FEBRUARY 2014 NORTH SHORE INTERACTIVE JOURNAL VOL. 29 NO. 1

Video: Chairman Bill Tinti talksRegional Solutions for NorthShore at January Breakfast

Over 200 Executives to AttendFebruary 5th Executive Breakfast

"FEMA Flood Map Changes” Wendi Goldsmith, founder and CEO of Bioengineering Group

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North Shore Chamberof Commerce Board ofDirectors Take TwoVotes on MinimumWageThe Board of Directors of the North ShoreChamber of Commerce voted at theirJanuary meeting to oppose the recentvote by the State Senate to increase theminimum wage in Massachusetts from$8.00 to $11.00 over three years. The pro-posed increase also calls for a dramaticincrease for tipped employees (Currentlythe average tipped wage inMassachusetts is $13.13 per hour – thehighest in the country), as well as an auto-matic increase linked to the ConsumerPrice Index starting in 2016.

The Senate Bill also fails to address theSunday Premium wage that negativelyaffects Massachusetts retailers and alsofails to address the clear need for a teenand intern wage different from the mini-mum wage. Continued on Blog Here

North Shore Chamber LeadersUrge Repeal of the Recent 33%Unemployment Insurance TaxIncrease on Employers As a result of the recent 33%Unemployment Insurance Tax Increaseon employers effective as of January2014, North Shore Chamber ChairmanAttorney William Tintiand Robert Bradford,president, met on January 21, 2014 withNorth Shore State Senator Joan Lovelyand her colleague, Senator Dan Wolf.Senator Wolf is Chairman of the JointCommittee on Labor WorkforceDevelopment, which has control over theUnemployment Insurance Tax increase.

Tinti urged Chairman Wolf and Lovely tovote in favor of rescinding theUnemployment Insurance Tax rateincrease before employers have to maketheir first payment on March 31. Tinti andBradford took the position that, since theUnemployment Insurance Trust Fund cur-rently has an approximate balance of$800 million, an increase is not needed atthis time. This same position has alsobeen taken by other business organiza-tions in Massachusetts. Article continuedHere

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NORTH SHORE CHAMBER VIDEOS: Touch the Videos Below to Watch in their Entirety

Rob Lutts, Cabot Wealth Management at 2014 ForecastDave Caruso, Coastal Capital Group at 2014 Forecast

Congressman John Tierney gives “Washington Update”

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Shown at a recent breakfast from l to r: Wendi Goldsmith,Bioengineering Group, Congressman John Tierney, SandraPetti and Gary Corbett from the Ipswich Country Club.

Dr. Stephen Immerman, Montserrat College of Art speakswith Karen Andreas, North of Boston Media Group andWilliam Guenther of Mass Insight Education.

New Board Members Denise Hammon, Marian CourtCollege and Karen Nascembeni, North Shore Music Theatrepose for a photo.

Shown conferring with former Senate Majority Leader FredBerry is State Senator Joan Lovely.

From l to r at the January Board of Directors Meetingare Chairman Bill Tinti, John Hurst, president, RetailersAssociation of MA, Stephen Clark, MA Restaurant Assocand Attorney Joe Correnti.

Chairman Bill Tinti poses after the January EconomicForecast with David Caruso, Coastal Capital Group and RobLutts, Cabot Wealth Management.

John Fish a developer with a long visionNow Chairman of Greater Boston Chamber

It’s safe to say John Fish already has a lot onhis plate, running Suffolk Construction Co.and sitting on a long list of boards that directMassachusetts business groups and nonprof-its. But that list is likely to grow a littlelonger soon.

The executive committee of the GreaterBoston Chamber of Commerce board ismeeting Tuesday morning, and I’ll bet youdollars to doughnuts it recommends Fish tosucceed Hill Holliday chief executive KarenKaplan as the chamber’s next chairman inthe spring.

