Listen in as we talk with Leslie Gould (leslie@greaterbeverlychamber.com / 978-232-9559), Executive Director, of the Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce (GBCC) in Beverly, MA.

Leslie brings 25 years of non-profit management in the Chamber industry to the GBCC. Gould led the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce for nine years and the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce for 10 years. Under her leadership, both Chambers experienced growth in membership, board development, events and programming while branding the organization’s relevance within the community.

Leslie currently sits on both the Commonwealth Corporation Board of Directors and the S.T.E.M. Advisory Council; both positions appointed by Governor Baker. In Lynn she organized several economic development studies with N.U. and SSU. In Marblehead she was recognized as the “Most Valuable Promoter” by the MA Retailer’s Association, received a Paul Harris Fellow as a member of the Marblehead Rotary Club and at the GBCC secured a $100,000 grant from the Cummings Foundation.

Leslie is a native of Swampscott, MA. She graduated from Boston University with a BA in broadcast journalism.

Prior to the Chamber, she worked at Marblehead’s local cable TV station MHTV both on-air and in production.

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Leslie Gould on LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-gould-4603348/

Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce

https:/greaterbeverlychamber.com

GBCC on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/greaterbeverlychamber

Greater Beverly Chamber of Commerce

100 Cummings Center Suite 107K

Beverly, MA 01915

Phone : 978-232-9559

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Robert Moran

Toastmasters International

Area Director of D31-A14 (2025-2026)

Beverly, Peabody, Danvers & Stoneham

area14 (at) district31.org

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Boston, MA

Director Audience, Community, and Revenue

Howland, Gorham & Wolf Productions

E: robert (at) hgandw.com

Listen in as we talk with Jessica Smyser (jessica@brooklineinteractive.org), Executive Director, of Brookline Interactive Group (BIG) in Brookline, MA.

Jessica came to BIG from her most recent role as Executive Director at Cambridge Community Television. At CCTV she led with the goal of establishing the center as an inclusive, modern, and anti-racist organization. Key facets of her work included determining the organization’s future strategy focusing on Equity, Learning, and Revenue.

She has also served as Director of Relationships and Reciprocity at the Academy for the Love of Learning in Santa Fe, a 501c3 non-profit organization founded by composers Aaron Stern and Leonard Bernstein, where she championed the power of learning and the arts, creating connection, healing, and justice for people of all ages.

Jessica has also been an adjunct professor, teaching Leadership and Non-profit Management at the Van Loan School of Professional Studies at Endicott College.

She holds a BA in American Studies from Smith College and a Master’s degree from Claremont Lincoln University in Organizational Leadership.

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Brookline Interactive Group (BIG)

46 Tappan St, Brookline, MA 02445

https//brooklineinteractive.org

BIG is an integrated media and technology education center and a community media hub for Brookline, MA and the region. BIG facilitates diverse community dialogue, incubates and funds hyperlocal storytelling, arts, journalism, media literacy, and technology projects, including Virtual Reality (VR), and serves over 500 youth and adults annually through innovative classes and partnerships.

BIG on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/brooklineinteractive/

The BIG Newsletter Archive

https://us13.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=7992ace09f245d6a5d4410c3f&id=d0ba9e849c

The Soul of Money by Lynne Twist

https://soulofmoney.org/

Freedom from the money culture | Lynne Twist | TEDxBerkeley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQviPghhtus

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Robert Moran

Boston, MA

Director Audience, Community, and Revenue

Howland, Gorham & Wolf Productions

E: Robert (at) hgandw.com

Listen in as we talk with Liz DiFiore, Community Engagement Manager, for Beverly Community Access TV (BevCam) in Beverly, MA.

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BevCam TV

http://bevcam.org

BevCam on YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/@BevCam

BevCam on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/bev_cam

Workshops offered by BevCam

https://www.eventbrite.com/o/beverly-community-access-media-bevcam-51949749403

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Robert Moran

Boston, MA

Director Audience, Community, and Revenue

Howland, Gorham & Wolf Productions

E: Robert (at) hgandw.com