Credits and Acknowledgements
Author: Charlotte Kahn, Director, The Boston Indicators Project
Co-Author: Jessica Martin, Research Manager, The Boston Indicators Project
Editorial Oversight: Mary Jo Meisner, Vice President for Communications, Community Relations and Public Affairs, The Boston Foundation
Principal Editor: Barbara Hindley, Director of Publications, The Boston Foundation
Data, Graphics and Maps: Jessica Martin, Research Manager, Boston Indicators Project; Holly St. Clair, Director, and Robert Goodspeed, Research Analyst, Data Center, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Consultation: Stephanie Pollack, Associate Director, Dukakis Center for Urban & Regional Policy, NU (Environment, Health, Housing); Robert Tannenwald, Vice President and Director, NE Public Policy Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston (Tax Policy)
Photography: Richard Howard (unless otherwise noted)
Designer: Kate Canfield, Canfield Design
This report could not have been produced without the perspectives, advice and expertise of hundreds of Sector Convening participants since the Project’s inception. For this report, as an alternative to the 10 Sector convenings usually conducted, four cross-sectoral convenings were held in the categories of the Emerging Civic Agenda.
2009 Convening Co-Chairs
21st Century Jobs & Economic Strategies: Barry Bluestone, Director, Dukakis Center for Urban & Regional Policy, Northeastern University; Michael Goodman, Director of Economic & Public Policy, Donahue Institute, University of Massachusetts World Class Human Resources: Bob Giannino-Racine, Executive Director, ACCESS; Miren Uriarte, Senior Research Associate, Mauricio Gaston Institute for Latino Community & Public Policy, University of Massachusetts-Boston Open & Dynamic Civic Culture: Katherine Sloan, President, Massachusetts College of Art & Design; Joel Berrara, Deputy Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council and Co-founder, Commonwealth Legislative Seminar 21st Century Infrastructure & Sustainability: Vivien Li, Executive Director, Boston Harbor Association; Marc Draisen, Executive Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council.
2009 Convening Participants
Steve Adams, Small Business Administration, New England Region; Anna Adler, ReadBoston; Judith Alexandre, Multilingual Action Council; Michael Ames, Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children; Deborah Azrael, Harvard Unversity School of Public Health; Joe Beckman; Michael Bennett, BostNET; Gene Benson, Alternatives for Community & Environment Inc.; Anna Bensted, WBUR; Nova Benway, Boston Center for the Arts; Noah Berger, Massachusetts Budget & Policy Center; Stephanie Berkowitz, Center for Teen Empowerment; Susan Bernstein; Donna Bivens, Consultant; Lyle Bradley, Albert, Righter & Tittmann Architects, Inc.; Katie Britton, Thrive in 5, City of Boston; Malisa Brown, Tufts Medical Center; Doug Brugge, Tufts University; Alix Cantave,William Monroe Trotter Institute, UMass-Boston; Barbara Canyes, Massachusetts Campus Compact; Rosa Carson,Walk Boston; Holly Carter, Northeastern University; Bithiah Carter, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley; Richard Chacon, Massachusetts Office of Refugees and Immigrants; William Chapman, Opera Boston; Robin Chase, GoLoco; Kamal Chavda, Office of Resarch Assessment and Evaluation, Boston Public Schools; Maria Cheevers, Grants Etc.; Elyse Cherry, Boston Community Capital, Inc.; Peter Christiansen, Urban Ecology Institute; Maryellen Coffey, BostNET; Celine Coggins, Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy; Bruce Cohen, Massachusetts Department of Pubilc Health; Joyce Coleman, Boston Redevelopment Authority; Tessil Collins, Boston Public Schools, Office of Career & Technical Training; Amy Cotter, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; David