Board of Directors
The highly committed, hard-working ABCD Board of Directors includes representatives of the neighborhood, public and private sectors, with the neighborhood sector holding the majority of seats. Each ABCD neighborhood center (Area Planning Action Council or Neighborhood Services Center) also has a board of directors or advisory board with members holding seats on the ABCD Board.

Officers:
Chair - Syvalia Hyman III
Vice-Chair - Yvonne Jones
Vice-Chair - John P. McGahan
Vice-Chair - Ruth Ann Moriarty
Vice-Chair - Heather Perez
Vice-Chair - Edna Smallwood
Treasurer - Jean M. Babcock
Clerk - Mark V. Nuccio, Esq.
Assistant Clerk - Anita Lichtblau, Esq.
President/CEO - John J. Drew

Neighborhood Sector:
Carolyn Parker - Allston/Brighton
Edward Katz - Charlestown
Thelma Burns - Dorchester
Rachel Green - Dorchester
Yvonne Jones - Dorchester
Bethania Ciprian - East Boston
Patricia Powers - East Boston
Andrea Greaves - Head Start Policy Council
Trodville Roach - Jamaica Plain
Thomas Webb - Jamaica Plain
Alan Gentle - Mattapan
Andres Molina - North End/West End
Joan Jackson-Shivers - Parker Hill/Fenway
Syvalia Hyman III - Roxbury/North Dorchester
Ra'Shaun Nalls - Roxbury/North Dorchester
James Owens Jr. - Roxbury/North Dorchester
Marjorie Coleman - South Boston
Marie Greig - South Boston
Ann Higgins - South Boston
Jeanette Boone - South End
Edna Smallwood - South End

Private Sector:
Enid Eckstein, Greater Boston Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Robyn Frost, Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless
Julia Hardy-Cofield - NAACP
Tony Ippolito, La Alianza Hispana
Juliette Mayers, Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Ruth Ann Moriarty, Massachusetts Association of Older Americans
Mark Nuccio, Esq., Associated Industries of Massachusetts
David Wright, Boston Ministerial Alliance


Public Sector:
Heather Perez (Councilor Felix G. Arroyo)
Jean M. Babcock
(Councilor Sal LaMattina)
Daniel Cullinane (Councilor Maureen Feeney)
Lorraine Fowlkes (Councilor Chuck Turner)
Kathleen Flynn (Councilor Stephen J. Murphy)
David Isberg (Councilor John M. Tobin)
Philip J. Carver(Councilor John Connolly)
Mary Chin (Councilor Bill Linehan)
John P. McGahan (Senator Jack Hart)