Executive Committee

Urszula Wojciechowska, MBE  – DEC Chair
uw@babcne.org
617 943 7861
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/urszulaw/

Urszula Wojciechowska, MBE, has served on the NADEC Board for over six years, is the immediate past NADEC Communications Officer and past Northeast Representative. She continues to sit on the NADEC Board as the DEC Liaison to the Executive Committee. 

Urszula is an experienced executive with over twenty-five years professional activity in leadership and management, event and strategic planning, marketing, business development and project management in national and international arenas.

Urszula is a proactive member of the international business community where her focus is to facilitate transatlantic trade and assist companies in their export and import endeavors. She serves as the Executive Director of the British American Business Council of New England which is part of the BAB network of 20 chapters in the US and the UK. She is the Founder of the Global Business Alliance of NE and the Co-Founder of Women in World Trade, NE. Urszula also sits on the Board of the National Association of District Export Councils, where she is the Executive Committee Liaison to the 62 chapters in the network.

Urszula was appointed a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.) in the 2016 Queen Elizabeth 11 New Year Honors List, “for services to British, American and international communities in North America and the United Kingdom”.

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Gil Breiman Esq. – DEC Vice Chair
Partner, Blank Rome, LLP
Gil.breiman@blankrome.com 
617 529 9679
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gil-breiman-4811662/

Gil Breiman is actively involved with the innovation ecosystem, representing investors and entrepreneurs launching, growing, and exiting innovative businesses in a broad spectrum of high technology and life sciences fields. He regularly advises clients on international expansion in establishing and expanding overseas business.

Gil represents entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors in all phases of the business cycle, from incorporation to financing (angel, strategic, non-dilutive, venture capital, private equity) to business development and growth, and mergers and acquisitions (“M&A”). Gil has been involved in funds formation and various investment vehicles. Gil has represented numerous companies and individuals from various countries in cross-border transactions, M&A, sales channel setups, and operations. His clients appreciate personal, responsive, and business-oriented advice, problem-solving abilities, and practical solutions to help them achieve their goals and grow their businesses.

Gil represents groups that finance and acquire commercial real estate buildings and related assets. Those financings involve various complex international and U.S. structuring and financing matters. He also represents and advises sellers and buyers of medical practices, helping medical professionals in business transitions, expansions, and ongoing business matters. Gil has extensive experience representing companies and individuals engaging in business between the United States and Israel and has represented government agencies in America.

Gil has been quoted and published articles in several publications and invited to speak at venture capital and emerging company conferences and academic settings on issues pertaining to entrepreneurship, investments, and international business.

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Jim Paul – DEC Executive Secretary
Director of Boston Office, US Commercal Service
jpaul@trade.gov
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-paul-545a4519/

Mr. Jim Paul is Director of the U.S. Commercial Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Commerce, office in Boston.  Mr. Paul currently uses his educational background and more than 25 years of work experience in international trade to assist U.S. exporters in penetrating markets overseas.  

Prior to this position, Mr. Paul most recently served as an International Trade Manager for the World Trade Center Association in Los Angeles, California.  Before assuming those duties, Mr. Paul performed international freight forwarding and customs brokerage for Fritz Companies.   Previously, Mr. Paul coordinated the global marketing, sales and logistics for an export/import firm.  During his graduate studies, Mr. Paul completed an internship with the Foreign Commercial Service at the U.S. Embassy in Brussels, Belgium.  

Mr. Paul graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Art’s degree in Political Economy of Industrial Societies from the University of California, Berkeley.  He later received a Master of Business Administration in International Management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management.  Mr. Paul also earned an Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership from the MIT Sloan School of Management.

Specialties: International Trade and Development, Export Counseling, Presentations at Conferences and Colleges/Universities on Various International Trade Topics and Career/Internship Opportunities.

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MA-DEC Members

James Bowen,
Co-Founder & CEO, Energetic Insurance, Watertown, MA.

Gil Breiman,
Partner, BLANKROME, Boston MA

Wayne Canty,
President, Heat Trace Products, LLC, Leominster, MA.

Wendy Pease, President, Rapport International, Sudbury, MA

Jeanne Cooper,
VP Int’l Services, Spaulding Rehabilitation and MGHB Global Advisory, Mass General Brigham, Somerville, MA.

Laurent Cros,
Chief Commercial Officer, Boston Centerless, Woburn, MA.

John Drew,
Chairman, Drew Company, Boston, MA.

Joshua Levin,
President, Lymphe DIVAs, Dalton, MA.

Adam Mara,
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Quincy, MA.

Sarah Delude,
Director of Operations, Office of Economic Opportunity & Inclusion, City of Boston, Boston, MA.

John Drew,
Chairman, Drew Company, Boston, MA

Brooke Fishback,
Director of International Sales, Protectowire Firesystems, Pembroke, MA.

William Frain,
CEO, Liberty Defense Technologies, Inc. Wilmington MA.

Caroline Gear,
Executive Director. International Language Institute of Massachusetts, Northampton, MA.

Karen Hilliker,
Trade Compliance Manager Allegro Microsystems, Marlborough, MA.

Sonya Jaferey, International Regional Sales Director, Labcorp Women’s Health and Genetics, Westborough, MA.

Amar Kapur,
President and CEO, AIMTEK, Auburn MA.

Michelle Kowalsky-Goodfellow,
Associate Vice President of Enrollment Management, Western New England University, Springfield, MA.

Patricia Krall,
Executive Vice President, Integrated Defense and Security Solutions, Boxborough, MA.

Jeanne LeClair,
Senior Director of Business Development, Massachusetts Life Science Center, Waltham, MA.

Joshua Levin,
President, Lymphe DIVAs, Dalton, MA.

David Long,
Chief Operating Officer, V.H. Blackinton & Co., Inc., Attleboro Falls, MA.

Adam Mara,
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Quincy, MA.

Joshua Marmol,
Managing Director, GET Secure ID Corp, Waltham, MA.

Ed Marsh,
Founder, Consilium Global Business Advisors, LLC, Ipswich MA.

Kevin McLaughlin,
CEO, Blade Tech Systems, Inc. Dba Flexo Concepts, Plymouth, MA.

Paula Murphy,
Director, Massachusetts Export Center, Newton, MA.

Marc Pacheco,
State Senator, MA State Senate, Boston, MA.

Wendy Pease,
President, Rapport International, Sudbury, MA.

Jeevan Ramapriya,
Executive Director Massachusetts Office of International Trade and Investment Boston MA.

David Roccio,
Partner, Lando & Anastasi, Boston, MA.

Cathy Rocheleau,
Co-Owner / Directo,r Rocheleau Tool & Die Co., Inc., Fitchburg, MA.

Urszula Wojciechowska,
President, Global Business Alliance of New England, Boston, MA.