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Biographies Board of Directors
Ranch C. Kimball, Chairman Ranch Kimball, president and CEO of Joslin Diabetes Center, served as Massachusetts' secretary of economic development from 2004 through 2006. In his capacity as secretary, he advised the Governor on economic development efforts, including creating and retaining jobs, maintaining a stable tax structure for corporations and strengthening the state's competitiveness. He also oversaw the Department of Business & Technology, the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation and the Departments of Labor and Workforce Development. Mr. Kimball has spent his career working in business development and private equity. He most recently led the creation of a private equity unit at Kissinger McLarty Associates, a consulting firm, headed by Dr. Henry Kissinger and former White House Chief of Staff Thomas "Mack" McLarty. Prior to that, Mr. Kimball was a partner at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), where he worked extensively with technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, media and health care companies. During his 16 years at BCG, Mr. Kimball built, developed and led teams of hundreds of professionals in 26 offices in 13 countries around the world. Mr. Kimball has worked with many boards and committees in support of a variety of public policy and children's issues, including Boston's WGBH-TV and Children's Television Workshop, the producers of "Sesame Street." He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University in 1980. Top of the Page Joseph P. Craven, Vice Chair Joseph P. Craven is Senior Vice President, Institutional at American Century Investments whose background includes both public and private sector experience. A former senior executive with Putnam Investments in Boston, his expertise includes business strategy, client relationship management, marketing, product management and sales and consultant relations. In his role as Director of Institutional Retirement Services, Mr. Craven managed Putnam's institutional full service defined contribution business, serving 250 clients and 1.2 million participants with $50 billion in assets under administration. Mr. Craven joined the Office of the State Treasurer as General Counsel in 1993, later serving as Deputy Treasurer, Pension Investment Division. In that capacity, he was responsible for oversight of pension plans with assets in excess of $8 billion. He has practiced public finance and commercial finance law in Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York, where he worked as an investment banker. Mr. Craven holds an AB in Economics from Brown University and a JD from the Fordham University School of Law. Mr. Craven was appointed to the MassDevelopment Board of Directors in August 2005. Top of the Page Gregory P. Bialecki Gregory P. Bialecki is Undersecretary for Business Development of the Department of Business and Technology. Prior to his current role, Mr. Bialecki worked for over twenty years as a real estate development and environmental lawyer at the law firms of Hill & Barlow and DLA Piper Rudnick, focusing on the 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 matters throughout the Commonwealth. Mr. Bialecki is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. Top of the Page Gerald D. Cohen 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, Inc. has extensive experience in the renovation and restoration of properties throughout Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina and Pennsylvania. Mr. Cohen was an organizer of Commonwealth National Bank, a nationally chartered bank in Worcester, Massachusetts. He currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee, chairman of Nominating and Governance Committee, and the Board of Directors. Mr. Cohen also serves as a member of the Board of Overseers at The Children’s Hospital in Boston; a member of Kellogg’s Graduate School of Management’s Real Estate Research Center Advisory Board and the Kellogg Alumni Advisory Board; a member of Brown University’s Corporation Committee on Facilities and Design and its Strategic Long Range Committee and Chairman of the Real Estate Sub-Committee; an overseer of the Museum of Science; and member of the Executive Board of the New England Anti-Defamation League. He is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and a licensed Massachusetts and New York real estate broker. From 1989 to 1991, he was a member of the Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority Board. 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. Top of the Page Katherine P. Craven 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. In this capacity, she provided counsel to the Speaker and members of the House on major legislative initiatives, including the financing of the $7B 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. Prior to assuming this role, Ms. Craven served as Deputy Budget Director for the House Committee on Ways and Means, the legislative committee charged with analysis of more than 5,000 pieces of legislation with a fiscal impact, including budget and tax matters. In addition to working on the recently enacted school building assistance reform in 2004, Ms. Craven assisted in drafting the first major comprehensive reform of the school building assistance program in 2000. She has lectured on the intricacies of the state budget at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the Donahue Institute of the University of Massachusetts. She is a graduate of Harvard University and Boston Latin School. 