Got doom? How about gloom?
Not here in the Merrimack Valley.
As Northern Essex Community College President Lane Glenn said in his address at MVB’s 40 Under 40 Luncheon yesterday, it’s not hard to find good news or bad news about the state of the economy, or even the state of society.
Yet, as he looked out across of room of nearly 250 people at NECC’s Hartleb Technology Center — at those who work daily to make the Merrimack Valley a great place to live, work and play — he remarked that things look pretty good right here.
“The 40 Under 40 are the strengths of the Merrimack Valley,” said Glenn of the activists, educators and entrepreneurs who were honored in the second contest for the two year old sister publication of the The Eagle-Tribune.
Al Getler, Publisher of The Eagle-Tribune and MVB, among other publications, was impressed by the enthusiastic turnout to honor the 40 Under 40.
“I am always amazed at the level of talent we have here in the Merrimack Valley,” he said. “And it certainly shined brightly today.”
Honoree Ben Consoli, owner and founder of BC Media Productions, said that it was nice to celebrate accomplishments.
“When you are in the trenches everyday, it’s hard to step back and take a look at what you’ve accomplished,” said the director of two recent Super Bowl commercials.
“It’s a huge honor to be recognized for something I love to do,” said honoree Maureen C. Mooney, Associate Dean of the American College of History and Legal Studies in Salem, N.H.
MVB Editor-in-Chief Tracey Dee Rauh summed up thus:
“They say it takes a village to raise a child. When done correctly, the result is an astonishingly talented and hard-working group of people, like those represented here.”
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Here’s a partial list of the 40 Under 40:
Juan Yepez, President, Mainstream Global
Danielle Bergeron, President/CEO, Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce.
Michael A. Bevilacqua, Assistant Vice President Member Programs & Services, Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce.
Garrett J. Bomba, MD, Medical Director, Pentucket Medical Express Care, Lawrence
Michelle Davis, Director of Marketing Operations & Community Development for Lowell General Hospital
Shirlie A. Dowd, Doctor of Optometry at Jordan Family Eye Care
Andrea C. Eobstel, Marketing and Communications Specialist at Lawrence General Hospital
Dwight Feeney, Assistant Vice President, Enterprise Bank
Tracy Fuller, Executive Director, Haverhill YMCA
Jamie Gabriel, Human Resources Director/ Senior Vice President, Enterprise Bank.
