About Us

*Douglas M. McGarrah, Esq.
Chairman
Partner
Foley Hoag LLP

*James Tierney
Vice Chair
New England Market Director
Jones Lang LaSalle

*Edward H. Ladd
Treasurer
Chairman Emeritus 
Mellon Investments

*Jeanne Pinado
Clerk
Chief Advisor
Madison Park Development Corporation

 

 

Board Members

Joe Albanese
Founder and CEO
Commodore Builders

Allan Ames
President
Bard, Rao & Athanas

Thomas Andrews
Co-President & Regional Market Director
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

Walter Armstrong
SVP, Capital Facilities and Engineering
Beth Isreal Deaconess Medical Center

Brian Barringer
Director of Commercial Development
Consigli Construction

*Robert L. Beal
Related Beal

Christina Becker-Birck
Vice President
The Cadmus Group, LLC

Joseph G. Beggan
Senior Manager for Transportation
Harvard University

Milton Benjamin
President
KAGE Growth Strategies, LLC

Greg Bialecki
Principal
Hilco/Redgate

Robert Biggio
Vice President of Facilities & Support Services
Boston Medical Center

Peter Bloomfield
Partner
KPMG LLP

David Bois
Principal
Arrowstreet

B.K. Boley
Senior Principal
Stantec

Wayne M. Bouchard
Interim President, Director & COO
Museum of Science

James Brown
President, Commercial Banking
Boston Private Bank 

Kelley Brown
Senior Project Manager 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robert Brown
Managing Director
Perkins + Will

Gary Bua
Senior Vice President, Massachusetts Office Leader
HNTB

*Kara L. Buckley
Head of Global Grooming Communications
P&G/Gillette

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

Philip Casey
Principal
CBT Architects

David W. Cash, PhD.
Dean of McCormack Graduate School
University of Massachusetts Boston 

James Cassetta
Director & CEO
WORK, Inc.

Daniel Cataldo
Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer
Eaton Vance Management 

Carole Charnow
President & CEO
Boston Children's Museum

*Donald Chiofaro
President & CEO
The Chiofaro Company 

Jacob Citrin
CEO
Cargo Ventures

Chris Collins
Transit Group Lead
Jacobs

Chris Crompton
General Manager
Old Town Trolley of Boston

Brian Dacey 
President 
Cambridge Innovation Center

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

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

Jonathan G. Davis
CEO 
The Davis Companies

Joe Dembek
General Manager
Sheraton Boston 

Geri Denterlein
President
Denterlein Worldwide

Carolyn Desmond
Vice President of Development
Skanska

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

Michael Donovan
Vice President for Campus Planning & Operations
Boston University

*John E. Drew
Chairman
The Drew Company, Inc.

*Ronald M. Druker
President
The Druker Company, Ltd.

Jose Escobar
Sr. Mgr - Strategy & Business Development
Verizon Business Group

James Folk
Executive Director of Transportation
Encore Boston Harbor

*Richard E. Fournier
Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers

David Friedman
Senior Vice President 
Boston Red Sox

Richard Galvin
Founder & President
CV Properties

Doug Gensler
Managing Director, Principal
Gensler

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

David Gibbons
Executive Director 
MCCA

Rosalind Gorin
President & CEO
H. N. Gorin, Inc.

James Goudreau
Head of Climate
Novartis

Dana Griffin
Director of Development
Jamestown, L.P.

Taran Grigsby 
Vice President, Real Estate Portfolio & Analysis
Fidelity

*Elizabeth Grob 
Director of Urban Permitting Services
VHB

Peter Hamill
Vice President & General Manager
Turner Construction Properties

Ray Hammer
General Manager
Westin Copley Place

Patrick Haswell
Director of Business Development & Public Affairs
Vicinity Energy

Jane V. Hawkes, Esq.
Partner
Bowditch

Richard Heller
SVP and General Counsel
Legal Sea Foods

Lisa Hogarty
SVP, Real Estate Planning & Development
Boston Children's Hospital

Justin Holmes
Director, Corporate Communications & Public Policy
Zipcar

Geoff Howell, Esq.
Partner
DLA Piper

Shawn Hurley
President, Principal
Marcus Partners

Douglas M. Husid, Esq.
Co-Managing Director
Goulston & Storrs P.C.

