Board of Directors

  • Michael Leon, Esq

    Michael Leon, Esq

    Chair

    Partner, Nutter, McClennen & Fish

  • Christopher Byner

    Christopher Byner

    Vice Chair

    Program Administrator, Community Opportunities Program (COP)

  • Nick Puleo

    Nick Puleo

    Vice Chair

    President, Comsint Communications

  • Elisabeth Jackson

    Elisabeth Jackson

    Treasurer

    Executive Director, Bridge Over Troubled Waters

  • Kevin O’Shea

    Kevin O’Shea

    Clerk

    Executive Director, American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts (ACEC/MA)

  • Hilina Ajakaiye

    Hilina Ajakaiye

    Chief Strategy Officer, National Coalition of Black Meeting Professionals

  • Olivia Barker

    Olivia Barker

    Vice President of Policy & Public Affairs, Clear Strategy Inc.

  • Laura Burke

    Laura Burke

    Manager, Meeting & Convention Sales, Corporate, US, Destination Vancouver

  • Anisha Chakrabarti

    Anisha Chakrabarti

    Director, Corporate Communications and Strategy, Kraft Sports + Entertainment

  • Tom Cox

    Tom Cox

    General Manager/Owner, Bosport Docking/Constitution Marina

  • Stephen N. Faber

    Stephen N. Faber

    Executive Vice President, Related Beal

  • Karen Fernandes

    Karen Fernandes

    Head of Consultant Relations, Invesco

  • Paul D. Foster

    Paul D. Foster

    Paul D. Foster & Associates 

  • Joseph Gaeta

    Joseph Gaeta

    Executive Director, East Boston and Charlestown YMCA 

  • Eugene Kennedy

    Eugene Kennedy

    Principal Owner, Lee Kennedy Co., Inc.

  • Joseph P. Newman

    Joseph P. Newman

    (Retired) Former Director of Government Affairs, Massachusetts, National Grid

  • Thomas N. O’Brien

    Thomas N. O’Brien

    Managing Partner, Chief Executive Officer, The HYM Investment Group, LLC

  • Etty Padmodipoetro

    Etty Padmodipoetro

    Principal, Founder, Urban Idea Lab

  • Jason Sandoval

    Jason Sandoval

    General Manager at Xfinity Center, Live Nation Worldwide

  • Julie Simpson, Ph.D.

    Julie Simpson, Ph.D.

    Coastal Ecologist, MIT Sea Grant College Program 

  • Lindsay Sparling

    Lindsay Sparling

    Director, Integrated Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company

  • Cindy Theodore

    Cindy Theodore

    Chief of Home Health Services, Upham's Community Care

  • Donnie Todd

    Donnie Todd

    Manager, Airport Standards and Programs, JetBlue

Patricia A. Foley, Past President (Brighton, MA)

Joseph P. Newman, Past Chair (Arlington, MA)
National Grid

Beth Nicholson, Founding Chair (Boulder, CO)
Nicholson Foundation

Joseph R. Savage, Past Chair (Charlestown, MA)
Charlestown Resident

Kyle B. Warwick, Past Chair (Hingham, MA)
Principal, Redgate