Governor-elect Charlie Baker is seeking advice. Lots of it.
On Thursday, he announced a long list of people who will serve on his advisory transition committees on schools, jobs/economy, community, health, and better government.
The multitude — more than 170 people in all — include big-names in the worlds of academia, business, and nonprofits such as UMass Lowell Chancellor Marty Meehan (a co-chair of the education committee); Karen Kaplan, the chairman and chief executive of powerhouse advertising firm Hill Holiday (a co-chair of the jobs/economy committee); and Gerald Chertavian, the founder and chief executive of job-training nonprofit Year Up (on the jobs/economy committee).
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It’s not unusual for soon-to-be governors to put together transition committees, even big ones. In 2006, then-Governor-elect Deval Patrick’s transition committee working groups had even more people, according to a press release from eight years ago.
John Walsh, who served as Patrick’s 2006 campaign manager, said that year’s transition effort — and all the input from people from all parts of Massachusetts life — was a great boon to the incoming governor.
“It was extremely helpful. We had a big transition committee, and then we had a series of working groups that were part of the transition effort,” he said.
“It’s a good idea, and I’m glad to hear that the governor-elect is following that pattern,” Walsh continued, “because it just gives an opportunity, as you’re embarking on this, to hear from [many] different folks.”
In a statement, Lieutenant Governor-elect Karyn Polito, who is chairing this year’s gubernatorial transition group, said she looked forward to working with the “great team.”
Baker spokesman Tim Buckley said each one of the transition committees would be meeting in person “probably twice.”
But why so many people to offer advice?
“ ’Cause,” he said, “there are a lot of great ideas.”
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Here is the list of committee members, as released by Baker-Polito transition committee:
Schools
Beth Anderson, Phoenix Charter Academy Network, Chelsea (Chair)
Marty Meehan, UMass-Lowell, Lowell (Chair)
Erika Ebbel Angle, Science from Scientists, Beverly
David Birnbach, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mobile Strategy Group LLC, Andover
Mary Bourque, Chelsea Public Schools, Chelsea
Erica Brown, City on a Hill Charter Public Schools, Boston
Donna Colorio, Dimitria Delights, Inc/ Qunisigamond Community College/ Commonwealth of MA, Worcester
Michael Contompasis, Mass Insight Education, Chestnut Hill
Mark Culliton, College Bound Dorchester, Dorchester
John Davis, Ventry Industries LLC, Longmeadow
William DeRosa, Whittier Tech, Peabody
George Dhionis, Esped, Marblehead
Pam Eddinger, State of Massachusetts, Bunker Hill Community College, Brookline
Kathryn Everett, The Lynch Foundation, Boston
Barbara Fields, retired educator, Mattapan
Roland Fryer, Harvard University, Cambridge
Christopher Gabrieli, National Center on Time and Learning, Boston
Scott Given, UP Education Network, Charlestown
Sheila Harrity, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School District, Worcester
Howard Horton, New England College of Business and Finance, Somerville
Vanessa Kirsch, New Profit Inc., Brookline
Stig Leschly, Match Charter Public School, Brookline
Linda Looft, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Leicester
Edward Madaus, Guild of St. Agnes Early Education, Boylston
Robert Manning, MFS Investment Management, Swampscott
Patricia Meservey, Salem State University, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Salem
Amy O’Leary, Strategies for Children, Brookline
Elizabeth Pauly, The Boston Foundation, Boston