Crowley, Social Capital Inc; Thomas Davis, Preservation of Affordable Housing, Inc; Tim Davis, Tim H. Davis Consulting; Kyle DeMeo, Early Education for All; Antinuke Diver, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; Melissa Dodd, Boston Public Schools, Office of Instructional & Informational Technology; Maria Dominguez-Gray, Phillips Brooks House Association, Harvard University; Jackie Douglas, Livable Streets Alliance; Dennis Dowdle, Madison Properties; Beverly Edgehill, The Partnership, Inc.; Linda Edmonds Turner, Urban College of Boston, ABCD; Toni Elka, FutureChefs; Amy Ellsworth, The Philanthropic Initiative; Teri Fair, Suffolk University; Gregg Farmer, Boston Harbor Pilots Association; Debra Farrar-Parkman, DotWell; Muriel Feingold; Elaine Fersh, Community Matters; Deborah Elizabeth Finn, CyberYenta; Leslie Foley, Massachusetts College of Arts & Design; Tom Formicola, First Night, Inc.; Robert Gallery, US Trust; Candice Gartley, Codman Square Health Center, Inc.; Rolf Goetze, Boston Redevelopment Authority; James Goldstein, Tellus Institute; Terrence Gomes, Roxbury Community College; Celia Grant, Associated Industries of Massachusetts; Marta Gredler, Boston Public Schools, Department of Extended Learning Time; Robert Green, Massachusetts Association of Older Americans; Ellen Guiney, Boston Plan For Excellence; Mossik Hacobian, Urban Edge CDC; Andy Hammond, Boston Harbor Pilots Association; Hahrie Han, Department of Political Science,Wellesley College; Christopher Hart, Adapative Environments; Ann Hartstein, Massachusetts Association of Older Americans; Mark Hinderlie, Hearth, Inc.; Jane Holtz-Kay; Marc Horne, Dukakis Center for Urban & Regional Planning, Northeastern University; Jane Howard, Howard Stein Hudson Associates; Tom Hubbard, New England Health Care Institute; Lindsay Hyde, StrongWomen Strong Girls; Cheng Imm Tan, Office of New Bostonians, City of Boston; Seth Itzkan, Planet-Tech; Michael James, Boston Architectural College; Martha Jones, Bank of America Celebrity Series; Andrea Kaiser, Bird Street Community Center; Roy Karp, Civic Education Project, Inc; Patrice Keegan, Boston Cares, Inc.; Sarah Kelly, Boston Preservation Alliance; David Kelman, Boston Society of Architects; Bethany Kendall, Executive Service Corps; Dede Ketover, Ketover Consulting; Mary Knasas, Boston Redevelopment Authority; Linda K. Kowalcky, City of Boston; Jill Lacey Griffin, The Boston Foundation;Wendy Landman,Walk Boston; Ben Lasley, Save the Harbor Save the Bay; Anita Lauricella, Lauricella and Associates; Brian LeMay, The Bostonian Society; Veronique LeMelle, Boston Center for the Arts; Andre Leroux, MA Smart Growth Alliance; John Linnehan, Zoo New England; David Luberoff, Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, Kennedy School, Harvard University; Charlot Lucien, Haitian Artists Assembly; Jamy Madeja, Buchanan & Associates; Che Madyun, Small Grants Fund; David Magnani, Mass Nonprofit Network; Elizabeth March, Children’s HealthWatch; Tommye Mayer; Andre Mayer, Associated Industries of Massachusetts; Larry Mayes, Human Services Department, City of Boston; Jim McDonald, The Art Connection; Kevin McGravey, Social Capital Inc; Ann McQueen, The Boston Foundation; John McQueen; Stephen Miller, HealthyWeight Initiative, School of Public Health, Harvard U.; Linda Miller-Foster, Neighborhood of Affordable Housing, Inc.; Crista Mirtinez Padua, Families First Parenting Programs; Beverly Morgan-Welch, Museum of Afro-American History; John Mudd, MAAdvocates for Children; Charlayne Murrell-Smith, The Children’s Museum; Khalid Mustafa, Urban League of Eastern MA; Ophelia Navarro, Associated Early Care & Education/ EQUIP; Trinh Nguyen, Urban League of Eastern MA; Bill Nigreen, Facilitation for Social Change; Anne Noble-Kiley; Amy O’Leary, Strategies for Children, Inc.; Julia