Core Team

Elsa Flores

East Boston Network Manager

Diana Garcia

Network Manager

Semhar Habtehans

Network Support Administrator

Shavonne Herrington

Director of Partnerships

Phil Mason

Director of Development

Dennis Hicks

Director of Leadership

Eric Leslie

Founder/Lead Organizer

Roberto “Tito” Martinez

Director of Springfield

Jalina Suggs

Director of Boston

Boston Network Coordinators

Erika Roxana AguirreNetwork Leader, East Boston

Erika Roxana Aguirre

Network Coordinator, East Boston

Shondell Davis

Network Coordinator, Higher Ground Boston, Roxbury

Lydia Deloney

Network Coordinator, GBIO & MCCPA

Leah Dotten

Network Coordinator, STEPRox

Sharee Farley

Network Coordinator, Boston Builds Credit

Nickki Gassant

Network Coordinator

Erika Rodriguez

Network Coordinator

Zenaida Gonzalez

Network Coordinator, BPS-King School, Dorchester

Tarina Harrison

Network Coordinator, Nuestra Comunidad

Aura Mejia

Network Coordinator, BPS Adams School

Mahogony Payne

Network Coordinator, Urban Edge

Nikia Shell

Network Coordinator, KIPP Boston

Garrick Thames

Network Coordinator, Boston Builds Credit

Maria Vargas

Network Coordinator, Higher Ground - Higginson K2

Karla Brown

Network Coordinator, Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation

Pamela Walker

Network Coordinator, Urban Edge CDC

Missy Brown

Network Coordinator

Lashaunda Watson

Special Project Coordinator

Frank Williams

Network Coordinator

Springfield Network Coordinators

Francis Abbas

Network Coordinator

Nicole Coakley

Network Coordinator

Eneida Molina

Network Coordinator, Veritas Prep

Erica Andrews

Network Coordinator, The Alliance for Digital Equity

Jasmyn Quinones

Network Coordinator

Heather Salerno

Network Coordinator

Darien Santiago

Network Coordinator

Jess Torres

Network Coordinator, Brightwood Elementary (Springfield Public Schools)

Hans Torres

Network Coordinator, New North Citizens’ Council

Board of Directors

Rhonda “Nikki” Barnes, Chair

Executive Director, KIPP Massachusetts

Melanie Nevin, Vice Chair

Counsel at Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.

Brian Hale, Treasurer

Technology Consultant

Catherine Owens, Clerk

Artist & Designer

Trayce’ B. Booth

Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Board of Directors/Co-Chair Sustainability Committee

Sheena Collier

Founder & CEO at The Collier Connection

Charles B. Green

Associate Director, Retail Operations at Boston Medical Center-Morrison Healthcare

Joshua Griffin

Principal at Webster Equity Partners

Michael Kincade, Sr.

Director of Diversity Recruitment, Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center

Maria Ligus

Executive Director, New North Citizen’s Council

Tariana V. Little

CEO of EmVision Productions

Claudia Osorio

UCB Member

Christian Putnam

Client Relationship Executive, PwC

Advisory Council

A volunteer group of community leaders that advises on our mission and impact.

Matthew Aronson, Consultant - Youth & Young Adult Homelessness

Brad Braufman, Owner, Monkey Business Productions

Lina Cañon, Associate Director, Chica Project

Joseph Coupal, Senior Management Consultant at PwC

Lucy Darragh, Director of Corporate Citizenship at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts

Mattie Deed, Financial Coach/Career Specialist

Bonnie Delaune - Chief of Staff, Boston City Councilor Ben Weber

Emilio Dorcely, CEO at Urban Edge

Saskia Epstein - Senior Vice President, PNC Bank

Alexandra Fischbein, Senior Vice President at Atlantic Global Risk

Jennifer Gilbert, President/Founder, Housing Navigator Massachusetts

Rick Grudzinski, Consultant

Delisa Joseph, Vice President - CRA Officer at Needham Bank

Jeff Kushner, Chairman, Board of Trustees at Prospect Hill Academy

Becky Lin, Systems and Operations Coordinator, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF)

Rich Schneider, Director, Sage Partners

Luc Schuster, Director, Boston Indicators

Matthew Stein, Special Counsel, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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