Insiyah Mohammad Bergeron

Insiyah Mohammad Bergeron rejoined MassDevelopment in 2022, as the Vice President of Strategy and Innovation in the Community Development Division. Insiyah's role includes coordinating the division's teams, ensuring that programs are in alignment with impact goals, and piloting new programs and strategies for equitable economic development in the state. Prior to joining MassDevelopment, Insiyah co-led the Business Consulting team at ICA Group, a non-profit that focuses on economic democracy and cooperative business ownership. Insiyah served a previous term at MassDeveloment as the Transformative Development Initiative Fellow in Holyoke, where she collaborated with a variety of stakeholders on projects related to real estate, workforce training and small business development. Insiyah enjoys working with people from different backgrounds to imagine and implement new ways of working and creating. Insiyah holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science and Film from Bennington College, and a Masters in City Planning from MIT.