Ojeda, Ojeda Enterprises; Alex Olivera-Davila, Sociedad Latina; Jeff Pacquette, The Boston Foundation; Greg Perkins, BRA; Sayra Pinto, MountWachusett Community College; Stephanie Pollack, Dukakis Center for Urban & Regional Planning, Northeastern University; Jeffrey Poulos, StageSource, Inc.; Geeta Pradhan, The Boston Foundation; Benjamin Rassmussen, US Department of Transportation Volpe Center; Franklin Reece, Urban Ecology Institute; Rebecca Regan, Boston Community Capital; Erik Rexford, Buchanan & Associates; Bud Ris, The New England Aquarium; Mia Roberts, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston; Carrie Russell, Conservation Law Foundation; Robert Ryan; Allison Scheff, Boston Science Partnership; Kerri Schmidt, ReadBoston; Jason Schupbach, Massachusetts Office of Business Development; Ryan Scott McDonnell, International Institute of Boston; Janet Seckel-Cerrotti, MATCHUP Interfaith Volunteers; Dr. Snehal Shah, Boston Public Health Commission;Yael Shavit, New England Public Policy Center; Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; May Shields, Hearth, Inc.; Georgia Simpson-May, Massachusetts Department of Pubilc Health; Erin Smith, ReadBoston; Jesse Solomon, Boston Teacher Residency Program, Boston Plan for Excellence; Betty Southwick, WriteBoston; Holly St. Clair, Metropolitan Area Planning Council; Madeleine Steczynski, ZUMIX, Inc.; Ariana Thompson, MA League of Community Health Centers; Javier Torres, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, Inc.; Jude Travers, International Inst. of Boston; Doreen Treacey, DotWell; Wen-Ti Tsen, Artist; Jerry Tuckman, UMass-Boston; Robert Turner, UMass-Boston, Boston; JimVan Ecko; Alicia Verity, Bank of America; Renata von Tscharner, Charles River Conservancy, Inc.; BillWalczak, Codman Square Health Center; Donovan Walker, ShowdownYouth Development Organization Incorportated; CharlieWashburn, VSA Arts of Massachusetts; Kristen Wawruck, Institute of Contemporary Art; JennWeiner, New England Public Policy Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Eleanor White, Housing Partners Inc; RachelWinkeller, US Dept. of Transportation, Volpe Center; RobertWoodbury, New England Public Policy Center, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; LeslieWu Foley, Massachusetts College of Art & Design; Jacob SmithYang, Massachusetts Asians and Pacific Islanders for Health; Maura Zlody, Environment Department, City of Boston.
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Principal Researchers/Writers by Sector: Civic Vitality & Cultural Life & the Arts, Jessica Martin; Economy, Housing and Technoloy, Tim Davis; Energy & Environment, Health and Transportation, Stephanie Pollack; Education, Elizabeth Pauley; Public Safety, Rebecca Webb
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SECTOR CONVENING PARTICIPANTS
Civic Vitality Convening
Plenary Facilitator: Sayra Pinto, Vice President for Inclusion and Community Learning, Mount Wachusett Community College
Sub-Sector Co-Chairs:Electoral Politics: Gibrán Rivera, Organizer, The Public Policy Institute; New Leadership: Patricia Neilson, Associate Director, Center for Collaborative Leadership, UMass-Boston; Joel Barrera, Project Director, Commonwealth Legislative Seminar & Project Director, Metro Mayors’ Coalition; Race and Ethnicity: Beverly Morgan-Welch, Executive Director, Museum of Afro-American History; Jeff Stone, Steering Committee Co-Chair, City-Wide Dialogues on Boston’s Ethnic and Racial Diversity; Social Capital: David Crowley, President, Social Capital, Inc.; Sayra Pinto, Vice President for Inclusion and Community Learning, Mount Wachusett Community College; Volunteerism: Patrice Keegan, Executive Director, Boston Cares; Sharon Reilly, Director of Community Relations, The Food Project
Joe Beckmann, Consultant, Search For a Cure, Inc.
