David Lavalley
Executive Director

David Lavalley’s diverse career background combines over 25 years of marketing and business management experience with an ongoing presence on the local music scene as a performing and studio musician. After attending Boston University with a focus in marketing and business administration, David was employed as an operations and marketing executive with Digital Equipment and Compaq Computer Corporation, most recently as Director of Operations for Compaq’s Storage Products business with over $2B in annual revenues.

As a performing musician David has appeared throughout New England with his classic hits tribute band “The Paisley Project”, and has been featured at the MDC Hatch Shell, City Hall Plaza, Foxwoods Casino and The Center for Arts in Natick among many regional venues. His vocal talent is heard on hundreds of radio and TV commercials heard nationally, and he has appeared as a background vocalist on countless local recording projects, working with recording artists ranging from Didi Stewart, Charlie Farren, Bellevue Cadillac, members of The Cars and many others.

David’s work as a TCAN volunteer produced their extensive new website, for which he acted as both project leader and contributing developer. He is Director of TCAN’s Rock On Main Street program, providing an opportunity for teen rock bands to perform original material on TCAN’s main stage to an all-ages audience. David also provides sound engineering support for featured TCAN performers including appearances by Richie Havens and jazz-fusion guitarist Julien Kasper.

David is active in local youth activities as a coach for the Natick Soccer Club, and with the Kids Connect program for middle-school youth. David resides in Natick, MA with his wife Sherry Sandoval and their two children.