The Business Associates Club's origins date back nearly 100 years.

 

In 1923, Professor Durward E. Burchell, a well-regarded business engineer and former Harvard faculty member, gave a course on management methods to a handful of burgeoning young professionals identified by the Boston Chamber of Commerce as future leaders. 

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The group was so successful, it quickly outgrew its original structure and purpose.

 

By 1927, the organization was no longer a small, meeting group. It had built a broad membership base and began the tradition of inviting prominent outside speakers to its meetings. To ensure a level of intimacy and connection, though, the group determined it was best to limit membership to 100. The Business Associates Club, Boston, Massachusetts, adopted its current name in 1949.

 

Today, the club is a dynamic​ environment where younger businesspeople can network and learn.

 

Members gather monthly to connect and hear from nationally-known executives, educators, administrators, and politicians sharing how they got to where they are, the most important lessons they learned along the way, and the professional and personal challenges they faced –and overcame – to get there.  

 

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    CURRENT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE​

(2025-2026)

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President

Kaitlin Folinus

RSM

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Vice President and Treasurer

Yvan Bodart

F.L. Putnam

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Membership

Tom Baxter

BellMark Partners​​

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Secretary

Alex MacIsaac

SageView Advisory Group

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        Executive Committee Members 

 

Dan Findley

The Andover Companies​

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Marc Gillette

Fred C. Church

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       Zoe Gillies                                 

Dalton & Finegold, LLP

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Ben Sutton

Newmark Group

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JP Welden

Newmark Group

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