Barbara Canyes, Director, Massachusetts Campus Compact, Tufts University
Joyce Coleman, Staff Development Program Manager, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Curtis Davis, Principal, ReBuildit Collaborative
Michelle Ekanem, Assistant Director of Civil Rights, Boston Housing Authority
Theresa Ellis, Executive Director, Impact Boston
Deborah Finn, Cyber-Yenta
Brenda Gadson, Executive Director, Boston Center for Community and Justice
Consuela Greene, SFCE Specialist, Boston Public School
Carol Hardy-Fanta, Director, Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Suzanne Jenkins, Programs Manager, Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston
Pam Jones, Program Officer, Boston Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Miriam Katz, State Street Corporation
Castagna Lacet, SFCE Specialist, Boston Public School
Che Madyun, Family Strenthening Small Grants Fund
Eugene Mahr, Senior Officer for University Corporate Partnerships, Northeastern University
Aaron Marquez, City Year
Kevin McCall, President and CEO, Paradigm Properties
Sean McDevitt, Alumni Manager, City Year
Mary Jo Meisner, Vice President for Communications, Community Relations & Public Affairs, The Boston Foundation
Nasim Memon, The New Majority Initiative
Beverly Morgan-Welch, Executive Director, Museum of Afro-American History
Susan Musinsky, Director, The Social Innovation Forum
Patricia Neilson, Associate Director, Center for Collaborative Leadership
David Ortiz, Project Manager, Civic Engagement Initiative, MassVOTE
Mia Roberts, Chief Operating Officer, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
Greg Shell, Senior Equity Research Analyst, Columbia Management Group
Gail Snowden, Vice President for Finance & Operations, The Boston Foundation
Jeff Stone, Steering Committee Co-Chair, City-Wide Dialogues on Boston’s Ethnic and Racial Diversity
Charles Wibiralske, Associate Director for Community and Economic Development, Episcopal City Mission
Cultural Life & the Arts Convening
Co-Chairs: Candelaria Silva-Collins, Director of ACT Roxbury, Madison Park Development Corporation; Bill Nigreen, Principal, Facilitation for Social Change
Susan Birkett, Community Services Manager, Boston Public Library
Sabrina Aviles, Iguana Films/ Boston Latino Film Festival
Ricardo Barreto, Director, Urban Arts Institute, Massachusetts College of Art
Michelle Baxter, Director, Performing Arts & Outreach, Mayor's Office of Arts Tourism & Special Events
Carole Charnow, General Director, Opera Boston
Deborah Davidson, Manager of Programs & Exhibitions, New Center for Arts and Culture
Cathy Deely, Director of Marketing & Public Relations, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Anne Emerson, Executive Director, The Boston Museum Project
Cathy Emmons, Associate Director, Foundation & Government Relations, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Tomeeka Farrington, Principal, Spotlight Communications
Edmund Barry Gaither, Director, National Center of Afro-American Artist
Geraldine Guardino, Executive Director, First Night, Inc.
Meri Jenkins, Program Manager, Massachusetts Cultural Council
Martha Jones, President and Executive Director, Bank of America Celebrity Series
Anita Lauricella, President, Lauricella and Associates
Brian LeMay, Executive Director, The Bostonian Society
Charlot Lucien, Founder, Haitian Artists Assembly of Massachusetts
Micheal Maso, Managing Director, Huntington Theatre
Jose Mateo, Artistic Director, Jose Mateo's Ballet Theatre
Rita McAteer, Associate Director of Development, Boston Lyric Opera
Judith McMichael, Director of Marketing & Business Partnerships, Boston Lyric Opera
Ann McQueen, Senior Program Officer, The Boston Foundation
Sarah Peskin, Director of Special Projects, National Park Service
Catherine Peterson, Executive Director, ArtsBoston
Jason Schupbach, Director, ArtistLink, Massachusetts Cultural Council
Candelaria Silva-Collins, Director of ACT Roxbury, Madison Park Development Corporation
Katherine Sloan, President, Massachusetts College of Art
Chia-Ming Sze, Principal, Chia-Ming Sze Architect & Elton and Associates
Zakiya Thomas, Citizens Bank Manager for Community Outreach, Museum of Fine Arts
Wen-ti Tsen, Artist
Celeste Wilson, Executive Director, Arts & Business Council of Greater Boston
Sam Yin
Economy Convening
Co-Chairs: Gail Snowden, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, The Boston Foundation; Michael Goodman, Director of Economic & Public Policy Research, The Donahue Institute, University of Massachusetts, and President, The New England Economic Partnership
Fred Alvaro, Partner, Adorno, Yoss, Fitzhugh, Parker & Alvaro, LLP
Milton Benjamin, President, Initiative for a New Economy
Noah Berger, Executive Director, Mass Budget and Policy Center
Barry Bluestone, Dean, School of Social Science, Northeastern University
Angela Brown, Program Officer, Hyams Foundation
William Cheney, Chief Economist, John Hancock Financial Services
Torrance Childs
John Ciccarelli, Assistant to the Chancellor for Economic Development, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Alan Clayton-Matthews, Senior Research Associate, Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
Michael Forrest, President, Evergreen Partnering Group, Inc.
