Meet The New President Of The ERC5!

Appointed at the June 2019 Annual Breakfast Meeting, Charlie Christianson will hold the position of President of the ERC5 until 2021. For the past decade, Charlie has been an active member of the Chamber holding numerous positions including Executive Committee, Board of Directors, Legislative Committee and the Marketing Committee, where he served as Chair.

As President, Charlie looks forward to continuing to strengthen the economic development and business climate in our five-towns. He supports developing programs that educate and foster our business leaders, advocate for our members with our legislators, engage the Chamber to support our communities and continuously seeking to find ways to bring greater value to our Chamber members.

Charlie owns and operates two successful businesses in East Longmeadow. CMD Technology Group, an IT solutions company he founded in 1987. A few years later in 2007, he launched Peritus Security Partners, an Information Security and Compliance consulting company. In addition to the ERC5, Charlie is also on the board of Trustees for Monson Savings Bank and has been active in many charitable organizations.

In his spare time you are likely to find him on a local golf course, out on his boat fishing or spending time with his beautiful new Granddaughter.