Leaders from Across the Community
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 site 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 - 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:
Edward Katz - Charlestown
Thelma Burns - Dorchester
Rachel Green - Dorchester
Yvonne Jones - Dorchester
Bethania Ciprian - East Boston
Patricia Powers - East Boston
Celestina Jones-DeJesus - Head Start Policy Council
Thomas Webb - Jamaica Plain
Judy Ward - Jamaica Plain
Andres Molina - North End/West End
Joan Jackson-Shivers - Parker Hill/Fenway
Gloria Murray - Parker Hill/Fenway
Syvalia Hyman III - Roxbury/North Dorchester
James Owens Jr. - Roxbury/North Dorchester
Mary Keith - Roxbury/North Dorchester
Marjorie Coleman - South Boston
Marie Greig - South Boston
Jeanette Boone - South End
Edna Smallwood - South End
Linda Dumas - Urban College of Boston
Private Sector:
Rosa Blumenfeld - Greater Boston Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Tanisha M. Sullivan, Esq. - NAACP
Dolores Calaf - La Alianza Hispana
Juliette Mayers - Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Joan Cirillo - Massachusetts Association of Older Americans
Mark Nuccio, Esq. - Associated Industries of Massachusetts
David Wright, Esq. - Black Ministerial Alliance
Linda Cabral - Boston Public Schools
Altia Taylor - Homes for Families
Public Sector:
Heather Perez (Councilor Felix G. Arroyo)
Jean M. Babcock (Councilor Sal LaMattina)
Kathleen Flynn (Councilor Stephen J. Murphy)
Paul Sullivan, Esq. (Councilor John Connolly)
Mary Chin (Councilor Bill Linehan)
John P. McGahan (Senator Jack Hart)
Regina Durga (Councilor Rob Consalvo)
Julia Hardy Cofield (Councilor Matt O’Malley)
Frank Allen Pryor (Councilor Tito Jackson)
Jessica Taubner (Councilor Ayanna Pressley)
Maria Amezquita (Councilor Michael Ross)
Kate-Marie Roycroft (Representative Jeffrey Sanchez
Michael Williams (Representative Linda Dorcena Forry)