Terri Ahern (healthcare) Senior Vice President, Strategy and Government Cape Cod Healthcare Temporarily represented by Lisa Guyon tahern@capecodhealthcare.org Ms. Ahern, MPA, has served as Cape Cod Healthcare s Senior Vice President, Strategy and Government Affairs since 2012. In this role, Ms. Ahern is responsible for expanding key service lines through program development and capital expansion. She also oversees CCHC s Community Benefits and Government & Regulatory Relations programs. Ms. Ahern began her association with Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospitals in a consulting role as the two hospitals merged to form Cape Cod Healthcare. She joined Cape Cod Healthcare as Director of Market Research and Analysis in 1998. Since then she has held positions as the Director of Strategic Planning, the Senior Director of Strategic Development and Vice President of Service Line Development. Ms. Ahern graduated from Lasell College and earned a Master s Degree in Public Administration from Suffolk University. Lauren Barker (workforce) CEO Cape Cod Young Professionals lauren@capecodyoungprofessionals.org Lauren Barker is the CEO of Cape Cod Young Professionals (CCYP) a local nonprofit organization that works to connect, engage, and advance the next generation of Cape Cod s young workforce and community leaders. Lauren has more than a decade of nonprofit and municipal government experience and has done extensive work in the areas of community improvement and beautification; long-range and strategic planning; and citizen engagement. She holds a Masters Degree in Applied Anthropology, and will be graduating with a second Masters Degree in Public Administration in May. Lauren lives in Orleans with her husband, two children, and their rowdy Weimeraner, Hildy. Rob Brennan (development) President CapeBuilt Homes rob@capebuilt.com Robert L. Brennan, Jr. is an award-winning real estate developer, with an accomplished background in the law, politics and community development. Rob is President of CapeBuilt Development, LLC and the developer of Heritage Sands in Dennis Port, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Prior to founding CapeBuilt Development, Rob practiced as a land use attorney for almost 20 years and represented regional and national real estate developers on a variety of resort, residential and commercial properties and a wide range of transactions, permitting, environmental compliance and property operation matters.
Duane Fotheringham (marine sciences) President, Chairman of the Board Hydroid, Inc. dfotheringham@hydroid.com Duane became President of Hydroid, Inc. in 2014 and Chairman of the Board beginning in 2016. He began his career with the United States Navy, serving as a submarine officer aboard the USS Salt Lake City. He then spent more than a decade with Kongsberg Underwater Technology (KUTI) where he managed the company s underwater surveillance business and held hydroacoustics, hydrography, underwater positioning, fisheries acoustics and underwater vehicle responsibilities. He joined Hydroid in 2008 as the Vice President of Operations and was responsible for the research and development, engineering and manufacturing of the REMUS line of AUVs. As President of Hydroid, Duane s mission is to ensure that Hydroid s products and technology continue to develop and advance to effectively serve the marine industry worldwide. Duane holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University and a Master of Business Administration degree from the City University of Seattle, as well as executive education from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland. Alisa Galazzi (development) Cape Cod Housing Assistance Coporation agalazzi@haconcapecod.org Alisa holds the honor of being the second CEO Housing Assistance Corporation has had since its inception in 1974. She arrived at HAC in January 2017, bringing with her more than two decades worth of experience in the nonprofit sector. She has served as the COO at Gosnold, the executive director at Alzheimer s Services of Cape Cod & the Islands and the development director for The Cape Cod Foundation. Originally from Lansing, Michigan, Alisa holds a bachelor s degree in organizational communications from California State University and a masters of science in communication management from Simmons College. She and her husband Chris live in Orleans, where they are raising their three daughters. Lisa Guyon (healthcare) Director of Community Benefits and Grants Admininstration Cape Cod Healthcare Temporarilty representing Terri Ahern lguyon@capecodhealth.org Lisa is the Director of Community Benefits for Cape Cod Healthcare. In this role, she is responsible for directing a system-wide community benefits program and promoting positive relationships between Cape Cod Healthcare and community organizations and coalitions, task forces, and public health agencies. Early in her career, Lisa built her skill set in commercial real estate ventures and the hospitality industry. In 2004, she founded Building Impact, an award winning non-profit organization in Boston dedicated to increasing corporate citizenship in the small and medium business sector. Lisa has been recognized as a Social Innovator for her non-profit business ventures by the Social Innovation Forum in Cambridge and was selected a 40 Under 40 rising business leader by the Boston Business Journal in 2007 and Cape & Plymouth Business Magazine in 2012. Lisa is a graduate of Harwich High School and Wheaton College.
