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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Executive Committee

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Aisha E. Miller, Ph.D.

Interim Chair of the Board

Vice President of Permitting, Community and Corporate Engagement, Related Beal

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Marie St. Fleur, Esq.

Chair, Issues & Advocacy Committee

Principal, St. Fleur Communications

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Linda Champion, Esq.

Secretary of the Board

Attorney, Murphy Hesse Toomey & Lehane, LLP

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Jeffrey Hirsch, Esq.

Chair, Personnel Committee

 Attorney, Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP

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Anthony Gaymes

Treasurer of the Board

Vice President of Commercial Lending, TD Bank

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Lori Nelson

Chair, Strategic Planning Committee

Senior Advisor on Racial Justice

City of Boston

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Christopher Scranton

Chair, Development Committee

Director of Nonprofit & Government Partnerships

Jobcase

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Members of the Board

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Catherine Burns, Esq.

Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP.

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Nikolin Gace

Business Management Executive, Commercial Loans, Business Banking & Portfolio Management

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Jacquetta Van Zandt

Vice President of Engagement, The Partnership, Inc.

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Evandro Carvalho, Esq.

Executive Director, Boston Human Rights Commission

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Joyce Linehan

Director of Special Projects

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

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Josh Kraft

President, New England Patriots Foundation

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Peter Dulac

Vice President/General Manager, Enterprise Holdings-Boston Group

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Shabnam Mashmasarmi, Esq.

Partner

Zaheer Law Group, PLLC.

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Donald Felix

President/CEO

Carver Federal Savings Bank

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Billy Shore

Founder and Executive Chair

Share our Strength

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Board Chairs Emeritus

Joseph D. Feaster Jr.

Of Counsel, McKenzie & Associates, P.C.

Quincy L. Miller

President, Eastern Bank

Richard Taylor

Proprietor, Taylor Smith Properties

Samuel J. Gerson

Chairman and Chief Executive, Filene's Basement (Deceased)

Andrea Kershaw

Regional Vice President, Enterprise Rent-A Car

Jeffrey Musman

Managing Partner, Seyfarth Shaw

George A. Russell Jr.

Executive Vice President, Retired, State Street Corporation

Hon. Joyce London Alexander

Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge, United States District Courthouse

Board Emeritus

Prasad Thottempudi

Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting

Greg Almeida

President, Global View Communication, Inc.

Petrina Cherry

Vice President of Community Engagement and External Affairs, Boston Medical Center Health System

Bill Fenton

Senior Vice President, Bank of America

Marian A. Green-Robinson

Vice President & Branch Manager, Stoughton Office, Eastern Bank

Dorothea Jones

ULEM Guild President, NCULG Guild Secretary, National Urban League

Ronia Stewart

President & CEO, Garden of Eden & Associates, Inc.

Mark Walker

Senior Vice President, Eastern Bank

Gary Carroway

Director of Business Development, UPS (Retired)

Brenda Cole

VP of Marketplace Inclusion Development, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Jacqueline Gadsden

VP of Diversity & Inclusion & Customer Experience, Comcast - Greater Boston Area

Johnny Green Jr.

VP of News Services, CBS News

Deloris Pettis

Executive Director in the Office of Internal Audit, Boston College

Malik A. Smith

First Vice President, Private Wealth Advisor, Commons Capital Advisors

Advisory Council

Scott Baker

President, SkyCom Courier

Larry Dunham

Director of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, Boston University/Dental School

Dorothea Jones

President of The GUILD, The Urban League of Eastern MA

Donnie Bedney III

Operating Partner, ScaleCo

David Gibbons

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Lisa Timberlake

Media Relations, City of Boston

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