[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 30, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E634-E635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATING CHRISTINE SULLIVAN

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                          HON. JOHN F. TIERNEY

                            of massachusetts

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, April 30, 2014

  Mr. TIERNEY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Christine 
Sullivan on her retirement and thank her for her dedicated service

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to the residents and small businesses in the Sixth District, and 
throughout Massachusetts.
  For the last twelve years, Christine has served as the CEO of the 
Enterprise Center at Salem State University. Under Christine's 
leadership, the Enterprise Center has grown to provide numerous 
opportunities for local small businesses to improve and expand their 
operations. The Center offers more than 70 annual business skill 
workshops as well as a variety of specialized development programs 
including the Million Dollar Women Symposium, the 128 Venture North 
Breakfast series, and an extensive Mentor Program and the Growth 
Program.
  The Enterprise Center currently works with more than 6,000 small 
business owners and employees in more than 142 communities throughout 
the state.
  Before joining the Enterprise Center, Christine founded and served as 
CEO of Hawthorne Associates, a marketing, advertising and public 
relations firm serving clients in the US and internationally. Christine 
also served as Massachusetts Secretary of Consumer Affairs, Chief of 
Staff to former Congressman Michael Harrington, and Chair of the 
Communications Department at Endicott College.
  Christine not only serves her community through her work at the 
Enterprise Center, she serves as a Director of Beverly Cooperative 
Bank, the North Shore Alliance for Economic Development, the Salem 
YMCA, the Salem Chamber of Commerce, the Salem Award for Human Rights 
and Social Justice, and the Creative Economy Council of Massachusetts.
  I congratulate Christine on her successful career and wish her well 
as she begins her retirement.

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