About Us

BOARD MEMBER

Marianna Accomando
VP & General Manager
Seaport Hotel 

Joe Albanese
President & CEO
Commodore Builders

Allan Ames
President
BR+A Consulting Engineers

Brian Barringer
Director of Commercial Development
Consigli Construction

Paul C. Bauer
Partner
Bowdich

Christina Becker-Birck
Vice President
Cadmus

Milton Benjamin
President & Founder
KAGE Growth Strategies, LLC.

Greg Bialecki
Principal
Hilco Redevelopment Partners / Redgate 

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

 

Danielle Blake
Vice President, Development
Marcus Partners, Inc.

David Bois
Principal
Arrowstreet

Gary Bua
Senior Vice President, Massachusetts Office Leader
HNTB

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

Geri Denterlein
CEO
Denterlein

Carolyn Desmond
Vice President - 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
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

John Fenton
Development Managing Partner
DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners

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

Kenneth I. Fisher
Principal
Gensler

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

 

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

Jim Grossmann
Founder & Partner
RISE Construction Management

Patrick Haswell
Director of Business Development & Public Affairs
Vicinity Energy

 

Partner, Appellate & Administrative Law

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

Douglas M. Husid, Esq.
Co-Managing Partner
Goulston & Storrs

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

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

Nicholas Iselin
General Manager - Development
LendLease

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

 

President & CEO

Bay Cove Human Services

Jackie Jenkins-Scott
Interim President
Roxbury Community College

Steve Juscen
General Manager
Westin Boston Seaport District

 

Allan Juwonoputro
Partner, Audit 
KPMG

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

*James G. Keefe
Principal 
Trinity Financial

*Rachel D. Kelly
Partner 
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Timothy Kelly
Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs
Comcast

Edmund Kenealy
Executive Vice President, Chief Public Affairs Officer
Liberty Mutual Insurance 

Nora Kennedy
Director, External Partnerships
Suffolk

Christine Keville
President & CEO
Keville Enterprises, Inc.

Richard N. Koch
Chair
Intercontinental Hotel & Residences

 

Executive Vice President

 

Stephen M. LaRose
Partner
Nixon Peabody LLP

Bob Lawler
Vice President & General Manager
Boston Harbor City Cruises

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

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

Alexander Leventhal
Managing Partner
Faros Properties

 

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.

Joel S. Mooney
Principal | Senior Vice President
Haley Aldrich

*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.

 

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.

Emily Rush
Senior Managing Director
Silicon Valley Bank

Tamara Roy
Principal
Stantec

Kelly Saito
Managing Partner
The Green Cities Company

Peter See
Senior Vice President, Property Management
Boston Properties

 

Principal

Gurki Singh
Complex General Manager 
The Westin Copley Place

John Slater, Esq.
Partner
Sherin & Lodgen, LLP

Alan Smith
General Manager
Marriott International 

 

Eric Stein
Chief Investment Officer
Eaton Vance Management 

Gautam Sundaram
Urban Design Practice Leader, Principal
Perkins&Will

James Sutherland
Associate Vice President, Public Policy & Advocacy
New England Aquarium

Donald Svoboda
Director Real Estate Investments
Metlife

Brian Swett
Boston Office Leader
ARUP

Tom Tilas
Vice President Government Relations
AECOM

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

Ted Tye
Managing Partner
National Development

Tom Walsh
General Manager
Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel

*Dana E. Warren
Vice President Corporate Real Estate
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

David Wilkinson
Managing Partner
Camber Development

 

John Wilmoth
General Manager
Boston Marriott Long Wharf

*John Wolff
SVP/Real Estate Market Executive Commercial Real Estate Banking
Bank of America


*A Better City Executive Committee Member