Massachusetts Restaurant Association

508.303.9905

MRA BOARD OF DIRECTORS

2025-2026 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

2025-2026 BOARD DIRECTORS

ALBIE ALVAREZ-COTE
Che! Empanada

​JEFF BEAN
TriMark United East

STEVE BORELLI
Sprague Energy

​BILL BRADY
Brady’s

​TRISHA CASTRABERTI
Prince Restaurant

STEVE CIFRINO
Sysco – Boston

KAREN COLEMAN
KC Financing

​CHRIS COOMBS
Bosse

NANCY CUSHMAN
O ya, Hojoko, Bianca, Ms. Clucks Deluxe,
gogo ya

NANCY DEFINA
Niche Hospitality Group

JOE DELORENZO
Danversport

JASON DOO
Wusong Road

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

SEANA GAHERIN
Dunn Gaherin’s

MICHELLE GIOVINE
Ninety Nine Restaurant & Pub

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

MAUREEN MCGUINNESS
Roberto’s

JEREMIAH MICKA
Notch 8 Inc. / Union Station

MICHAEL MINICHELLO
Time Out Market Boston

WILL OLIVERIA
Cold Harbor Brewing

NICOLE OLIVIER
Martignetti Companies

ERIC PAPACHRISTOS
Trade, Porto, Saloniki

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

PATRICK RENNA
Proof of the Pudding

RALPH SANTANIELLO
The Federal Restaurant Group

RAFFAELE SCALZI
Scalzi Hospitality / Pazza on Porter

​CODY TREMBLAY
Essen Foods / dba Sylvan Street Grille

KIM WALLACE
110 Grill

DOUGLASS WILLIAMS
MIDA

ADVISORY COUNCIL

JOHN CARLINO
Exchange Street Bistro

LOU CARRIER
Distinctive Hospitality Group

AL DENAPOLI
Debevino Winery

NICK HARRON
REV Kitchen & Bar

RODNEY MURILLO
Davio’s Northern Italian Steakhouse

KATHY PLATH
Stone’s Hospitality Group

JENNY JOHNSON
Dining Playbook
 
RICH QUERCI
US Foods

MRA LEGAL COUNSEL

JOHN COYNE
Attorney at Law