Robert J. Haynes - Founder and President

Robert Haynes enjoyed a distinguished career as President of the 400,000 member Massachusetts AFL-CIO as well as numerous successful leadership roles providing strategic guidance and fomenting key relationships for private organizations, legislative initiatives, charitable foundations and community based action groups. Throughout his notable career Mr. Haynes has gained a depth of expert, specialized knowledge as well as the vital relationships which accompanied holding senior roles in the following bodies:

• Board of Directors of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
• Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board
• Boston Private Industry Council
• Governor Deval Patrick’s transition team on the Economic Development Working Group and the Secretary of Labor search committee

Based on these and other endeavors Mr. Haynes developed and has maintained relationships directly with current, rather than former, decision makers of the highest levels of municipal and state governments.  This same breadth of relationship is also enjoyed with current decision makers in higher education, healthcare, construction and many of Massachusetts's largest private enterprises and Non-profit organizations. More specifically, our network of relationships is comprised most significantly of:

• City Mayors and Town Managers/Treasurers
• Directors of Regional Private + Public Initiatives
• Directors of Transportation
• Chairmen of the Board
• Chief Executive Officers
• Chief Financial Officers
• Chief Operating Officers