Gubernatorial Candidate Charlie Baker Will Present Keynote Speech at MetroWest Chamber Luncheon

Charlie Baker, the Republican candidate for governor of Massachusetts, will be the featured speaker at the Exec-Connect Luncheon on Monday, Sept. 29, presented by the MetroWest Chamber of Commerce.

Baker will discuss his plans to build the economy and will discuss issues such as job creation, taxes, education and health care. There will be time for Q&A. The event takes place at the Verve Crowne Plaza on Route 9 in Natick.

Baker is the former Secretary of Administration and Finance under Governors Weld and Cellucci, and is the former CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

As part of the Weld/Cellucci Administration, he helped turn a billion-dollar deficit into a surplus, create a half million jobs, and enact ambitious education reforms.

As Secretary of Administration and Finance, he oversaw a number of cost-saving reforms, modernizing state government and making it more efficient.

For his leadership, he received the Distinguished Service Award from the National Governor’s Association in 1998.

As CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Baker led the company out of receivership to become the highest ranked health plan in the country for member satisfaction and clinical effectiveness six years in a row.

During his tenure, Harvard Pilgrim was named one of Boston Business Journal’s “Best Places To Work” for seven straight years.

He has spent the past three years as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the venture capital firm General Catalyst Partners.

The cost for the luncheon is $30 members in advance or $40 at the door and not-yet members. To register contact Beth at 508-879-5600 or go to: www.metrowest.org.

The MetroWest Chamber of Commerce is a not-for-profit business advocacy, community and economic development association committed to the support of its members’ growth and success and the development of a positive economic climate in the MetroWest region and beyond.

The Chamberm based in Framingham, serves the communities of Ashland, Bellingham Dover, Franklin, Framingham, Holliston, Hopedale, Hopkinton, Hudson, Marlborough, Medfield, Medway, Milford, Millis, Natick, Northborough, Sherborn, Southborough, Sudbury, Wayland, Wellesley, Westborough and Weston.