Jeffrey Riley, Boston
Ira Rubenzahl, Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield
Eileen Rudden, Co-founder, LearnLaunch, Cambridge
Henry Thomas, Urban League of Springfield, Springfield
Paul Toner, New Voice Strategies - Viva Idea Exchange, Cambridge
Shannah Varon, Boston Collegiate Charter School, West Roxbury
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Stephen Zykofsky, self-employed, Lynn
Better Government
Steve Poftak, Rappaport Institute, Boston (Chair)
Stephen Goldsmith, Harvard University and Huron Consulting Group, Indianapolis (Chair)
Katherine Barry, JDH Solutions Group, Dennisport
Michael Brockelman, Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Holden
Brian Burke, Shumway, Giguere & Fox PC, Stow
Katherine Craven, Babson College, West Roxbury
Grace Fey, Grace Fey Advisors LLC, Boston
Scott Griffith, Rocketship Ventures LLC, Bedford
Mayor Mark Hawke, City of Gardner
Hugh Jones III, New Profit, Wayland
Mayor Thomas Koch, City of Quincy
Mayor Richard Kos, City of Chicopee
Barbara Kroncke, McCarter & English LLP, Newton
Edward Lyons, NTT Data, Inc, Brighton
Demitrois Moschos, Mirick O’Connell, Worcester
Timothy McGourthy, Worcester Regional Research Bureau, Inc., Worcester
John Miller, former candidate for Attorney General, Winchester
Mayor Daniel Rivera, City of Lawrence
Valerie Roberson, Roxbury Community College, Dorchester
John Sivolella, Columbia University, Wellesley
Gregory Sullivan, Pioneer Institute, Norwood
Samuel Tyler, Boston Municipal Research Bureau, Holliston
Community
Robert Lewis,The BASE, Boston (Chair)
Chrystal Kornegay, Urban Edge, Boston (Chair)
Lawrence Bailis, Brandeis University, Cambridge
Christina Bain, Babson College, Manchester
Molly Baldwin, Roca Inc., Chelsea
Justin Broderick, Haley House, Dorchester
Linda Cavaioli, YWCA Central Mass, Worcester
James Cummings, Barnstable County Sheriff, Falmouth
Marc Dohan, Twin Cities Community Development Corporation, Somerville
Mark Dubois, Town of Maynard, Shrewsbury
Ronald Druker, The Druker Company Ltd., Boston
Ned Epstein, JTE Realty Associates, LLC, North Andover
Sasika Epstein, Self-employed, Power Launch Group, Brookline
Evelyn Friedman, Greater Lawrence Community Action Council Inc., Boston
Imari Paris Jeffries, Italian Home for Children, Boston
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Mary Reardon Johnson, YWCA of Western Massachusetts, East Longmeadow
Christopher Jones, Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Roxbury
Gregory Kaknes, LandscapeXpress Inc., Boston
Christy Keswick, Good Sports Inc., Milton
Marc Laplante, Commonwealth of Massachusetts (MassDEP), Lawrence
John Larivee, Community Resources for Justice, Boston
Veronique Le Melle, Boston Center for the Arts, West Roxbury
Lorraine Levine, Women’s Lunch Place, Wellesley
Nancy Luther, retired, Topsfield
Raymond Mariano, Worcester Housing Authority, Worcester
Victoria Marsh, One Theater, Arlington
Kevin Mullen, self-employed, attorney, Dorchester
Laurie Myers, Community VOICES, Chelmsford
Christopher Norris, Metropolitan Boston Housing Partnership, West Roxbury
Deborah Ramirez, Northeastern University School of Law, Lexington
Deborah Re, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston, Jamaica Plain
Gregory Russ, Cambridge Housing Authority, Cambridge
Paul Treseler, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, West Roxbury
Gilbert Winn, WinnCompanies, Boston
Jobs and The Economy
Karen Kaplan, Hill Holiday, Boston (Chair)
Jay Ash, Secretary-designate of Housing and Economic Development, Chelsea (Chair)
Michael Benedetto, Skanska USA, Marshfield
William Achtmeyer, The Parthenon Group, Boston
Andrew Botti, The McLane Law Firm, Andover
Julianne Bowler, Atlantic Charter Insurance Company, Jamestown, R.I.
