MBR was delighted to co-host a discussion on sustainability and climate tech in collaboration with the NACD New England focused on how strategies of companies, their Boards, and states to promote sustainability translate into improved competitiveness and stakeholder value.

Thank you Maura Healey and MassLWD Sec. Lauren Jones Lauren for joining our Board meeting today to discuss shared competitiveness priorities and to launch MassSkills, a new public private partnership to promote skills based hiring. Learn more: mass.gov/news/governor-…

Congratulations Maura Healey Lauren MassLWD for today’s release of the Administration’s Workforce Agenda. It outlines a vision and strategy for how to attract, retain, and develop a strong workforce. We look forward to collaborating on its implementation!

Thanks ML Strategies for hosting a “fireside chat” with Kim Driscoll , discussing priority competitiveness issues like housing costs, workforce, childcare and lengthening our lead in areas like life sciences and promising new industries like climatetech. Thanks for your leadership!

Thanks to MA EOED Sec. Yvonne Hao for briefing MBR members on Maura Healey’s economic development legislation, MassLeads. What a lively discussion about competitiveness and the Administration’s vision for growth and investment. Thank you for your leadership and partnership!

Thank you Jo Comerford Andy X. Vargas for inviting us to testify at the Ways & Means Committee hearing on education issues Greenfield Community College. “We are laser focused on…intentionally connecting educational and workforce opportunities to in-demand jobs.” bit.ly/48BBrjd

Maura Healey filed Mass Leads, economic development legislation that makes transformative investments to “strengthen the state’s lead in the global economy” in areas such as life sciences, climate tech and applied AI. Congrats MA EOED!

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The unconventional alliances that support the #AffordableHomesAct underscores the unprecedented need to create more affordable housing. I’m grateful to the business community for standing with us! #AHA4Mass
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OPINION: Business community ready to help on housing crisis. Without strong steps, outmigration and difficulty filling jobs will only continue.

More from the Massachusetts Business Roundtable's Jondavid Chesloff & Citizens's Lisa Murray.

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Congratulations AIM for an engaging conversation with Maura Healey Kim Driscoll and the cabinet about how to make #MA more competitive for business. And congrats to Brooke Thomson on your first big event as President & CEO 👏👏👏

Such a thoughtful conversation with Jondavid Chesloff Jon Bernstein and Carolyn M. Jones about JD’s background, leadership style, and what’s on the mind of business leaders here in MA.

Great piece by Jondavid Chesloff of MA Business Roundtable and Douglas Howgate of Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation on the importance of getting sidelined #talent back into the game!

What a day for childcare in MA! Maura Healey announced investments to make childcare more affordable & accessible, & to support providers. It is an economic, workforce & competitiveness issue, that MBR Chair Lisa Murray Citizens calls “integral to a thriving state economy.”

Congrats to ⁦MA EOED⁩ Sec. Hao and her incredible team on the signing by ⁦Maura Healey⁩ ⁦Kim Driscoll⁩ of the state’s new economic development plan! We were honored to serve on the Commission that helped develop it, and can’t wait to help bring it to life!

Thanks for hosting this #MassApprenticeshipWeek conversation Boston Chamber and for your partnership! And thanks Maura Healey Kim Driscoll & MassLWD Secretary Lauren for championing this innovative model to address worker shortages. Learn more at bostonchamber.com/networks/ma-ap…

Thank you AIM GA Team and Brooke Thomson and Stephanie Swanson for inviting the MA Business Roundtable to the The Women's Edge Top 100 Women-Led Awards Breakfast. Inspiring remarks by Sec. Hao MA EOED and Lisa Sun Special 👏👏 to all the Roundtable members recognized.

Hope to see you there!

Thank you to Barry Finegold and Jerry Parisella, Co-Chairs of the Joint Committee on Economic Development and Emerging Technologies, for engaging with MBR members on a robust discussion of strategies to make Massachusetts more competitive. We are grateful for your leadership!

Terrific discussion on AI and the future of work at #MAJobsSummit2023 . MBR member Liz Schwab ⁦Google⁩ highlights that 1/4 of tasks at work could be performed by AI, but people have unique characteristics that can’t be replaced: “we are all still relevant as humans.”