Robert Gallery, Boston Market President, Bank of America
Mike Glavin
Andrew Goldberg, National Program Director, InnerCity Entrepreneurs
Ronald Homer, President, Access Capital Strategies
Erika Kates, Research Director, Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy
Mary Lassen, Senior Fellow in Public Policy, The Boston Foundation
Mary Jo Meisner, Vice President for Communications, Community Relations and Public Affairs, The Boston Foundation
Rebecca Regan, President, Loan Fund, Boston Community Capital
Mark Sternman, Vice President, Research, MassDevelopment
Benjamin Thompson, Executive Director, STRIVE/ Boston Employment Service, Inc.
Peter G. Torkildsen, Executive Director, Massachusetts Workforce Investment Board
Darnell Williams, President and CEO, Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
Bo Zhao, Economist, New England Public Policy Center
Education Convening
Plenary Co-Chairs: Klare Shaw, Senior Associate, Barr Foundation; Bob Giannino-Racine, Executive Director, ACCESS
Sub-Sector Co-Chairs:0-5/Early Education :Amy O’Leary, Deputy Campaign Director, Strategies for Children/Early Education for All Campaign; Marchelle Raynor, Program Director, Head Start; Laurie Sherman, Mayoral Advisor – Education, Health, Human Services, City of Boston; K-12: Thabiti Brown, Academic Dean, Codman Academy Charter School; Suzanne Lee, Principal, Josiah Quincy School; Out-of-School Time: Mariel Gonzales, Vice President, Boston After School and Beyond; Mia Roberts, Chief Operating Officer, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston; Community Colleges: Sayra Pinto, Associate Vice President for Inclusion and Community Learning, Mount Wachusetts College; Mary Lassen, former Executive Director, The Women’s Union, Senior Fellow in Public Policy, The Boston Foundation; Four-Year Higher Education: Jackie Jenkins-Scott, President, Wheelock College; Robert V. Antonucci, former Commissioner of Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, President, Fitchburg State College
Stephen Adams, Regional Advocate, Region I Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Adminstration
Anna Alder, Program Manager, ReadBoston
Robert Antonucci, President, Fitchburg State College
Guy Armand, Hyde Square Task Force
Ellen Bass, Director, Boston Capacity Tank, Black Ministerial Alliance
Lorna Bognanno, Assistant Director of Operations, Boston Centers for Youth & Families
Jeanne-Marie Boylan, Treasurer, Board of Trustees, Bunker Hill Community College, Board Member, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
Brenda Brathwaite, Executive Director of Boston Region, BELL
Thabiti Brown, Academic Dean, Codman Academy
Jorge Cardoso, President, Institute for Responsive Education
Bithiah Carter, Director, Community Impact, United Way of Massachusetts Bay
Micky Cokely, Director , Academic Advising and Experiential Education, School of Education, Northeastern University
Katey Connaghan, Research & Policy, Associated Early Care and Education
Erin Cox, Executive Director, Eastern Region, Jump Start
William Dandridge, Vice President of Urban Initiatives, The President's Office, Lesley College
Manosi Datta, BOSTnet
Fay Donohue, President, Dentaquest Ventures
Arthur Doyle, Vice President, College Board
Christopher Fauske, Associate Dean, Department School of Arts & Sciences, Salem State College
Stephanie Gertz, CEO, Stephanie Gertz Consulting
Julia Gittleman, Principal Consultant, Mendelsohn, Gittleman & Associates
Laurie Glassman
Terrence Gomes, President, Roxbury Community College
Mariel Gonzales, Vice President, Boston After School and Beyond
Marta Gredler, Executive Director, Boston Full Service Schools Roundtable
Denise Hammon, Vice President for Policy and Research, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts
London Hardy, Grants and Contracts Coordinator, Young People’s Project, Young People's Project
David Hartleb, President, Northern Essex Community College
Adrian Haugabrook, The Education Resources Institute
Anne Hunt, Communications and Field Associate, Strategies for Children
Jackie Jenkins-Scott, President, Wheelock College
Diane Joyce, Director of Programming, Boston Centers for Youth & Families
Erika Kates, Research Director, Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy
Johnathan Keller, Associate Vice Chancellor for Research and Planning, Massachusetts Board of Higher Education
Margaret LaBonté, Family Literacy Project Manager, ReadBoston
Mary Lassen, Senior Fellow in Public Policy, The Boston Foundation
Niurka Lebron, Program Coordinator, Boston, Young People's Project
Suzanne Lee, Principal, Josiah Quincy Elementary School
Meredith Liu, Dean of Enrichment, Codman Academy Charter Public School
Cathy Livingston, Executive Director, Math Power
Jim McManus, Slowey/McManus Communications
Dishon Mills, After School Program Coordinator, Boston Public Schools
Chad Milner, Site Director, Greater Boston Area, Young People's Project
