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Our President

Paul Boudreau serves as the President of the Morris County Chamber of Commerce, the 11th largest Chamber of Commerce in New Jersey with membership of over 700 companies and organizations in the Morris County Area representing over 150,000 employees.

Mr. Boudreau has over twenty years of experience as a government and corporate affairs executive, most recently as Vice President of State and Corporate Relations for Honeywell. He has lobbied on business issues in twenty-five states and has expertise in state & local government relations, crisis and strategic communications, and community outreach.

In government relations, Paul has developed and implemented lobbying campaigns to pass legislation to open new markets for energy efficiency products and services. He has successfully negotiated with state regulators to preserve market access for products and has secured several million dollars in state incentives for business expansions. In communities across the country, he has worked with local public officials on environmental cleanups and brownfields development resulting in over $20 million in value creation. Paul has advised senior executives on strategy with external constituencies and developed communications plans to execute messaging around environmental incidents and plant closings. He has led cross functional teams and built strong relationships with important stakeholders to meet project objectives.

While at Honeywell, he also served as the Executive Director of Honeywell Hometown Solutions, the company’s award-winning corporate citizenship program. In this capacity, he led the creation of national partnerships with Rebuilding Together, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children and NASA in the areas of Housing & Shelter, Family Safety & Security, and Science & Math Education. These partnerships and programs have gone on to win 25 industry and cause marketing awards.

Paul holds a Bachelors degree from the University of New Hampshire and a Masters degree in Public Administration from the University of Maine. Paul served two terms in the Maine House of Representatives.

Career Highlights/Experience

• Selected as state chairman in Michigan for the Business Roundtable campaign on behalf of NAFTA. Built state coalition of over 100 companies which advocated NAFTA’s passage with the state’s congressional delegation.
• Led AlliedSignal’s successful four month lobbying campaign with Pennsylvania legislators to defeat legislation that would have prevented Allied’s hostile takeover of the AMP Corporation.
• Spearheaded Honeywell’s legislative strategy in eight states to preserve the market for mercury switch thermostats.
• Built local political support in two New Jersey communities for brownfields/redevelopment projects which resulted in $20M of property sales to big box retailers.
• Managed a six state search for a location for a $30 million IT investment. Secured direct state incentive grant of $500,000 for the project.
  

Paul is a strong team player with a proven track record of successfully working with cross functional teams, and will work closely with Chamber staff, Cabinet members and general membership.