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Tom Marchesiani Director of Membership ASM

Name: Tom Marchesiani Title: Director of Membership Company: Associated Subcontractors of Mass. Location: One Washington Mall, STE 5, Boston, Mass. 02108 Place of Birth and Year: Boston 1940 Family: 3 Girls (now women with their own families), 7 grandchildren College: Wentworth and Northeastern University, EE Degree First Job Unrelated to your current field: Test & field service engineer as a civilian contractor to the Navy First Job in current field: Director of Membership at ASM What Your Firm Does Now and Its Plans for the Future? To grow and become the dominant association for commercial construction subcontractors. Hobbies: Cooking, photography, travel Favorite Novel: Pillars of the Earth Favorite Film: Gettysburg Keys to Success: Perseverance and common sense Person(s) You Most Admire (outside of family): Joe Rush for his wisdom If You Had To Choose a Different Profession, What Would It Be? I would be a chef
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