North Shore 'Distinguished Leaders' To Be Honored At Chamber Dinner

BEVERLY, MA — The North Shore Chamber of Commerce will honor its three 2024 Distinguished Leaders during its annual dinner and meeting at Danversport in November.

The event will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. on Nov. 21.

The Chamber will also welcome its 2025 Board of Directors and highlight its advocacy work and priorities for the year ahead.

This year's Distinguished Leaders are:

Paul Kurker, Senior Vice President and Team Manager at Eastern Bank; member of The North Shore Chamber Board of Directors and Managing Board, serving as Treasurer.

Sara Stanley, Executive Director of HAWC (Healing Abuse Working for Change).

Tom Sands, President and CEO of Beverly and Addison Gilbert Hospitals, Beth Israel Lahey Health; member of The Chamber's Board of Directors and Managing Board.

The keynote speaker for this year's annual Dinner will be Brian Kelly, President of the Kelly Automotive Group. The Kelly Automotive Group represents nine franchises in seven locations and is a Top 125 Dealer Group in North America.

The event will open with a cocktail reception at 5 p.m. The program will begin at 6 p.m.

Registration is required and can be completed on the Chamber's website.

Presenting sponsors are North Shore Bank, Eastern Bank and Wellpoint.

Platinum sponsors are the Institution for Savings, Salem Five, M&T Bank, Johnson O’Connor LLP, L.W. Bills, and Sperling Interactive. Title Sponsors are Beth Israel Lahey Health, Silver Lining Solutions, Newburyport Bank, McLane Middleton, Connolly Brothers, North Shore Community College, Silver Lining Solutions, TD Bank, Groom Construction and EBSCO.

Gold Sponsors are Millipore Sigma, Avangrid, Sports Medicine North, Rockland Trust, Salem State University and National Grid.

(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)