Power 2008: Extended Power List
Since there were multiple ties among the rest of the nominees, they have not been assigned a numeric rank, but are instead grouped together by number of votes received. In descending order:
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Myra Kraft, wife of Patriots owner Bob Kraft; philanthropist
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Wayne Budd, senior counsel, Goodwin Procter
Wyc Grousbeck, venture capitalist, Highland Capital Partners; CEO, Boston Celtics
Ed Linde, CEO, Boston Properties
Herb Chambers, CEO, the Herb Chambers Companies
Henri Termeer, chairman, president, and CEO, Genzyme Corporation
Mike Sheehan, CEO, Hill, Holliday
Leslie Kirwan, Massachusetts secretary of Administration and Finance
George Regan, president, Regan Communications Group
Vivien Li, executive director, Boston Harbor Association
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Arnold Hiatt, chairman, Stride Rite Foundation
Jill Medvedow, director, Institute of Contemporary Art
Sheldon Adelson, chairman and CEO, Las Vegas Sands Corporation
Frank Phillips, State House bureau chief, Boston Globe
Don Law, founder, Don Law Company
Colette Phillips, president and CEO, Colette Phillips Communications
Ted Cutler, philanthropist
Irwin Chafetz, board member, Las Vegas Sands
Liz Morningstar, Deval Patrick adviser
Kevin Callaghan, managing director, Berkshire Partners
Jeff Leerink, chairman and CEO, Leerink Swann
Cam Neely, vice president, Boston Bruins
Christine DiCarlo, Front Row Associates
Kevin Phelan, president, Colliers Meredith & Grew
Corinne Grousbeck, wife of Celtics CEO Wyc Grousbeck; philanthropist
Peggy Henry, wife of Red Sox principal owner John Henry; philanthropist
Lisa Hall, vice president and news director, Channel 25
David Ortiz, designated hitter, Boston Red Sox
Dr. Calvin Cohen, research director, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Diane Patrick, first lady of Massachusetts
David Waters, executive director, Community Servings
Ed Davis, Boston Police Department commissioner
Malcolm Rogers, director, Museum of Fine Arts
Micho Spring, president, Weber Shandwick-New England
Paul Guzzi, president and CEO, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Ted MacLean, New England general manager, Microsoft
Carol Johnson, superintendent, Boston Public Schools
Marc Solomon, campaign director, MassEquality
Denise Simmons, Cambridge mayor
Peter Lynch, philanthropist
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Elyse Cherry, CEO, Boston Community Capital; chairwoman, Massachusetts Cultural Council
Bill Achtmeyer, chairman and managing partner, Parthenon Group
Laura Raposa, gossip columnist, Boston Herald
Gayle Fee, gossip columnist, Boston Herald
Roger Berkowitz, president and CEO, Legal Sea Foods
Jose Alvarez, president and CEO, Stop & Shop
Ellen Zane, president and CEO, Tufts Medical Center
Bill Galvin, secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Brian Moynihan, president of global corporate and investment banking, Bank of America
Paul Levy, president and CEO, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Chuck Campion, founder, Dewey Square Group
Tracy Campion, founder, Campion and Company
Dianne Wilkerson, state senator
Shonda Schilling, wife of Red Sox player Curt Schilling; philanthropist
Tiffany Ortiz, wife of Red Sox player David Ortiz; philanthropist
Suzanne Bump, Massachusetts secretary of Labor and Workforce Development
Eric Rosengren, president and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Carole Charnow, general director, Opera Boston
Linda Dorcena Forry, state representative
Niki Tsongas, U.S. representative
Bryan Rafanelli, founder, Rafanelli Events
Scott Kirsner, columnist, Boston Globe
Vinit Nijhawan, venture capitalist
Marina Hatsopoulos, cofounder, Z Corporation
Tim Pappas, CEO, Pappas Enterprises
Ana Sortun, Oleana chef and restaurateur
Michael Flaherty, at-large councilor, Boston City Council
Dan Conley, Suffolk County district attorney
John Walsh, president and CEO, Elizabeth Grady Companies
Raymond Howell, president, Howell Communications
Susan Servais, executive director, Massachusetts Health Council
Tim Murray, Massachusetts lieutenant governor
Steve Bailey, former business columnist, Boston Globe
Mark Wolf, Massachusetts U.S. District Court chief judge
Hubie Jones, community activist
Douglas Brooks, vice president of health services, Justice Resource Institute
Rev. Martin McLee, pastor, Union United Methodist Church
Todd English, chef, restaurateur, and host of Food Trip with Todd English
Matt Siegel, radio host, Kiss 108
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Gary Daffin, executive director, Multicultural AIDS Coalition
Ellen Zucker, partner, Burns & Levinson
Debi Greenberg, owner, Louis Boston
Tim Kirwan, general manager, InterContinental Boston
Stacey Lucchino, wife of Red Sox president and CEO Larry Lucchino; chairwoman, YMCA of Greater Boston
Carol Fulp, vice president of community relations, John Hancock Financial Services
Patrick Lyons, president, Lyons Group
Dan Grabauskas, general manager, MBTA
