Leadership

2027 Board of Directors

Donna Smith-Bocash

President

Donna Smith-Bocash is a Vice President of Eastern Bank and the manager of the Kingston branch office. Donna started her career in banking in 1978 at BayBank and stayed throughout all mergers and acquisitions until 2008 when she became a part of Eastern Bank. Donna is active in the Kingston community through Eastern Bank and the Kingston Business Association, hosting and attending events such as the Kingston Waterfront Festival. Donna also teaches Financial Literacy at various community organizations.

David Struski

Vice President

David Struski is the Owner/Operator of We Print Today in Kingston for the past 25+ years and a Kingston resident for over 18 years, with a background in Marketing and Business Management and a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts. Board Member and current VP of the Kingston Business Association, and part of the Strategic Planning Board for Sacred Heart Schools in Kingston.

Mark Guidoboni

Director

Mark Guidoboni is President of Baymark LLC, a Real Estate Development/Management Company, as well as a Captain at Delta Airlines. Mark was one of the original directors of KBA. He holds leadership positions in Kingston town government on the Silver Lake School, Kingston Zoning/Subdivision, and Waterfront Committees, and is active in the Kingston Yacht Club, Lions, Jones River Landing and Historical Society. An Eagle Scout and graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a BS in Ocean Engineering, he is a Navy Veteran Helicopter and Instructor Pilot who retired as a Commander. Married to Cheryl, and proud father of Jonathan and Scott, he enjoys boating and sailing.

Mary O’Donnell

Director

Mary O’Donnell began her career in the energy industry three decades ago when she purchased a 105 acre sand and gravel pit in Kingston. She founded O’Donnell Sand and Gravel, the largest woman-owned business to supply the “Big Dig,” providing all the stone and gravel for the third harbor tunnel and processing the stone and glacial rock from Spectacle Island for the MWRA. Mary engages in renewable energy policy and regulatory rulemaking, partners with universities to educate the next generation of renewable energy leaders, and is certified WBE as a renewable energy developer by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She serves on the boards of the Southeast Regional Network and the Kingston Business Association.

John L. Haas

Treasurer

John L. Haas is the owner of 4 Square Development Services, providing acquisition and entitlement services for clients in Massachusetts and New Hampshire. With over forty years of experience serving engineering and design companies, he is the Business Development Manager at ConServ Group, Inc., a design/build construction company in Sagamore Beach. He serves as Treasurer for the Kingston Business Association and the Kingston Yacht Club, and is a member of the Kingston Lions Club, the Hilltop Athletic Association, Jones River Landing and Historical Society, and Old Colony Sportsmen’s Club. He served as chair of the Kingston Zoning Board of Appeals for ten years. A graduate of The Ohio State University and a US Navy veteran, he lives in Kingston with his wife, Christine.

Jim Farrell

Director

Jim Farrell founded PRfirst in 1998, a public relations firm in Hanover, MA that helps businesses and organizations boost their visibility through the news media. He is the former editor and publisher of the (Kingston) Independent Voice and the Carver Independent, and has authored columns on marketing and public relations for several business publications. He lives in Kingston with his wife, Susan, and is a former board member of the Kingston Public Library Foundation and former Chairman of the Kingston Housing Authority.

Brandon Downton

Board Member

Brandon Downton started Nocturnal Print in 2018 in his basement out of a passion for screen printing. In 2021 the company moved to its current Kingston location and now offers screen printing, embroidery and graphic design for the South Shore and Greater Boston area, specializing in high-end custom apparel and fast-turnaround embroidery.