February 9, 2011
State Officials, Business Execs Heading Overseas
By Christina Davis
A delegation of leaders from the public and private sectors are expected to travel to Israel and the United Kingdom next month in an effort to "explore growth opportunities within the commonwealth's innovation-based industries."
The 10-day trip will start off in Tel Aviv and the group will then travel to Haifa, Jerusalem, London and Cambridge.
The trip was announced this morning by Gov. Deval Patrick's office. The travelers will include representatives from the Massachusetts Competitive Partnership, a recently formed group of 14 CEOs from Bay State companies.
Members of the official government delegation:
- Gov. Deval L. Patrick, Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Secretary Greg Bialecki, Housing and Economic Development
- Secretary Rick Sullivan, Energy and Environmental Affairs
- Susan Windham-Bannister, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center
- Pat Larkin, Director, John Adams Innovation Institute, MTC
- Pat Cloney, Director, Mass Clean Energy Center
- Robert Caret, Incoming President of the University of Massachusetts
Members of the official non-government delegation:
- Rodney Brooks, Chairman and CTO, Heartland Robotics
- Tom Dretler, President and CEO, Eduventures Inc.
- John Fish, CEO and President of Suffolk Construction Co.
- Jaime Goldstein, Northbridge
- Gary Gottlieb, President and CEO, Partners HealthCare
- Michael Greeley, Flybridge Capital Partners
- Robert Green, Chairman, Longfellow Real Estate Partners
- Brian Halligan, CEO and Founder, HubSpot
- Tom Heiser, President, RSA, Security Division of EMC
- Winston Henderson, VP and General Counsel, SurfaceLogix
- Diane Hessan, CEO, Communispace
- Tamara Joseph, General Counsel, Cubist
- Robert Kraft, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, The Kraft Group
- Andy Norman, COO, GlassHouse Technologies
- Thomas N. O'Brien, Managing Director, HYM Investments
- Dan O'Connell, President, Massachusetts Competitive Partnership
- Geoffrey MacKay, President and CEO, Organogenesis
- Steve Papa, CEO, Endeca
- Mark Shirman, President and CEO, GlassHouse Technologies
- Dr. Ido Shoenberg, American Well
- Andy Tarsy, Executive Director, Progressive Business Leaders Network
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