Tammi Jacobsen (higher education) Director of Workforce Development and Training Cape Cod Community College tjacobsen@capecod.edu Tammi Jacobsen serves as the Director of Workforce Development and Training at The Center for Corporate and Professional Education (CCAPE) at Cape Cod Community College. In her role, Tammi executes the delivery of high-quality, career-relevant, accessible training solutions to individuals, businesses and community organizations in our region to achieve and sustain economic prosperity. Over the past four years, Tammi has led in the expansion efforts of CCAPE to working with several employers to provide educational opportunities that span across the organization addressing the targeted needs of staff from entry level to executive level. Under Tammi s leadership, CCAPE has assisted local employers in obtaining more than $650,000 in grant-supported training. This funding provides local employers with access to high-quality training, contributing to economic growth across the region. Tammi s background includes over 15 years of business advisory services in the areas of social media, entrepreneurship, business planning, and traditional marketing. Peter Karlson (information technology) CEO NeuEon pk@neueon.com Peter is the founder/ceo of the technology consultancy NeuEon Inc. NeuEon specializes in providing strategic advisory services to technology product companies and private equity firms. Peter currently serves as the Entrepreneur in Residence at the Cape Cod Chamber as well as an ambassador to for Entrepreneurship For All on the South Coast and an adjunct professor at the Charlton College of Business at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Diane Pratt (construction) Home Builders & Remodelers Association of Cape Cod diane@capecodbuilders.org Diane L. Pratt, is the Chief Executive Officer of the Homebuilders and Remodelers Association of Cape Cod. She is a lifelong resident and is a 7th generation native of Cape Cod. Previously, she has been the executive director of several nonprofit organizations and also sat on the Board of Directors for Children s Cove, Mass Commission on the Status of Women, and was named the nonprofit leader of the year 2015 by Cape Cod and Plymouth Magazine. Ms. Pratt is also a licensed Realtor with Sotheby s International Realty in Falmouth and a member of the Cape Cod & Islands Board of Realtors, Mass Board of Realtors and National Board of Realtors.
Julie Wake (creative economy) Arts Foundation of Cape Cod jwake@artsfoundation.org Julie Wake is the of the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod. She believes the arts make us stronger and more vibrant and allow us to grow, both individually and as a community. Julie began her career in high-tech marketing and spent many years in Boston and San Francisco before transitioning into the nonprofit sector in 2008. Since then, she has worked in organizations focused on seniors, families, housing and homelessness, and now arts and culture. Julie holds a BFA in architecture from Massachusetts College of Art & Design in Boston. While celebrating the arts is her primary function by day, after hours she enjoys exploring the region s culinary scene, walking her newspaper-fetching yellow Labrador, and spending time with her family. David Augustinho (workforce) Cape & Islands Workforce Development Board david@ciwib.org Sheryl Walsh (finance) Senior Vice-President Cooperative Bank of Cape Cod swalsh@mycapecodbank.com Non-Voting Members Harold Woody Mitchell (public) Chair Cape Cod Commission sandwich@capecodcommission.org Woody has been the Sandwich representative on the Cape Cod Commission since 2013 and has held the title of chair since 2016. He is also a member and co-chair of the Metropolitan Planning Organization which a collaboration of local, regional, state and federal officials which meets to review, direct and vote on transportation projects across the Cape. He served on the Town of Sandwich Bikeways & Pedestrian Committee from 2013-2016 and the Sandwich Board of Appeals from 2010-2014. Woody s professional background has been in the construction and development of residential homes and subdivisions. He has also worked on large scale commercial projects including: Featherstone Art Center, MVCS Office Building and Vineyard House.
Su Moran (public) Falmouth Delegate Barnstable County Assembly of Delegates susan@susanmoranesq.com Susan Moran is an attorney and mediator specializing in business law as well as the broker owner of Cape Lifestyle Real Estate. She is the Chairman of the Falmouth Board of Selectmen, the Falmouth Delegate to the Cape Cod Assembly, Vice Chairman of the Falmouth EDIC and Falmouth Selectmen Liaison for Energy Committee, Cable Advisory, Historical Commission and Falmouth Veteran s Council. Susan is also the Falmouth appointee to the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority and a former President of Cape & Islands Selectmen and Councilors Association. Ron Beaty (public) Commissioner Barnstable County ron.beaty@barnstablecounty.org