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

*Thomas J. Hynes, Jr.
Chairman
Colliers International

Nicholas Iselin
General Manager, Development
LendLease

Paul Jakubowski, Esq.
Partner 
WilmerHale

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

Michael Jorgensen
General Manager
Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel

*William F.X. Kane
Executive Vice President
BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

*James G. Keefe
Principal & President
Trinity Financial

Timothy Kelly
Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs
Comcast

Edmund Kenealy
Senior Vice President & Chief Public Affairs Officer
Liberty Mutual Insurance 

Christine Keville
President & CEO
Keville Enterprises, Inc.

Richard N. Koch
Chairman, Condominium Trust Association 
Intercontinental Hotel & Residences

Eric Krauss
Chief Operating & Financial Officer
New England Aquarium

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

*Kevin M. Lemire
Director of Real Estate & General Services
Putnam Investments

*Alan M. Leventhal
Chairman & CEO
Beacon Capital Partners

*Christopher W. Maher
Vice President, Development
Delaware North Companies

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

David Manfredi
CEO & Founding Principal
Elkus Manfredi Architects

Rick Matilla
Independent Consultant

Jay McQuaide
SVP for Corporate Communications & Citizenship
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Abe Menzin
Executive Vice President, Development
Samuels & Associates

Pamela Messenger
President
Friends of Post Office Square

John Messervy
Director of Capital & Facilities Planning
Partners HealthCare System, Inc.

Joel S. Mooney
Senior Vice President
Haley Aldrich

*Michael E. Mooney, Esq.
Chairman Emeritus
Nutter, McClennen & Fish, LLP

Sara Myerson 
Vice President
Suffolk Ventures

Alison Nolan
Principal
Boston Harbor Cruises

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

David N. O'Shaughnessy
President & Managing Director 
Seaport Hotel & World Trade Center

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.

Bruce Pearson
Managing Director, US Corporate Real Estate
John Hancock

*David G. Perry
Senior Managing Director
Hines

George Player
Vice President of Facilities and Operations
Brigham & Women's Hospital

Chad Remis
Executive Vice President
Oxford Properties

Dusty S. Rhodes
President
Conventures, Inc.

*Valerie Roberson
President
Roxbury Community College

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

Edward Rocco
General Manager
Boston Marriott Long Wharf

*E. Macey Russell
Partner
Choate Hall & Stewart, LLP

Kelly Saito
Managing Partner
Gerding Edlen

Dustin Sarnoski
Head of Global Realty
State Street Corporation

Peter See
SVP, Property Management
Boston Properties

James H. Shane
President
Shane Associates, Ltd.

*Kimberly Sherman Stamler
President
Related Beal

Ruth Silman
Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP

John Slater
Partner
Sherin & Lodgen, LLP

Alan Smith
General Manager
Marriott International 

Edward Steinborn
CFO/Sr Managing Director
Wellington Management

Donald Svoboda
Director
Metlife

Brian Swett
Cities Leader, Americas
Arup

Kleo Taliadorous
Vice President - Renewable Project Development
Ameresco

Tom Tilas
Vice President
AECOM

*Yanni Tsipis
Vice President - Seaport
WS Development

Tom Walsh
General Manager
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel

*Dana E. Warren
Vice President, Real Estate Service Group
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

David Wilkinson
Senior Director
Tishman Speyer Properties

*John Wolff
SVP, Real Estate Market Executive 
Bank of America 

Brent Zeigler
Principal, President/Director of Design 
Dyer Brown Architects 

 

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