John Hynes, president and CEO, Gale International
Mario Russo, owner, Salon Mario Russo
Joe Tucci, chairman, president, and CEO, EMC Corporation
Robert Travaglini, lobbyist; former state Senate president
Bob Popeo, chairman, Mintz Levin
Jim Davis, chairman, New Balance
Laura Zecca, philanthropist
Frances Rivera, anchor, Channel 7
Dan O’Connell, Massachusetts secretary of Housing and Economic Development
Stephen Lynch, U.S. representative
Ed Ansin, president, Sunbeam Television
Phillip Clay, chancellor, MIT
Jim Mongan, president and CEO, Partners HealthCare
Jim Keefe, president, Trinity Financial
Neil Donohoe, director, theater division, Boston Conservatory
Steve Maler, founding artistic director, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company
Ellen Goodman, columnist, Boston Globe
Steve Grossman, principal, Grossman Marketing Group; cofounder, National Jewish Democratic Council
Robert Geiman, partner, Polaris Venture Partners
Randy Battat, president and CEO, Airvana
Clayton Christensen, Robert and Jane Cizik Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; author; founder, Innosight LLC and Rose Park Advisors
Mike Capuano, U.S. representative
Cheryl Cronin, attorney; political fundraiser and strategist
Clayton Turnbull, president and CEO, the Waldwin Group
Ali Noorani, executive director, Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition
James Cash Jr., member of board of directors for Boston Basketball Partners, BSG Alliance, et. al
Richard Meelia, president and CEO, Covidien
Rev. Bruce Wall, senior pastor, Global Ministries Christian Church
Margaret Boles Fitzgerald, chair, the Henry Luce Foundation
Dan Kingsbury, president and CEO, Pioneer Investment Management USA
P. Steven Ainsley, publisher, Boston Globe
Ed Jesser, political consultant
Connie Kastelnik, founder, CK Communications
Dr. James Mongan, president and CEO, Partners HealthCare
George Russell, jazz pianist and Berklee College of Music instructor
Marion Kane, executive director, Barr Foundation
Tom Kiley, principal, Cosgrove Eisenberg & Kiley
Barney Frank, U.S. representative
Donna Cupelo, regional president, Verizon
Cathy Minehan, former president and CEO, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Edward J. Kane, James F. Cleary Chair in Finance, Boston College;World Bank consultant
Joshua Bekenstein, general partner, Bright Horizons
Mitt Romney, former governor and presidential candidate
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Michele Kessler, community relations director, Kessler Financial Services; cofounder and director, Kessler Family Foundation
Elaine Schuster, Democratic fundraiser, philanthropist
Seth Woods, executive chef, founder, and partner, the Aquitaine Group
Chris Haynes, founder of CBH Communications
Rudolph Wynter, senior vice president, Keyspan
Sam Yoon, Boston city councilor
Kairos Shen, director of planning, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Robert Beal, president of Beal Companies, LLP
David Edwards, Gordon McKay Professor of the Practice of Biomedical Engineering, Harvard University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Scott Schoen, managing director, Thomas H. Lee Partners LP
Brian McGrory, city editor, Boston Globe
Barbara Lynch, chef and entrepreneur (No. 9 Park, B&G Oysters, the Butcher Shop, et. al)
Ronald Druker, president, the Druker Company
Chris Gordon, principal, Bain Capital LLC
Michael Widmer, president, Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation
Dan Bosley, state representative
Pat Moscaritolo, president and CEO, Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau
Dusty Rhodes, president, Conventures, Inc.
Jack Connolly, Somerville alderman at large
Dr. Suzanne Gleysteen, internal medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center;Harvard Medical School instructor
Celine Oringer, wife of chef Ken Oringer; food wholesaler
Steve Karp, chairman, CEO, and founder of New England Development
Joan Wallace-Benjamin, president and CEO of the Home for Little Wanderers
Dr. Alvin Poissant, psychiatrist, author, and Harvard Medical School professor
Madeline Steczynski, founder, Zumix
John Palmieri, director, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Elizabeth Altman, vice president, strategy and business development, Motorola
James A. Rooney, executive director, Massachusetts Convention Center Authority
Giovanna Negretti, executive director of Oiste
Linda Whitlock, CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston
Chris Cooper, actor
Marianne Cooper, actress
Regina Pisa, chairman and managing partner, Goodwin Procter LLP
John Rosenthal, president, Meredith Management Corp.
William A. Lowell, partner, Choate, Hall & Stewart; administrator, Lowell Institute
Theo Epstein, Red Sox general manager
Dan Rea, radio host, WBZ 1030
John Drew, founder and president of the Drew Company
Mark Volpe, managing director, Boston Symphony Orchestra
Lilly Johnson, wife of Fidelity CEO Ned Johnson; philanthropist
Dr. Paula Johnson, Brigham & Women’s executive director of the Connors Center and chief of the Division of Women’s Health