Core Team
Elsa Flores
East Boston Network Manager
Diana Garcia
Boston Network Manager
Semhar Habtehans
Boston Network Support Administrator
Shavonne Herrington
Director of Boston Partnerships
Dennis Hicks
Director of Leadership
Eric Leslie
Founder/Lead Organizer
Roberto “Tito” Martinez
Director of Springfield
Jalina Suggs
Director of Boston
Heather Salerno
Springfield Network Support Administrator
Boston Network Coordinators
Shondell Davis
Lead Coordinator, New Member Outreach
Mirlande Joseph
Network Coordinator
Lydia Deloney
Network Coordinator, GBIO & MCCPA
Leah Dotten
Network Coordinator
Erika Rodriguez
Network Coordinator
Zenaida Gonzalez
Network Coordinator, Boston Public Schools partnership
Tarina Harrison
Lead Coordinator, Member Support
Mahogony Payne
Network Coordinator, Urban Edge
Maria Vargas
Network Coordinator, Higher Ground - Higginson K2
Kennysha Wrencher
Network Coordinator, KIPP Boston
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
Eneida Molina
Network Coordinator, Veritas Prep
Precious Jones
Network Coordinator, Dress for Success Western Mass
Sharay Salters
Network Coordinator, Women’s Money Matters
Darien Santiago
Springfield Lead Coordinator
Angie Melendez
Brightwood Elementary Network Coordinator
Glynis Phillips
Network Coordinator, Baystate Health
Hans Torres
Network Coordinator, New North Citizens’ Council
Matt DeLoria
Network Coordinator, Square One
Lourdes Balestier
Network Coordinator, Home City Development
Ali Haqq
Network Coordinator
Board of Directors
Rhonda “Nikki” Barnes, Chair
Executive Director, KIPP Massachusetts
Melanie Nevin, Vice Chair
Counsel at Takeda Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
Phillip Anthony Borras
Manager of Career Readiness & Coaching at Tech Foundry; UCS Member
Brian Hale, Treasurer
Technology Consultant
Catherine Owens, Clerk
Artist & Designer
Trayce’ B. Booth
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Board of Directors/Co-Chair Sustainability Committee
Charles B. Green
Associate Director, Retail Operations at Boston Medical Center-Morrison Healthcare
Joshua Griffin
Principal at Webster Equity Partners
Michael Kincade, Sr.
Community Outreach Lead, Massachusetts Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center
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
Naomi Baruch - Senior Investment Officer-NMTC, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation (MHIC)
Brad Braufman - Owner, Monkey Business Productions
Lina Cañon - Chief Executive Officer, Smarter Good, Inc
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
Saskia Epstein - Senior Vice President, PNC Bank
Seth Evans - Retired
Alexandra Fischbein, Senior Vice President at Atlantic Global Risk
Monté Foster - SVP - Head of Consumer Risk Insights & Implementation, TD Bank
Jennifer Gilbert - Musicant Cohen Executive Director, Housing Policy Action Center, Citizens' Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA)
Rick Grudzinski - Director of Member Services, Mass Farmers Markets
Alexis Horn-Snyder - Asset Management Officer, Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation (MHIC)
Delisa Joseph, Vice President - CRA Officer at Needham Bank
Lyn Kobsa - Principal, Kobsa Strategic LLC
Jeff Kushner - Retired
Becky Lin - MCP/MSRED Candidate ’27 at MIT | Transit-Oriented Development
Lucas Orwig - Grants Portfolio Manager, MassMutual Foundation
Rich Schneider - Director, Sage Partners
Matthew Stein - Special Counsel, Mintz
Gosia Tomaszewska - Economic Justice | Innovation | Human & Community-centered Leadership