New CEO rounds out top staff
Devens » The new CEO of Massdevelopment, the state agency that oversees Devens, has hired two new top staffers, the agency announced late last month.
Theresa Park, the current executive director of the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, will join Massdevelopment on March 15 as deputy director and senior executive vice president.
Then on April 5, Marcos Marrero, former director of planning and economic development in Holyoke, will join the agency as executive vice president of community development.
This comes mere months after Tania Hartford
came on as chief operating officer and chief of staff in early January with the agency’s President and CEO Dan Rivera, the former Lawrence mayor who was tapped by Gov. Charlier Baker to oversee the agency earlier this year.
“This team reflects the organization’s mission of being an elite economic and community development agency focused on stimulating business, driving economic growth, and helping communities thrive across Massachusetts,” Rivera said in a statement. “Theresa Park, Tania Hartford, and Marcos Marrero each bring a lifetime of professional experience, pedigrees as subject matter experts, and stellar reputations across the commonwealth. As the theresa park, executive director of the merrimack valley planning commission, is set to join massdevelopment as its next deputy director and senior executive vice president this month.
state’s finance and economic development authority, Massdevelopment has played and will continue to play a critical role supporting the commonwealth’s economic recovery in partnership with the Baker-polito administration. These leaders will bring a wealth of professional experience and