Host Committee
The Honorary Co-Chairs
Barbara T. Capuano
Marjorie O’Neill Clapprood
Victoria Reggie-Kennedy
Angela Menino
Tammy Murray
Diane B. Patrick
The Host Committee
Representative Willie Mae Allen
Vivian C. Beard | President, Vivian Male Productions
Eileen Moran Brown | Chancellor/Founder, Cambridge College
Jacqui Budd
Heather Campion | EVP and Director of Corporate Affairs, Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
Deborah DiMasi
Representative Linda Dorcena Forry
Carol Downs | Co-Owner, Bella Luna Restaurant
Kitty Dukakis
City Council President Maureen E. Feeney
Carol Fulp | VP, Community Relations, John Hancock Financial Services
Donna Latson Gittens | Founder and Principal, Causemedia, Inc.
Nancy Gleason
Carolyn Golden Hebsgaard | Executive Director, Boston Lawyer’s Group
Delores Handy-Brown | News Anchor & Host, WBUR 90.9
Michele Hart
Gail M. Hobin | Assistant Vice Chancellor, University of Massachusett- Boston
Swanee Hunt
Deborah C. Jackson | CEO, The American Red Cross of Massachusetts Bay
Natalie Jacobson | Former Anchor, WCVB-Channel 5 News
Jackie Jenkins-Scott | President, Wheelock College
Dr. Paula A. Johnson | Cardiologist, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Alyce J. Lee | Vice Chair, Boston Medical Center
Dianne Luby | President & CEO, Planned Parenthood League of MA
Melissa M. MacDonnell | VP & Director of Corporate Affairs, Liberty Mutual
Shelly L. McPhee | COO, O’Neill and Associates
Mary Jo Meisner | VP for Communications, The Boston Foundation
Charlayne Murrell-Smith | VP External Relations, Boston Children’s Museum
Dr. Nancy Norman | Medical Director, Boston Public Health Commission
Colette A.M. Phillips | President & CEO, Colette Phillips Communications, Inc.
Diane Piette | Assistant District Attorney, Norfolk District Attorney’s Office
Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith | Professor, Harvard School of Public Health
Marita Rivero | V.P. and General Manager, WGBH Radio & Television
Representative Marie St. Fleur
Elaine Ullian | President & CEO, Boston Medical Center
Meg Vaillancourt | Executive Director, VP Corporate Affairs, Red Sox Foundation
Joan Wallace-Benjamin | President & CEO, The Home for the Little Wanderers
Lynn Wiatrowski | EVP Northeast Market Executive Healthcare & Institutions, Bank of America
Senator Dianne Wilkerson
Kate Wilson | Senior Director of Corporate Relations, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Christina Yoon | Development Consultant



