Phil’s passion and career focus has been advising, leading, and helping organizations thrive and achieve their potential. He has spent more than five decades leading client engagements, advising, and serving as a director / trustee and leading organizations as President and CEO.
He was a co-founder of Bigelow LLC, one of the country’s premier advisory firms that focuses exclusively on growing and capturing the enterprise value of entrepreneur owner-managed companies. Phil was CEO of Elliot Health System, a not-for-profit regional healthcare system, and CEO of Merchants Fleet, a privately owned company providing nation-wide fleet-vehicle leasing and fleet-management services.
He served in leadership roles on many not-for-profit, private, and public company boards and was an elected town Moderator. Phil has been a trustee, now trustee emeritus, of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) for more than twenty years. He served as WPI board Chair and for one year, as the university’s interim President. Currently, he is a board member and advisor to several private companies and leads a CEO Peer Group that meets regularly for collaborative learning and solving business issues. Phil has a Civil Engineering degree and an Honorary Doctorate from WPI and his MBA from Harvard University.
Traveling and spending time with their family and friends give Phil and Judy, his wife of more than 50 years, some of their greatest joys. They moved to RiverWoods Exeter in January 2022, and they deeply appreciate being actively engaged in this wonderful community.