Robert Brait, Brait Builders Corporation, Marshfield
Cynthia Brown, Boston Duck Tours, Boston
Robert Caret, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Lauren Chacon, Constant Contact, Weston
Gerald Chertavian, Year Up Inc., Cambridge
Gregory Ciongoli, The Baupost Group, Wellesley
Roger Crandall, Mass Mutual, Longmeadow (chair)
Andrew Crane, A-Crane Construction LLC, Self-employed, Chicopee
Paul Dacier, executive vice president and General Counsel at EMC, Sherborn
Kevin Delbridge, senior adviser to Harbourvest Partners LLC, Hopkinton
Vincent DeVito, Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Wellesley
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Art Dorfman, SAP America, Sharon
Mark Erlich, New England Regional Council of Carpenters, Jamaica Plain
Wendy Estrella, Estrella Law Offices, Methuen
James Gallagher, John Hancock Financial, Milton
Thomas Glynn, Massachusetts Port Authority, Belmont
George Hardiman, Tremont Credit Union, Bridgewater
John Harthorne, MassChallenge Inc., Newton
Michael Heffernan, former candidate for treasurer, Wellesley
Henry Helgeson, Merchant Warehouse, LLC, Boston
Patricia Jacobs, AT&T, Belmont
Brian Kavoogian, Charles River Realty Investors, Wellesley
Albert Kaneb, retired, Weston
Thomas Kershaw, Hampshire House Corp., Boston
William Lane, Superior Plumbing, Inc., Dedham
Mark Leff, Salem Five Bank, Rowley
Matt LeBretton, New Balance, Hingham
Jeffrey Leiden, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc., Boston
Gregg Lisciotti, self-employed, Lisciotti Development Corp, Leominster
Travis McCready, The Boston Foundation, Lexington
Cathryn McEvoy-Zdonczky, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Auburn
Douglas McGarrah, Foley Hoag LLP, South Hamilton
Rajendra Melville, Deshpande, Marlborough
Michael Minogue, Abiomed, Hamilton
Robin Monleon, UBS Financial Services, Dover
Joseph Nolan, Northeast Utilities, Belmont
Deborah Penta, PENTA Communications Inc., Westborough
Mary Ann Pesce-Choate, retired, Weston
Marcy Reed, National Grid, Concord
Timothy Rowe, Cambridge Innovation Center, Cambridge
Joe Salois, Atlas Distributing, Sutton
Robert Sheridan, retired, Hingham
Ann Sullivan, Metro Equipment Corp., Dedham
Mayor Joseph Sullivan, Town of Braintree
Summer Tilton, Fletcher Tilton, P.C., Osterville
Health
Deborah Enos, Neighborhood Health Plan, Boston (Chair)
Keith Hovan, Southcoast Health System Inc., Rochester (Chair)
Joshua Archambault, Pioneer Institute/Foundation for Government Accountability, Quincy
Anita Barry, Boston Public Health Commission (Boston University School of Medicine), Hingham
Scott Bock, Riverside Community Care Inc, Wellesley
Virginia Buckingham, Pfizer Inc., Marblehead
Michael Calijouw, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Milton
Edward Choate, CHOATE & Associates, Weston
Brian Concannon, Haemonetics Corporation, Norwell
Sherry Dong, Tufts Medical Center, Jamaica Plain
Deborah Ekstrom, Community Healthlink (member of Umass Memorial Health Care), Worcester
Laurence Gerber, EPOCH Senior Living LLC, Weston
Tom Grape, Benchmark Senior Living, Boston
John Hammond, Red Sox Foundation & MGH Home Base Program, Cambridge
Regina Herzlinger, Harvard University, Belmont
Patrick Hughes, Fallon Health, Stratham, N.H.
Timothy Hunt, Cubist, Sudbury
David Jordan, Seven Hills Foundation, Worcester
John Kelly III, Self-employed, Charlestown
Michael Lauf, Cape Cod Healthcare Inc., Sandwich
Dennis Leonard, DentaQuest, Peabody
Manuel Lopes, East Boston Neighborhood Health Center, Topsfield
Richard Lopez, Atrius Health, Reading
Margaret Lynch, South Boston Community Health Center, South Boston
Andrew Salmon, Continuing Care Management LLC, Millbury
Jo Ann Simons, Cardinal Cushing Centers, Swampscott
Kevin Tabb, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Waban
Raymond Tamasi, Gosnold Inc., Mashpee
William Walczak, Grand Circle Foundation, Lewis Family Foundation, Dorchester
Delia Vetter, EMC Corp., Boston
Wendy Warring, Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston
Joshua Miller can be reached at joshua.miller@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @jm_bos.
Correction: Due to incorrect information provided to the Globe, an earlier version of this story had the incorrect name for The McLane Law Firm.