• 8:00 am Registration & Networking
• 8:30-9:30 am Featured Speaker & Discussion
• 9:30-10:00 am Business Meeting for Members

Featured Speaker: Travis McCready, President & CEO, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

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Travis McCready joined the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center as the organization’s second President & CEO in October 2015. In this position, he is responsible for leading the ongoing implementation of the $1 billion Massachusetts Life Sciences Initiative, a public-private partnership that has contributed to Massachusetts’ emergence as the global leader in life sciences.  McCready directs and oversees the Center’s investment strategy, along with the agency’s operations, programs and partnerships. Previously Travis served as the Vice President for Programs at the Boston Foundation, directing the distribution of nearly $20 million in discretionary grants through a competitive process to support nonprofit organizations and programs that serve the people of Greater Boston. In 2009, he was named one of Boston’s top “40 under 40” young business leaders by the Boston Business Journal. He is a frequent speaker on economic development strategy as it relates to the convergence of private, public and not-for-profit institutional sectors.