Boston — The National Association of Corporate Directors New England Chapter (NACDNE) recently announced its 2026 Director of the Year awards honoring top public and private company boards, and three individual awards: Lifetime Achievement, Excellence in Corporate Governance, and Nonprofit Leadership. NACDNE will hold its annual Director of the Year Gala celebrating all the honorees on April 30 at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel in Boston.
Directors of PTC Inc., the global software company that enables manufacturers and product companies to digitally transform how they design, manufacture, and service the products the world relies on, are being honored as NACDNE’s Public Company Board of the Year. Named as Private Company Board of the Year are the directors of Shawmut Design and Construction, a $2.3 billion, 100% employee-owned national construction management firm with 1,400 employees across 15 offices including Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Miami. More than 80% of its business comes from repeat clients.
NACDNE is also celebrating three honorees with its top Director of the Year awards.
- For Lifetime Achievement: Ellen M. Zane, the former president and CEO of Tufts Medical Center and a member of several life-sciences, finance, and academic boards.
- For Leadership in Corporate Governance: Diane Hessan, the CEO of Salient Ventures, founder of C Space, and member of several public-company and nonprofit boards.
- The Myra H. Kraft Award for Non-Profit Leadership: Vanessa Calderon-Rosado, CEO of Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA), a New England Latino-led nonprofit community development and affordable housing organization.
NACDNE president, Kevin McGovern, said, “It’s a privilege to celebrate the boards of two of Boston’s and New England’s most innovative and successful companies and their commitment to excellence in corporate governance and boardroom diversity.”