Paul H. Guzzi is an American businessman and former Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

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He is president and chief executive officer of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.

Biography

Paul Guzzi graduated from Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

 with a degree in government.

Guzzi was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Massachusetts House of Representatives

The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from single-member electoral districts across the Commonwealth. Representatives serve two-year terms...

 from 1971 to 1974.
In the 1974 general election Guzzi defeated Republican

Republican Party (United States)

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 state Senator John M. Quinlan to be elected Secretary of the Commonwealth

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is the principal public information officer of the state government of the U.S...

. Guzzi served as Secretary

Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth

The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is the principal public information officer of the state government of the U.S...

 from 1975 to 1978. In 1978, Guzzi ran for the United States Senate

United States Senate

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, he was defeated in the Democratic primary by Paul Tsongas

Paul Tsongas

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He then served as chief of staff to Massachusetts

Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...

 Governor Ed King

Edward J. King

Edward Joseph "Ed" King was the 66th Governor of the U.S. state of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1983.Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Boston College and Bentley College, King played professional football as a guard with the All-America Football Conference Buffalo Bisons from 1948 to...

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In 1980 Guzzi was named interim chancellor of the newly formed Massachusetts Board of Regents for Public Higher Education.

Guzzi was a senior vice president of Wang Laboratories

Wang Laboratories

Wang Laboratories was a computer company founded in 1951 by Dr. An Wang and Dr. G. Y. Chu. The company was successively headquartered in Cambridge , Tewksbury , and finally in Lowell, Massachusetts . At its peak in the 1980s, Wang Laboratories had annual revenues of $3 billion and employed over...

 from 1981 to 1991.
He was a vice president at Data General

Data General

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 from 1991 to 1993.

Guzzi is the president and chief executive officer of the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce.
He has served as a director of several corporations.
Guzzi is also a trustee of the Citi Performing Arts Center

Citi Performing Arts Center

The Citi Performing Arts Center is located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It consists of two theatres, Wang Theatre and Shubert Theatre, both of which are neighbors, on Tremont Street, in Boston's Theatre District...

 and a director of The Boston Foundation.
Guzzi is co-host of This Week in Business on the New England Cable News

New England Cable News

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 network.

External links

• Paul Guzzi bio at the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce