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DBD Leadership & Contacts


Department of Business Development (DBD) is one of three undersecretariats under the purview of the Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development.  DBD and its agencies are responsible for working with businesses and citizens to strengthen the economy in Massachusetts through job creation.  The DBD structure is as follows:

Office of the Undersecretariat             
One Ashburton Place, Room 2101
Boston, MA  02108    
(617) 788-3610 (voice)
(617) 788-3605 (fax)

Michael Hunter, Undersecretary
(Vacant), Chief of Staff
George Ramirez, General Counsel

Mass. Office of Business Development (MOBD)  
100 Cambridge Street, 10th Floor
Boston, MA  02108
(617) 788-3670 (voice)
(617) 788-3695 (fax)

Arthur Robert, Interim Executive Director

 

 

Mass. Office of International Trade & Investment (MOITI)  
10 Park Plaza, Suite 3730
Boston, MA  02116
(617) 973-8650 (voice)
(617) 227-3488 (fax)

Edwin Carr, Executive Director

 

 

Mass. Office of Travel and Tourism (MOTT) 
10 Park Plaza, Suite 4510
Boston, MA  02116
(617) 973-8500 (voice)
(617) 973-8525 (fax)
Betsy Wall, Executive Director



State Office of Minority & Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA)
10 Park Plaza, Suite 3740
Boston, MA  02116
(617) 973-8692 (voice)
(617) 973-8637 (fax)

Harold Vaughn, Director Business Development and Client Management

Mark Waterbury, General Counsel




Office of Small Business & Entrepreneurship (OSBE)
1 Ashburton Place, Room 2101
Boston, MA  02108
(617) 788-3610 (voice)
(617) 788-3605 (fax)

Andre Porter, Executive Director


Seaport Advisory Council
Fairhaven Town Hall
40 Center Street
Fairhaven, MA  02179
(508) 999-3030 (voice) 
(508) 999-6442 (fax)

Louis Elisa, Executive Secretary