzalez
Undersecretary, Executive Office of Administration and Finance
Jay Gonzalez currently serves as the Undersecretary of Administration and Finance. In this capacity, he is responsible for developing and overseeing the state’s capital finance program and serves as the Secretary’s designee on the boards of a number of public authorities and agencies.
Christopher E. Goode
Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs & Public Policy, EMC Corp.
Christopher E. Goode is Senior Director of Corporate Government & Community Affairs & Public Policy at EMC Corporation, the world leader in information storage systems, software, networks, and services. In this position, Mr. Goode is responsible for representing the interests of EMC on various state and federal public policy issues of importance to EMC’s competitiveness and to the long-term health of Massachusetts’ economy, as well as supporting the approval processes for the various real estate development projects in Massachusetts that are of importance to EMC’s long-term growth objectives.
During his twenty years in the public policy field, Mr. Goode previously was the Director of Public Policy at the Massachusetts Business Roundtable, an organization of eighty of Massachusetts’ leading chief executives, where he led the Roundtable’s efforts on major issues of long term importance to Massachusetts, ranging from education reform to transportation infrastructure improvement. Prior to that, Mr. Goode served as Director of State Relations at Boston University, where he led initiatives on real estate development, state scholarship aid, the Boston University/Chelsea Schools Partnership, and other issues.
Mr. Goode graduated from the Boston Latin School and Holy Cross College. He was appointed to the MassDevelopment Board of Directors in October 2006.
Matthew J. Gorzkowicz
Assistant Secretary, Executive Office for Administration and Finance, Designee for Undersecretary Jay Gonzalez
Matthew J. Gorzkowicz is the Assistant Secretary of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance. He serves as the designee for Undersecretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez.
Michael Hunter
Undersecretary of Business Development, Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Michael Hunter is the Undersecretary of Business Development at the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development. He was formerly an Assistant Vice President at DMJM/Harris (a firm specializing in transportation and infrastructure) managing mixed use real estate projects. Mr. Hunter has held a number of management and business development positions over the last several years in the public and private sectors including Real Estate Manager for supermarket retailer Supervalu, Deputy Director for Institutional Real Estate for the Boston Redevelopment Authority, and a Public Finance specialist at the former Bank of Boston. Mr. Hunter began his career in Boston as a Strategic Planner for the Governor’s Office of Economic Development in the administration of Governor Michael Dukakis. He earned a B.A in Political Science from Holy Cross and Master’s in Management from the Heller School at Brandeis University.
John F. (Jay) Hurley
President, Iron Workers District Council of New England
John F. (Jay) Hurley is 6th General Vice President of the Iron Workers International Union in Washington, DC and President of the Iron Workers District Council of New England. He also serves as a commissioner on the City of Boston Zoning Commission. He possesses 19 years of hands-on field experience in all aspects of the steel construction industry.
Mr. Hurley is active in numerous philanthropic endeavors with nonprofit entities around New England. He was appointed to the MassDevelopment Board of Directors in November 2008.
W. Estella Johnson
Director of Economic Development, City of Cambridge
W. Estella Johnson is Director of Economic Development for the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Prior to joining the City of Cambridge, Ms. Johnson spent nine years as President and CEO of the Gate City Community Development Corporation of Greensboro, NC where she focused on small business development for women and minorities, housing development for low-to-moderate income families, workforce development, and community outreach initiatives. Previously, she served as Assistant Commissioner of Economic Development for the City of Chicago. There she worked with numerous business associations and community groups, assisting them in implementing neighborhood development projects.
Ms. Johnson has held office on boards including the Cambridge YWCA, and served as Vice Chair of the Women’s Resource Center and Board Secretary of the N.C. Association of Community Development Corporations. She is a past member of the Yerevan Sister City Association Board.
Her awards and recognitions include Harvard Square Business Association Community Preservation Award, City of Greensboro Human Relations Housing Award for 2001, Greensboro Chamber of Commerce 1998 Small Business Advocate of the Year Award, and the Golden Eagle Award from Dudley Products in 1997.
Ms. Johnson received a Bachelor of Arts in Social Psychology from Connecticut College and holds a Master’s in Public Administration from American University.
Meghan T. Lynch
Senior Analyst, Abt Associates, Inc.
Meghan T. Lynch is a Senior Analyst at Abt Associates, Inc. She specializes in human health risk assessment, including quantifying human variability in response to toxicants and incorporating this information into the current risk assessment framework. Dr. Lynch also has expertise in reviewing and utilizing the toxicological and epidemiologic literature for environmental policy and benefit-cost analysis. She also has several years of professional experience in brownfields redevelopment field work and analysis.
Dr. Lynch was appointed to the MassDevelopment Board in November 2008.





