BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260206T163000Z DTEND:20260206T183000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Annual Meeting with Success & Service Awards DESCRIPTION:You are invited to join the Tri-Town Chamber for a Celebration for our 37th Annual Meeting and Success & Service Awards. On Friday\, February 6\, 2026\n\nAWARDS: The Success & Service Awards\, recognize our members for their outstanding contributions to the Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce in 2025\, as well as their dedication to the communities of Foxborough\, Mansfield\, and Norton.\n\n\n\nNOMINATIONS CLOSED SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION PDF.\n\nAward History Below Winners announced at the Annual Meeting \n\n\n\nFeatured Speaker: Dr. Erik Noyes\, Director of "The Generator Interdisciplinary AI Lab" at Babson College training 1\,000 Small Business Owners in AI for business growth. (full Bio below)\n\n \n\n SPONSORS OPEN: details here\n\nPresenting Partner: open $2000\n\nAwards Partner: BayCoast Bank\n\nSilver Partners: SCU Credit Union & Plainridge Park Casino\n\nSupporting Partners: available $500 Rockland Trust & Sturdy Health\n\nCenterpiece Exposure $100\n\n\n\nWe will be having a 50/50 raffle!\n\n\n\nAWARD HISTORY.... \n\nBusiness of the Year: -recognizing the business organization whose outstanding contributions make them a leader within the Chamber as well as the community at large.\n\n1996: Automation Concepts and Technologies\n\n1997: Foxborough Savings Bank (now Rockland Trust)\n\n1998: Ro-Jacks Supermarkets\n\n1999: North Easton Savings Bank\n\n2000: Foxboro Company (Invensys)\n\n2001: Hockomock Area YMCA\n\n2004: DSA Foxboro Terminals\n\n2005: W/S Development \n\n2006: Samsonite\n\n2007: Mansfield Bank\n\n2008: Invensys\n\n2009: Covidien\n\n2010: Holiday Inn Mansfield/ Foxboro\n\n2011: North Easton Savings Bank\n\n2012: Foley & Foley PC\n\n2013: ESP Solutions\n\n2014: Barrows Insurance Agency\n\n2015: Mansfield Bank\n\n2016: Xfinity Center\n\n2017: New England Ice Cream \n\n2018: Hockomock Area YMCA\n\n2019: Job-Guy\n\n2020: BSE Print Solutions \n\n2021: Normandy Farms Family Camping Resort\n\n2022: BayCoast Bank\n\n2023: Plainridge Park Casino\n\n2024: Santoro Financial Planning Group\n\n \n\nBusinessperson of the Year: - recognizing the individual businessperson that has demonstrated qualities of exemplary community leadership\, within the Chamber as well as the community at large.\n\n1996: Ed Tartufo\n\n1997: Jay Barrows\n\n1998: Bill Buckley Sr.\n\n1999: Tricia White\n\n2000: Terry McLaughlin \n\n2001: Chris Rappold\n\n2004: Deb Crowell\n\n2005: Kara Griffin\n\n2006: Debbie Nichols\n\n2007: Emily Miller\, Catherine Ellsworth\n\n2008: Kristi Johnston\n\n2009: Greg and Kathy Spier\n\n2010: Ellyne Fleshner\n\n2011: Ingrid Williams\n\n2012: Joan Gagnon\n\n 2013: Jen Vondenbrink\n\n 2014: Kelly Fox\n\n2015: Cindy Peterson \n\n2016: Anne Langton\n\n2017: Lynn Tokarczyk\n\n2018: Michael Yunits\n\n2019: Danielle Fish\n\n2020: Marco Crugnale\n\n2021: Brian Quinn\n\n2022: Marietta Courtney\n\n2023: Paul Anagnos\n\n2024: Tim Keneally\n\n \n\n\nMore about our speaker:\n\n Featured Speaker: Dr. Erik Noyes\, Director of "The Generator Interdisciplinary AI Lab" at Babson College training 1\,000 Small Business Owners in AI for business growth.\n\n An expert in innovation\, growth strategy\, and AI\, Professor Noyes is the Michael London '92 and Stephen H. Kramer '92 Term Chair in Entrepreneurship. His research examines entrepreneurial thinking\, AI-enabled innovation\, and disruptive innovation in both startups and new corporate ventures.\n\n Dr. Noyes led the creation of "The Generator"\, Babson's interdisciplinary AI lab whose mission is to empower innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to life by harnessing AI capabilities. The Generator supports an interdisciplinary community of innovators\, provocateurs\, and boundary-spanners from across diverse industries to seize upon transformative opportunities enabled by the AI-age. In connection with the Lab\, he teaches the MBA course AI Pioneers: Creating the Future of Business and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in AI\, among other graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship courses.