Lynson Moore Beaulieu, Director, Programs and Strategic Leadership, The Schott Foundation
Jan Motta, Mass Community Colleges
Ophelia Navarro, Research and Policy Analyst, Strategies for Children
Tom Neel, Dean of Administration, Urban College of Boston
Patricia Neilson, Associate Director, Center for Collaborative Leadership, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Linda Noonan, Managing Director, Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education
Jill Norton, Assistant Director, The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy
Amy O’Leary, Deputy Campaign Director, Strategies for Children, Incorporated
Elizabeth Pauley, Senior Program Officer, The Boston Foundation
Sayra Pinto, Associate Vice President for Inclusion and Community Learning, Mount Wachusett Community College
Margarita Poles
Steve Pratt, President, Boston After School and Beyond
Marchelle Raynor, Program Director, Head Start
Mia Roberts, Chief Operating Officer, Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
Marinell Rousmaniere, Executive Director, MYTOWN
Kerri Schmidt, Reading Trail Program Coordinator, ReadBoston
Laurie Sherman, Education Policy Advisor for Mayor, City of Boston
Adam Shyvish
Charlotte Spinkston, Executive Director, UrbanPRIDE
Madeline Steczynski, Executive Director, Zumix
Joel Stembridge, Headmaster, O’Bryant School of Math & Science
John Tarin, Interim President, Jumpstart
Felicia Vargas, Director, Tech Boston
Robert Wadsworth, Program Director, The Boston Foundation
William Walczak, Executive Director, Codman Square Health Center, Inc.
Martin Walter, Chairman, Massachusetts Alliance for International Business
Susan Werley, Program Director, Jump Start
Corey Zimmerman, Research and Policy Director, Associated Early Care and Education
Energy and Environment Convening
Co-Chairs: Lois Adams, Chief of Pesticides, Toxics and Urban Programs, EPA Regional Office; Valerie Burns, President, Boston Natural Areas Network; Vivien Li, Executive Director, Boston Harbor Association
Kathy Abbott, Director, Tenant for Public Land
Julian Agyeman, Associate Professor Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University
Kate Bennett, Director of Planning, Boston Housing Authority
Eugene Benson, Staff Attorney, Alternatives for Community & Environment
Bruce Bernam, Save the Harbor Save the Bay
Laura Bickel, Air Pollution Control Commission, City of Boston Environment Department
Nancy Brennan, Executive Director, Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Doug Brugge, Associate Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University
Valerie Burns, President, Boston Natural Areas Network
Bryan Glascock, Director of Boston Environmental Department, City of Boston
James Goldstein, Director of Sustainable Community Group, Tellus Institute
Nancy Goodman, Environmental League
Jane Holtz Kay
Patricia Hynes, Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health
Marion Kane, Executive Director, The Barr Foundation
Andy Kendall, President, The Trustees of Reservations
Wendy Landman, Executive Director, WalkBoston
Ben Lasley, Save the Harbor Save the Bay
Ginger Lawrence, Senior Grants and Project Administrator, NESCAUM
Vivien Li, Executive Director, Boston Harbor Association
John Linehan, President and CEO, Zoo New England
Charles Lord, Executive Director of Urban Ecology Institute, Inc., Boston College
Ann McQueen, Senior Program Officer, The Boston Foundation
Evan Moss, Stewardship Program Manager, Charles River Conservancy, Inc
Stephanie Pollack, Senior Research Associate, Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University
Sharon Reilly, Director of Community Relations, The Food Project
Bud Ris, President, The New England Aquarium
Colleen Ryan, The Green Roundtable
Mariella Tan Puerto, Senior Program Officer, Barr Foundation
Health Convening
Co-Chairs: Debbie Klein Walker, Principal Associate, Abt Associates; Elmer Freeman, Executive Director, Center for Community Health Education, Research and Service
Jennifer Bennet, Executive Director, The Family Van Program at Harvard Medical School
Lynne Doblin, Program Officer, Smith Family Foundation
Jean Flatley McGuire, Lorraine Snelling Visiting Professor, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University
David Ford, Executive Director, Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
Saul Franklin, Director, MassCHIP, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Henia Handler, Director of Governmental Relations, Fenway Community Health Center
Tom Hubbard, Special Adviser, The New England Healthcare Institute
Debbie Klein Walker, Principal Associate, Abt Associates
Judith Kurland, President, Massachusetts Public Health Association
Bart Laws, Senior Investigator in Social Science and Policy, Latin American Health Institute
Michael Soo Hoo, LGBT Health Manager, Boston Public Health Commission
William Walczak, Executive Director, Codman Square Health Center, Inc.
Housing Convening
Plenary Co-Chairs: Jeanne Pinado, Executive Director, Madison Park Community Development Center; Barry Bluestone, Dean, School of Social Science, Urban Affairs, and Public Policy,Northeastern University
Sub-Sector Co-Chairs: Affordable Housing: Development, Preservation, & Expiring Use: Gail Latimore, Executive Director, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Center; Aaron Gornstein, Executive Director, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association; Michael Gondek, Executive Director, Massachusetts Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation Market-Rate/Mixed-Income Housing: Kirk Sykes, President, New Boston Urban Strategy America Fund; Robert C. Gehret, Deputy Director, Policy Development and Research Division, Department of Neighborhood Development, City of Boston; Smart Growth/40R-40S: Eleanor White, President, Housing Partners, Co-Chair, Commonwealth Housing Task Force; Ted Carman, President, Concord Square Development Corporation; Barry Bluestone (see above); Homelessness: Melinda Marble, Executive Director, Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation; Georgianna Meléndez, Executive Director, Casa Myrna Vazquez
Patricia Belden, Development Manager, Housing Investments
Tina Brooks, Director, Boston LISC
Ted Carman, President, Concord Square Development Company, Inc.
Michael Colby, Deputy Director for Strategic Policy Initiatives, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Christine Cousineau, Executive Director, Cape Ann Housing Opportunity, Inc.
Edward DeBity, Veterans Benefit Clearning House
Spencer DeShields, Executive Director, Mattapan Community Development Corporation
Elmer Elbanks, Fannie Mae Foundation
Charles Eisenberg, President, Eisenberg Consulting
Joseph Feaster, McKenzie & Associates
Alda Franquiz, AVP & CRA Associate, Boston Private Bank & Trust Company
Robert Fraser, Scanhouse, Inc.
David Friedman, Senate President Travaglini’s Office
Robert Gehret, Deputy Director, Policy Development and Research Division, Department of Neighborhood Development, City of Boston
Michael Glavin, Chairman, Economic Development Committee, Boston Connects, Inc.
Michael Gondek, Executive Director, Massachusetts Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation
Aaron Gornstein, Executive Director, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association
Patricia Grandieri, Vice President, Traffic Solutions
Margie Grant, Associate General Counsel, Massachusetts Association of Realtors
Mossik Hacobian, Executive Director, Urban Edge Development Corporation
Wendy Hanna Cohen, Deputy Director of Lending, Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Virginia Healy-Kenney, Production Manager, Homeownership Division, MassHousing
Bonnie Heudorfer, Consultant
David Kelman, RE/MAX Landmark
Mary Knasas, Manager, Research and Development, Boston Department of Neighborhood Development
Gail Lattimore, Executive Director, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Center
Melinda Marble, Executive Director, Paul and Phyllis Fireman Charitable Foundation
Barbara McDonald
Roxan Mckinnon, Boston Tenant Coalition
Georgianna Meléndez, Executive Director, Casa Myrna Vazquez
Claudia Morgan, Community Analytics
Peter Munkenbeck, Consultant
Georgia Murray
Rufus Phillips, Vice President, The Property and Casualty Initiative, LLC
Becky Regan, President, Boston Community Loan Fund
Marlena Richardson, City of Boston
Steve Ryan, General Counsel, Massachusetts Association of Realtors
Kirk Sykes, President, New Boston Urban Strategy America Fund
MatthewThall
Jeffrey Thomas, Head of Policy and Operations, Housing Investments
Ellen Tohn, ERT Associates
Eleanor White, President, Housing Partners, Inc.
Maureen White, Campaign Coordinator, Action for Regional Equity
Bob Wadsworth, Program Director, The Boston Foundation
Bob Turner, Boston Globe
Mark Sternman, MassDevelopment
David Wluka, Massachusetts Association of Realtors
Sue White, Vinten
Alex Zhang, Community Organizing & Planning, Asian Community Development Corporation
Public Safety Convening
Co-Chairs: Jorge Martinez, Executive Director, Project RIGHT; Jack McDevitt, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, Institute on Race and Justice, Northeastern University
Deb Azrael, Director, Harvard Injury Control Center, Harvard School of Public Health
Stephanie Berkowitz, Center for Teen Empowerment
Maria Cheevers
Tom Coury, Executive Director, The Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation
Jennifer Fahey, Deputy Director, The Crime and Justice Institute
Shirley Fan, Executive Director, AsianTask Force Against Domestic Violence, Inc.
