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Christine B. Sullivan
Executive Director
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Christine Sullivan, Executive Director of the Enterprise Center comes from a background that encompasses entrepreneurship, economic development, public policy and education. In 1986 she founded Hawthorne Associates,a marketing, advertising and public relations firm specializing in the training/learning industry.
Prior to starting her own business, Christine was Massachusetts Secretary of Consumer Affairs, responsible for consumer advocacy and the oversight of various regulatory agencies. She has also done extensive work in economic development and tourism, and was Chief of Staff in a Congressional office in Washington, DC.
Christine also chaired the Communications Department at Endicott College in Beverly, MA and owned and published a tourist magazine in Salem, MA. She is a professional speaker, seminar developer, leader and course instructor in strategic marketing planning, mass communications, and entrepreneurship. At this time she is a member of the Salem Planning Board and the Salem Redevelopment Authority.
She received a BA from Vassar College and a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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Laura, Assistant Director, focuses much of her attention on our special initiatives, including non-profit programming, the 128 Venture North Breakfast series, Million Dollar Women Symposium and the North of Boston Business Plan Competition. Her strong operations and management skills were honed as the administrator of a surgical practice, as he owner of her own medical practice services company and as a consultant and project manager to others.
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