Fish owns a very big construction businessthat generates about $2 billion a year in rev-

enue. He was one of Tom Menino’s favoritebuilders, a rain-making distinction thathelped Suffolk secure work as contractor fora long list of high-profile Boston projectsfrom the Opera House to Millennium Place,the 60-story tower under development at theold Filene’s site downtown.

Fish has been a prominent businessmanabout town for some time now, but his recentdegree of activity blending civics and eco-nomics is something different.

Two weeks ago, Fish attended his first meet-ing of the Federal Reserve Bank of Bostonboard as its vice chairman, a role that putshim in line to become chairman in two years.He recently became the chairman of a com-mission exploring the possibility of bringingthe Olympics to Boston in 2024, a far-fetched idea he has promoted energetically.

Fish remains a founding member of theMassachusetts Competitive Partnership, asmall and very exclusive group of big-busi-ness chief executives working on economicissues statewide. He stepped down as thepartnership’s first chairman last year.

All those roles, along with his involvementwith lots of large nonprofits, includingBoston College and Brigham and Women’sHospital, and small charities, like BostonScholar Athletes, make Fish the most civi-cally active and widely connected Bostonbusinessman since Jack Connors, a compari-

son he dismisses. “There will never beanother Jack Connors,” he says of someonewho has clearly been a role model.

Still, there is this question: Why does JohnFish want to be chairman of the BostonChamber of Commerce? And, yes, he real-ly does want the job.

All those roles, along with his involvementwith lots of large nonprofits, includingBoston College and Brigham and Women’sHospital, and small charities, like BostonScholar Athletes, make Fish the most civi-cally active and widely connected Bostonbusinessman since Jack Connors, a com-parison he dismisses. “There will never beanother Jack Connors,” he says of someonewho has clearly been a role model.

Still, there is this question: Why does JohnFish want to be chairman of the BostonChamber of Commerce? And, yes, he real-ly does want the job.

I got two distinctly different answers whenI talked to him about it. The first is a blendof civic altruism and commercial realism,aiming to do something worthy whileacknowledging his involvement in every-thing from a Boston Olympics commissionto the Chamber of Commerce benefits busi-ness at Suffolk.

Fish, 53, has been running his company forthree decades now. He says that over theyears he’s become interested in broadereconomic and social concerns. “I realizethe world is not about building buildings,”says Fish. Article Continued on BlogHere

John F. Fish is the Chairman and Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Suffolk Construction Company, Inc. andChairman of the Greater Boston Chamber ofCommerce

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Legal Services Devine, Millimet & Branch, P.A.Colin Maher 111 Amherst Street Manchester, NH 03101 (603) 695-8513Medical Products Axess Medical Jonathan Perham 10 Maple Street #303 Middleton, MA 01949 (978) 777-0313Non-Profit OrganizationsAmerican Red Cross Blood Services James Gallant 99 Rosewood Drive Danvers, MA 01923 (978) 646-9434Beverly Bootstraps Community Services Sue Gabriel 371 Cabot Street Beverly, MA 01915 (978) 927-1561Beverly Main Streets Gin Wallace 248 Cabot Street Beverly, MA 01915 (978) 922-8558Office Supplies OfficeMax Russ Estey 9 Progress Road Billerica, MA 01821 (978) 340-4364Physicians Family Medicine Associates Elizabeth Hill 195 School Street Manchester, MA 01944 (978) 526-4311Family Medicine Associates 15 Railroad Avenue South Hamilton, MA 01982(978) 468-7381Family Medicine Associates 147 South Main Street Middleton, MA 01949 (978) 774-2555Public Relations Thomson Communications David Thomson

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Edgil, Inc. Daniel Nadeau 222 Rosewood Drive Suite 210Danvers, MA 01923 (978) 262-9799Technology Services Daystar, Inc. Anne Brown 121 Shattuck Way Suite 10 Newington, NH 03801 (603) 766-5924New England Network SolutionsDaniel Adams 1 Presidential Way Woburn, MA01810 (781) 933-9300TravelConnections Adventure TravelJean Grobe 17 Lincoln Street Gloucester, MA 01930 (888) 602-7622

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