GMSC - February 2012

This popular breakfast series is a high-profile, fast-paced and educational program geared towards executives, senior managers, professionals and small business owners. Each of the programs has a business-oriented focus and features a popular speaker to present on a topic of interest to local businesses. The Good Morning SouthCoast! breakfast program is also a great way to network with other Chamber members!

Featured Speaker:
Robert L. Caret, President of University of Massachusetts

Caret was elected President of the five-campus, 68,000-student University of Massachusetts system on January 13, 2011. Ranked as the 19th best university in the world in the Times of London's 2011 World Reputation Rankings, UMass was established in 1863 and consists of the flagship campus in Amherst, along with campuses in Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell and Worcester. The Worcester campus is the home of the Commonwealth?s only public academic medical center. The state?s new public law school is based at UMass Dartmouth. The University has an operating budget of $2.8 billion and graduates more than 13,000 students a year. UMass research expenditures exceed $500 million and the University has become a national leader in generating licensing income. The President is the University?s chief executive officer, working to advance its mission of education, research and public service, and reports to the University of Massachusetts Board of Trustees.

Thomas Vick, New Bedford Regional Airport Director