Al Goslin, Superintendent-in-Chief, Boston Police Department
Ray Hammond, Pastor, Bethel AME Church
Cheryl Holmes, Harvard Youth Violence Prevention Writing Consultant
Michael Kozu, GHSNI Weed and Seed Community Coordinator, Project RIGHT
John Larivee, Chief Executive Officer, Community Resources for Justice
Jennifer Maconochie, Director, Strategic Planning and Resources, Boston Police Department
Larry Mayes, Chief of Human Services, City of Boston, Human Services Department
Blake Norton, Operations Director, Public Affairs, Office of the Police Commissioner, Boston Police Department
Lalita Pulavarti, Senior Research and Program Manager, Boston Police Department
Jeff Stone, Steering Committee Co-Chair, City-Wide Dialogues on Boston’s Ethnic and Racial Diversity
Richard Ward, Senior Program Officer, The Boston Foundation
Olinka Briceno, RYI A Way Back
Technology Convening
Co-Chairs: Steve Gag, Technology Advisor, Mayor Thomas M. Menino's Office; Pat Toney, Programs & Development Specialist, The Timothy Smith Network
Francois Augustin, AC4 Co-Director, TechMission
Deborah Boisvert, Project Director, Boston Area Advanced Technological Education, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Nyvia Colon, Director of Technology Programs, Madison Park Development Corporation
Theresa Ellis, Executive Director, Impact Boston
Cathleen Finn, Director of Corporate Community Relations, IBM
Deborah Finn, CyberYenta
Curtis Henderson, General Manager, Boston Neighborhood Network
Tad Hirsch, Reasercher, Media Lab - Computing Culture Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mel King, Director, South End Technology Center @ Tent City
Jeremy Liu, Executive Director, Asian Community Development Corporation
Khalid Mustafa, Manager of Technology Instruction, The Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts
Patrick Otton, Librarian Specialist, Public Internet Center at Madison Park Village, Madison Park Development Corp
Mary Rafferty, Regional Director, Verizon Communications
Kim Rice, Chief Information Officer, Boston Public Schools
Patricia Sarango, Senior Coordinator of Operations, Office of Instructional Technology, Boston Public Schools
G'Tanya Small, Director, Office of Instructional Technology, Boston Public Schools
Transportation Convening
Co-Chairs: Stephanie Pollack, Senior Research Associate, Center for Urban and Regional Policy, Northeastern University; Vineet Gupta, Director of Policy and Planning, City of Boston Transportation Department; Richard Dimino, President & CEO, A Better City
Krystal Beaulieu, Northeastern University
Eugene Benson, Staff Attorney, Alternatives for Community & Environment
Noah Berger, Program Manager, Federal Transit Administration
Doug Brugge, Associate Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine, Tufts University
John Businger
Robin Chase, Founder & CEO, Meadow Networks
Alexandra Delany Danahy, Manager of Urban Design and Planning, A Better City
Dennis DiZoglio, Assistant General Manager for Planning and Real Estate, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Michael Dukakis, Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University
Kate Fichter, Transportation Planner, Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation
Ann Hershfang, Founder and Board of Director, Walk Boston
Wendy Landman, Executive Director, WalkBoston
Ben Lasley, Save the Harbor Save the Bay
David Luberoff, Executive Director, Rappaport Institute, John F. Kennedy School of Government
Barbara Lucas, Chief Transportation Planner, Metropolitan Area Planning Council
Anne McKinnon, Director of Municipal and Regional Planning, Howard Stein-Hudson
Bhupesh Patel, Architect, DESIGNTANK
Jim Repass,President & CEO, National Corridors Initiative
David Rosen, Vice President-Public Affairs, Emerson College
Jeff Rosenblum, Executive Director, Livable Streets Alliance
Carrie Russell, Skadden Legal Fellow and Staff Attorney, Massachusetts, Conservation Law Foundation
Mark Sternman, Vice President, Research, MassDevelopment
Michael Widmer, President, Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation
Steve Woelfel, Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation
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