History

Kevin O'Sullivan
President and CEO
E- mail: kosullivan@massbiomed.org
Phone: (508) 797-4200 ext. 100
Fax: (508) 799-4039
Kevin O'Sullivan became a member of the Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives team in 1998. Before being named President & CEO in April 2003, he served as MBI's Vice President of Business Development and Operations.
Previously he was the Vice President and Director of Marketing at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce where he developed and implemented a comprehensive marketing and public relations plan for the 4,000-member business organization. He also served as Marketing Director for the City of Worcester where he was charged with the opening of the Worcester Centrum Centre Convention facility. As a member of the Board of Directors of the Worcester Business Development Corporation, he helped to develop the successful Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Park.He is also Chair of the City of Worcester’s License Commission.
From 1986 to 1994 he served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. While a member, he chaired the Committee on Redistricting, was Vice Chair of Ethics, and sat on the Ways and Means Committee. While in the Legislature he championed the Biomedical industry and was a co sponsor in enacting the Emerging Technology Fund, Investment Tax Credit, and Tax Increment Financing legislation. He was the former Co-Founder and Chair of the Central Mass Legislative Caucus.

Judy Cocaine
Manager of Administration
E-mail: jcocaine@massbiomed.org
Phone: (508) 797-4200 ext. 200
Fax: (508) 799-4039
Judy Cocaine joined Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives in June of 2001 as Manager of Administration. She is responsible for overseeing the office administration for the organization as well as providing operational support. Judy has over twenty years of experience in the administrative field with previous service at the Worcester Regional Chamber of Commerce and the Colleges of the Worcester Consortium.

James Duffy
Facilities Manager
James Duffy brings 25 years of experience in property management both in the public and private sector. He is responsible for the facilities management at all three of MBI’s locations.
E-mail: jduffy@massbiomed.org
Phone: 508-797-4200 ext. 600
Fax: 508-799-4039

Nancy Pond
Accountant/Full Charge Bookkeeper
Nancy Pond joined MBI in June 2009 as its Accountant/Full Charge Bookkeeper. Nancy is responsible for the day to day accounting operations through financial statement preparation and reporting. Nancy has over 25 years of experience in the corporate accounting field and marketing profession, bringing with her extensive office management and accounting experience in all fields of record keeping.
E-mail: npond@massbiomed.org
Phone: (508) 797-4200 ext. 201
Fax: (508) 799-4039

Michele Pitoniak-Crawford
Director Health & Safety
E-mail: mpcrawford1@yahoo.com
Phone: 508-797-4200 ext. 101
Fax: 508-799-4039
Michele Pitoniak-Crawford joined MBI in October, 2003 as Director of Health & Safety. Michele is responsible for managing all aspects of chemical, biological and radiological safety. She serves as the MBI representative to local, state and federal agencies on issues of permitting and compliance and is a resource to tenant companies on issues of training and laboratory safety. Michele has over 20 years experience managing health and safety programs in academic and research environments. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in
the Biological Sciences from Smith College and a Master of Public Health degree from Boston University's
School of Public Health. She is also certified by the IHMM as a Master Level Certified Hazardous Materials
Manager (CHMM), licensed by the State of Massachusetts Board of Registration as a Registered
Sanitarian (RS) and a Certified Health Officer (CHO). Ms. Pitoniak-Crawford is a member of the New
England American Industrial Hygiene Association, American Society of Safety Engineers and Academy
of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers.

Joseph Gormley
Managing Director of Informatics and Biocomputing Resources
E-mail: jg@massbiomed.org
Phone: (508) 797-4200 ext. 203
Fax: (508) 799-4039
Joseph Gormley is a senior industry consultant and Managing Director of Informatics and Biocomputing Resources for Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives. He is responsible for the Biocomputing Center's operational planning, software engineering team management, and the establishment of strategic engineering alliances. Mr. Gormley's professional interests include biosimulation design, database development, and the evaluation of emerging data mining techniques. He is a member of American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and serves on the CAMDA (Critical Assessment of Microarray Data Analysis) Scientific Committee. He has over twenty years of experience in software project management and is an approved NIH consultant. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and a Master of Liberal Arts in Biology from Harvard University. In 2001, Mr. Gormley received a Certificate of Appreciation and Achievement from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for volunteer efforts supporting biomedical industry economic development. In 2005, Mr. Gormley lead the MBI Technical Team awarded a Regional Priority Grant in Biocomputing and Systems Biology from the John Adams Innovation Institute. Personal interests include volunteer work with Massachusetts Special Olympics and regional fund raising events for the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
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Officers of the Corporation:
Chairman:
Abraham W. Haddad, D.M.D.
Vice Chairman:
Philip R. Morgan
CEO
Morgan Construction Company
A Siemens VAI Business
A Siemens Company
President:
Kevin O'Sullivan
President & CEO
Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives
Treasurer:
Mark L. Love, CPA
Love, Jarominski & Raymond LLP
Clerk:
Gail E. Radcliffe, Ph.D.
Principal
Radcliffe Consulting Group
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Board of Trustees:
Robert Anderson, LLM, Esq., CPA
Division Counsel
Pharmaceutical Products Group
Domestic Legal Operations
Abbott Bioresearch Center
Janelle C. Ashley, Ph.D.
President
Worcester State College
John E. Bassett, Ph.D.
President
Clark University
Dennis D. Berkey, Ph.D.
President
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Michael F. Collins, M.D.
Chancellor and Sr. Vice President for Health Sciences
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
Michael J. Donoghue
Former Chairman & Treasurer
Worcester County Retirement Board
James A. Ermilio
(Former) Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary,
The Commerce Group, Inc.
David P. Forsberg
President
Worcester Business Development Corporation
Paul Friedmann, M.D., M.B.A.
Executive Director of Pioneer Valley Life Sciences Institute
Baystate Medical Center
Karen H. Green
President & CEO
VNA Care Network, Inc.
David R. Grenon
Dennis L. Guberski, M.S.
President & Chairman
Biomedical Research Models, Inc.
Christian W. McCarthy
Executive Vice President for Finance and Administration
Assumption College
John F. Merrill
Market President, Commercial Banking Massachusetts
Sovereign Bank
Charles F. Monahan, Jr.
President
Mass. College of Pharmacy & Health
Yael Schwartz, Ph.D.
CEO
Hygeia Therapeutics, Inc.
Dr. Deborah Turner Kochevar
Dean
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University
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