Press Rleases - Deval Patrick Launches Business Cabinet
Business Leaders Will Advise Patrick/Murray
BOSTON - Thursday, September 28, 2006 - More that 50 Massachusetts business leaders and innovators today announced the formation of the Patrick/Murray Business Cabinet, a diverse group of business leaders from across the state formed to advise the Deval Patrick/Tim Murray campaign. The group will be led by former Weld administration Secretary of Economic Affairs Gloria Larson, Cleve Killingsworth, Jr., President and CEO of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and Josh Boger, President and CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals.
"The people joining me today understand the way to rebuild the Massachusetts economy requires creative government ideas at the same time allowing the private sector to do what it does bestcreate jobs," Patrick said following the group's first meeting at Vertex Pharmaceuticals. "Some of these leaders are Democrats, some aren't. For these purposes, party affiliation doesn't matter. What does matter is moving Massachusetts forward, and we all share a commitment to that.
Gloria Larson, a key leader in the Patrick/Murray Business Cabinet, said she agreed to help lead the group because, "Deval Patrick is committed to the kind of state investment in the economy that I know can help small- and medium-sized businesses grow and create jobs."
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