Please join us for this event which features a speaking program, salutes to area businesses and a networking breakfast.  More than 200 area professionals attend. 

Supporting Sponsorship is available. Reach out to Karen for more information.

Salutes:
100 Years Table Talk Pies, Inc. 
100 Years American Heart Association
Matt Vaccaro, President & Owner, Worcester Bravehearts
Mary McGovern, President, Country Bank
Alex Guardiola, President and CEO, Better Business Bureau
McHala Brophy, Executive Director, Worcester Education Development Foundation 

Keynote Speaker: Doug Howgate, President, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation 

Doug Howgate is President at the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. Doug began as President in January of 2023, after two years as the Foundation’s Executive Vice President. This is Doug’s second stint at MTF, having served as Research Director between 2015 and 2018.

Prior to his time at the Foundation, Doug has held a number of prominent policy positions in Massachusetts. He served as Senior Policy Advisor to Senate President Karen Spilka between 2018 and 2020, and Budget Director at the Senate Committee on Ways and Means between 2010 and 2014. He has also served as Deputy Chief of Staff at the Massachusetts Port Authority and as a Senior Researcher at the Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center.

Doug has a B.A. in Political Science from Holy Cross and holds a Master’s degree from Georgetown’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

Chief Greeter
Billie Kenyon, COO + Customer Success, Ladybugz Interactive Agency