About Us

BOARD MEMBER

VP & General Manager
Seaport Hotel 

Joe Albanese
Chairman & CEO
Commodore Builders

Allan Ames
President
BR+A Consulting Engineers

Mark Barer
Director of Development
Lendlease

Brian Barringer
Director of Commercial Development
Consigli Construction

 

Angela Barson
Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs
Comcast

Paul C. Bauer
Partner
Bowdich

Christina Becker-Birck
Vice President
Cadmus

Milton Benjamin
President & Founder
KAGE Growth Strategies, LLC.

*Robert Biggio
SVP, Chief Sustainability & Real Estate Officer
Boston Medical Center

 

Danielle Blake
Vice President, Development
Marcus Partners, Inc.

David Bois
Principal
Arrowstreet

 

Marie Breen
Executive Vice President
Keville Enterprises, Inc.

John D. Cahill
Vice Chair
O'Neill and Associates

*Michael A. Cantalupa
Chief Development Officer
The Davis Companies

*Joseph C. Carroll
Director – Community & Customer Management MA
National Grid

Philip Casey
Principal
CBT Architects

James Cassetta
President & CEO
WORK, Inc.

Carole Charnow
President & CEO
Boston Children's Museum

*Donald Chiofaro
President & CEO
The Chiofaro Company 

Chris Collins
Transit Lead
Jacobs

Brian Dacey 
President
Cambridge Innovation Center

Daniel Dain
Chair & President
Dain, Torpy, LeRay, Wiest & Garner LLP

*Andrew J. Dankwerth
Senior Vice President, Design & Development
Pembroke Real Estate

 

Senior Vice President, Senior Relationship Manager

Bank of America

Geri Denterlein
CEO
Denterlein

*Lawrence S. DiCara, Esq.
Attorney
Lawrence S. DiCara, P.C.

 

Caitlin Dodge
CEO

*John E. Drew
Chair
The Drew Company

*Ronald M. Druker
President
The Druker Company

*Rita "Kiki" (Nkiru) Edozie, PhD
Deval Patrick Endowed Chair and Professor of Political, Economic, and Social Innovation
John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy at

University of Massachusetts Boston

Dan Egan
First Vice President, Investments
Equity Residential

Jose Escobar
Managing Partner - Business Development & Strategic Initiatives
Verizon

Gretchen Z. Fisher
Managing Director, US Corporate Real Estate
Manulife Investment Management

Kim Fontes
Chief of Staff and Business Operations
New England Aquarium

David Friedman
Senior Vice President, Legal & Government Affairs
Boston Red Sox

Richard Galvin
President & CEO
CV Properties

Wendy Gettleman
Vice President of Facilities Management & Real Estate
Dana Farber Cancer Institute

 

Executive Director

 

Paul Godfrey

Vice President-Massachusetts Office Leader

 

Chief Operating Officer

 

Eudad Gonzalez
Vice President, Business Manager
Turner Construction Company

Rosalind Gorin
President
HN Gorin, Inc.

Jonathan Greeley
Manager, Economic Development Public Policy
Amazon - Boston

Dana Griffin
Director, Asset Management, Development & Construction
Jamestown, L.P.

Taran Grigsby 
Global Delivery Lead for Transactions & Leasing
Fidelity

Matthew Grogan
Director, Front Services 
Encore Boston Harbor

Patrick Haswell
Director of Business Development & Public Affairs
Vicinity Energy

Joe Higgins
Vice President for Campus Services & Stewardship
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

*Kirsten Hoffman
General Counsel and Assistant Secretary
Beacon Capital Partners

 

Lisa Hogarty
Senior Vice President, Real Estate Planning & Development
Boston Children's Hospital

 

Justin Holmes
Head of Marketing & Public Policy 
Zipcar

Geoff Howell, Esq.
Partner
DLA Piper

*Jessica Hughes
Managing Director / Regional Director Boston
Tishman Speyer

John B. Hynes, III
CEO & Managing Partner
Boston Global Investors

*Thomas J. Hynes, Jr.
Co-Chair | Boston
Colliers International

 

