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Strategic Hub for Innovation, Exchange, and Leadership in Defense (SHIELD) Working Group
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Policy Area
MiscellaneousPurpose
There is hereby established a Strategic Hub for Innovation, Exchange,¿and Leadership in Defense (SHIELD) Working Group to advise the Governor and Lieutenant Governor on advancing the defense sector in Massachusetts. The Working Group shall: Identify key operational, technological, policy, ecosystem, and strategic challenges facing military installation and defense sector participants, and establish an action agenda to address these challenges to accelerate growth, access, partnership opportunities, and funding for Massachusetts-based organizations; Promote research and development initiatives and partnerships that advance emerging technologies that are critical to economic and national security; Build upon partnerships between military institutions, private industry, and academic research centers to strengthen public-private relationships, ensure access for small and medium businesses to opportunities, drive innovation, and ensure the integrity of critical domestic supply chains; Support initiatives that enhance STEM education, workforce training, and talent retention in defense-related fields in alignment with the Massachusetts defense sector’s current and future needs; and Identify and pursue federal and state funding opportunities that support research, prototyping, development, technology commercialization, adoption, and deployment of technologies for defense applications and defense industrial base adoption.Legal Authority
Board Members
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| Member↓↓ | Seat Name | Appointing Authority | Term End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher Anderson | MA High Tech Council | Governor | No set end date |
| Stephen Boyd | Boyd Biomedical | Governor | No set end date |
| Melissa Breor | MA Assoc of Chamber of Commerce Executive | Governor | No set end date |
| Justin Brooke | MIT Lincoln Laboratory | Governor | No set end date |
| Ken Brown | LWD | Governor | No set end date |
| Caitlin Brumme | MassChallenge | Governor | No set end date |
| Christopher Collins | BENS | Governor | No set end date |
| Mathew Correa | Umass system | Governor | No set end date |
| Timothy Delgiudice | Raytheon | Governor | No set end date |
| Steele Divitto | Ven^x | Governor | No set end date |
| Joseph Donovan | New England Council | Governor | No set end date |
| Ann Marie Dowd | MassDev | Governor | No set end date |
| Katherine Enos | MITRE | Governor | No set end date |
| Michael Fantom | NE FIRST | Governor | No set end date |
| Peter Farkas | MassHire Hampden County Workforce Board | Governor | No set end date |
| Adam Freudberg | MASS-TF | Governor | No set end date |
| Sam Fritz | A&F | Governor | No set end date |
| Timothy Gordon | MA National Guard | Governor | No set end date |
| Austin Gray | Blue Water Autonomy | Governor | No set end date |
| Jennifer Hay | Northeastern | Governor | No set end date |
| Erik Hokenson | MassDev | Governor | No set end date |
| Laura Hooks | General Dynamics | Governor | No set end date |
| Sean Kelly | Solvus Global | Governor | No set end date |
| Elizabeth Kennedy | Activate Boston | Governor | No set end date |
| Emily Knight | The Engine Accelerator | Governor | No set end date |
| Bob Larocca | A&F | Governor | No set end date |
| Sarah Leeper | Draper | Governor | No set end date |
| Bob Lepage | EOE | Governor | No set end date |
| Ben Linville-Engler | MassTech | Governor | No set end date |
| Katherine Mahoney | Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership | Governor | No set end date |
| Dennis McGillic | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution | Governor | No set end date |
| Justin McKennon | Electro-Magnetic Applications, Inc. | Governor | No set end date |
| Tonja Mettlach | MA Business Roundtable | Governor | No set end date |
| David Michelson | RE:BUILD Manufacturing | Governor | No set end date |
| Zenobia Moochhala | EOED | Governor | No set end date |
| Stacy Swider | MassVentures | Governor | No set end date |
| Kirk Taylor | MLSC | Governor | No set end date |
| Paul Tessier | MGB (CIMIT DARPA Accelerator) | Governor | No set end date |
| Ho Tuan | X Fund | Governor | No set end date |
| Aaron Vega | WesternMass Economic Development Council | Governor | No set end date |
| Ian Waitz | MIT | Governor | No set end date |
| Jinliu Wang | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | Governor | No set end date |
| Debra Zides | AFCEA Lexington-Concord Chapter | Governor | No set end date |