Apex, Sartorius Execs Join Marlborough Economic Development Board

MARLBOROUGH, MA — Two local businesses leaders were recently picked to join the board of directors overseeing the Marlborough Economic Development Corp. The MEDC helps attract businesses to Marlborough through activities like promoting sites open for development and arranging financing.

Here's more from an MEDC news release:

The MEDC Board of Directors has voted in Marcus Kemblowski, the chief operating officer for Apex Entertainment, and Maurice Phelan, president of Sartorius Stedim North America, as new directors, taking place at the annual meeting on Jan. 25.

Phelan joined Sartorius in 2018 and led the integration of several new life science businesses into the Sartorius North American organization. In 2021, Sartorius opened its first Marlborough location, a manufacturing site and customer interaction center, and the company expects to open its fourth site in Marlborough later in 2024. Phelan has spent most of his career in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology arena, he began his career as a research chemist at Children's Hospital in Boston and built his biopharma credentials at Merck Millipore, GE Healthcare and Repligen before joining Sartorius. He has broad experience in manufacturing operations, quality, product development and sales and marketing.

As COO, Kemblowski has been involved with planning and opening the 100,000 square-foot New England based family entertainment center in Marlborough, along with additional locations in Syracuse, Albany and its newest location in Virginia Beach over a four-year span. Kemblowski's number one passion is creating a culture that allows internal development and to provide growth and opportunity to all 500 employees. Kemblowski is passionate about community involvement and has founded the Apex Cares program including sponsoring youth sports teams to helping families in need and partnering with multiple other organizations including Clear Path for Veterans, New England Center for Children, Boston Children's Hospital and the Hole in the wall Gang Camp among many others. In four years, the Apex Cares program has given over $200,000 back to the community.

Kemblowski and Phelan join a well-established board representing a strong diversity of industries currently doing business in Marlborough.