Massachusetts Restaurant Association

508.303.9905

MRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2026-2027 EXECUTIVE BOARD

KATHI TURNER

Chair of the Board

Turner’s Seafood Grill & Market

DOUG BACON

Red Paint Hospitality Group

RYAN DION

Crust & Co. Pizza & More

ANDY HUSBANDS

The Smoke Shop BBQ

BOB JARVIS

Quarterdeck Restaurant, Bucatino, and Pilot House

REMON KARIAN

Fiorella's

BRENDA KELLY

Viscariello Hospitality Group

BRYAN OGLESBY

PR Restaurants / Panera Bread

2026-2027 BOARD DIRECTORS

ALBIE ALVAREZ-COTE
Che! Empanada

JEFF BEAN
Edward Don & Company

STEVE BORELLI
Sprague Energy

BILL BRADY
Brady’s

PAULA CARBEAU
Toast, Inc.

CHRIS COOMBS
Bosse

NANCY CUSHMAN
Umami Riot Experience

MICHAEL DEARING
MDD Hospitality Group

JOE DELORENZO
Danversport

RAY DESMARAIS
Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub

GARDY DESROULEAUX
Craft Food Halls

DONATO A. FRATTAROLI
Boardwalk Pizza, Donato’s Gelato, Victory Point

SEANA GAHERIN
Dunn Gaherin’s

NICK HARRON
REV Kitchen & Bar and REV Burger

BRYAN HARNETT
TriMark United East

PATTI IVATTS
Brown & Brown Insurance

CAITIE JONES
Century House Restaurant

RHONDA KALLMAN
Boston Harbor Distillery

MATT KING
Legal Sea Foods

ALAN MARCUS
When Pigs Fly

MICHEAL MINICHELLO
FMP Productions

ANA MOURADJIAN
Big Night Entertainment Group

NICOLE OLIVIER
Martignetti Companies

JOSEPHINE OLIVEIRO
Pranzini D/B/A Piattini

WILL OLIVEIRA
Cold Harbor Brewing

ERIC PAPACHRISTOS
Trade, Porto, Saloniki

JASON PINO
Jaton Mgmt Co., Inc. / Dunkin’

PATRICK RENNA
Proof of the Pudding

RAFFAELE SCALZI
Scalzi Hospitality / Pazza on Porter

RALPH SANTANIELLO
The Federal Restaurant Group

SHANE SMYTH
The Merchant Kitchen & Drinks

CODY TREMBLAY
Essen Foods / dba Sylvan Street Grille

KIM WALLACE
110 Grill

ADVISORY COUNCIL

JOHN CARLINO
Exchange Street Bistro

LOU CARRIER
Distinctive Hospitality Group

NANCY DEFINA
Niche Hospitality Group

JERIMIAH MICKA
Notch 8 Inc. / Union Station

RODNEY MURILLO
Davio’s Northern Italian
Steakhouse

KATHY PLATH
Stone’s Hospitality Group

STEVE CIFRINO
Sysco – Boston

RICH QUERCI
US Foods

MRA LEGAL COUNSEL

JOHN COYNE
Attorney at Law