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

Treasurer

Daniel Dennis, Sr.,  CPA
Daniel Dennis & Company

Robert L. Beal,
The Beal Companies, LLP

Co-Chairman, Development Committee

Kevin T. Callaghan,
Berkshire Partners

Joseph P. Campanelli

Co-Chairman, Community Impact Committee

Anna B. Colton, Bank of America

Richard "Bink" C. Garrison, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Carol R. Goldberg, The Avcar Group, Ltd.

Co-chair, Governance & Nominating Committee

Grace K. Fey

Chairman, Administration and Finance Committee

John R. Grumbacher, Esq., Goulston & Storrs, P.C.

Co-Chairman, Community Impact Committee

Ronald A. Homer, Access Capital Strategies, LLC

Myra Kraft, The Kraft Group

Paul R. Murphy, Esq., Foley Hoag LLP

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

Diane B. Patrick, Esq.,
Ropes & Gray

Co-Chairman, Development Committee

Kathryn F. Plazak, Plazak Associates

Co-Chair, Nominating Committee

Helen Chin Schlichte

David A. Spina

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

Chairman, Investment Committee

Peter S. Voss

Chairman, Audit Committee

Stephen K. Wagner, Deloitte

Assistant Treasurer

John A. Ross, United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley

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
  • Randi L. Goldklank
  • 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, Co-Chairman, 2007 Campaign
    The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
  • Dennis J. Langwell
    Liberty Mutual Group
  • Lawrence J. Lasser
  • Jeffrey A. Leerink, Co-Chairman, 2007 Campaign
    Leerink, Swan & Company, Inc.
  • 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 Medical Center

Director Emeritus

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