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Brett, James

The New England Council

James T. Brett is president and CEO of the New England Council, the oldest regional business organization in the U.S. which promotes economic development in the region. The Council works with Capitol Hill to influence public policy. Before joining the Council, Jim was a Massachusetts state representative for 16 years. He was a member of the President’s Committee for People with Intellectual Disabilities and is current chairman of the Massachusetts Governor’s Commission on Mental Retardation.

Jim is a recipient of the “Irishman of the Year” award from the Friends of John F. Kennedy Library. He sits on the board of directors of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation and is a trustee of Catholic Charities of Boston. He received a 2006 Solas Award from the Irish Immigration Center. Bay Cove Human Services of Boston named a home for disabled adults “Brett House” in his honor in 1996.

Jim’s parents immigrated from Tubbercurry, Sligo to Boston in the 1920s, where the six Brett children were raised. Jim and his wife Patricia reside in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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