\n\nProfessor Noyes is the founding Faculty Director of the Weissman Foundry\, an interdisciplinary venture and innovation-space shared by Babson College\, the Olin College of Engineering\, and Wellesley College. Recognized as a "Top 50" business professor in the United States by Poets & Quants\, Noyes was awarded Babson's College-wide Teaching Excellence Award in 2023 and Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award in 2010. Noyes co-led Babson's award-winning Foundations of Management & Entrepreneurship (FME) program\, rated the most innovative undergraduate entrepreneurship course in the U.S. by the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). He also co-founded Affordable Design & Entrepreneurship (ADE)\, a collaboration between Babson College and the Olin College of Engineering.\n\nPrior to joining Babson\, he consulted for companies such as Nokia\, BMW\, Hewlett-Packard\, New Balance\, and Motorola to identify and evaluate new growth businesses in diverse areas such as healthcare\, mobile computing\, consumer products\, sensing systems\, and automotive design.\n\n Professor Noyes is a Founding Editor of the journal Entrepreneurship Education & Pedagogy (EE&P). His research has been published in the Journal of Small Business Management\, Advances in Entrepreneurship\, Firm Emergence and Growth\, Entrepreneurship Education & Pedagogy\, the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation\, Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research\, multiple books\, and the Harvard Business School case collection. He has been quoted in the Wall Street Journal\, the Financial Times\, USA Today\, The Chronicle for Higher Education\, and international press.\n\nTo learn more\, visit babson.edu/thegenerator X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

You are invited to join the Tri-Town Chamber for a Celebration for our 37th Annual Meeting and Success &\; Service Awards. On Friday\, February 6\, 2026

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AWARDS: The Success &\; Service Awards\, recognize our members for their outstanding contributions to the Tri-Town Chamber of Commerce in 2025\, as well as their dedication to the communities of Foxborough\, Mansfield\, and Norton.
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\nNOMINATIONS CLOSED SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION \;PDF.
\nAward History Below \; \; \; Winners announced at the Annual Meeting \; \;
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\nFeatured Speaker: Dr. Erik Noyes\, Director of &ldquo\;The Generator &ndash\; Interdisciplinary AI Lab&rdquo\; at Babson College &ndash\; training 1\,000 Small Business Owners in AI for business growth. (full Bio below)

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 \;SPONSORS OPEN: \;  \;details here
\nPresenting Partner: open $2000
\nAwards Partner: BayCoast Bank
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Silver Partners: SCU Credit Union &\; Plainridge Park Casino
\nSupporting Partners: available $500 Rockland Trust &\; Sturdy Health
\nCenterpiece Exposure $100
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\nWe will be having a 50/50 raffle!
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\nAWARD HISTORY.... \;
\nBusiness of the Year:  \;-recognizing the business organization whose \;outstanding contributions make them a leader within the Chamber as well as the community at large.
\n1996: \; Automation Concepts and Technologies
\n1997: \; Foxborough Savings Bank (now Rockland Trust)
\n1998: \; Ro-Jacks Supermarkets
\n1999: \; North Easton Savings Bank
\n2000: \; Foxboro Company (Invensys)
\n2001: \; Hockomock Area YMCA
\n2004: \; DSA Foxboro Terminals
\n2005: \; W/S Development \;
\n2006: Samsonite
\n2007: \; Mansfield Bank
\n2008: \; Invensys
\n2009: \; Covidien
\n2010: \; Holiday Inn Mansfield/ Foxboro
\n2011: \; North Easton Savings Bank
\n2012: \; Foley &\; Foley PC
\n2013:  \;ESP Solutions
\n2014:  \;Barrows Insurance Agency
\n2015:  \;Mansfield Bank
\n2016: \; Xfinity \;Center
\n2017: \; New England Ice Cream \;  \;
\n2018: Hockomock Area YMCA
\n2019: Job-Guy
\n2020: BSE Print Solutions \;
\n2021: Normandy Farms Family Camping Resort
\n2022: BayCoast Bank
\n2023: Plainridge Park Casino
\n2024: Santoro Financial Planning Group
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\nBusinessperson of the Year: \;- recognizing the individual businessperson that has demonstrated qualities of exemplary community leadership\, \;within the Chamber as well as the community at large.
\n1996: \; Ed Tartufo
\n1997: \; Jay Barrows
\n1998: \; Bill Buckley Sr.
