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Goodman to help Cambridge chapter foster technology startups and support the entrepreneur community
Waltham, MA. - July 19, 2005
Constant Contact, the leading permission Do-It-Yourself Email Marketing® service for small and medium businesses and associations announced today that Gail Goodman has been elected to the Executive Board of the MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge. In her role as a board member, Goodman will support the Enterprise Forum's mission to foster technology startups within the entrepreneur community. Goodman was chosen for her demonstrated leadership as Constant Contact's CEO, and for her career experience in senior management, marketing, product management, business development and management consulting.
The MIT Enterprise Forum is a volunteer, non-profit organization that promotes and strengthens the process of starting and growing innovative technology-oriented companies with education, information, and support in the entrepreneurial community.
"It's a great honor to be elected to this distinguished organization," said Goodman. "Their commitment to the entrepreneurial community and growth of technology companies is unparalleled. Our company's participation as an MIT business case presentation in 1999 helped us hone our business plan and put us on a path to success. I am looking forward to offering my experience and skills to help entrepreneurs starting their own businesses. This role fits perfectly with Constant Contact's mission to help small businesses grow their companies with email marketing."
Goodman's term will be for three years on a 22-member board. The Executive Board will oversee all of the needs of the Forum in order for its success, including the mission, strategic direction, and future programming of the organization.
"We are thrilled to have Gail Goodman as a member of our Executive Board. She has served as a role model for many science- and technology-based startup companies here in the Boston area. She has grown Constant Contact from its inception to a leading provider of email marketing tools for small businesses, and has always made time to give back to the entrepreneurial community with advice and service," said Trish Flemming, Executive Director. "In addition, it is always exciting to see a company that presented at one of our Startup Clinics join our leadership group. We value the insights and suggestions that Gail, as a successful entrepreneur, will bring to the Forum."
About Constant Contact
With over 35,000 customers and a recent winner of SmallBusinessComputing.com's "Excellence in Technology Award," Constant Contact® is the leading permission Do-It-Yourself Email Marketing® service for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and associations. Constant Contact is a Web-based email marketing solution that enables small organizations to easily create and send professional HTML email newsletters, promotions, announcements and more with no technical expertise required. Designed and priced for SMBs, Constant Contact is affordable, easy-to-use and includes a free 60-day trial at: www.constantcontact.com. The service is marketed through over 800 Resellers and more than 100 marquee channel partners including American Express OPEN, Website Pros, Register.com, FTD, AOL, Interland, IBM, Intuit, Network Solutions and Overture. Constant Contact is a founding member of the Email Service Provider Coalition (ESPC), a group formed to fight spam while protecting the delivery of legitimate email. Constant Contact is funded by Morgan Stanley Venture Partners, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Longworth Venture Partners and Hudson Ventures. For more information, please call 781-472-8100.
About The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge
The MIT Enterprise Forum of Cambridge is a volunteer, non-profit organization based at MIT whose mission is to promote and strengthen the process of starting and growing innovative and technology-oriented companies by providing services and programs that educate, inform, and support the entrepreneurial community.
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