Board of Directors

"Being involved with United Way lends perspective to my own life. I'm constantly reminded how fortunate I am - and how much I can do for others."
- Sandy Edgerley, Member, Board of Directors

Chairman of the Board

Robert M. Mahoney, New England Banking Company

President and Chief Executive Officer

Michael K. Durkin, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley

Immediate Past Chairman

Cathy E. Minehan, Arlington Advisory Partners

Secretary; Chairman & Secretary, Compensation Committee

Robert E. Cowden, III, Esq., Casner and Edwards, LLP

 

Executive Committee

  • Campaign Chairs
    Grace K. Fey, Grace Fey Advisors
    Steve Ainsley, The Boston Globe
  • Co-Chairs, Development Committee
    Kevin T. Callaghan, Berkshire Partners
    Kathryn F. Plazak, Plazak Associates
  • Co-Chairs, Community Impact Committee
    Anna B. Colton, Bank of America
    Ronald A. Homer, Access Capital Strategies, LLC
  • Co-chair, Governance & Nominating Committee
    Pam Scott
    Helen Chin Schlichte
  • Chairman, Administration and Finance Committee
    John R. Grumbacher, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, P.C.
  • Chair, Investment Committee
    Grace K. Fey
  • Chair, Audit Committee
    Stephen K. Wagner, Deloitte
  • Treasurer
    Daniel Dennis, Sr.,  CPA Daniel Dennis & Company
  • Assistant Treasurer
    John A. Ross, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley

Robert L. Beal,
The Beal Companies, LLP

Joseph P. Campanelli

Richard "Bink" C. Garrison, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Carol R. Goldberg, The Avcar Group, Ltd.

Myra Kraft, The Kraft Group

Thomas L.P. O'Donnell, Esq.,
Ropes & Gray

Diane B. Patrick, Esq.,Ropes & Gray

Thomas H. Tulip, Ph.D., Bristol Myers Squibb


Board of Directors

  • P. Steven Ainsley
    The Boston Globe
  • Francis H. Barnes
    UPS
  • Steven W. Barnes
    Bain Capital
  • Charles V. Bergh
    Procter and Gamble/Gillette
  • Michael L. Carson
    WHDH-TV Channel 7
  • Michael W. Choe
    Charlesbank Capital Partners
  • Martha Crowninshield
  • Nancy L. Donahue
  • Sandra M. Edgerley
  • William Fine
    WCVB-TV Channel 5
  • Robert E. Gallery
    Bank of America Private Bank
  • Robert E. Griffin
    Eastern Bank
  • Andrew W. Hoar
    President/Co-Managing Partner
    CB Richard Ellis/New England
  • Carol R. Johnson
    Office of the Superintendent
    Boston Public Schools
  • David E. Johnson
    Bain & Company
  • Michele Kessler
    Kessler Family Foundation
  • Cleve L. Killingsworth, Jr.
    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
  • Debra S. Knez
  • Paul A. La Camera
    The WBUR Group
  • David F. Lamere 
    The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
  • Dennis J. Langwell
    Liberty Mutual Group
  • Lawrence J. Lasser
  • Ronald Logue
    State Street Corporation
  • Stacey Lucchino
  • J. Keith Motley, Ph.D.
    University of Massachusetts
  • Robert Rizzi
    Norfolk Council AFL-CIO 
  • Ann Romney
  • Pamela Carrington Scott
    LVCC, Inc.
  • Hope Sidman
    H2O Applied Technologies
  • Peter L. Slavin, M.D.
    Massachusetts General Hospital
  • Nickolas Stavropoulos
    National Grid
  • Karen L. Webster
    Market Platform Dynamics
  • James Westra, Esq.
    Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
  • Leonard A. Wilson
    Sovereign Bank
  • Ellen M. Zane Tufts-New England Medical Center

Director Emeritus

  • Weston P. Figgins
  • Edward E. Phillips
  • Micho F. Spring
  • Benjamin B. Taylor