\n1999: \; Tricia White
\n2000: \; Terry McLaughlin \;
\n2001: \; Chris Rappold
\n2004: \; Deb Crowell
\n2005: \; Kara Griffin
\n2006: \; Debbie Nichols
\n2007: \; Emily Miller\, Catherine Ellsworth
\n2008: \; Kristi Johnston
\n2009: \; Greg and Kathy Spier
\n2010: \; Ellyne Fleshner
\n2011: \; Ingrid Williams
\n2012: \; Joan Gagnon
\n​\;2013:  \;Jen Vondenbrink
\n​\;2014:  \;Kelly Fox
\n2015:  \;Cindy Peterson \;
\n2016: \; Anne Langton
\n2017:  \;Lynn Tokarczyk\n\n
2018:  \;Michael Yunits
\n2019: Danielle Fish
\n2020: Marco Crugnale
\n2021: Brian Quinn
\n2022: Marietta Courtney
\n2023: Paul Anagnos
\n2024: Tim Keneally
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More about our speaker:
\n \;  \;  \; Featured Speaker: Dr. Erik Noyes\, Director of &ldquo\;The Generator &ndash\; Interdisciplinary AI Lab&rdquo\; at Babson College &ndash\; training 1\,000 Small Business Owners in AI for business growth.
\n \;  \;  \; An expert in innovation\, growth strategy\, and AI\, Professor Noyes is the Michael London &rsquo\;92 and Stephen H. Kramer &rsquo\;92 Term Chair in Entrepreneurship. His research examines entrepreneurial thinking\, AI-enabled innovation\, and disruptive innovation in both startups and new corporate ventures.
\n \;  \;  \; Dr. Noyes led the creation of &ldquo\;The Generator&rdquo\;\, Babson&rsquo\;s interdisciplinary AI lab whose mission is to empower innovators from all fields to bring visionary ideas to life by harnessing AI capabilities. The Generator supports an interdisciplinary community of innovators\, provocateurs\, and boundary-spanners from across diverse industries to seize upon transformative opportunities enabled by the AI-age. In connection with the Lab\, he teaches the MBA course \;AI Pioneers: Creating the Future of Business and Entrepreneurial Opportunities in AI\, among other graduate and undergraduate entrepreneurship courses.
\nProfessor Noyes is the founding Faculty Director of the Weissman Foundry\, an interdisciplinary venture and innovation-space shared by Babson College\, the Olin College of Engineering\, and Wellesley College. Recognized as a &ldquo\;Top 50&rdquo\; business professor in the United States by Poets &\; Quants\, Noyes was awarded Babson&rsquo\;s College-wide Teaching Excellence Award in 2023 and Undergraduate Teaching Excellence Award in 2010. Noyes co-led Babson&rsquo\;s award-winning Foundations of Management &\; Entrepreneurship (FME) program\, rated the most innovative undergraduate entrepreneurship course in the U.S. by the U.S. Association for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (USASBE). He also co-founded Affordable Design &\; Entrepreneurship (ADE)\, a collaboration between Babson College and the Olin College of Engineering.
\nPrior to joining Babson\, he consulted for companies such as Nokia\, BMW\, Hewlett-Packard\, New Balance\, and Motorola to identify and evaluate new growth businesses in diverse areas such as healthcare\, mobile computing\, consumer products\, sensing systems\, and automotive design.
\n \;  \;  \; Professor Noyes is a Founding Editor of the journal \;Entrepreneurship Education &\; Pedagogy \;(EE&\;P). His research has been published in the \;Journal of Small Business Management\, Advances in Entrepreneurship\, Firm Emergence and Growth\, Entrepreneurship Education &\; Pedagogy\, the International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation\, Frontiers in Entrepreneurship Research\, multiple books\, and the Harvard Business School case collection. He has been quoted in the \;Wall Street Journal\, the Financial Times\, USA Today\, The Chronicle for Higher Education\, and international press.
\nTo learn more\, visit \;babson.edu/thegenerator
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\n LOCATION:Plainridge Park Casino 301 Washington St.\, Plainville Sponsors to date: -BayCoast Bank -Plainridge Park Casino -SCU Credit Union -Rockland Trust Bank -Sturdy Health Centerpiece Sponsors to date: -Barrows Insurance -Bluestone Wealth & Trust -Business Development Strategies -bse Print Solutions -Courtney CPA\, P.C. -Elliott Physical Therapy -Hockomock Area YMCA -K Shulman Bookkeeping LLC -Mass Marine Trades Association -Normandy Farms -North Easton Savings Bank -Santoro Financial Planning Group -The Pro's Car Care Complex -The Residence at Great Woods -Xfinity Center UID:e.1730.8404 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260404T050316Z URL:https://tri-townchamber.com/events/details/annual-meeting-with-success-service-awards-8404 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR