Chairman Hoffman has extensive background in business and finance having served as a senior executive in the management consulting and technology industries. In consulting, he was a Partner at Bain and Company where he led the firm’s 600 person Boston office and, as a Senior Vice President at CSC Index, he ran that firm’s Chicago office and was the world-wide leader of its strategy practice.

Peter S. Cohan is Lecturer of Strategy at Babson College. He teaches strategy and entrepreneurship to undergraduate and MBA students at Babson College. He is the founding principal of Peter S. Cohan& Associates, a management consulting and venture capital firm. He has completed over 150 growth-strategy consulting projects for global technology companies and invested in seven startups--three of which were sold for over $2 billion. Peter has written 14 books and writes columns on entrepreneurship for Forbes, Inc, and The Worcester Telegram & Gazette.

Bobby Jindal began his career in public service when, in 1996, he was appointed secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals. In 1999, at age 28, he was appointed as the youngest president in the history of the University of Louisiana System. In 2004, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming the second Indian American in Congress, and was re-elected in 2006. Jindal ran for governor in 2007 and won, making him, at 36 years old, the second youngest governor of Louisiana after Huey P. Long. Jindal was re-elected in 2011 in a landslide, winning more than 65% of the vote. He was the first Indian American governor in the country. Jindal ran for President of the U.S. in 2016.

We regret to announce that the 562nd meeting of the Worcester Economic Club originally scheduled for Tuesday, April 14, 2020 with Daniel Ivascyn, Group Chief Investment Officer with PIMCO has been postponed. We hope to inform you soon of a rescheduled date. All members of the club as well as those who paid specifically to […]

Brian Moynihan leads a team of more than 200,000 employees dedicated to making financial lives better for people, companies of every size, and institutional investors across the United States and around the world.

Dan Rea, Host of WBZ’s NightSide with Dan Rea Dan Rea, a veteran Boston television journalist and a member of the Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall Of Fame, is the Host of NightSide on WBZ NewsRadio 1030 every weeknight from 8:00pm to midnight. In November of 2010, Dan was honored with the prestigious Yankee Quill Award by […]

Joe Lonsdale, VC, Philanthropist Joe Lonsdale is a partner at 8VC, a San Francisco-based venture capital firm. He was an early institutional investor in many notable companies including Wish, Oculus, Oscar, Illumio, Blend, RelateIQ, Joby Aviation, Guardant Health, and Synthego, and in 2016 and 2017 was the youngest member of the Forbes 100 Midas List. […]

Michael F. Collins, MD, FACP, UMass Medical School Chancellor, UMass Medical School Senior Vice President for the Health Sciences Professor, Population & Quantitative Health Sciences and Medicine Michael F. Collins, MD, a tenured professor of population & quantitative health sciences and medicine, was appointed chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) in 2008 […]

Daniel J. Ivascyn Group Chief Investment Officer,
 PIMCO Mr. Ivascyn is Group Chief Investment Officer and a managing director in the Newport Beach office. He is lead portfolio manager for the firm’s income strategies and credit hedge fund and mortgage opportunistic strategies. He is a member of PIMCO's Executive Committee and a member of the […]

Click to View Flyer The Worcester Economic Club cordially invites you to our annual Season Kickoff and Networking Event at the beautifully renovated Tatnuck Country Club. Complimentary beer, wine, and appetizers will be served As a paid, current member, your sole cost of entry to this popular event is: Bring at least one prospective member […]