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. Top of the Page Dix Davis Mr. Davis is a director and treasurer of the Worcester Business Development Corporation. He has over 40 years of experience in the field of finance, and began working at Allmerica Financial (formerly State Mutual Life Assurance Company of America) in 1960 until his retirement on June 30, 2000. His most recent appointment was as vice president, Allmerica Asset Management. Mr. Davis is a trustee at UMass Memorial Health Care, Health Alliance Hospitals, and Salem Community Corporation. In addition, he is a trustee of Worcester Music, and has served as president and trustee of the Worcester Art Museum, president and trustee of the Bancroft School, chairman of the Town of Princetown School Committee, and trustee of the Worcester Mechanics Association. Mr. Davis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College and an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business Administration. He has served on the board of the agency and its predecessors since 1994. Top of the Page Jay Gonzalez 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. Prior to joining the Patrick Administration, Mr. Gonzalez was a partner at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP where he served as counsel to hundreds of cities, towns, school districts and other governmental entities throughout New England in connection with the financing and development of major capital projects and other governmental programs. He has assisted governmental entities with a wide array of public projects, including the construction of schools and other municipal buildings, water and sewer projects, economic development projects, land conservation, transportation projects and other municipal infrastructure improvements. Mr. Gonzalez also served as general counsel to a number of municipal and other governmental and quasi-governmental entities, primarily on finance-related matters. Top of the Page Christopher E. Goode Christopher E. Goode is Vice President, Global Corporate 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. In addition, Mr. Goode manages EMC’s Office of Global Corporate Community Involvement, where he oversees EMC’s philanthropic support for education reform, improvements to math and science education, efforts to reduce violence and support conflict resolution, and other local and global philanthropic activities. 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. Top of the Page Matthew J. Gorzkowicz Matthew J. Gorzkowicz is the Assistant Secretary for Finance Operations and Budget of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance. He has been appointed to serve as designee for Undersecretary Gonzalez. Top of the Page Brian Kavoogian Brian Kavoogian is the president of Charles River Realty Investors, a Boston-based real estate investment management firm. From 2000 to 2003, Mr. Kavoogian was a principal of The Davis Companies, where he was primarily responsible for the company's new investment and development activities. From 1984 to 2000, Mr. Kavoogian was with Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P., one of the nation's largest real estate investment banking firms, most recently serving as Senior Managing Director and head of their Boston-office. In 2004, Mr. Kavoogian served as the Chairman of the Greater Boston Real Estate Board, the region's largest commercial and residential real estate trade organization. He has served as a past executive committee member of Boston's Urban Land Institute, and the National Association of Industrial and Office Parks. Community and charitable organizations in which Mr. Kavoogian is involved include the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Greater Boston YMCA, the Board of Overseers of the Tufts University College of Citizenship and Public Service, and the Board of Overseers of Newton-Wellesley Hospital. Mr. Kavoogian graduated from Tufts University in 1984 with a degree in Economics. He was appointed to the MassDevelopment Board of Directors in June 2006. Top of the Page Daniel O'Connell Daniel O'Connell is the Secretary of the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development. He is an attorney and a former real estate developer with extensive management experience. He has worked in federal, quasi-public and private institutions in Boston and Washington, DC. In December 2005, Mr. O’Connell joined Meredith & Grew as an Executive Vice President, Partner and senior member of the firm's Development and Advisory Services Group. From 1998 to 2005, as a principal in the Development Services Group at Spaulding & Slye Colliers, he provided strategic counsel and execution capabilities to governmental, institutional and corporate clients. Mr. O’Connell was in charge of several large-scale permitting and development projects, including: Fan Pier, Boston, Massachusetts; North Point, Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville, Massachusetts; and the Puerto Rico Convention Center District Authority, San Juan Puerto Rico. Mr. O’Connell also served as the executive director of the Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency (now MassDevelopment), and as the director of planning and development for the Massachusetts Port Authority. For eleven years, Mr. O’Connell was a lead real estate attorney with the Boston and Washington, DC law firm of Gadsby & Hannah, including serving as managing partner of the firm. He also was the first chief of staff for Congressman Edward J. Markey. Since 2003, Mr. O’Connell has been a guest speaker on "The Permitting and Public Approval Process" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Real Estate Development. Mr. O’Connell served in 2006 as a Commissioner of the Massachusetts Legislative Commission on Metropolitan Beaches. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, and a member of the Massachusetts and District of Columbia bars. Top of the Page
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