Kathleen Flynn

A native of South Boston, Kathleen has served as Chairperson of the ABCD Board of Directors since 2006.

Flynn is a longtime community activist who was an ABCD volunteer at age 17 and has a special interest in providing for the education and well-being of children and families. She has been involved with the South Boston Action Center – ABCD's neighborhood center in South Boston – since the 1970s, serving as secretary, treasurer, vice president and president. She has served on the ABCD citywide Board of Directors since 1988, and has been Chair of the ABCD Board Committee on Head Start and Child Care Resources & Education since 1994.

Flynn has also worked and volunteered at the South Boston Clubhouse of Boys' & Girls Clubs of Boston, Geiger-Gibson Community Health Center in South Boston and a variety of other neighborhood programs.

She is a graduate of Boston State College holding a B.A. in Geography and a B.S. in Earth Science, as well as a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Management from ABCD's Urban College of Boston/Lesley University program. Her most recent educational endeavor returns her to the EEOS Department at U-Mass Boston, where she is currently enrolled in the certificate program in Geographic Information Systems and hopefully in the near future the Masters program. She currently holds the position of Deputy Collector, Treasury Department, City of Boston.