MARLBOROUGH – 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, during its annual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 25.
Phelan joined Sartorius in 2018, and he 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 he 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, N.Y.; Albany, N.Y., and its newest location in Virginia Beach over a four-year time span.
Kemblowski’s number-one passion is creating a culture that allows internal development and to provide growth and opportunity to all 500 employees. He has founded the Apex Cares program, including sponsoring youth sports teams to help 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 more than $200,000 back to the community.
