Core Team
Elsa Flores
East Boston Network Manager
Diana Garcia
Network Manager
Semhar Habtehans
Network Support Administrator
Shavonne Herrington
Director of Partnerships
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 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
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
Pamela Walker
Network Coordinator, Urban Edge CDC
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
Ari Nunez
Network Coordinator
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
Emilio Dorcely, CEO at Urban Edge
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
Michael Kincade, Communication and Outreach Coordinator at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Jeff Kushner, Chairman, Board of Trustees at Prospect Hill Academy
Becky Lin, Systems and Operations Coordinator, Local Enterprise Assistance Fund (LEAF)
Jack McPadden, CPA, Senior Associate, Health Industries Advisory, PwC
Christian Putnam, Client Relationship Executive, PwC
Rich Schneider, Director, Sage Partners
Luc Schuster, Director, Boston Indicators
Matthew Stein, Special Counsel, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP