Salem State Alumna Named Bay State Games Executive Vice President

SALEM, MA — A Salem State University alumna who began with the Bay State Games as an intern while she attended SSU in 2017 is the new deputy executive director of the Games.

Alanis Tirabassi was hired as a full-time sports coordinator in 2020 and later promoted to director of operations.

She joins Kevin Cummings, who has been with the Bay State Games since 1984 and has served as executive director since 1999, as part of the organization’s two-person full-time staff.

Tirabassi also serves as a committee chairperson for the National Congress of State Games. She also works as a consultant for Dave McGillivary Sports Enterprises and Conventures Events, Communications & Marketing.

The Game also announced on Monday that BSG Board of Directors Chair Phil Gloudemans will step down this spring after 22 years. Under his leadership, Bay State Games has grown into one of the largest multi-sport nonprofit organizations in New England.

He joined the Board of Directors in 1987 and he will continue to serve on the board and its executive committee.

The Board of Directors elected Dan Adams of Polsinelli PC Law Firm in Boston as its new board chair. Adams has served on the Bay State Games board for nearly 20 years and is head of sports and entertainment at Polsinelli PC.

He earned a bachelor's degree from Boston College, a law degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and an MBA from Harvard University.

Registration for the 2026 Bay State Summer Games will begin in early March.

The 2026 Summer Games will feature events from May 9 through July 26 across 30 different sports throughout eastern and central Massachusetts.