Chamber
Announces Four New Board Members
The Greater Boston Chamber of
Commerce is proud to announce
the addition of four extraordinary business leaders to the Chamber’s Board of
Directors. The new committee members, Emanuel Alves, General Counsel at
John Hancock, Dana Mendenhall, Vice President of Marketing & Strategy at Takeda
Pharmaceutical, Adam Portnoy, President & CEO at RMR Group, and
Steven C. Webb, Regional President at TD Bank, bring an intense commitment to
the Chamber’s mission to create an inclusive economy and make Boston the best
place for all people and all businesses to thrive.
Emanuel
Alves, General Counsel, John Hancock
Emanuel (Manny) Alves is
Senior Vice President and General Counsel for John Hancock, the U.S. division
of Toronto-based Manulife. He is responsible for all aspects of the U.S. Law
& Compliance department. Mr. Alves is also a member of the U.S. Leadership
Team, the Manulife Global Leadership Team, and the Global Law, Compliance and
Audit Leadership Team. In his 20 years at John Hancock, Mr. Alves has held a
range of roles. Most recently, he served as Vice President, Counsel &
Corporate Secretary for John Hancock. Prior to that, he was Corporate
Secretary, governance and regulatory counsel and head of U.S. Law &
Compliance Administration. Previous responsibilities include oversight of
litigation and general corporate and securities law matters. He was appointed
Corporate Secretary in 2003. Before joining the company, Mr. Alves worked for
Brown, Rudnick, Freed and Gesmer as a litigation attorney.
Dana
Mendenhall, Vice President, Marketing & Strategy, Takeda Pharmaceutical
Dana is a results-oriented,
globally focused senior marketing executive with more than 20 years of
progressive leadership roles, highlighted by a strong record of achievement in
the healthcare industry. Dana’s many years of industry experience is uniquely
diverse and includes increasing roles of responsibility in marketing, sales,
strategic planning, operations, manufacturing, and engineering. Dana’s ability
to translate technical expertise into vastly different disciplines demonstrates
her flexibility and ease in identifying opportunities, defining and executing
strategic visions, leading commercial execution, and accelerating revenue
growth. Dana also successfully develops and executes cross- functional
initiatives in diverse, multi-cultural environments to contribute to top and
bottom-line profits while exploiting multi-layered challenges and improving
organizational processes. A self-defined servant leader, Dana states her
greatest passion is to develop, coach and inspires global talent to deliver unprecedented
results while contributing to a common cause.
Adam
Portnoy, President & CEO, RMR Group
Adam Portnoy is a Managing
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of The RMR Group (Nasdaq: RMR),
an alternative asset management company with more than $32 billion of assets
under management, a role he has held since 2005. Mr. Portnoy is the Chair of
the RMR Executive Operating Committee, which is responsible for the strategic
direction for RMR and its client companies. Mr. Portnoy also serves on the
Boards of RMR’s managed companies, which include four equity REITs: Service
Properties Trust (Nasdaq: SVC), Diversified Healthcare Trust (Nasdaq: DHC),
Office Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: OPI), Industrial Logistics Properties
Trust (Nasdaq: ILPT); two mortgage REITs: Tremont Mortgage Trust (Nasdaq:
TRMT), RMR Mortgage Trust (Nasdaq: RMRM); and three operating companies: Five
Star Senior Living Inc. (Nasdaq: FVE), TravelCenters of America Inc. (Nasdaq:
TA) and Sonesta International Hotels Corporation (private).
Steven
C. Webb, Regional President, TD Bank
Steven C. Webb is Regional
President for TD Bank's Southern New England, which includes, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Upstate NY and part of Connecticut. Steve oversees all retail,
small business, commercial and middle-market banking operations and lending
services throughout the region. Steve has over 30 years of banking experience.
Prior to his current position, he served as TD Bank's Market President of
Commercial Banking for New Hampshire, where he helped facilitate the growth of
the bank's commercial banking portfolio. Steve is an active member of the
community. He is a member of Robert Morris Associates, a professional
association of lending and credit risk professionals, serves as a Trustee for
the Wentworth Douglass Health System, as Chairman of the New Hampshire Bankers
Association, a former board member of the Business and Industry Association of
New Hampshire, and a former board member for the Granite United Way.
