GMSC! January 2016 Breakfast

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!



Keynote Speaker: Honorable Jon Mitchell, Mayor of the City of New Bedford 



 
Featured Speaker: James W. Hunt, Esq, Eversource Energy Vice President,  Regulatory Affairs and Community Relations               

James W. Hunt, Esq. is Vice President responsible for overseeing Eversource Energy’s regulatory affairs and community relations activities in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. His duties include guiding and overseeing the company’s day-to-day interactions with state utility regulators and local officials, as well as developing and implementing community relations and economic development strategies that foster Eversource Energy’s role as an active, visible and reliable corporate presence in every part of its service territory. Because of his expertise in clean energy, sustainable development, and community engagement, Jim plays a leadership role in advancing Eversource Energy’s Corporate Social Responsibility strategy.
 
Energy, Jim was Chief of Environment and Energy for the City of Boston. In this role, Jim’s duties included overseeing several municipal agencies; advocating before state and federal officials and regulatory agencies to advance key energy priorities for the city; and directly managing high-profile issues such as citywide energy policy and planning, enactment of new green building and energy codes and regulations; and development of energy efficiency and renewable energy programs. Prior to this most recent experience, Jim served with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs as Assistant Secretary for Environmental Review; Assistant Secretary of Government Relations and Public Affairs; and Legislative Director.
 
In addition to his Eversource Energy responsibilities, Jim sits on several boards and task forces in the Greater Boston area, including the Boston Latin School Association and the New England Clean Energy Council. Jim holds a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.