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slowing economy. A sub- savings add up over time and are
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prime mortgage crisis.
Kelly Thompson Clark
available to any member from a sole
Rising energy prices. A down
Managing Editor & Ad Contact:
proprietor to a Fortune 500 firm.
Lisa S. Cohen
stock market. There is little doubt Short-term—Giving you more
that the economy we are operating visibility and exposure for your
Published by the
in today is more difficult than just a products and services
Cambridge Chamber of Commerce
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www.cambridgechamber.org
tion or local government, we are all research from the Shapiro Group
looking for ways to become more reveals that when respondents were
Chamber Staff
efficient and reduce expenses while told that a particular business was a
Kelly Thompson Clark
at the same time positioning our- member of its area chamber, they
President & CEO
selves to flourish when the econo- were 44 percent more likely to rate
Lisa S. Cohen
my picks up again. it favorably than study respondents
Director of Communications
What’s interesting in times like who were not told of the chamber
Caryn Saitz
these is perhaps more than ever, the affiliation. Those surveyed were
Director of Community Relations Cambridge Chamber can become also 63 percent more likely to pur-
Terrence F. Smith
your best business partner and pro- chase from a business that is a
Director of Government Affairs moter. As the old adage goes, when
chamber member.
Tom Vance
times are good, it’s easy to be a We are in the business of spread-
Manager of Business Development
good business person. It is when ing the word about your business.
Daisy Bowler times are lean and you have to re- We provide free links to your Web
Office Manager
focus and re-double your efforts to site through www.cambridge
generate new business that truly chamber.org, distribute our
Officers of the Board of Directors
successful businesses emerge. newsletter and directory to thou-
Chair
Here at the CCC, we want to sands of people, and refer business-
Michael O’Connell, Mount Auburn
assist. In 2009, the key areas we es dozens of times a day to
Hospital
will continue to focus on that will prospects and the community.
Vice Chair
have a direct result on your bottom
Kathleen Granchelli
This spring we will roll out a new
Draper Laboratory
line include: advertising campaign and online
Treasurer
Immediate—Reduce monthly tool designed to motivate con-
Arthur Spears, East Cambridge
and annual expenses sumers, businesses and residents to
Savings Bank First, are you a member of the CCC? seek out and patron CCC members.
Clerk
Second, if so, are you taking advan- Our intent: rather than advertise the
Sarah Gallop, MIT tage of our member discount
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Members of the Board of Directors
John DiGiovanni, Trinity Property Norman McIver, Cambridge Trust Co.
Rick Appleton, Millennium Management
Neal Mizner
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Andrea Gabrielle, Neptune Web, Inc. Metropolitan Moving & Storage Corp.
Joseph Barrell, Acorn Realty
Penny Garver, Sovereign Bank
William Sage, Sage Hotel Corporation
Carl F. Barron, CARU Associates
Mary Ann Jarvis, Harvard University
Rachael Solem, Harding House at
Robyn Bell, Cambridge Office for Tourism
Sandra Lagrega Harvard
Kathryn Bloom, Biogen Idec WT Phelan Insurance
Ann Stanesa, Genzyme Corporation
Brian Burke, Microsoft
Jeffrey Lockwood, Novartis Institutes for Robert M. Wilson, Cambridge Savings
Dennis Carlone, Carlone & Associates BioMedical Research Bank
Sheldon Cohen, Community Mapping Joyce Mathon Trotman, Hildebrand William Zamparelli, NSTAR
Family Self-Help Center
James C. Hawkins, Director Emeritus
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