President

 

Jonathan Jefferson
President
Roxbury Community College

 

*Mark R. Johnson
Director of Development
DivcoWest Real Estate Investments

 

*Allan Juwonoputro
Partner, Audit 
KPMG

William F.X. Kane
President, East Coast & UK Markets
BioMed Realty

*James G. Keefe
Principal 
Trinity Financial

Steven Kennedy
Partner 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Nora Kennedy
Director, External Partnerships
Suffolk

Peter Kochansky
Director
Goulston & Storrs

 

Richard N. Koch
Chair
Intercontinental Hotel & Residences

 

Chair Emeritus 

 

Executive Vice President

Bob Lawler
Vice President & General Manager
Boston Harbor City Cruises

Elizabeth Leary
Executive Director, Government and Community Affairs
Boston University

 

Rebecca A. Lee, Esq.
Member / Chair, Real Estate Development Practice
Mintz

Alexander Leventhal
Managing Partner
Faros Properties

 

President

 

Bevin Littlehale
Managing Director
Hines

 

Michelle Lower
VP - Real Estate Development & Community Relations
Alexandria Real Estate Equities

*Christopher W. Maher
Vice President
Delaware North

Robert E. Maloney
EVP, Managing Director of Acquisitions
A.W. Perry 

David Manfredi
CEO & Founding Principal
Elkus Manfredi Architects

Marc Margulies
Architect

Rick Mattila
Independent Consultant

William A. McGean
Regional Director, Americas
State Street

Mark McGowan
Vice President, Head of Development, Boston
Oxford Properties

Jay McQuaide
Chief Communications & Citizenship Officer Segment Leader, Municipal & Labor
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Abe Menzin
Principal, EVP Development
Samuels & Associates

Pamela Messenger
President
Friends of Post Office Square

John Messervy
Corporate Director of Design & Construction, Real Estate
Mass General Brigham

 

James Miner
Chief Executive Officer 
Sasaki Associates, Inc.

*Michael E. Mooney, Esq
Chair Emeritus
Nutter

 

George Needs
Senior Vice President | Mixed Use Development
Hilco Redevelopment Partners / Redgate 

 

Thomas N. O'Brien
Managing Partner, CEO
The HYM Investment Group

Charles Pappalardo
Vice President of Global Operations & Real Estate
Vertex Pharmaceuticals 

*Young K. Park
President
Berkeley Investments, Inc.

Christopher Peabody
President
Peabody Office Furniture, Inc.

 

Manager - Corporate Real Estate and Facilities

Dusty S. Rhodes
President
Conventures, Inc.

Marika Reuling
Managing Director, Allston Initiatives
Harvard University

Tim Ritchie
President
Museum of Science

Michael J. Roberts
Senior Vice President of Development
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

Tamara Roy
Principal
Stantec

Kelly Saito
Managing Partner
The Green Cities Company

 

Santosh Sardesai
General Manager
Westin Boston Seaport District

Heather Scranton
Principal | Senior Vice President
Haley Aldrich 

Peter See
Senior Vice President, Property Management
Boston Properties

 

 

Design Partner

 

Principal

 

VP - Communications and Public Affairs

Gurki Singh
Complex General Manager 
The Westin Copley Place

John Slater, Esq.
Partner
Sherin & Lodgen, LLP

Alan Smith
General Manager
Marriott International 

 

Gautam Sundaram
Urban Design Practice Leader, Principal
Perkins&Will

Donald Svoboda
Director Real Estate Investments
Metlife

Mark Walsh-Cook
Principle
ARUP

*Tom Tilas
Vice President Government Relations
AECOM

*Yanni Tsipis
Senior Vice President - Fenway | Seaport Development
WS Development

Tom Walsh
General Manager
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel

 

Mark Waszkelewicz
Assistant Vice President Real Estate Services Group
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

*David Wilkinson
Managing Partner
Camber Development

 

John Wilmoth
General Manager
Boston Marriott Long Wharf


*A Better City Executive Committee Member